<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">In December 2020, the NHERI NCO has scheduled collaborative meetings
with two international partners. All interested are welcome to attend.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Third Planning Meeting of the NHERI and EUCENTRE Foundation
Research Collaboration</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>December 15 | 10:30am-1:10pm EST</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Register at the <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/training/webinars/nco/2020/nheri-eucentre-foundation-research-collaboration/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">DesignSafe
Learning Center</a>.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The third meeting under the NHERI and <a href="https://www.eucentre.it/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">EUCENTRE Foundation</a> collaboration
will be held via remote participation on Dec. 15th from 10:30 to 13:10 ET.
During the meeting, four ongoing coordinated collaborations and several
possible topics for coordinated research will be presented.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Two planning meetings already have been held under the
NHERI-EUCENTRE collaboration. The first was held in October 2018, at the
Embassy of Italy in Washington, DC, to discuss the details of the new research
collaboration. The second meeting took place at the EUCENTRE in Pavia, Italy,
in September 2019. Find details about the NHERI-EUCENTRE partnership on
the <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/facilities/nco/partnerships/eucentre/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Network
Coordination Office page</a> on the DesignSafe website.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For more information, please review the <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/media/filer_public/da/bb/dabb4975-3c36-4683-a52c-0ade669e325e/3rd-nheri-eucentre-collab.pdf" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">Event Brochure</a>.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>4th NHERI-NIED/E-Defense Research Collaboration Meeting</b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>December 16 | 8:00pm-11:00pm EST</b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Register at the <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/learning-center/training/webinars/nco/2020/nheri-niede-defense-research-collab/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">DesignSafe
Learning Center</a>.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Natural hazards researchers are welcome to attend the fourth
research meeting between NHERI and Japan’s National Research Institute for
Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (<a href="https://www.bosai.go.jp/e/index.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">NIED</a>).</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The virtual meeting will cover current and upcoming
collaborations between NHERI and NIED/E-Defense, which operates the 3D
Full-Scale Earthquake Testing Facility, called <a href="https://www.bosai.go.jp/e/facilities/edefense.html" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" target="_blank">E-Defense</a>.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The session will cover details of the Third Test of the
Tokyo Metropolitan Resilience Project (Steel Structure) and the full-scale
spine test by NSF-funded researchers under this collaboration on the E-Defense
shake table. Meeting participants will also receive information on aspects and
explore possible opportunities to collaborate with our colleagues from Japan on
the Fourth Test (Non-Structural Elements) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Resilience
Project. Updates will be provided on the collaboration during the First (Wood
Structure) and the Second (Reinforced Concrete Structure) Tests previously
conducted under the same collaboration.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1U6b8ybB1nOSy5YOpLZMx0Skjv2IyAi_R&export=download" width="200" height="66"><br><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=12XbEVKyTmNxWz2zhiLdBZVYuFfNlVaKQ&export=download" width="95" height="96"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>