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    <p>Hi Dan:</p>
    <p>I believe Joy greatly enjoys the NHERI Computational Symposia.
      Thanking her for her tremendous support of NEES and NHERI during
      the next symposium is an excellent idea.</p>
    <p>Best regards,</p>
    <p>Joel</p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Joel P. Conte, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI, F.ASCE
Distinguished Professor
Eric and Johanna Reissner Endowed Chair

Department of Structural Engineering
Irwin & Joan Jacobs School of Engineering
University of California, San Diego
443K SME Building
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0085
La Jolla, CA 92093-0085
Phone: (858) 822-4545
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jpconte@ucsd.edu">jpconte@ucsd.edu</a>
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://structures.ucsd.edu">http://structures.ucsd.edu</a>
     <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jaguar.ucsd.edu/">http://jaguar.ucsd.edu/</a></pre>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/19/2025 6:58 AM, julio ramirez
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      Dear Council Members,<br>
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      Please see the message below, and please share your thoughts.<br>
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      Best...Julio<br>
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              <td>Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Council Meeting Aug 7 Minutes</td>
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              <td>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:31:24 +0000</td>
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              <td>Cox, Daniel Thomas <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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              <td>JoAnn Browning <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                  href="mailto:joann.browning@utsa.edu"
                  moz-do-not-send="true"><joann.browning@utsa.edu></a>,
                Rathje, Ellen M <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                  href="mailto:e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu"
                  moz-do-not-send="true"><e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu></a>,
                Ramirez, Julio Alfonso <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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            it makes sense to share with the rest of the NHERI council.
              Julio — can you do this?</div>
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            Just curious, when Rick Fragaszy retired, did the geotech
            community do anything formal?   If so, it might be good do
            something similar for Joy.   In coastal engineering, we’ll
            sometimes dedicate a session to a person who recently
            retired and has had a big impact on our field, but I’ve not
            seen this done for a program manager.  </div>
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            Alternatively, we could thank Joy during a plenary session
            of the next big structures conference (with travel paid by
            the conference committee)? Or potentially at the next NHERI
            Computational Symposium?    I’m just trying to think of what
            Joy might like — would she want to see the research
            community in person on more time, or is she more likely to
            want to step away entirely.    I really don't know</div>
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                  Cox, Ph.D. </b></span><span
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                  Coastal and Ocean Engineering Program</b></span></p>
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                College of Engineering | School of Civil and
                Construction Engineering</span></p>
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                Owen Hall | 1491 SW Campus Way | Corvallis, OR 97331</span></p>
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              <b>From: </b>JoAnn Browning <a
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              <b>Date: </b>Friday, August 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM<br>
              <b>To: </b>Cox, Daniel Thomas <a
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                href="mailto:dtc@oregonstate.edu" moz-do-not-send="true"><dtc@oregonstate.edu></a>,
              Rathje, Ellen M <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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              Ramirez, Julio Alfonso <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                href="mailto:ramirez@purdue.edu" moz-do-not-send="true"><ramirez@purdue.edu></a><br>
              <b>Subject: </b>Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Council Meeting Aug 7
              Minutes<br>
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              It seems as though everyone has taken a look (thank you
              all!).  Possible next steps:</div>
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              <b>From:</b> Cox, Daniel Thomas <a
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              <b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 15, 2025 9:54 AM<br>
              <b>To:</b> Rathje, Ellen M <a
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              Ramirez, Julio Alfonso <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Council Meeting Aug 7
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                    Coastal and Ocean Engineering Program</b></span></p>
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                  College of Engineering | School of Civil and
                  Construction Engineering</span></p>
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                  Owen Hall | 1491 SW Campus Way | Corvallis, OR 97331</span></p>
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                <b>From: </b>Rathje, Ellen M <a
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                <b>Date: </b>Friday, August 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM<br>
                <b>To: </b>JoAnn Browning <a
                  class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                  href="mailto:joann.browning@utsa.edu"
                  moz-do-not-send="true"><joann.browning@utsa.edu></a>,
                Ramirez, Julio Alfonso <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                  href="mailto:ramirez@purdue.edu"
                  moz-do-not-send="true"><ramirez@purdue.edu></a>,
                Cox, Daniel Thomas <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                  href="mailto:dtc@oregonstate.edu"
                  moz-do-not-send="true"><dtc@oregonstate.edu></a><br>
                <b>Subject: </b>Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Council Meeting Aug
                7 Minutes<br>
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                Thanks JoAnn for a great draft!  I really wish we had
                contact information for Joy so we could reach out and
