The 2016 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition was held in conjunction with the 2016 EERI Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California from April 5th to April 8th.
Thirty-three teams from all over the world competed. The SLC would like to thank all teams for their participation, and hopes to see you all again next year at the 2017 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition!
Many thanks to the generous sponsors of the 2016 SDC!
The SLC would also like to recognize the support of:
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Center for Geotechnical Modeling at UC Davis for providing and maintaining the shake table .
University of Memphis for providing the competition accelerometers.
San Francisco State University for providing the competition’s backup shake table.
2016 SDC Champions: Technical University of Cluj – Napoca
| Rank | Team Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca |
| 2 | University of California, Berkeley |
| 3 | Cornell University |
2016 SDC Results Summary
Click HERE for videos and pictures of each team.
15 structures survived all three ground motions: 1940 El Centro, 1995 Kobe, and GM3 (Davis):
| Rank | Team Name | Videos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca | photo | video | ||
| 2 | University of California, Berkeley | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 3 | Cornell University | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 4 | University of Toronto | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 5 | Antalya International University | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 6 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 7 | Karadeniz Technical University | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 8 | Purdue University | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 9 | San Francisco State University | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 10 | California State University, Long Beach | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 11 | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 12 | University of California, San Diego | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 13 | University of British Columbia | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 14 | University of Memphis | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 15 | Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
The following structures collapsed:
| Rank | Team Name | Videos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | North Carolina State University | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 17 | University of California, Los Angeles | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 18 | Iowa State University | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 19 | University of Minnesota | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 20 | University of Colorado Boulder | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 21 | University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez | photo | video | ||
| 22 | University of California, Irvine | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 23 | University of Connecticut | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 24 | California State University, Los Angeles | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 25 | Stanford University | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 26 | University of Southern California | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 28 | California State University, Sacramento | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 29 | University at Buffalo (SUNY) | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 30 | Rice University | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 31 | University of Nevada, Reno | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| 32 | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | photo | GM1 | GM2 | GM3 |
| IE | University of Texas at Austin | photo |
The full results can be downloaded here: Results
2016 SDC Special Awards
Kinemetrics Award for the Spirit of the Competition:
Stanford University
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Architecture Award:
Antalya International University
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Best Seismic Performance Award:
California State University, Long Beach
Degenkolb Award for Structural Innovation:
University of California, Berkeley
CSI Communication Award:
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
T-Shirt Design Contest Winner:
North Carolina State University
FEMA SDC Competition Awards:
| Rank | Team Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca |
| 2 | University of California, Berkeley |
| 3 | Cornell University |
Design Proposal Results
Here are the top nine teams for the design proposal:
| Rank | Team Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford University |
| 2 | North Carolina State University |
| 3 | San Francisco State University |
| 4 | University of British Columbia |
| 5 | University of Toronto |
| 6 | University of Colorado Boulder |
| 7 | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| 8 | Iowa State University |
| 9 | University of California, Berkeley |
Many thanks to the judges for the 2016 SDC!
Christopher Putman (Holmes Culley)
Terri Norton (University of Nebraska – Lincoln)
Alissa Beck (Werner Sobek Stuttgart GmbH)
Brent Maxfield (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter – day Saints)
Ibbi Almufti (ARUP)
Cale Ash (Degenkolb Engineers)
Maryam Tabbakhha (University of California, Berkeley)
David Friedman (Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.)
Forrest Lanning (Miyamoto International, Inc.)
John Worley (ARUP)
Angel Pérez-Irizarry (University of Wisconsin – Madison)
Ammar Motorwala (Virginia Tech)
Eduardo Fierro (BFP Engineers, Inc.)
Cynthia Perry (BFP Engineers, Inc.)
David Cocke (Structural Focus)
Erica Fischer (Degenkolb Engineers)
Marko Schotanus (Rutherford + Chekene)
Tea Visnjic (Exponent)
Terry Lundeen (Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Inc.)
Alexandria Julius (AIR Worldwide)
Chung-Soo Doo (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
Zahraa Saiyed (LEED AP BD + C)
David Wald (U.S. Geological Survey)
Mark Petersen (USGS)
Dominik Lang (NORSAR)
Maria Mohammed (Structural Focus)
Josia Rastandi (PT. Rekatama Konstruksindo)
Fabian Cevallos-Larco (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador)
Guillermo Diaz-Fanas (Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers)
Ashraf Habibullah (Computers and Structures, Inc.)
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2016 Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance Workshop
The SLC conducted its first Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance Workshop at the 2015 EERI Annual Meeting on Friday, April 3rd in conjunction with EERI’s Learning from Earthquakes Committee. Guest speakers presented on reconnaissance and damage assessment and evaluation after an earthquake on the topics of buildings (David Ojala, Exponent), bridges (Marc Veletzos, Merrimack College), and geotechnical features (Kyle Rollins, Brigham Young University). Additionally, training was provided for EERI reconnaissance applications. A field exercise engaged participants by having them use the EERI applications and building assessment forms to evaluate damage to mocked-up structures on posters.
The attendance was quite large with fifty students and twenty industry professionals registered for the workshop!
The materials from this training session including presentation slides, handouts, and damage mock-up posters can be found here.
If you are a representative from a student EERI chapter and would like to request resources or guidance from the SLC as you plan your own Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance Workshop, please email slc@eeri.org .
