<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;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><u></u><u></u></p><ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Provide researchers with information on the capabilities of the NHERI WOW EF for advanced natural hazard engineering research.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Explore opportunities to use the NHERI WOW EF for unsolicited, CAREER, and other types of NSF proposals -- one session will be dedicated to “Preparing Competitive NSF Proposals (including CAREER Proposals)”.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Describe the procedures to perform large- and full-scale experiments at the NHERI WOW EF using various instrumentation and PIV techniques.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Provide one-on-one sessions between EF’s team members and workshop participants to discuss research ideas and experimentation plans for NSF proposals.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-left:15px;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Discuss the NHERI Science Plan focusing on key research areas emerging in natural hazard engineering.</span><u></u><u></u></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;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><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Financial support for travel will be provided. 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><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We look forward to welcoming you to our upcoming workshop!</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Please <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.designsafe-2Dci.org_learning-2Dcenter_training_workshops_december-2D2019-2Dwow-2Dfacility_&d=DwMFaQ&c=lhMMI368wojMYNABHh1gQQ&r=TYRo20NqO8CaSknKuyPD-A&m=0rmPcPiCQS0g21AmsMN-0HYrzIwWNFO_CI6lhIn9PeE&s=wGbQ86CDnqsDmDXK4oyNH8GsAROzyGDe1eMi6cx8RcE&e=" target="_blank">click here to register on the DesignSafe website</a>. FIU will contact participants concerning individual travel arrangements once registration is confirmed.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">If you have questions, contact Ms. Elizabeth Alvite at </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)"><a href="mailto:ealvite@fiu.edu" target="_blank">ealvite@fiu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="226" height="115" id="gmail-m_-6052576335647737431gmail-m_538967163897398325gmail-m_-2019686480978655322_x005f_x0000_i1025" src="cid:16e7052da12bda4f15" alt="fiu-web.jpg__378x193_q85_subsampling-2.jpg" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; width: 2.3583in; height: 1.2in;"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="127" height="127" id="gmail-m_-6052576335647737431gmail-m_538967163897398325gmail-m_-2019686480978655322_x005f_x0000_i1026" src="cid:16e7052da131f3c04f6" alt="nsf-globe-logo-300.png__300x302_q85_subsampling-2.png" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 1.325in; height: 1.325in;"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>