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    Thank you, Forrest and Joy! <br>
    <br>
    Council: at the request of Lori we have updated the information<br>
    related to CONVERGE: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
      href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/covid19/">https://www.designsafe-ci.org/covid19/</a><br>
    <br>
    Let us know whenever you wish to change the status of your
    facility/component<br>
    so that we may keep the information on this matter up to date as
    much as possible.<br>
    <br>
    Best...Julio<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/15/20 8:01 PM, Pauschke, Joy M.
      wrote:<br>
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      cite="mid:806ACC22-4DA4-4322-8E1B-B1E27ABBE6FB@nsf.gov">
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      Forrest -
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      <div>Thank you for this update.   </div>
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      <div>All - </div>
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      <div>The NHERI facilities should follow their institutional
        guidance on lab operations/closure. <br>
        Please keep the NCO and me informed if your lab will close.  </div>
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      <div>Most important  - stay safe and healthy. </div>
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      <div>Joy <br>
        <br>
        <div dir="ltr">Joy Pauschke, Ph.D., P.E.
          <div>Program Director</div>
          <div>Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure
            (NHERI)</div>
          <div>Engineering for Civil Infrastructure (ECI) </div>
          <div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Division of Civil,
              Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation</span></div>
          <div>Directorate for Engineering</div>
          <div>2415 Eisenhower Avenue</div>
          <div>National Science Foundation</div>
          <div>Arlington, VA 22314<br>
            <div><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jpauschk@nsf.gov">jpauschk@nsf.gov</a></div>
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          <div>Phone 703-292-7024</div>
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          <blockquote type="cite">On Mar 15, 2020, at 7:50 PM,
            Masters,Forrest <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:masters@eng.ufl.edu"><masters@eng.ufl.edu></a> wrote:<br>
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              <p class="MsoNormal">Starting to see more traffic that
                university lab research will shut down or scale back,
                particularly in MA ...<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="http://web.mit.edu/covid19/update-about-on-campus-research-activities-and-related-human-resource-policies/"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">http://web.mit.edu/covid19/update-about-on-campus-research-activities-and-related-human-resource-policies/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/3/13/harvard-coronavirus-research-interruptions/"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/3/13/harvard-coronavirus-research-interruptions/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/14/coronavirus-pandemic-forces-research-labs-shut-down/"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/14/coronavirus-pandemic-forces-research-labs-shut-down/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">We’re debating the pros and cons of
                letting two NHERI staff work as “essential personnel” if
                the university requires a scale back. Wearing my PI hat,
                I am confident that this can safely be done given the
                size of the facility, assuming they distance themselves
                from each other and stay in radio contact. This of
                course means we will continue to not host visitors.<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal">If you aren’t talking to your admin,
                it may be worth bringing up before an order comes down.
                <o:p></o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                      style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Forrest J.
                      Masters, Ph.D., P.E.</span></b><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Prof. and
                    Assoc. Dean for Research and Facilities</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Herbert
                    Wertheim College of Engineering</span><span
                    style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">University of
                    Florida</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                      style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span
                    style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Nheri-council
                    <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nheri-council-bounces@designsafe-ci.org"><nheri-council-bounces@designsafe-ci.org></a> on
                    behalf of "Masters,Forrest"
                    <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:masters@eng.ufl.edu"><masters@eng.ufl.edu></a><br>
                    <b>Date: </b>Saturday, March 14, 2020 at 9:11 AM<br>
                    <b>To: </b>Marti LaChance
                    <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nheri.communications@gmail.com"><nheri.communications@gmail.com></a><br>
                    <b>Cc: </b>Daniel Zehner
                    <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:zehner2@purdue.edu"><zehner2@purdue.edu></a>, "Pauschke, Joy M."
                    <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jpauschk@nsf.gov"><jpauschk@nsf.gov></a>, NHERI-Council
                    <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:NHERI-Council@designsafe-ci.org"><NHERI-Council@designsafe-ci.org></a><br>
                    <b>Subject: </b>Re: [Nheri-council] [EXTERNAL] -
                    NHERI Operations Update Status related to COVID-19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FA4616">[External
                      Email]</span></b>
                  <o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The
                    Oxford Martin Programme on G</span>lobal Development
                  has the best analytics I’ve seen so far:<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ourworldindata.org_coronavirus&d=DwMGaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=3I0PVDTC5zxXLxoH4fGFjwGlxtuumZN340x72bXZXdk&m=2Qo3qsgM0eV48SdjHDNLeXJWHdVzg5uU7Qzs6vMu4SA&s=LBQlcHP-B5LbnsUCj1BQm6_50QpWcbLbdZ86WSMJc6w&e="
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                <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">Definitely worth a bookmark if you
                  seek granular information on COVID-19 outbreak.<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                        style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Forrest J.
