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Graduate Program Coordinator<br>
William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<br>
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614-292-9076 Office / 614-292-3769 Fax<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Bakshi, Bhavik <bakshi.2@osu.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bennett, Angela <bennett.234@osu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fw: Dow BEST Symposium Application - Requesting Your Help<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">You may have seen this already. If appropriate, please forward it to all the graduate students and post-docs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Tong, Xinjie (X) <<a href="mailto:xtong1@dow.com">xtong1@dow.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 28, 2023 6:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bakshi, Bhavik <<a href="mailto:bakshi.2@osu.edu">bakshi.2@osu.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Dow BEST Symposium Application - Requesting Your Help</span> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Dear Dr. Bakshi, Hope you are having a great day! I am Xinjie Tong, an associate research scientist in MiLOS (Machine Learning, Optimization & Statistics) group
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Dear Dr. Bakshi,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Hope you are having a great day!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">I am Xinjie Tong, an associate research scientist in MiLOS (Machine Learning, Optimization & Statistics) group at Dow.
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">I reached out to you last year and you kindly helped distributing the announcement of the 16<sup>th</sup> annual Dow Building Engineering Science Talent (BEST) Symposium to your department.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">May I ask your favor again to spread the announcement regarding application for the 17<sup>th</sup> annual Dow BEST Symposium to the students and postdocs in your department? The application deadline is April
30, 2023.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Attached please find more information about 2023 BEST Symposium and the flyer.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Thank you very much for your time and help
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1F4E79">Xinjie</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Ink Free";color:black">Xinjie Tong
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777">Associate Research Scientist
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Machine Learning, Optimization & Statistics</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dow</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F4E79"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#777777">220 Abner Jackson Pkwy | ECB Building 1A/188, Lake Jackson, TX 77566<br>
Phone: 614.270.9007 | Email: <a href="mailto:xtong1@dow.com"><span style="color:#00B2A9">xtong1@dow.com</span></a>
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