2020 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition

The 2020 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition will be held in conjunction with the 2020 National Earthquake Conference (NEC) in San Diego, California, United States, March 2th – 6th, 2020.

We hope to see you at the 2020 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition!

Announcements

Announcement 5: 02/24/2020

Hi Teams, you can submit your forms for posters, presentation slides, auction, and performance predictions here!

Calcutta auction

Presentation slides

Poster

Performance predictions

Announcement 4: 02/17/2020

Click here to get the mailer #2.

Announcement 3: 10/02/2020

Click here to get the mailer #1.

Announcement 2: 12/16/2019

The EERI SLC team would like to congratulate all 51 teams for qualifying to the 2020 Seismic Design Competition in San Diego, California! (Teams are listed in alphabetical order)

Ain Shams University
Brigham Young University
Cal Poly Pomona
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cal State Fullerton
Cal State Long Beach
Cal State Los Angeles
California State Chico
California State Northridge
California State Sacramento
Cornell University
Helwan University
Lehigh University
McMaster University
New York University Tandon
North Carolina State University
Oregon State University
Ozyegin University
Pontificia Universidad Catotlica Madre Y Maestra
Portland State University
Purdue University
San Francisco State University
Stanford University
Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest
Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest
Technical University of Cluj Napoca
Universidad Iberoamerican
Universidad Politecnica Salesiana
University at Buffalo
University of British Columbia
University of California Davis
University of California Los Angeles
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Irvine
University of California, San Diego
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Memphis
University of Michigan
University of Nebraska Lincoln
University of Nevada Reno
University of Notre Dame
University of Puerto Rico
University of Southern California
University of Texas Austin
University of Toronto
University of Victoria
University Teknologi Malaysia
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Virginia Tech

Announcement 1: 12/16/2019

Our SDC Chairs are ready to share the top ten proposals:
Note: This list is in alphabetical order and does not reflect the performance of the proposals submitted.
Ain Shams University
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Cornell University
McMaster University
New York University Tandon
Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest
Technical University of Cluj Napoca
University of British Columbia
University of Puerto Rico
University of Toronto

Many thanks to generous sponsors of SDC!

      

Results

Competition Documents

Official Rules

Glossary of terms

Clarifications

Ground Motion Records

Design Guide 2020

SDC 2020 Shear Wave Velocity Profile

        SDC 2020 Boring Log

SDC 2020 detailed schedule

Forms

SDC Interest Form

Registration

Clarification submission

Performance predictions and floor area calculations submission

 

Score Sheet and Judging Forms

Design Proposal Rubric

Presentation judging rubric

Poster judging rubric

Architecture judging rubric

 

Miscellaneous Documents

EERI Logo

SLC Logo

Detailed shipping information

 

If you have any useful tutorials you would like to share with other teams, please email us.

 

Important Dates

Please note that all dates are subject to change!

Date	Event
Friday, November 8, 2019	Interest form deadline
Friday, November 8, 2019	Proposal submission deadline (email pdf to sdc@eeri.org)
Monday, November 25, 2019	Notification of proposal results
Friday, January 31, 2020	Final registration deadline
Friday, January 31, 2020	Final damping device submission deadline
Monday, February 10, 2020	Rule clarification form closes
Friday, February 28, 2020	Floor area calculations & performance predictions
Friday, February 28, 2020	Presentation, poster & auction slide