                ask questions...</div>
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                Anyway, I made edits just for clarification sake.  And I
                thought the end was somewhat abrupt, but struggled with
                the exact wording to end the write up.</div>
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                Thanks,</div>
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                Ellen</div>
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                  <b>From:</b> JoAnn Browning <a
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                    href="mailto:joann.browning@utsa.edu"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><joann.browning@utsa.edu></a><br>
                  <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 14, 2025 6:46 PM<br>
                  <b>To:</b> Ramirez, Julio Alfonso <a
                    class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                    href="mailto:ramirez@purdue.edu"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><ramirez@purdue.edu></a>;
                  Cox, Daniel Thomas <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                    href="mailto:dtc@oregonstate.edu"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><dtc@oregonstate.edu></a>;
                  Rathje, Ellen M <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                    href="mailto:e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu></a><br>
                  <b>Subject:</b> Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Council Meeting Aug
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                Hello Julio, Dan, and Ellen,</div>
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                  first try</a> just to get us started - please be cruel
                to be kind and make any edits/comments that feel
                appropriate.  I am happy to try to resolve them as they
                are posted.  Anyone else we should ask to make comments?</div>
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                A few notes:</div>
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                  <div dir="ltr" role="presentation">I reached out to
                    Giovanna to see if she has any more information
                    about Joy's tenure at NSF because there is very
                    little online---but maybe we do not really need
                    more. </div>
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                  <div dir="ltr" role="presentation">Please double check
                    my dates for NEES and NHERI to make sure that they
                    are correct. </div>
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                  <div dir="ltr" role="presentation">Giovanna has
                    LinkedIn that lists her places of employment so I
                    feel confident about those dates.</div>
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                Warm regards,</div>
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                JoAnn</div>
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                <b>From:</b> julio ramirez <a
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                  href="mailto:ramirez@purdue.edu"
                  moz-do-not-send="true"><ramirez@purdue.edu></a><br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 13, 2025 12:19 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> JoAnn Browning <a
                  class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                  href="mailto:joann.browning@utsa.edu"
                  moz-do-not-send="true"><joann.browning@utsa.edu></a>;
                Cox, Daniel Thomas <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                  href="mailto:dtc@oregonstate.edu"
                  moz-do-not-send="true"><dtc@oregonstate.edu></a>;
                Rathje, Ellen M <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
                  href="mailto:e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu"
                  moz-do-not-send="true"><e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu></a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Council Meeting Aug 7
                Minutes</div>
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              <div dir="ltr">Thank you, JoAnn!<br>
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              <div dir="ltr">On 8/13/25 10:47 AM, JoAnn Browning wrote:</div>
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                  I am happy to take a first stab and share with this
                  group to get us rolling.  Thanks, Julio!</div>
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                  <b>From:</b> julio ramirez <a
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                  <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 13, 2025 9:29 AM<br>
                  <b>To:</b> JoAnn Browning <a
                    href="mailto:joann.browning@utsa.edu"
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                    <joann.browning@utsa.edu></a>; Cox, Daniel
                  Thomas <a href="mailto:dtc@oregonstate.edu"
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                  Rathje, Ellen M <a
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                    <e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu></a><br>
                  <b>Subject:</b> Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Council Meeting Aug
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                <div dir="ltr">Dan and all,<br>
                  <br>
                  Please see revised minutes with additional information
                  on the "NHERI presents..."<br>
                  Let me know if you have additional comments.<br>
                  <br>
                  On the message about Joy, I will clear this with NSF
                  (Giovanna). In the meantime we could<br>
                  start a draft for the Bimonthly newsletter or a
                  separate announcement. Who would like to take the<br>
                  first stab at it? JoAnn or Ellen perhaps?<br>
                  <br>
                  Best...Julio<br>
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                <div dir="ltr">On 8/13/25 9:48 AM, JoAnn Browning wrote:</div>
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                    Hello again, Dan,</div>
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                    That's a great idea - something to formally thank
                    Joy and welcome Giovanna.</div>
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                    In a chat with Giovanna a couple weeks ago, the idea
                    of a workshop came up to honor Joy (in some way that
                    is feasible with NSF policies) and she was going to
                    look into it.  Will check back with Giovanna to see
                    if it has any legs, but think it could be along the
                    lines of "NHERI presents" but with the biggest
                    outcomes that launch us into the next 10 years. 
