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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submitted version attached. Please let me know if you have any questions or thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Have a great weekend – Forrest
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Forrest J. Masters, Ph.D., P.E.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Prof. and Assoc. Dean for Research and Facilities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">University of Florida</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">julio ramirez <ramirez@purdue.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 12:02 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Masters,Forrest" <masters@ce.ufl.edu>, NHERI-Council <NHERI-Council@designsafe-ci.org>, Lori Peek <lori.peek@Colorado.EDU><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Gurley,Kurtis R" <kgurl@ce.ufl.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Nheri-council] DRAFT Entry for the NSF 2026 Idea Machine Competition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Forrest,<br>
Thank you for the opportunity to provide input. Your description is <br>
compelling. I just made a few comments for consideration by you and<br>
Kurt.<br>
Best,<br>
Julio<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 10/24/18 10:26 PM, Masters,Forrest wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Colleagues,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kurt Gurley and I produced a rough cut for a ‘big idea’ that centers on reducing losses from natural disasters. We will start polishing it tomorrow for submission by COB Friday.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Feedback would be appreciated if you have the time. It is relatively short (~1200 words).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sincere apologies for not getting this out sooner. Fieldwork in Hurricanes Florence and Michael set our schedule (way) back.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nsf.gov_news_special-5Freports_nsf2026ideamachine_index.jsp&d=DwMDaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=PhhdDa49s8x-zA6DpvCihN4fO_GeSnG_nsm6Yxlnns8&m=9-zdMd6l67c79iIvci9GMs7Tc1q3kYlxWCWWB0IsodI&s=utHmmTJTf3-2zvxw_sRuStJaC9qJPniATgcV61_H2lM&e=">
NSF 2026 Idea Machine</a> contest rules stipulate that only five authors can be included. We’ll sort out how to handle that once we see who actually wants to contribute (given such short notice).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Forrest</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Forrest J. Masters, Ph.D., P.E.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Prof. and Assoc. Dean for Research and Facilities</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">University of Florida</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>Julio Ramirez, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Karl H. Kettelhut Professor in Civil Engineering<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Director, NHERI-NCO Center<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Lyles School of Civil Engineering<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Purdue University<o:p></o:p></pre>
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