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April 6 - 8<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.structurescongress.org/" target="_blank">SEI Structures Congress 2017</a></span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Denver, Colorado</span></em><br>
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May 1 - 3<br>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Livingston and Baton Rouge, Louisiana</span></em><br>
Sponsor: <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/lfo/" target="_blank">NSF Large Facilities Office</a>
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May 21 - 24<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://faculty.eng.ufl.edu/acwe/" target="_blank">13th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering</a></span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gainesville, Florida</span></em><br>
Sponsor: <a href="https://www.eng.ufl.edu/" target="_blank">Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at UFL</a>
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June 4 - 7<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/events/2017/emi2017/" target="_blank">2017 Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference</a></span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">San Diego, California</span></em><br>
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June 15-16<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/workshop-170615/" target="_blank">2017 NSF Wall of Wind Experimental Facility User Workshop</a></span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Miami, Florida</span></em><br>
Sponsor: <a href="http://wow.fiu.edu/" target="_blank">Florida International University</a>
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Visit our calendar on DesignSafe-CI to see more <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/news/events/" target="_blank">
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<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Welcome to the NHERI monthly newsletter!</span></em><o:p></o:p></h4>
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Each month we help you catch up on news and events from the people and places within the NCO. If you have suggestions for stories to include, contact Marti LaChance at
<a href="mailto:nheri.communications@gmail.com" target="_blank">nheri.communications@gmail.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Update on NHERI's Summer REU Program<o:p></o:p></h3>
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On March 1, the application period closed for NHERI's 2017 <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/reu/overview/" target="_blank">
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)</a> summer internship program. The ECO team now is evaluating student candidates. The selected students will spend 10 weeks gaining valuable research experience at one of our 10 experimental facilities, including
the SimCenter and the Cyberinfrastructure site.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The ECO team will send notification decisions beginning in mid-March. If you have questions about our program, contact
<a href="mailto:reu-request@designsafe-ci.org">Karina Vielma-Cumpian</a>, education specialist for NHERI and research fellow, University of Texas at San Antonio.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Meet the NCO's Dan Zehner<o:p></o:p></h3>
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As hazard researchers and site managers gear up for testing, they will come to know Dan Zehner—a key member of the NHERI NCO team headquartered at Purdue University. Here's a brief introduction, in his own words.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Q: What is your job title and primary role with NHERI?</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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I'm the Facility Scheduling and Operations Coordinator (FSOC for short). I work with researchers who want to use NHERI facilities to get their projects scheduled, update the public schedule, and work with the NCO director to prepare our reports to the NSF.<o:p></o:p></p>
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When my mom asks what I do, I tell her I help people a lot smarter than me to do some great work researching how to keep natural hazards from becoming natural disasters.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Q: What is the most surprising thing you've discovered since you started working at the NHERI NCO?</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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I've discovered I really like working in a university setting versus the corporate world. Everyone is focused on the end goal of advancing science, learning and working together. A lot less drama.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Q: What is your next big project at work?</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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My next big project is to prepare the annual report to the NSF for the NCO.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Q: Have you ever personally experienced a natural disaster?</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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I've been through a few, but the ones that really stand out are Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Sandy. During Sandy, my wife and I knew more of what to expect, but it was a different animal having it combined with a Nor'Easter! A friend of ours from Illinois
was visiting that weekend and got to experience her first hurricane, too. I'll never forget the sound of the wind pounding the house for hours on end, then the calm of the eye passing right over us, and the roar starting all over again. Quite surreal.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Q: What was your job prior to NHERI?</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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Before this I spent two years working at Caterpillar as a validation engineer for large engine programs. Lots of data analysis! Prior to that I was a manufacturing engineer for Subaru and a fluid systems engineer for Electric Boat working on submarines for
4.5 years.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Q: What do you enjoy doing after work?</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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I really enjoy getting out into my shop at home and building custom furniture. At home, I'm usually dressed in plaid and covered in sawdust.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dan Zehner</span></strong><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Purdue University</span></em><br>
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Facility Scheduling and Operations Coordinator (FSOC)<br>
Network Coordination Office (NCO)<o:p></o:p></p>
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11NCEE Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></h3>
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The Eleventh U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (11NCEE) will convene June 25 through 29, 2018, in Los Angeles. The conference theme is
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">"Integrating Science, Engineering, & Policy"</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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Consider submitting a paper for this important event. The deadline for submitting abstracts is
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 31, 2017</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Attending will be earthquake engineering professionals from a broad range of disciplines, including architecture, structural engineering, seismology, geology, geophysics, geotechnical engineering, business, public policy, social sciences, regional planning,
emergency response planning, and regulation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Authors submit abstracts and papers online. Detailed instructions are available on the
<a href="http://11ncee.org/">conference website</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The NHERI Summer Institute<o:p></o:p></h3>
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The inaugural <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NHERI Summer Institute</span></strong> will be held on July 24-28, 2017, at
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)</span></strong>. The five-day workshop is for K-12 educators, engineers, and researchers who want to learn more about the Natural Hazards Engineering Research (NHERI)
community.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Summer Institute participants will be exposed to collaborating with NHERI experimental sites, networking with engineers, researchers, and educators interested in natural hazards engineering, and creating useful grant proposal drafts and lessons during the program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Participants will attend sessions on: <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Writing a grant proposal through grant writing & design workshops<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Cost to attend is free, and the NHERI award covers travel expenses for a limited number of early career faculty members (i.e., non-tenured professors) and early career professionals.
<a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/summer-institute/application/" target="_blank">
Apply for limited travel funding on the DesignSafe-CI site</a>. Local K-12 educators can also apply to receive a stipend for participating. (Unfortunately, the NHERI Summer Institute cannot sponsor international travel assistance.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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Summer Institute participants are encouraged to stay at the <a href="https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/wyndham-garden/san-antonio-texas/wyndham-garden-san-antonio-near-la-cantera/overview" target="_blank">
Wyndham Garden (near La Cantera)</a> hotel close to the UTSA campus with free shuttle transportation. A block of rooms has been reserved at a rate of $100 per night with breakfast buffet included. Please call the hotel directly at 210-690-0300 and reference
the NHERI Summer Institute to make a reservation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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