<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Graduate and undergraduate students from around the world participated
in the “MECHS 3-Minute Thesis" video competition. Each entry covered an
aspect of a dissertation or thesis related to hybrid simulation, also known as
dynamic sub-structuring or pseudo-dynamic testing. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The MECHS team has selected the winning entries! Now you can watch
the great research ideas that students around the world are working on.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The table below contains the winners of each category and their
YouTube links</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The winning entries are also posted on the <a href="https://mechs.designsafe-ci.org/activities/" style="color:blue">MECHS website</a> and on the
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMBj5rgUr2yed9ba2s7L82gTmsZSqBhuL" style="color:blue">MECHS
Youtube</a> channel. </p></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><table width="" style="color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><b>Name </b></td><td style="text-align:center;width:120px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><b>Category</b></td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><b>Link</b></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Li, Shaopeng<br></td><td style="text-align:center;width:120px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Technical</td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><a href="https://youtu.be/aRATxsLMDfs" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/aRATxsLMDfs</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Sepulveda, Claudio<br></td><td style="text-align:center;width:120px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Creativity</td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><a href="https://youtu.be/Bd5u_bNcMAU" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Bd5u_bNcMAU</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171);width:199px">Galmez, Cristobal<br></td><td style="text-align:center;width:120px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><span style="margin:0px">Presentation</span><br></td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171);width:210px"><a href="https://youtu.be/IHYdVRFocW0" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/IHYdVRFocW0</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Wang, <span style="margin:0px">Xuguang</span><br></td><td style="text-align:center;width:120px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><span style="margin:0px">Technical</span><br></td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><a href="https://youtu.be/1ZCi4XyyLMA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/1ZCi4XyyLMA</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Mortazavi, Pedram<br></td><td style="text-align:center;width:120px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Novelty</td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><a href="https://youtu.be/D_xNBpe9wcA" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/D_xNBpe9wcA</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Zheng Huan,Chen Dandan, Zhou Tiannan, Shi Xueying<br></td><td style="text-align:center;width:120px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Unique Application</td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><a href="https://youtu.be/6K5IxTk2nLI" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/6K5IxTk2nLI</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Shim, Jaehong<br></td><td style="text-align:center;width:120px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Balanced</td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><a href="https://youtu.be/XwdFtcpNp48" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/XwdFtcpNp48</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Bas, Elif Ecem<br></td><td style="text-align:center;width:120px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><span style="margin:0px">Novelty</span><br></td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><a href="https://youtu.be/R6NcqVDbT9k" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/R6NcqVDbT9k</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Moni, Moniruzzaman<span style="margin:0px"> </span><br></td><td style="text-align:center;width:120px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><span style="margin:0px">Creativity</span><br></td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><a href="https://youtu.be/20dWcVfLyNo" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/20dWcVfLyNo</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Najafi, <span style="margin:0px">Amirali</span><br></td><td style="text-align:center;width:120px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Presentation</td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><a href="https://youtu.be/DzdIGfbbwyM" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/DzdIGfbbwyM</a><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div><br>In addition to the above list of videos, the following videos were selected to be featured on our social media platforms:</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><blockquote type="cite" style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:15px"><div style="margin:0px"><table width="" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;width:215px;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><b>Name </b></td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><b>Link</b></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Tsokanas Nikolaos<br></td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171);width:299px"><a href="https://youtu.be/DTyU5ZBDoAo" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/DTyU5ZBDoAo</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Sadraddin, Hezha<br></td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><a href="https://youtu.be/K7bHxDgFysk" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/K7bHxDgFysk</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)">Qureshi, Ramla<br></td><td style="text-align:center;border:1px solid rgb(171,171,171)"><a href="https://youtu.be/D4AJ5SzFuz8" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/D4AJ5SzFuz8</a><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></blockquote></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12pt">Regards,</span><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Johnny Condori</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">MECHS Secretariat</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Purdue University<br><br></div></div><div><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=12XbEVKyTmNxWz2zhiLdBZVYuFfNlVaKQ&export=download" width="95" height="96"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1U6b8ybB1nOSy5YOpLZMx0Skjv2IyAi_R&export=download" width="200" height="66"><br></div></div></div></div></div>