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<p>Thank you Ross for providing the opportunity to contribute and
the information in your e-mail.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Jim<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/29/2016 12:03 PM, Ross W Boulanger
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Per Jim’s
email, others of you may wish to report this activity:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Society of
Women Engineers (SWE)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">SWE ABJ 2016
Conference, Seattle, WA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">February 19-20,
2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">“Opportunities
in the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure
(NHERI) Program”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Presented by R.
W. Boulanger and Jaclyn Bronner (Grad student at UC Davis)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://abjconference.swe.org/">http://abjconference.swe.org/</a><span
style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This was a
regional SWE event combining regions A, B and J.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This
presentation included contributions from all NHERI sites
(thank you all) and contributed to diversifying our
collective user base.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ross<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="color:windowtext"> Jim Ricles
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:jmr5@lehigh.edu">mailto:jmr5@lehigh.edu</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 28, 2016 12:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ross W Boulanger
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rwboulanger@UCDAVIS.EDU"><rwboulanger@UCDAVIS.EDU></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Chad Kusko <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:chk205@lehigh.edu"><chk205@lehigh.edu></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Lehigh Opportunities slide<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi Ross,<br>
Lehigh is working on their NHERI Annual Progress Report to
NSF. We wanted to include our contribution to the presentation
made at the SWE Regional Conference that took place earlier
this year (see below). Can you provide some information about
the name of the conference, location, and theme?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Jim<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2/18/2016 8:54 PM, Ross W Boulanger
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is a
belated thank you, Chad and Jim. I appreciate you sending
these.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ross</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">--</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#222222">Ross W.
Boulanger, Professor<br>
Director, Center for Geotechnical Modeling<br>
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering<br>
University of California, Davis, CA 95616<br>
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/boulanger/"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI
,sans-serif;color:blue",serif">http://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/boulanger/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Chad Kusko [<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:chk205@lehigh.edu"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:chk205@lehigh.edu">mailto:chk205@lehigh.edu</a></a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 1, 2016 6:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ross W Boulanger <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:rwboulanger@UCDAVIS.EDU"><rwboulanger@UCDAVIS.EDU></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> James Ricles <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jmr5@lehigh.edu"><jmr5@lehigh.edu></a>;
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:chk205@lehigh.edu">
chk205@lehigh.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Lehigh Opportunities slide<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ross,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As a follow up to last Wednesday’s NHERI
call, please find a few slides overviewing initiatives at
Lehigh for your upcoming presentation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chad<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chad Kusko, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Administrative Director, ATLSS
Engineering Research Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NHERI RTMD Operations Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Director, PITA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Director, RAMP<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lehigh University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">117 ATLSS Drive<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bethlehem, PA 18015<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: 610-758-5299<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: 610-758-5902<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>James M. Ricles, Ph.D., PE.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Bruce G. Johnston Professor of Structural Engineering,<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Director - Lehigh RTMD NHERI Experimental Facility<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Deputy Director - ATLSS Engineering Research Center<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Lehigh University<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>117 ATLSS Drive, H Building<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Bethlehem, PA 18015-4729<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Tel: 610-758-6252<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Fax: 610-758-5902<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>e-mail: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:jmr5@lehigh.edu">jmr5@lehigh.edu</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>web page: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.lehigh.edu/%7Eincee/ricles.html">http://www.lehigh.edu/~incee/ricles.html</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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James M. Ricles, Ph.D., PE.
Bruce G. Johnston Professor of Structural Engineering,
Director - Lehigh RTMD NHERI Experimental Facility
Deputy Director - ATLSS Engineering Research Center
Lehigh University
117 ATLSS Drive, H Building
Bethlehem, PA 18015-4729
Tel: 610-758-6252
Fax: 610-758-5902
e-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jmr5@lehigh.edu">jmr5@lehigh.edu</a>
web page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lehigh.edu/~incee/ricles.html">http://www.lehigh.edu/~incee/ricles.html</a></pre>
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