<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The NHERI Wall of Wind (WOW) Experimental Facility (EF) will be hosting a one-and-a-half-day user workshop at Florida International University (FIU), in Miami, Florida, on December 4-5, 2019. The focus of the workshop is to:</span></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Provide researchers with information on the capabilities of the NHERI WOW EF for advanced natural hazard engineering research.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Explore opportunities to use the NHERI WOW EF for unsolicited, CAREER, and other types of NSF proposals -- one session will be dedicated to “Preparing a Competitive NSF Proposals (including CAREER Proposals)”.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Describe the procedures to perform large- and full-scale experiments at the NHERI WOW EF using various instrumentation and PIV techniques.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Provide one-on-one sessions between EF’s team members and workshop participants to discuss research ideas and experimentation plans for NSF proposals.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;color:rgb(51,51,51);text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica">Discuss the NHERI Science Plan focusing on key research areas emerging in natural hazard engineering.</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">This onsite workshop will provide participants with valuable information about the resources and services available at the NHERI WOW EF and how to better engage the experimental resources for obtaining NSF funding for natural hazards mitigation and other basic science research. Also, the workshop will include a tour of the NHERI WOW EF and a demonstration of the EF capabilities. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Financial support for travel will be provided. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The travel funds are limited and priority will be given to faculty planning to submit NSF proposals that intend to use the NHERI WOW EF. Financial support for attending the workshop will be </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">awarded in order of registration (hotel and flight arrangements will be managed by FIU up to $868 per individual). </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin:0in 0in 7.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;bac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