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<p class="MsoNormal">Congrats on the well-deserved compliments and high recommendation from NSF, Ellen and DesignSafe village!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F48">LISA GARBRECHT</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F48">, Ph.D., Director of STEM Evaluation Services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BF5700">The University of Texas at Austin </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F48">| Expanding Pathways in Computing (EPIC) | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BF5700"><a href="https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/"><span style="color:#BF5700">TACC</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333F48"> |
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Rathje, Ellen M <e.rathje@mail.utexas.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, June 9, 2023 at 9:10 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>usecase@designsafe-ci.org <usecase@designsafe-ci.org>, Nathan Franklin <nfranklin@tacc.utexas.edu>, Craig Jansen <cjansen@tacc.utexas.edu>, Freeze, Joshua <jfreeze@tacc.utexas.edu>, Garrett Edmonds <gedmonds@tacc.utexas.edu>, Stephanie Baker <snbaker@tacc.utexas.edu>,
Lisa Garbrecht <lgarbrecht@tacc.utexas.edu>, Yang, Yiwen <yy7573@austin.utexas.edu>, Salvador Tijerina <stijerina@tacc.utexas.edu>, Hedda Prochaska <hedda@tacc.utexas.edu>, Charlie Dey <charlie@tacc.utexas.edu>, Rosalia Gomez <ragomez@tacc.utexas.edu>, Edgar
Garza <egarza@tacc.utexas.edu>, Jorge Salazar <jorge@tacc.utexas.edu>, Sarah Gray <sgray@tacc.utexas.edu>, Jake Rosenberg <jrosenberg@tacc.utexas.edu>, Vanessa Gonzalez <vgonzalez@tacc.utexas.edu>, Netscher, Francis D <fnetscher@tacc.utexas.edu>, Fields, Alexander
C <afields@tacc.utexas.edu>, Wesley Bomar <wbomar@tacc.utexas.edu>, Lindsey Susan D (sl26924) <slindsey@tacc.utexas.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>DesignSafe Site Visit Outcome<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I am happy to report that we have had another successful DesignSafe site visit, with the panel highly recommending our continued support. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The site visit team complemented us on many aspects of our work this year, including the CoreTrustSeal certification of the Data Depot, our commitment to maintaining a state-of-the-art facility,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I know that I am the lucky one who gets to stand up in front of NSF and present our accomplishments, but this is
<span class="contentpasted0"><span style="background:white">absolutely </span></span>a team effort and I appreciate all that you are doing to make it a success. As they say, "it takes a village" and we really have a great village!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Enjoy your weekend! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black">_________________________________________ </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><b><span style="color:black">Ellen M. Rathje, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><span style="color:black">Janet S. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><span style="color:black">Director, <a href="https://www.designsafe-ci.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">DesignSafe</span></a> Cyberinfrastructure for Natural Hazards Research <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><span style="color:black">Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><span style="color:black">University of Texas at Austin <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white;text-align:start"><span style="color:black">Phone: 512-232-3683 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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