<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Sent on Behalf of Dean Tedesco</span></b></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">-----------------------------------------------------</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> </span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Dear Cullen College Faculty and Staff:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">The FY2017 Budget Presentation, which was presented on Tuesday, May 3rd, is now available on the college's intranet site: intranet.egr.uh.edu <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">To access the presentation directly, please visit <a href="https://intranet.egr.uh.edu/sites/intranet.egr.uh.edu/files/files/budget/Budget_2017_Presentation_05032016.pdf" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">https://intranet.egr.uh.edu/sites/intranet.egr.uh.edu/files/files/budget/Budget_2017_Presentation_05032016.pdf</a> and type in your Cougarnet credentials.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">I look forward to receiving your feedback on this presentation by May 20th. Please feel free to send me your thoughts at <a href="mailto:dean@egr.uh.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: purple; ">dean@egr.uh.edu</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> </span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.75pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Thank you and all the best,</span><span style="color: black; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12.75pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph. D., P.E.<br>Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean and Professor<br>Cullen College of Engineering<br>University of Houston<br><a href="mailto:jtedesco@uh.edu" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: purple; ">jtedesco@uh.edu</span></a><br>(713) 743-4207</span></p></div></span></body></html>