DTU's design model won the 2023 IDEERS Asia-Pacific Cup, is 60 cm tall, weighs 423 grams, and can withstand earthquakes with ground accelerations of nearly 8 on the Richter scale.
On September 22-23, the Introducing and Demonstrating Earthquake Engineering Research In School (IDEERS) competition took place in Taiwan. This year, a total of 102 teams participated, coming from 9 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region.
The DTU team of Duy Tan University with 3 members including Le Quoc Toan, Nguyen Thanh Quyen and Nguyen Hoang Long surpassed strong opponents from Singapore, Korea and Taiwan to win the championship cup of this year's competition. Opponents such as Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Pusan National University (Korea), Pukyong University (Korea), Keimyung University (Korea), INTI International University (Malaysia) are all universities with a long history of earthquake research and are also teams that have won championships in recent years.
3 members of DTU team (left) won the championship cup of IDEERS 2023 competition. Photo: Duy Tan University
The model designed by the DTU team is 60 cm high (the organizers' requirement is no more than 75 cm), weighs 423 grams, and can withstand earthquakes with ground accelerations of approximately 8 on the Richter scale. The special thing about the design of this model is the creativity in using anti-seismic techniques such as rubber bands provided by the organizers to balance the vibrations.
4 members of SET-DTU team (standing in the middle) won 3rd prize in the competition. Photo: Duy Tan University
In addition, the second team from Duy Tan University participating in this competition, SET-DTU with members including Phan Trong Tien, Cao Tien Giang, Nguyen Duc Manh, and Le Huu Bang, also won third prize. The house model of the SET-DTU team has the same size and earthquake resistance level as the DTU team, but weighs a little heavier at 440 grams.
Directly guiding and taking students to the competition, Dr. Pham Phu Anh Huy - Vice Principal of the School of Technology (SET), Duy Tan University said that the quantity and quality of the teams participating in the competition this year have increased compared to previous years. The teams all come from large universities, are very strong and have a lot of experience in earthquake research, so their students are equipped with a lot of knowledge about earthquakes, have been able to experiment with models, and have practiced a lot in laboratories with modern equipment.
Meanwhile, Vietnam is a young country in terms of earthquake research because earthquakes rarely occur, and if they do, they are not significant. Therefore, in order to compete with strong opponents, the school has focused on equipping knowledge about earthquakes, effective modeling methods, and shaking models on shaking equipment at the laboratory of the Faculty of Construction with the support of Dr. Tran Van Duc - Vice Principal of the International Training School (IS) and Mr. Le Van Chau - Manager of the Construction Laboratories.
"Although the equipment and materials for building models are not as good as in other countries, with their efforts, solidarity and effective application of the knowledge they have learned, Duy Tan University students have still affirmed their abilities in the international arena," Dr. Pham Phu Anh Huy shared.
IDEERS attracts strong teams from many universities in Asia - Pacific. Photo: Duy Tan University
After the competition, Professor, Dr. Chung Che Chou - Director of the Taiwan Earthquake Research Center, Head of the Organizing Committee, was surprised that Duy Tan University's equipment had not kept up with that of Singapore, Korea or Taiwan, but the two teams of the school with unique design ideas had surpassed teams from major Asian universities that had modern equipment and were systematically trained in earthquake-resistant house models.
Returning from the competition, student Le Quoc Toan - a member of the DTU team that won the Championship Cup this year, shared that before participating in the competition, the team members spent 2 months researching to improve their professional knowledge and come up with ideas for the team's design model.
The members all understood who their opponents were, how strong they were, and what advantages they had over themselves, which motivated the whole team to work harder. "When we put the model on the earthquake simulation table, my friends and I held our breath as the table shook more and more strongly. When our team was called for the championship, we couldn't contain our pride and emotion," Toan said, adding that the award was not only a prestigious title, but also a great source of encouragement, motivating them to continue to strive to learn and develop in the future.
Top 8 teams of the IDEERS Asia - Pacific 2023 competition. Of which, 2 teams from Duy Tan University are DTU and SET - DTU ranked first and third. Photo: Duy Tan University
In the end, in addition to the first and third prizes going to Duy Tan University students, the second prize went to the KMU team from Keimyung University - Korea. In addition, there were consolation prizes for teams from Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. The remaining Vietnamese team from Hanoi University of Civil Engineering ranked 16th overall.
IDEERS is an annual competition organized by the Taiwan Earthquake Engineering Research Center. This year's participating teams need to present their project design ideas, including architectural and seismic-resistant structural ideas. The ideas are presented in writing and images, and are sent to the organizing committee for approval in advance. In the final round, for 5.5 hours, the teams will build models based on wood and glue materials. The models created must comply with regulations on size, height, weight, structure, etc. Any violation of the competition's regulations will result in disqualification or deduction of points.
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