<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Lehigh and FIU Joint User Workshop</span></b></p>

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& <br>
challenges and opportunities for multi-hazards engineering</span></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">This collaborative
workshop between NHERI Lehigh and NHERI Florida International University will
be held at the NHERI Lehigh Real-Time Multi-Directional (RTMD) Facility in
Bethlehem, PA, and will be developed as an interactive series of sessions that
includes presentations, facility tours, and hands-on demonstrations and
activities, including discussions on challenges and opportunities for
multi-hazards engineering and multi-hazards hybrid simulation testing currently
being collaboratively developed by NHERI Lehigh and NHERI FIU. </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt">Participants will
also learn about NHERI Lehigh, including its equipment and instrumentation
portfolio and the capabilities and experimental protocols of the NHERI Lehigh
EF, along with those of NHERI FIU.</span></p>

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gain critical knowledge required to write successful NSF proposals utilizing
the facility’s equipment and staff. Attendees will also be educated on the RTMD
site portfolio of projects in order to guide them and generate ideas for new
potential research projects. Additionally, attendees will be introduced to the
real-time hybrid simulation method and have the opportunity to work with
hands-on example problems using the NHERI Lehigh EF equipment.</span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Participant support
costs up to $700 per participant are available and should be requested at the
time of registration. Participant support funding will be distributed on a
first-come basis until all funds are allocated, but priority will be given to
faculty and researchers interested in writing proposals to utilize NHERI Lehigh
and/or NHERI FIU. Participant support will be provided through reimbursement
following the submittal and review of allowable expense receipts at the
conclusion of the workshop. All participant support funding will be confirmed
by NHERI Lehigh to registrants no later than November 16 so that travel
arrangements can be made by the registrant.</span></p>

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workshop </span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/workshop-181203/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">on the
DesignSafe website</a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_jnxkasho1" alt="image.png" width="233" height="58" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br> <img src="cid:ii_jnxkadny0" alt="image.png" width="164" height="83" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div>

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