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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#CC0000" vlink="#CC0000"><div class=WordSection1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr style='height:63.75pt'><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:63.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>View online at http://egr.uh.edu/newsletter/deansmemo/0111.html</span><img width=600 height=107 id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image001.gif@01CBB71D.6C215710" alt="http://egr.uh.edu/newsletter/deansmemo/images/newswrapper_dean_new.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td colspan=3 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img width=30 height=30 id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image002.png@01CBB71D.6C215710" alt="http://www.egr.uh.edu/images/space.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=34 valign=top style='width:25.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><img width=30 height=30 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image002.png@01CBB71D.6C215710" alt="http://www.egr.uh.edu/images/space.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=532 valign=top style='width:399.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=right width=126 style='width:94.5pt'><tr><td width=122 style='width:91.5pt;padding:5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img width=120 height=150 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CBB71D.6C215710" alt="http://egr.uh.edu/newsletter/deansmemo/images/tedesco.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Dear Cullen College Faculty and Staff,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Welcome back for the start of the spring semester!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>As you've undoubtedly heard, today was a tremendous day for the University of Houston and its research programs. The Carnegie Foundation announced that UH has been given the highest classification possible for research universities, elevating UH to what is considered Tier One status alongside The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University. Very well done!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>As President Khator alluded to in her letter to the UH community, the work has just begun. However, take a moment to congratulate one another for making a considerable amount of marked progress in the last couple of years.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>We have a busy semester ahead of us. Here's a list of several upcoming events, faculty achievements and announcements that I'd like to share with you:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Major Gifts: </span></strong><span class=style21><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>I am very pleased to announce that one of our chemical engineering alumni, Dr. William Brookshire, has given a $2 million gift to the Cullen College of Engineering to establish an endowment for engineering student scholarships. Dr. Brookshire is the chairman of S&B Engineering and one of the college’s distinguished alumni. This contribution is the second major gift he has given the college recently. Last spring, he established a $1 million endowment to provide financial support for our working students. We are very fortunate for Dr. Brookshire's continued support of our programs and our students!</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Faculty Accolades: </span></strong><span class=style21><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Congratulations to Richard Willson in ChBE for being named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Peter Vekilov in ChBE for being named a fellow of the American Physical Society. Also, Dmitri Litvinov in ECE is now serving as president of the UH faculty senate.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Houston Angel Network: </span></strong><span class=style21><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The University of Houston through the Cullen College of Engineering is now a member of the Houston Angel Network, a non-profit organization established to evaluate and provide funding opportunities for early-stage investments.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Upcoming Events: </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Subsea Engineering Program Kick-off</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br><span class=style21>Jan. 19, 2011</span><br><span class=style21>The pilot course for our developing Subsea Engineering Program will begin with a course in Flow Assurance. We have engineers from FMC Technologies, GE Oil and Gas, and Cameron participating in this program, the only one of its kind in the nation.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Engineering Day</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br><span class=style21>Feb. 10, 2011</span><br><span class=style21>We will be hosting Swedish engineers from the Karolinska Institute and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. There will be a lecture scheduled in the morning. Details are forthcoming.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>National Engineers Week</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br><span class=style21>Feb. 20-26, 2011</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>SBIR-STTR Workshop</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br><span class=style21>March 4, 2011</span><br><span class=style21>Mark your calendars. Details to follow.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Once again, thank you for your continued support of the UH Cullen College of Engineering!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><img width=251 height=71 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image004.png@01CBB71D.6C215710" alt="http://egr.uh.edu/newsletter/deansmemo/images/Tedesco_Signature.gif"><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-line-height-alt:0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Joe Tedesco </span><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=34 valign=top style='width:25.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="98%" noshade style='color:gray' align=center></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td width=28 style='width:21.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=567 style='width:425.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=5 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.egr.uh.edu" target="_blank">EGR HOME</a> | <a href="http://www.egr.uh.edu/news/" target="_blank">EGR NEWSROOM</a> | <a href="http://www.egr.uh.edu/alumni/" target="_blank">EGR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION</a> | <a href="http://www.egr.uh.edu/parameters" target="_blank">PARAMETERS</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>