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<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;">Dear</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black"><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markkw0fdo5kg" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;">CBE</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;">graduate
students and researchers,</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;">Greetings from</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black"><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markkw0fdo5kg" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;">CBE</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;">Graduate
Research Symposium 2020 Organizing Committee!</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;">Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) is an annual event organized specially for</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black"><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="markkw0fdo5kg" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;">CBE</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;">graduate
students. It serves as a platform for graduate students to showcase multidisciplinary research conducted in the department, through oral and poster presentations. This year, we have more than 20 graduate students presenting their research at the symposium
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Zoom. </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black"><span data-markjs="true" class="markkw0fdo5kg" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;">CBE</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;">faculty,
alumni and industry representatives will also be attending the event and judging the presentations. GRS is a valuable event to all, more so this year, when it is an important opportunity for students to connect with fellow</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black"><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="marktnyswvpjf" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;">researchers</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;">and
benefit from networking with alumni/industrial representatives virtually. We encourage you all to attend the symposium and make the most of it.</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">This year the Keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Jian Zou, Sr. Manufacturing Engineering Staff Manager in the Oilfield and Industrial Chemicals department
at Baker Hughes Company. Dr. Zou is a graduate alumnus from Dr. Ho’s lab. </span>
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<span style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;">Date: </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;"><b>Tuesday,</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black"><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;"><b>22</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black"><b><sup><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;">nd</span></sup><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span></b></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;"><b>September
2020 | 8:30 am – 4:00 pm</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18hoP6IVENaS6P6G2dcnLz2IXMYTWtsOB/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;">Event
Schedule</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;">&</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: black"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span></b><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OyTtBF-7v-cajEkg58sBS_lQnrKiDQ24/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;">Abstract
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<span style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Please</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span><b><span style="margin: 0px"><a href="https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0BVnRMERuNdW5sV" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px"></a></span><a href="https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0BVnRMERuNdW5sV" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px"><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;">RSVP
for GRS 2020</span></a></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">before 5 PM EST on </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>15</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><b><sup><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif;"> </span></b></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>September 2020</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"> to
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<span style="margin: 0px"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0in; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: black;">Hope to 'see' you all there!</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Cambria, Georgia, serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"> </span></p>
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