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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">This is to RSVP for the User Requirements Workshop for DesignSafe Jan 11-12. I will participate in the Webinar on Oct 22. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Best Wishes,<br>Tracy Kijewski-Correa</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">"I strive for structural simplicity...the technical man must not be lost in his own technology; he must be able to appreciate life, and life is art, drama, music and most importantly, people." -- Fazlur Khan, Father of Skyscrapers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead</span><span style="color:#4f6228"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">Tracy Kijewski-Correa, PhD</span><span style="color:#4f6228"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">Linbeck Associate Professor</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences (CEEES)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">University of Notre Dame</span><span style="color:#4f6228"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4f6228"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">email: <a href="mailto:tkijewsk@nd.edu"><span style="color:#4f6228">tkijewsk@nd.edu</span></a> website: <a href="http://dynamo.nd.edu/"><span style="color:#4f6228">http://dynamo.nd.edu</span></a> </span><span style="color:#4f6228"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4f6228">Become part of the solution, visit: <a href="http://www.engineering2empower.org/"><span style="color:#4f6228">www.Engineering2Empower.org</span></a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4f6228">Build Bridges, Build Hope, visit:</span><span style="color:#4f6228"> <a href="http://ndseed.nd.edu/"><span style="color:#4f6228">ndseed.nd.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#4f6228"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4f6228"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">OFFICE: 162 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA</span><span style="color:#4f6228"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">Phone: 574-631-2980, Fax: 574-631-9236, Cell: 574-220-3679</span><span style="color:#4f6228"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#4f6228"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">LAB: Structural DYNAmics & MOnitoring (DYNAMO) Laboratory</span><span style="color:#4f6228"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">107B Cushing Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556</span><span style="color:#4f6228"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4f6228">Phone: 574-631-3914</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Rathje, Ellen M [mailto:<a href="mailto:e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu">e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 29, 2015 9:41 AM<br><b>Cc:</b> Tim Cockerill; Natalie Henriques<br><b>Subject:</b> NHERI CI User Requirements Workshop</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I am pleased to invite you to the User Requirements Workshop for DesignSafe, the cyberinfrastructure (CI) for NHERI that is being developed by a team headquartered at the University of Texas. The workshop will take place in Austin, Texas on January 11-12, 2016. The main goal of the User Requirements Workshop is to bring together researchers from the natural hazards engineering community to inform the CI development process. This workshop is an important part of this process because it will help ensure that the functionalities provided by the CI will enable the next generation of research focused on engineering against the natural hazards of earthquakes and windstorms. In addition to the workshop, we are planning pre-workshop webinars for the workshop attendees that will present details about our vision for the CI, explain the CI development process, and provide background about the workshop. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Please RSVP for the Workshop by sending an email to <span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:rsvp@designsafe-ci.org">rsvp@designsafe-ci.org</a>.</span> If you are able to attend the workshop, in your email please also confirm your attendance at one of the webinars listed below. More information about the Workshop and Webinars will follow.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>User Requirements Workshop:</b> </p><p class="MsoNormal">January 11-12, 2016 in Austin, Texas with travel reimbursed by NHERI CI</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Pre-Workshop Webinar (pick one): </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thursday, October 22, 2015 from 3-4 pm Eastern 2-3 pm Central, 1-2 pm Mountain, 12-1 pm Pacific</p><p class="MsoNormal"> OR</p><p class="MsoNormal">Monday, October 26, 2015 from 4-5 pm Eastern 3-4 pm Central, 2-3 pm Mountain, 1-2 pm Pacific</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to hearing from you and hope you can join us for this important activity.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Ellen </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">______________________</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ellen M. Rathje, Ph.D., P.E.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Professor</p><p class="MsoNormal">Warren S. Bellows Centennial Professor </p><p class="MsoNormal">University of Texas at Austin </p><p class="MsoNormal">Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering</p><p class="MsoNormal">301 E. Dean Keeton St, STOP C1792</p><p class="MsoNormal">Austin, TX 78712</p><p class="MsoNormal">E-mail: <a href="mailto:e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu">e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu</a></p><p class="MsoNormal">Website: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ellenrathje/">https://sites.google.com/site/ellenrathje/</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">OFFICE: ECJ 9.227C</p><p class="MsoNormal">PHONE: 512-232-3683</p><p class="MsoNormal">FAX: 512-471-6548</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>