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<div class="moz-forward-container">Colleagues,<br>
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I think that the NTPC had a difficult time rejecting our proposal.
But it was not accepted at the<br>
end. Perhaps, we should step back for a year, since we have had
two in a row. Any ideas on this are<br>
welcomed.<br>
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Thanks to all of you that contributed to this effort. I will
notify the authors of the proposed papers as well.<br>
I am not sure if there is still time to submit individual papers.<br>
<br>
Julio<br>
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<td>Structures Congress 2019 Submission Notification</td>
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<td>Thu, 16 Aug 2018 12:16:22 -0400</td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ramirez@purdue.edu">ramirez@purdue.edu</a></td>
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<p>Dear Julio Ramirez,</p>
<p>The National Technical Program Committee (NTPC) met in Orlando,
Florida on August 8 & 9 to finalize the technical program
for Structures Congress 2019. NTPC was faced with the very
difficult task of selecting the best submissions to provide a
balanced program that includes career development sessions,
interactive, innovative, Codes and Standards, Research, Natural
Disasters, Education, Building, Bridges, Blast, Forensics,
Materials, Non-Building, Non-Structural and more. Every year we
receive many submissions that cannot be accommodated into the
program due to space or duplicate topics. Less than half of the
900 plus submissions can be accepted for presentation during the
conference. </p>
<p>In selecting the final abstracts and sessions for the program,
the committee used five basic criteria: (a) the technical merit,
(b) quality of presentation, (c) innovative topics with
practical applications, (d) encourage interactive, dynamic
programs (e) goals of NTPC including the need to create a
diverse and attractive program for a wide audience.</p>
<p>On behalf of the NTPC I regret to inform you that your
submission Full Session with Abstracts (499638) Earthquake and
Windstorm Research in the Natural Hazards Engineering Research
Infrastructure was not selected for Structures Congress 2019.
As noted above, the committee had a very difficult time
selecting the presentations. We understand your disappointment,
but we had many good submissions and we could not accommodate
them all. <strong><u>Please make sure you let all your
authors, presenters and moderators know the results as this
e-mail goes only to the submitter.</u></strong></p>
<p>We would like to thank you for your interest and looking
forward to your continued participation in SEI. We encourage
you to submit session proposals and papers for future events for
consideration by the NTPC.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>G. (Greg) Soules, P.E., S.E., F.SEI, F.ASCE</p>
<p>NTPC Chair</p>
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