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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">2018 JOINT </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(204,0,0);text-transform:uppercase">WALL OF WIND</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase"> AND </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(204,0,0);text-transform:uppercase">RAPID </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:uppercase"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:black;text-transform:uppercase">EXPERIMENTAL
FACILITIES USER WORKSHOP<br></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:uppercase">MAY 17-18, 2018
| MIAMI, FLORIDA</span></b><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:uppercase"><span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Register online: <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/training/workshops/2018-joint-wall-wind-and-rapid/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/training/workshops/2018-joint-wall-wind-and-rapid/</a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The NHERI Wall of Wind (WOW) Experimental
Facility (EF) and the NHERI Natural Hazards Reconnaissance Facility (referred
to as the “RAPID Facility") are hosting a one-and-a-half day user workshop
at Florida International University (FIU), in Miami, FL. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The focus of the workshop is to:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>1.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Provide
researchers with information on the capabilities of the NHERI WOW EF and RAPID
EF for advanced natural hazard engineering research<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>2.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Explore
opportunities to use the NHERI EFs for unsolicited, CAREER, and other types of
NSF proposals -- one session will be dedicated to “Preparing a Competitive NSF
Proposals (including CAREER Proposals)”<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>3.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Describe
the procedures to perform large- and full-scale experiments using the NHERI WOW
EF and use the RAPID EF and its tools for planning reconnaissance efforts<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>4.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Provide
one-on-one sessions between EFs’ team members and workshop participants to
discuss research ideas and experimentation plans for NSF proposals<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>5.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Discuss
the Science Plan focusing on key research areas emerging in natural hazard
engineering<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span>6.<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Provide
a platform for collaboration to facilitate multi-disciplinary, multi-hazards
research<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">This onsite workshop will provide faculty
members with valuable information about the resources and services available at
the NHERI WOW and RAPID EFs, and how to better engage the EFs for obtaining NSF
funding for natural hazards mitigation research and other basic science
research. Also, the workshop will include a tour of the NHERI WOW EF facility
and a live test demonstration of the two EFs’ capabilities. Participation and
financial support for travel will be limited and priority will be given to
faculty planning to submit NSF proposals that intend to use the NHERI WOW
and/or RAPID EFs. Financial support for attending the workshop will be awarded
in order of registration. We look forward to welcoming you to our upcoming
workshop. Please register using the form on this page.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;background:white;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">If you have any questions, contact Dr. Maryam
Refan (WOW) at <a href="mailto:mrefan@fiu.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration:none">mrefan@fiu.edu</span></a> or
Dr. Jake Dafni (RAPID) at <a href="mailto:dafnij@uw.edu" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration:none">dafnij@uw.edu</span></a>.<span></span></span></p>
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