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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Cullen Faculty,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Your students may be interested in attending the following
doctoral dissertation defense. The dissertation abstract is attached.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Department
of Mechanical Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Doctoral
Dissertation Presentation</span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Topic:
Nonlinearity modeling of smart materials and structures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Doctoral
Candidate: Bin Fan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Advisor:
Dr. Gangbing Song<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date:
April 23<sup>th</sup> 2010 Friday<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time:
10:00 am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Place:
Mechanical Engineering Small Conference Room<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Suresh Khator<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:blue'>_______________________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:blue'>Suresh K. Khator, Ph.D., P.E.
Phone:
713-743-4205 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:blue'>Associate Dean, College of Engineering Fax:
713-743-4214<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:blue'>University of
Houston Email:
skhator@uh.edu <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:blue'>E421 Engineering Bldg
2 www.egr.uh.edu/ie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";
color:blue'>Houston, TX 77204-4008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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