<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Upgrades to SimCenter Research Tools and DesignSafe HPC</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">The NHERI DesignSafe web portal was upgraded at the end of June,
and the middleware upgrades will enhance performance for scientific
applications. Users of SimCenter Research Applications <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.community/SimCenter%2FSoftware%2FuqFEM" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">uqFEM</span></a>, </span><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.community/SimCenter%2FSoftware%2FEE_UQ" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">EE-UQ</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">, and </span><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.community/SimCenter%2FSoftware%2FPBE" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">PBE</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"> should download the latest version to take advantage of
this performance upgrade. If you have a version of these applications older
than June 29, the application can be run locally on your own computer but it
will not run on the enhanced HPC system.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">SimCenter educational <a href="https://simcenter.designsafe-ci.org/learning-tools/overview" style="color:blue">learning
tool applications</a> are not impacted by the HPC middleware upgrade.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">If you have any questions or experience any issues, please submit
a help ticket </span><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/help/new-ticket/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.designsafe-ci.org/help/new-ticket/</span></a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Here is a quick summary of the upgraded Research Tools:</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span 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 style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Changes for </span><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.community/SimCenter%2FSoftware%2FuqFEM" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">uqFEM v1.1.1</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (July 2, 2019):</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<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 style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Modified
Agave client to work with the updated Agave(Tapis) API to support the new job
service</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span 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 style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Changes for </span><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.community/SimCenter%2FSoftware%2FEE_UQ" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">EE-UQ v1.2.0</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (June 29, 2019):</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Added
2D motions to the site response tool</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<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 style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Modified
Agave client to work with the updated Agave(Tapis) API to support the new job
service</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<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 style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Added
user preferences dialog to set and save user preferences for local and remote
simulations</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Improved
UI interactions</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Minor
bug fixes</span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span 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 style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Changes for </span><a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/data/browser/public/designsafe.storage.community/SimCenter%2FSoftware%2FPBE" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PBE v1.2.0</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (June 30, 2019):</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Updated
user interface for damage and loss calculations</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<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 style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Added
2D motions to the site response tool</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<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 style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Modified
Agave client to work with the updated Agave(Tapis) API to support the new job
service</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<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 style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Added
user preferences dialog to set and save user preferences for local and remote
simulations</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<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 style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Improved
UI interactions</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-<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 style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Minor
bug fixes</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_jxmhn2gu0" alt="NSF-globe-logo-300.png" width="88" height="88" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_jxmhomtc2" alt="SimCenter@0.5x.png" width="427" height="90"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div>
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