American Society of Civil Engineers

The Seismic Design Team designs and builds a 5 ft tall balsa wood tower

• The tower is tested on a shake table to simulate real earthquake motions

  • Tested at the annual Great Lakes Regional Conference competition

Seismic Design Team members: 

• Are part of the entire design and construction process

• Compete in national competitions

• Develop relationships with experts in the field

Leaders of 2014-2015 Seismic Design Team: Tyler Thompson (tthomps4@nd.edu), Kaleigh McLaughlin (kmclaug2@nd.edu)