2015 Seismic Design Competition

The 2015 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition was held in conjunction with the 2015 EERI Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts from March 31st to April 3rd.

Thirty-eight 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 2016 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition!

Many thanks to the generous sponsors of the 2015 SDC!

Rank	Team Name
1	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
2	University of California, Los Angeles
3	University of California, Berkeley

2015 SDC Results Summary

Check back for video and photos of each team.

17 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	GM1	GM2	GM3	Sine
2	University of California, Los Angeles	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3	Sine
3	University of California, Berkeley	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3	Sine
4	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
5	Karadeniz Technical University	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
6	California State University Fullerton	photo			GM3
7	California Polytechnic State University, Pomona	photo
8	University of Nevada, Reno	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
9	Rice University	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
10	Fatih University	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3	Sine
11	California State University, Los Angeles	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3	Sine
12	Northeastern University	photo	GM1	GM2		Sine
13	University of Connecticut	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3	Sine
14	University of California, Irvine	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3	Sine
15	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		GM1	GM2	GM3	Sine
16	McMaster University	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
17	University of Massachusetts Amherst

The following structures collapsed:

Rank	Team Name		Videos
18	Stanford University	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
19	Antalya International University	photo
20	University of British Columbia	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
21	Cornell University	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
22	University of California, San Diego	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
23	University at Buffalo	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
24	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	photo
25	Brigham Young University	photo
26	University of Memphis	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
27	University of Southern California	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
28	San Francisco State University	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
29	San Diego State University	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
30	Purdue University	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
31	California State University, Long Beach	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
32	Iowa State University	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
33	University of Puerto Rico	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
34	University of Michigan		GM1	GM2	GM3
35	Cankaya University	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
36	University of Minnesota	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
37	University of Notre Dame	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3
38	University of Colorado at Boulder	photo	GM1	GM2	GM3

The full results can be downloaded here: Results

2015 SDC Special Awards

Kinemetrics Award for the Spirit of the Competition:
McMaster University

Degenkolb Award for Structural Innovation:
University of Connecticut

CSI Communication Award:
University of California, Los Angeles

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

FEMA SDC Competition Awards:

Rank	Team Name
1	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
2	University of California, Los Angeles
3	University of California, Berkeley

Design Proposal Results 
Here are the top five teams for the design proposal:

Rank	Team Name
1	Stanford University
2	University of Connecticut
3	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
4	University of California, Berkeley
5	Brigham Young University

Many thanks to the judges for the 2015 SDC! 

Adel Abdelnaby (University of Memphis)

Thalia Anagnos (San Jose State University)

Stacy Bartoletti (Degenkolb Engineers)

Craig Bennett (Bennett Preservation Engineering)

Sergio Brena (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

Ian Buckle (University of Nevada, Reno)

David Cocke (Structural Focus)

Guillermo Diaz-Fanas (Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers)

Erica Fischer (Purdue University)

David Friedman (Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.)

Ayse Hortacsu (Applied Technology Council)

Mary Beth Hueste (Texas A&M University)

Eric Johnson (Weidlinger Consultants)

Guven Kiymaz (Antalya University)

Michael Kreger (University of Alabama)

James Malley (Degenkolb Engineers)

Janiele Maffei (California Earthquake Authority)

Judy Mitrani-Reiser (Johns Hopkins University)

Terri Norton (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Jamie Padgett (Rice University)

Marko Schotanus (Rutherford + Chekene)

Andrew Seifried (Lettis Consultants International, Inc.)

Andreas Stavridis (University at Buffalo)

L. Thomas Tobin (Tobin & Associates)

Lelli Van Den Einde (University of California, Davis)

Terence Weigel (University of Louisville)

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