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The 2025 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition is in the Bay Area, CA!
We hope to see you at the 2025 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition!
Please click through the above menu links for more information!
For SDC questions, please contact: sdc@eeri.org
For general team and participation questions, please contact: slc@eeri.org
Getting Started
Please click the button below for the most up-to-date information on starting an SDC team or EERI chapter!
This year, we are looking into providing full registration grants for new teams, which will provide free registration for up to 5 members per team! This offer would be worth up to $1,000! To qualify, teams must not have attended the competition in the last 3 years and must submit an application that would be open from mid-November to mid-December. 5-10 team registration grants may be available. We hope to confirm these details shortly and will release more information soon!
Announcements
Announcement 2: 09/05/2024
This year, we are looking into providing full registration grants for new teams, which will provide free registration for up to 5 members per team! This offer would be worth up to $1,000! To qualify, teams must not have attended the competition in the last 3 years and must submit an application that would be open from mid-November to mid-December. 5-10 team registration grants may be available. We hope to confirm these details shortly and will release more information soon!
Announcement 1: 09/05/2024
The 2025 Seismic Design Competition (SDC) season is fast approaching! While the rules and regulations are still being finalized by the Student Leadership Council (SLC)’s SDC chairs, the SLC wants to know in advance how many undergraduate teams are interested in competing next year! Please fill out the interest form in the “Forms” tab above. The SLC has also created a Discord channel for student communication with the SLC! The invitation link for the discord channel can be found in the “Socials” tab.
The SLC has also created slides to help get teams started! These slides also include instructions on how to go about starting a team and a student EERI chapter if your school doesn’t have one yet. This information can be found in the new “Getting Started” tab above.
Please reach out to slc@eeri.org with any questions. We hope to see you all soon!!
Important Dates
Please note that all dates are subject to change! Also, all cutoffs are at 11:59 pm PST.
| Milestone | Date / Deadline |
| Interest Form* | Friday, October 11, 2024 |
| Proposal Submission | Friday, December 13, 2024 |
| Proposal Acceptance | Tuesday, January 7, 2025 |
| Damping Proposal Submission | Friday, January 31, 2025 |
| Damping Proposal Acceptance | TBD |
| Final Registration | TBD |
| Floor Area Calculations & Performance Predictions | TBD |
*If a team has not submitted the interest survey but would like to participate in the competition, please contact slc@eeri.org.