                    What do you think?</div>
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                    Warm regards,</div>
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                    <b>From:</b> Cox, Daniel Thomas <a
                      href="mailto:dtc@oregonstate.edu"
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                      <dtc@oregonstate.edu></a><br>
                    <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 13, 2025 8:04 AM<br>
                    <b>To:</b> JoAnn Browning <a
                      href="mailto:joann.browning@utsa.edu"
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                      <joann.browning@utsa.edu></a>; Ramirez,
                    Julio Alfonso <a href="mailto:ramirez@purdue.edu"
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                    Rathje, Ellen M <a
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                      <e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu></a><br>
                    <b>Subject:</b> Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Council Meeting
                    Aug 7 Minutes</div>
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                    JoAnn — Sounds good.  Thank you for being willing to
                    moderate this!</div>
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                    Julio — Can we add a line in the Aug 7 min that we
                    discussed the idea of a “NHERI Presents…” webinar
                    and the action item that JoAnn describes below</div>
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                <div dir="ltr">Will do! Thanks Dan.</div>
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                    All — Another thought occurred to me:  did we
                    distribute anything thanking Joy for her service and
                    dedication to NEES/NHERI?  Or formally welcome
                    Giovanna as the new program manager?    It might
                    make sense to follow up the July NHERI Council
                    Message with a “Thank you Joy/Welcome Giovanna”
                    message in August.   If you all agree, we could
                    draft something, float it by the council via email,
                    and then post/send it by end of August (before the
                    next council meeting)  </div>
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                <div dir="ltr">I will clear this with NSF (Giovanna). In
                  the meantime we could start a draft for the Bimonthly
                  newsletter. Who would like to take the<br>
                  first stab at it? JoAnn or Ellen?<br>
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                    Dan</div>
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style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black;"><b>Daniel
                          Cox, Ph.D. </b></span><span
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style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black;"><b> Professor,
                          Coastal and Ocean Engineering Program</b></span></p>
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                          State University</b></span><span
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                        College of Engineering | School of Civil and
                        Construction Engineering</span></p>
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                        Owen Hall | 1491 SW Campus Way | Corvallis, OR
                        97331</span></p>
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                      <b>From: </b>JoAnn Browning <a
                        href="mailto:joann.browning@utsa.edu"
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                        <joann.browning@utsa.edu></a><br>
                      <b>Date: </b>Monday, August 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM<br>
                      <b>To: </b>Cox, Daniel Thomas <a
                        href="mailto:dtc@oregonstate.edu"
                        id="OWA0a103a53-016f-e364-9279-bd5010bd4fd4"
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                        <dtc@oregonstate.edu></a>, Ramirez, Julio
                      Alfonso <a href="mailto:ramirez@purdue.edu"
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                        <ramirez@purdue.edu></a>, Rathje, Ellen M
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                        <e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu></a><br>
                      <b>Subject: </b>Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Council
                      Meeting Aug 7 Minutes<br>
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                      Thanks, Dan! </div>
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                      We have scheduled our meeting of the renewing
                      elements for Aug 18 and this is our only agenda
                      item at the moment. </div>
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                      The suggestions below are in line with the
                      thoughts that were expressed last week and will
                      definitely be considered in our planning.  I was
                      planning to volunteer to moderate/lead/admin, but
                      also want Ellen, Joe, and Matt input.</div>
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                      Appreciate your support, as always!</div>
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                      Warm regards,</div>
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                      JoAnn</div>
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                        <b>From:</b> Cox, Daniel Thomas <a
                          href="mailto:dtc@oregonstate.edu"
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                          <dtc@oregonstate.edu></a><br>
                        <b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 11, 2025 1:08 PM<br>
                        <b>To:</b> julio ramirez <a
                          href="mailto:ramirez@purdue.edu"
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                          <ramirez@purdue.edu></a>; Rathje, Ellen
                        M <a href="mailto:e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu"
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                          <e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu></a><br>
                        <b>Cc:</b> JoAnn Browning <a
                          href="mailto:joann.browning@utsa.edu"
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                          <joann.browning@utsa.edu></a><br>
                        <b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: Council Meeting
                        Aug 7 Minutes</div>
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                                  **<u>EXTERNAL EMAIL</u>**</b></span><br>
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                      Julio, JoAnn</div>
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                      At the end of the meeting, there was a discussion
                      about the ‘visibility’ of NHERI while we are in a
                      holding pattern regarding the solicitation, etc.  
