Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics

SECED logo competition: winner announced!

We are delighted to announce that Joe Gervin from Ireland is the winner of the SECED logo competition. Joe's design is shown here on the right (one version out of many). We would like to thank everyone who submitted one or more entries. We received many interesting designs, and it was not an easy task to choose the winner. In fact, it was a very close race between the finalists in the competition. We would also like to give a special commendation to three entries submitted by young people under the age of 18: all three were very accomplished designs. However, in the end the Committee felt that Joe's entry was the best design. We will now begin the process of incorporating the new logo into our website, newsletter and other promotional material.

In other news...

We are also delighted to announce that Prof Julian Bommer has agreed to deliver the 17th Mallet-Milne Lecture. The lecture will provide insights from Julian's 35 years of experience in seismic hazard studies. The lecture was scheduled to take place in May 2021. However, following consultation with Julian, we have decided to postpone the event until June 2022. We have taken this decision because we believe that the Mallet-Milne Lecture should be delivered in front of a live audience. We consider that the performative, celebratory and social dimensions of the Mallet-Milne Lecture are essential, and we do not see how we can replicate those dimensions in an online event. For that reason, we hope that Julian will be able to deliver the Mallet-Milne Lecture in person in June 2022, and that the Covid-19 pandemic will be a memory of the past at that point in time.

Our usual evening meetings at the ICE headquarters in London are suspended due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Instead, our meetings have moved online. Head to the Events section to see a list of upcoming events.

About SECED

Learning and networking

SECED is the main forum in the UK for students, academics and practitioners with an interest in earthquakes, blast and other types of dynamic effects. SECED's aim is to promote co-operation in the advancement of knowledge: with that aim in mind, we organise regular evening meetings, as well as periodical conferences and courses. These events provide opportunities for professional development and networking – not just for our members, but for non-members as well. The events provide a vital link between academia and industry and ensure that people with different backgrounds and qualifications can learn from each other. We maintain close ties with other societies and institutions such as the EAEE, EEFIT and the main engineering institutions in the UK. We also act as an intermediary in the mobilisation of specialist response teams in the aftermath of large earthquakes around the world.

Recruiting the next generation of earthquake engineers...

Our members

Our members enjoy a wide variety of benefits. As a not-for-profit learned society, we rely on membership fees to organise events, maintain the website, publish the Newsletter, provide funding for research, and cover administration charges. We would therefore encourage you to join the Society if you have not already done so.

Our website

The SECED website is used for advertising events. It also provides a repository of articles, presentations and other publications. The website is freely available to the public. There is no requirement to log in to access any webpages or to download any of the files held on the website.