Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics
Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED). SECED was founded in 1969 to promote the study and practice of earthquake engineering and structural dynamics, including blast, impact, and other vibration problems. SECED is also concerned with the study of societal and economic ramifications of major earthquakes.
Latest news
Earlier this year we launched a competition to find a new logo. The competition is now closed for new entries. We would like to thank everyone who submitted one or more entries. We have received many interesting designs, and it will not be an easy task to choose the winner. The winner will be announced on 1st December on this website. We will also contact the winner directly. For further details of the competition, go to seced.org.uk/logocompetition.
In other news...
We are 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.
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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.
Affiliations
SECED is the British branch of both the International Association and the European Association of Earthquake Engineering. SECED is an Associated Society of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and is sponsored by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) and The Geological Society.
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