Awards include:
The Toka Tū Ake EQC/NZSEE Ivan Skinner Award
The Toka Tū Ake EQC/NZSEE Ivan Skinner Award aims to advance the common interest of Toka Tū Ake EQC and the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering in promoting advancements in the research and/or practice of earthquake engineering and/or earthquake resilience, which reduces the impacts of earthquakes on New Zealand communities. The Toka Tū Ake EQC/NZSEE Ivan Skinner Award includes a prize of $10,000.
The award is open to both practitioners and researchers contributing to reducing the impacts of earthquakes on New Zealand communities, as well as to applicants from disciplines other than engineering.
For more information and details on how to apply please click here.
NZSEE/QuakeCoRE Emerging Women Leaders in Earthquake Engineering Award
Established in 2019, this award was established to recognize younger women from engineering practice and/or academia for emerging leadership in the field of earthquake engineering, and to support increased participation of women in leadership roles in earthquake engineering. Applicants should be in the developing or expanding stage of her career and will be judged on a combination of past accomplishments and future potential. It is expected the awardee will use the award to further her career goals in earthquake engineering. The NZSEE/QuakeCoRE Emerging Women Leaders in Earthquake Engineering Award includes a prize of $10,000.
In recognition that this award is about leadership in the field of earthquake engineering, the award criteria outlines the wide range of potential ways in which leadership can be displayed.
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John Hollings Seismic Resilience in Practice Award
This award, originally named the Seismic Resilience Award, was established in 2019. Case study projects from practice are sought that have the objective of providing enhanced seismic resilience in an earthquake. Submitted projects may be new builds or seismic retrofits and can be a building, structure, or infrastructure.
In 2023, the award was renamed the John Hollings Award for Seismic Resilience in Practice Award, in honour of John’s pioneering work in seismic resilience. His 1960s technical papers on reinforced concrete design and high rise structures generally led the way in thinking about how to design buildings that can withstand large earthquakes.
The award criteria includes both seismic retrofits as well as new-build projects, and widened to include all projects that seek to enhance seismic resilience of the structure or infrastructure.
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Otto Glogau Award
Otto Glogau was the Chief Structural Engineer of the Ministry of Works. He was known as a great thinker in the development of engineering concepts and design loadings, for improving the structural performance of buildings to resist earthquake effects. Otto played a large part in the pioneering development of the 1976 Loadings Code. This award is offered annually to the author(s) presenting the best Bulletin paper during the three years ending 30 June preceding the date of the award.
Papers that fit the eligibility criteria can be nominated, including through self-nomination, via an email to the NZSEE Executive Officer (at exec@nzsee.org.nz) by the awards deadline of 5pm on Friday March 8th. Paper nominations should include the title of the paper, the list of authors, and the Bulletin Volume and Issue in which the paper was published. Please include a statement about why you consider this specific Bulletin paper to be award-worthy, specifying how it has impacted the research and/or practice of Earthquake Engineering, or any other supporting evidence.
Any paper nominations received will be considered by the awards committee, alongside other papers published in the Bulletin. The authors of any paper published in the NZSEE Bulletin within the previous three years (ending 30 June preceding the date of the award), are eligible, whether members or non-members of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering.
The award is in the form of $2,000 to purchase books, or for other expenses to pursue earthquake engineering activities or initiatives.
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NZSEE Research Scholarship
The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering awards an annual Research Scholarship for applicants undertaking research projects in earthquake engineering at New Zealand universities and research institutes. The objectives of the scholarship is to promote research in earthquake engineering and encourage students of high ability to continue advanced studies in earthquake engineering. The 2024 NZSEE Scholarship will have a value of $10,000.
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