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We are planning a Celebration of the Career Accomplishments of Professor Dan Luss on the occasion of his retirement.</div>
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Date: Friday, May 20 </div>
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Location: UH Campus</div>
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The tentative schedule is as follows:</div>
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2:00-4:30 pm</div>
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Technical Presentations and Life Stories (L2D2 Auditorium and via Zoom)</div>
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Confirmed in-person Speakers: </div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Yannis Kevrekidis - Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins U</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Jan Lerou - Senior Process Technology Executive and Consultant </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> David West - Corporate Fellow at SABIC</span></div>
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Video Greetings by Professors: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">Carol Hall - NCSU, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">Sankaran Sundaresan - Princeton U, Theo Tsotsis - USC</span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255) !important;display:inline !important">4:30-5:30pm</span></div>
<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Reception with drinks and appetizers (<span style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255) !important;display:inline !important">Atrium of </span>Eng
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All the best,</div>
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Lakis</div>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black">William A. Brookshire Professor and Department Chair</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black; background-color:white">William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></p>
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