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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">Tornado
Hazard Wind Assessment and ReducTion Symposium (THWARTS)</span></b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p>
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26-27, 2018</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – iHotel and Conference Center<span></span></span></p>
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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="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Online <a href="https://publish.illinois.edu/thwarts2018/registration/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">registration</a>
and abstract <a href="https://publish.illinois.edu/thwarts2018/abstract-submission/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">submission</a>
are now open.<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Partial travel funding is available
for students and early-career researchers. Find <a href="https://publish.illinois.edu/thwarts2018/travel-funding/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">details here</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This event appeals especially to
researchers new to the hazards engineering field. The symposium will focus on
severe storm meteorology, wind engineering and structural engineering
disciplines, but all related disciplines are welcome.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="color:black">There will be strong representation
from the ASCE TWSE group – with special emphasis on young researchers and
students. The THWARTS symposium offers partial travel funding to about 40
attendees who are early career faculty or graduate students.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Why THWARTS? Better understanding of
near-surface tornado wind hazards and impacts requires representation from all
relevant disciplines and true interaction between these groups.</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Visit the <a href="http://Online%20registration%20and%20abstract%20submission%20is%20now%20open." style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">THWARTS
conference website</a> for deadline dates and other details.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="m_-4385383688216057764gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For details, contact <a href="mailto:thwarts2018@gmail.com" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">thwarts2018@gmail.com</a>.</span><span></span></p><p class="m_-4385383688216057764gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="m_-4385383688216057764gmail-Default" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p><div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_jjtg2tvb2" alt="Screen Shot 2018-07-19 at 11.47.55 PM.png" width="113" height="92" style="font-size:12pt;margin-right:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt"> . </span><img src="cid:ii_jjtg3tnn3" alt="Screen Shot 2018-07-19 at 11.46.30 PM.png" width="108" height="96" style="font-size:12pt;margin-right:0px"></div><br></div><br><p></p>
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