We are happy to announce the winners of the SECED Fund Award 2025: Vikram Kumar Ramesh (PhD Student, University of Strathclyde) and Nabilah Abu Bakar (Senior Lecturer, Universiti Putra Malaysia).

Vikram’s proposal, titled “Non-Contact Vibration Monitoring of Infrastructure Using Ground-Based Radar”, aims to develop an innovative structural health monitoring platform, which will be used for monitoring vibrations of large-scale structural prototypes and bridges, both in laboratory and field conditions.

Nabilah’s proposal, titled “Building Resilience in Earthquake and Structural Dynamics Through High-School STEM Outreach”, focuses on an educational initiative designed to provide valuable learning opportunities related to earthquake and structural dynamics for students.

Both these types of activities are being funded for the first time through the SECED Fund, reflecting the scheme’s growing commitment to supporting a broad spectrum of impactful initiatives within the earthquake and civil engineering dynamics community.

Further information about the SECED Fund can be found here.