SE3 2025 Symposium

| May 2025

Zahraa participated in the 2025 SE3 symposium held in Berkeley, CA. This special symposium included a reflection by past chairs on 10 years of SE3 and also discussed mental health in our profession. Learn more at the link below:

http://www.se3project.org/events.html

The Structural Engineering Channel Podcast

| April 2025

Dr. Saiyed discussed resilience, equity, policy, and disaster risk reduction on The Structural Engineering Channel’s podcast. Hosted by Alex Daddow and Mat Picardal, The Structural Engineering Channel (TSEC)’s podcast is a weekly podcast with a goal that focus on helping structural engineering professionals stay up to date on technical trends in the field. Stay tuned for the published podcast!

https://engineeringmanagementinstitute.org/podcasts/

SE3 Panel on Racial Equity

| August 2024

Scyma invited to participate in a panel discussion on the importance of racial equity in the Structural Engineering Profession. Thank you SOM SF for hosting!

https://www.seaonc.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1874058&group=

IEM's Disaster Smith Podcast

| February 2024

Zahraa Saiyed of Scyma is invited to join a new podcast by IEM called DisasterSmiths. Along with Jono Anzalone, we discuss the Power of Resilience. Check out this and other podcasts by clicking below!

https://iem.com/iem-unscripted-disastersmiths-podcast/

NCSEA SE3 Discrimination and Harassment Topic Brief

| May 2021

The SE3 Committee of NCSEA published the Discrimination and Harassment Topic Brief based on the results of the 2020 national survey. You can find the Topic Brief here along with all committee publications here.

“The satisfaction of respondents who have been harassed or discriminated against suffered, and they were more likely to consider leaving the profession. Among those who have already left, discrimination and harassment was the third most cited reason for leaving. Furthermore, it is clear from the data…that discrimination and harassment is prevalent in our profession and has a significant negative impact on our colleagues. As a profession, we must recognize this impact and work toward reducing it.”

Image courtesy of NCSEA SE3 Committee

Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Our Disaster Resilience Work

| March 2021

Zahraa will be co-moderating the Thursday 2/25 plenary session for the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s virtual 2021 annual meeting with an incredible group of panelists! Read more about the session here. (Image courtesy of EERI).