<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-m_8302069226169950893gmail-m-258970027065158927gmail-m6643985927679594584gmail-m-472706835723368075gmail-m-9074721692951570406gmail-m-5377643257575070992msoplaintext" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background:white;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Dear NHERI Friends and Colleagues,</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="gmail-m_1023527856554374765gmail-m-258970027065158927gmail-m6643985927679594584gmail-m-472706835723368075gmail-m-9074721692951570406gmail-m-5377643257575070992msoplaintext" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background:white;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> It is with great sadness that we share with you the passing of Prof. Steve Mahin on February 9, following his courageous struggle with pancreatic cancer. Steve was an inspiring leader and visionary engineer. H</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">e contributed to </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;word-spacing:0px">the community in so many ways. </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">It was his far-reaching imagination that created the SimCenter. We will miss his leadership and his warm friendship.<span></span></span></font></p><p class="gmail-m_1023527856554374765gmail-m-258970027065158927gmail-m6643985927679594584gmail-m-472706835723368075gmail-m-9074721692951570406gmail-m-5377643257575070992msoplaintext" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background:white;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sanjay Govindjee and Greg Deierlein have been co-directing the SimCenter since Steve became ill this past fall, and they plan to continue as co-directors. The people on the SimCenter team are more committed than ever to fulfilling Steve's, and their, vision.</font></span></p><p class="gmail-m_1023527856554374765gmail-m-258970027065158927gmail-m6643985927679594584gmail-m-472706835723368075gmail-m-9074721692951570406gmail-m-5377643257575070992msoplaintext" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background:white;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_jdonl5za0_1619a0aaa0f670b2" width="185" height="205" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></font></span></p>The University of California at Berkeley, where Steve studied and worked, <a href="http://news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/earthquake-expert-passes-away-at-71/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">has posted an obituary</a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">.</span><p></p><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Julio Ramirez<br>Director, NHERI Network Coordination Office<br>Purdue University </span>
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