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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear REU Alumni:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Your hard work cannot go unnoticed! Submit your final NHERI REU papers to the EERI student paper competition. You get another chance to travel and present your work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">See details below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Karina Vielma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">EERI is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its Annual Undergraduate Student Paper Competition. The purpose of the competition is to promote active involvement of students in earthquake engineering and the earthquake hazards research
community. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The general rules of the contest are as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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The paper must be directly related to earthquake engineering or earthquake hazard reduction.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
The paper or extended abstract must not exceed four (4) pages in length inclusive of all figures, tables, photographs, appendices, and list of references. Exception: final papers from other programs, such as REU's, that are longer than 4 pages will also be
accepted.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
The paper must be authored by the student alone. In addition, a faculty member or other advisor can provide feedback before submission of the paper but may not co-author the paper. The advisor’s name should be included in the “acknowledgements” section of the
paper.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
Applicants must be enrolled at an accredited U.S. college or university and must be U.S. residents.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
A registration grant for the EERI Annual Meeting will be made available to the winning author, in addition to a small travel stipend, as long as funds are available.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<b>Please submit your paper using the form on the following page: <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eeri.org%2Fcohost%2Fregistration%2Fstudent-paper-submission&data=02%7C01%7Ckarina.vielma%40utsa.edu%7C76ef62a242324f36ac3608d606a698c7%7C3a228dfbc64744cb88357b20617fc906%7C0%7C0%7C636703711777827641&sdata=of%2FVVM3cy1DAHw5Z1jKMCTzPzwALwtEOaKshyf%2Bd6U8%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
https://www.eeri.org/cohost/registration/student-paper-submission</a></b><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">The deadline is October 1, 2018.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Silvana<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Silvana Cobos</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Administrative Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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