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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear NHERI GSC colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am so stoked to announce the NHERI DesignSafe/SimCenter Hackathon to be held July 27-29, 2022 in Austin, TX (and virtually)! Please see the attached PDF for details. Even if remotely interested in participating let’s discuss possible
teams and projects on the <a href="https://join.slack.com/share/enQtMzM0MDMzOTU5NDUzMy00ZDk4MWJjNDczNjA4MjExM2I5ZmUxOTkzMDA1ZjhlZGRkMmMzOWZlMWU4NDlhYmI3NzUwMTM3MGZmNzEyZTg3">
sim slack channel</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The hackathon will bring together members of the natural hazards community, with different backgrounds and skill sets, to work collaboratively to develop new software and/or data sets that will advance our shared goal of reducing natural
hazard risk.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Research groups interested in sponsoring a hackathon project should complete the
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3f7DXa7wdKOw2mK6LZLoQaLZZhGzb2bSTwwzQIlGnJ1lagA/viewform?usp=sf_link">
Google form</a> by Monday, April 11; please note that all hackathon projects must have a mentor identified. Questions should be directed to
<i><a href="mailto:nehri-hackathon@utlists.utexas.edu">nehri-hackathon@utlists.utexas.edu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Thanks,</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";color:#002060;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Niko Grisel Todorov</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A50034;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Chapman University</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
(424) 262-5354</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E"><a href="mailto:todorov@chapman.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">todorov@chapman.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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