2020 Seismic Design Competition

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

2020 SDC Champions: 

1. Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
2. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
3. University of British Columbia
 

2020 SDC Special Awards

Kinemetrics Award for the Spirit of the Competition: Lehigh University

Architecture Award: Virginia Tech

Best Seismic Performance Award: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Edgar Popov Award for Structural Innovation: University of British Columbia

Communication Award: Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

T-Shirt Design Contest Winner: Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

2020 SDC Results Summary

The full results can be downloaded HERE! 
 
1 Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
2 Cal Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
3 University of British Columbia
4 University of California, Los Angeles
5 University of California, Berkeley
6 University of Toronto
7 University of Southern California
8 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
9 Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest
10 University of California, San Diego
11 University of Nebraska – Lincoln
12 Virginia Tech
13 University at Buffalo
14 Stanford University
15 Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
16 University of Texas at Austin
17 Purdue University
18 Helwan University
19 University of Victoria
20 North Carolina State University
21 Universidad Politecnica Salesiana
22 Oregon State University
23 University of Nevada, Reno
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24 Ain Shams University
25 McMaster University
26 University Teknologi Malaysia
27 University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez
28 University of Michigan
29 California State University, Los Angeles
30 Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas
31 University of Massachusetts Amherst
32 University of Memphis
33 University of Notre Dame
34 University of Colorado, Boulder
35 California State University, Fullerton
36 Brigham Young University
37 Lehigh University
38 California State University, Sacramento
39 California State University, Chico
IE Cornell University
IE New York University
IE Ozyegin University
IE Portland State University
IE Universidad Iberoamericana
IE University of Connecticut
IE University of Illinois

 

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

 

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