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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#CC0000'>Student Poster Competition on<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#CC0000'>PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#CC0000'>SPRING 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0066FF'>The Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Houston is pleased to announce its second annual student poster competition in the area of public safety management (PSM). This poster competition is part of the efforts in promoting the awareness in PSM. Research areas of interest include: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#FF5050'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#FF5050'>Decision making for public safety<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#FF5050'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#FF5050'>Operations Control in PSM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#FF5050'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#FF5050'>Evacuation planning and management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#FF5050'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#FF5050'>Environmental health and safety<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#FF5050'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#FF5050'>Logistics and transportation security <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#FF5050'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#FF5050'>Economics of disaster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0066FF'>The posters should demonstrate innovative applications in one or more of these areas. This competition is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the subjects are directly relevant to the missions of DHS in disaster preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0066FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#FF5050'>Eligibility</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0066FF'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0066FF'>All <b>undergraduate</b> and <b>graduate</b> students enrolled in Spring 2014 at the University of Houston are eligible. Posters can be done individually or as a team effort. Posters will be evaluated on relevance, quality of research and presentation quality.</span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0066FF'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#FF5050'>Awards</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> <span style='color:#0066FF'>First Place</span> <b><span style='color:#FF5050'>$500</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0066FF'> Second Place</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> <b><span style='color:#FF5050'>$300</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-1.0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";color:#FF5050'>Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0066FF'>To enter the competition, email your name, school affiliation, poster abstract and telephone number to </span><a href="mailto:etekin@uh.edu"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0066FF'>etekin@uh.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#0066FF'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0066FF'>by </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>March 24, 2014</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0066FF'>. If your abstract is accepted for the competition, your poster will be evaluated by an expert panel of judges </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>on April 18, 2014</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#4F81BD'>.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#0066FF'> The size of the poster should be 36” by 48”. The time and place will be announced later. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>