                      I proposed something simple like a monthly webinar
                      series titled “NHERI Presents …”    I got a few
                      direct messages from folks saying they liked the
                      idea.    </div>
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                      Some details of what I was thinking: </div>
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                          the plan is for NCO, SimCenter, RAPID,
                          DesignSafe as the NHERI components that don’t
                          have to compete, it might make sense if you
                          all do it.  I’m happy to help since I
                          suggested it, but I don’t need to be involved
                          if it slows things down.  </div>
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                          (total) webinar.  </div>
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                        <div role="presentation">Can use the same time
                          slot at our NHERI council meeting and switch
                          from the first Thursday to the third Thursday.
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                          folks who can’t attend live</div>
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                          <div role="presentation">1-2 min intro by host
                            (NCE/Simcenter/RAPID/DesignSafe)</div>
                        </li>
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                          <div role="presentation">20 min presentation</div>
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                          <div role="presentation">5 min Q&A</div>
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                          <div role="presentation">1-2 min other
                            announcements, including who’s next</div>
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                        <div dir="ltr" role="presentation">Solicit names
                          from NHERI Council by Aug 20 to get the Fall
                          series lined up.  </div>
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                            I’d recommend Barb Simpson at Stanford who
                            is doing interesting work on Fluid-structure
                            interaction, including hybrid
                            (numerical/physical) experiments.  Or Pat
                            Lynett at USC who is working on digital twin
                            & VR </div>
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                          that you see fit (don’t need a complicated
                          selection process)</div>
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                      Julio, JoAnn — now that we have a new program
                      manager, it might be a good opportunity to show
                      leadership of the NCO.   A NHERI-wide webinar
                      series might help with that.   </div>
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                          College of Engineering | School of Civil and
                          Construction Engineering</span></p>
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                          Owen Hall | 1491 SW Campus Way | Corvallis, OR
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                        <b>From: </b>julio ramirez <a
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                        <b>Date: </b>Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM<br>
                        <b>To: </b>Cox, Daniel Thomas <a
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                          <dtc@oregonstate.edu></a>, Rathje, Ellen
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                        <b>Cc: </b>JoAnn Browning <a
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                        <b>Subject: </b>Council Meeting Aug 7 Minutes<br>
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                        Good morning,<br>
                        <br>
                        Please let me know if you would like to make
                        modifications. There are a<br>
                        couple of time sensitive items.<br>
                        <br>
                        Thanks,<br>
                        Julio</div>
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Julio Ramirez, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE
Karl H. Kettelhut Professor in Civil Engineering
Director, NHERI-NCO Center
Structures Group Coordinator
Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering
Purdue University
(765) 430-7853</div></pre>
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              <pre><div dir="ltr">-- 
Julio Ramirez, Ph.D., Dist.M.ASCE
Karl H. Kettelhut Professor in Civil Engineering
Director, NHERI-NCO Center
Structures Group Coordinator
Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering
Purdue University
(765) 430-7853</div></pre>
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