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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">2021 THWARTS / IBHS Natural Hazards Seminar Series</span></b><span></span></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%">“Evolution of a Multidisciplinary Program in Wind Hazards” </span></b><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Dr. Kishor C. Mehta,
PE</span></b><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">National Wind
Institute</span></b><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Tuesday, February 16,
2021</span></b><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE<br>12:00 – 1:30 pm
(Eastern) </span></b></span><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><br><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center">We encourage you to forward this to all interested
students and other colleagues! <br>Please see the THWARTS site for presentation
details registration info:<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" align="center"><a href="https://thwarts.cee.illinois.edu/program-2/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://thwarts.cee.illinois.edu/program-2/</span></a> <span></span></p><div><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,40,42)">The seminar series is sponsored by National Science Foundation <a name="m_4638813732749552520_m_6415184755117901215_m_8329770230721001563_m_7340123420507632">Grants </a>2006613
(CAREER-IBHS) & 1748687 (UI).</span></div><div><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,40,42)">---------<br></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(38,40,42)"></span><span></span></p>





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