                        Masters, Ph.D., P.E.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Prof. and
                      Assoc. Dean for Research and Facilities</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Herbert
                      Wertheim College of Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">University of
                      Florida</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                        style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Marti
                      LaChance <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nheri.communications@gmail.com"><nheri.communications@gmail.com></a><br>
                      <b>Date: </b>Friday, March 13, 2020 at 3:32 PM<br>
                      <b>To: </b>"Masters,Forrest"
                      <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:masters@eng.ufl.edu"><masters@eng.ufl.edu></a><br>
                      <b>Cc: </b>julio ramirez
                      <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ramirez@purdue.edu"><ramirez@purdue.edu></a>, NHERI-Council
                      <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:NHERI-Council@designsafe-ci.org"><NHERI-Council@designsafe-ci.org></a>,
                      "Pauschke, Joy M." <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jpauschk@nsf.gov"><jpauschk@nsf.gov></a>,
                      Daniel Zehner <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:zehner2@purdue.edu"><zehner2@purdue.edu></a><br>
                      <b>Subject: </b>Re: [Nheri-council] [EXTERNAL] -
                      NHERI Operations Update Status related to COVID-19</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FA4616">[External
                        Email]</span></b>
                    <o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank
                        you, Forrest. </span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">The COGR page is an excellent
                        resource. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal">Marti<o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 3:23
                        PM Masters,Forrest <<a
                          href="mailto:masters@eng.ufl.edu"
                          moz-do-not-send="true">masters@eng.ufl.edu</a>>
                        wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Useful
                        link if you want to keep tabs on how
                        universities and federal agencies are responding
                        to the coronavirus:<br>
                        <br>
                        <a
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.cogr.edu_institutional-2Dand-2Dagency-2Dresponses-2Dcovid-2D19-2Dand-2Dadditional-2Dresources&d=DwMFaQ&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=CaJE2wq2FzQI0wS4bR7eUpGPnR19lqThjYsYbBUl-jU&m=jlLDTc0_lYQAckzFIct5uK8McrC0--aw0Q9j0Se4bZ4&s=bXWpuJIbTKU3CAQug2Udf4Y4jdaHFPqL79x2YFkQCLI&e="
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.cogr.edu/institutional-and-agency-responses-covid-19-and-additional-resources</a><br>
                        <br>
                        I don't know why we/others are not listed. Here
                        are our two main pages:<br>
                        <br>
                        <a href="http://www.ufl.edu/health-updates/"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.ufl.edu/health-updates/</a><br>
                        <a
                          href="https://research.ufl.edu/covid-19-updates.html"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://research.ufl.edu/covid-19-updates.html</a><br>
                        <br>
                        Forrest J. Masters, Ph.D., P.E.<br>
                        Prof. and Assoc. Dean for Research and
                        Facilities<br>
                        Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering<br>
                        University of Florida<br>
                        <br>
                        <br>
                        On 3/12/20, 4:19 PM, "Nheri-council on behalf of
                        julio ramirez" <<a
                          href="mailto:nheri-council-bounces@designsafe-ci.org"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">nheri-council-bounces@designsafe-ci.org</a>
                        on behalf of
                        <a href="mailto:ramirez@purdue.edu"
                          target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ramirez@purdue.edu</a>>
                        wrote:<br>
                        <br>
                            [External Email]<br>
                        <br>
                            Council,<br>
                        <br>
                            Here is the latest version of the version of
                        the NHERI status related to<br>
                            COVID.<br>
                            Please let me know about any modifications
                        you may wish to make. NSF needs<br>
                            to know how NHERI is handling the COVID-19.<br>
                        <br>
                        <br>
                            We plan to publish on DesignSafe-CI no later
                        than tomorrow.<br>
                        <br>
                            Thanks,<br>
                            Julio<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Julio Ramirez, Ph.D.
Karl H. Kettelhut Professor in Civil Engineering
Director, NHERI-NCO Center
Lyles School of Civil Engineering
Purdue University
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