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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN">Mark your calendars:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN">What: 5th AAWE Workshop (5AAWE)<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN">When: August 12th – 14th, 2018<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN">Where: Miami, Florida<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN">The 5th American Association for
Wind Engineering Workshop (5AAWE) will take place in Miami in August 2018. The
three-day event will include keynote lectures, technical presentations and
social activities. The workshop is organized by the Natural Hazard Engineering
Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Experimental Facility <a href="https://fiu.designsafe-ci.org/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">Wall of Wind (WOW) at Florida
International University</a> as a part of the NSF-NHERI outreach activities. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN">The location of the workshop is in the heart
of Key Biscayne at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science on
the University of Miami Campus. The area features plenty of parks, long
beaches, mangroves and tropical forest inhabited by birdlife, butterflies and
loggerhead turtles while being minutes away from Miami’s Business Center and
Brickell Avenue.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN">The 5AAWE Workshop is an excellent opportunity
for interaction between engineers, students, scientists, architects, planners
and practitioners in the various fields of wind engineering and related
disciplines. Additional details about the workshop will be available in the
upcoming weeks. <span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN">Important dates
(preliminary):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt">June 30, 2018: Abstract Submission
Due </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt">July 8, 2018: Notification of
Abstract Acceptance</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt">July 13, 2018: End of early registration</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt">July 15, 2018: End of hotel reservation at special rate</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt">July 29, 2018: Full paper submission due</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN">Find more
information at the <a href="https://aawe.org/news/5th-aawe-workshop-5aawe/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">American
Association for Wind Engineering website</a>.<span></span></span></p>

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to <a href="mailto:5aawe.workshop@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">5aawe.workshop@gmail.com</a>.<span>  </span><span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></p>





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