McMaster Seismic Design Team

Following our acceptance, the form is now open to apply to join the competition team and join us this July in Portland!! 🤠☀️

The form is available at the link in our bio or in the MS Teams and is due March 1st at 11:59pm. We look forward to hearing about your experiences with the team!

We’re Portland bound!! 🥳

After all of our hard work so far this year, we’re very happy to share that the McMaster Seismic Design Team was accepted to this year’s competition and recognized as having one of the Top 10 proposals! We look forward to returning to competition this July to see the result of our continued hard work!

Thank you to all of our team members for contributing so far, and to our sponsors for supporting us and allowing us to continue participating!

Meet the 2025-2026 MSDT executive team!
Last, but not least, meet our amazing Co-Captain: Orin D’Souza! Orin helps keep our boat afloat by leading our team’s efforts. 🤝🏻🏃🏻‍♂️

Meet the 2025-2026 MSDT executive team!
Say hello to Dylan Irwin, our returning Construction Captain! Dylan will take the lead in facilitating mini-builds and constructing our buildings, from fabrication to final assembly. 🗿🔨

Meet the 2025-2026 MSDT executive team!
Introducing the one and only Lucas Silvestri, our Structural Captain! Lucas will be leading the efforts in designing our structural model and damper design. 🇮🇹🐐