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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><img width=600 height=107 id="_x0000_i1030" src="cid:image001.gif@01CBCF5E.6D4D77A0" alt="http://www.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@01CBCF5E.6D4D77A0" 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@01CBCF5E.6D4D77A0" 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@01CBCF5E.6D4D77A0" alt="http://www.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'>As most of you have heard, Cullen Professor Emeritus<span class=style21> of Chemical Engineering Dr. Neal Amundson passed away on Wednesday. He was an extraordinary chemical engineering researcher and educator and was involved in building some of the greatest chemical engineering programs in the country, including our own. In the coming week, we will post a tribute to Neal and his impact on the profession to our website, so please be looking for it.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=style21><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>On that note, we recently launched the redesign of our website. Our communications group has been working diligently on bringing our website into compliance with the UH brand through the development of a new college site and new department sites. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span class=style21><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Here are a few more initiatives, events and announcements that I'd like to share with you:</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Houston Endowment Fund: </span></strong><span class=style21><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>We have been informed that the Cullen College will receive $227,000 a year for five years from the Houston Endowment Fund to support our Ph.D. programs. We will receive another $440,000 from Provost Antel for research assistantships.</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 class=style21><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>We will be hosting a SBIR-STTR Workshop on March 4 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the UH Hilton Hotel. Representatives from the Houston Technology Center, the Greater Houston Partnership, BioHouston and local small businesses will be in attendance. All faculty, staff and research students are welcome to register. For more information, visit our <a href="http://www.egr.uh.edu/news/0211/?e=sbirworkshop">website</a> or contact <a href="mailto:jquiroz@uh.edu">Janice Quiroz</a>.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>NSF ADVANCE Grant: </span></strong><span class=style21><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>We are making preparations as a university to submit an NSF Advance grant. The ADVANCE program is focused on advancing women in academic STEM careers. The grant is spearheaded by the college and Provost Antel. Last week, we sent out a self-assessment survey to all faculty. I encourage you to participate in this anonymous survey as it will greatly help our efforts to prepare for this grant.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>OTC: </span></strong><span class=style21><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The UH Cullen College of Engineering will have a booth at the upcoming Offshore Technology Conference to promote UH Energy, the Energy Research Park and Cullen College energy initiatives such as our petroleum engineering program and developing subsea certificate program.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>EWeek: </span></strong><span class=style21><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Next week is National Engineers Week. There will be events across the nation celebrating the impact of the engineering profession. Wayne Klotz, an alum and member of our leadership board, was named Engineer of the Year for the Houston area by the Houston Engineers EWeek Committee. He graduated with a master's degree from our civil engineering program. This news will be part of a special EWeek section of the Houston Business Journal next week.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Warm regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><img border=0 width=251 height=71 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image004.png@01CBCF5E.6D4D77A0" alt="http://www.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>