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!
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:
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
Competition Documents
SDC 2020 Shear Wave Velocity Profile
SDC 2020 detailed schedule
Forms
Performance predictions and floor area calculations submission
Score Sheet and Judging Forms
Miscellaneous Documents
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 |