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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Friday, Sept. 25</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">11:00 am – 1:30 pm EST</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Registration: <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/training/workshops/lehigh-ef/2020/rtmd-experimental-facility-user-workshop/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/training/workshops/lehigh-ef/2020/rtmd-experimental-facility-user-workshop/</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Abstract</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The NHERI Lehigh Real-Time Multi-Directional (RTMD)
Experimental Facility is hosting a virtual user workshop. The focus of the
workshop is to:<br>
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 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Provide
     researchers with information on the capabilities of the NHERI Lehigh RTMD
     EF for advanced natural hazard engineering research.</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Describe
     the procedures to perform large-scale experiments using the NHERI Lehigh
     RTMD EF.</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Describe
     new capabilities and resources available for conducting research at the NHERI
     Lehigh RTMD EF.</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Discuss
     the NHERI Science Plan and how the NHERI Lehigh RTMD EF enables key
     research in emerging areas in natural hazard engineering.</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Explore
     opportunities to use the NHERI Lehigh RTMD EF for unsolicited, CAREER, and
     other types of NSF proposals.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Workshop participants will be provided with valuable
information about the resources available at the NHERI Lehigh RTMD EF and how
to engage the EF for obtaining NSF funding for natural hazards mitigation
research and other basic science research. The workshop will include a virtual
tour of the NHERI Lehigh RTMD EF and the EF capabilities.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">See details at: <a href="https://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/outreach/workshops/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">https://lehigh.designsafe-ci.org/outreach/workshops/</a></p><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=12XbEVKyTmNxWz2zhiLdBZVYuFfNlVaKQ&export=download" width="95" height="96"><br><br></div><div><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_keuc7le00" alt="Lehigh.png" width="240" height="58" style="margin-right:0px"><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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