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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 32, 96); ">Dear Department Chairs and Graduate Program Directors,</span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">The Graduate School is seeking nominations for the Third Graduate Research and Scholarships Projects Day which will be on Friday, April 7, 2016. Nominations are due to the Dean’s Office by Friday, November
18th<sup> </sup>. This will give the committee enough time to review and submit to the Graduate School before their deadline of November 30th. For detail information regarding the call for nomination process, please visit
<a href="http://www.uh.edu/grasp"><span style="color:#002060">www.uh.edu/grasp</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Departments will nominate students based on the following categories:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Demonstration and Performance Sub-Section<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Posters Sub-Section<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Publications Sub-Section<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Talk Sub-Section <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">I would encourage a strong participation from the College of Engineering graduate students to show case their research projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Suresh Khator<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Suresh K. Khator, Ph.D., P.E. Phone: 713-743-4205<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Associate Dean, College of Engineering Fax: 713-743-4214<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Professor of Industrial Engineering Email:
<a href="mailto:skhator@uh.edu"><span style="color:#002060">skhator@uh.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">E421 Engineering Building 2
<a href="http://www.ie.uh.edu/faculty/khator"><span style="color:#002060">www.ie.uh.edu/faculty/khator</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Houston, TX 77204-4008<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> Graduate Admission and Advisors [<a href="mailto:GRAD-ADMIT-ADVISORY@LISTSERV.UH.EDU">mailto:GRAD-ADMIT-ADVISORY@LISTSERV.UH.EDU</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Litvinov, Dmitri<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 10, 2016 12:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:GRAD-ADMIT-ADVISORY@LISTSERV.UH.EDU">GRAD-ADMIT-ADVISORY@LISTSERV.UH.EDU</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Call for Nominations: Graduate Research and Scholarship Projects (GRaSP) Day -- (Deadline: November 30, 2016)<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="501" style="width:375.6pt"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:125%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly"><b><i><span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(127, 127, 127); ">Message sent on behalf of Dr. Dmitri Litvinov, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:125%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><img border="0" width="613" height="35" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D222EE.982EA400" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01CF48F4.7698A8D0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:125%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Dear UH Graduate Community:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:125%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The University of Houston’s Graduate School and the Provost Office are hosting the 3<sup>rd</sup> annual University-wide Graduate Research and Scholarship Projects (GRaSP) Day
on Friday, April 7, 2017 at the University of Houston Student Center Theater, Ballroom & Houston Room. This event is to showcase the breadth and depth of research and scholarship undertaken by UH graduate and professional students across disciplines, as well
as to offer cross-disciplinary networking. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:125%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The GRaSP day will feature the following events and activities:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:125%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; ">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">14 presentations by advanced graduate students across the University. Each student will have 5 minutes to talk about his or her work using a style similar to the now ubiquitous
TED Talk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:125%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; ">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">12 -14 demonstrations in the research and scholarship areas, which main output are performance and/or visually-oriented. Students will demonstrate/present their topics
and discuss the significance of the work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:125%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; ">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">A poster session featuring 90+ poster presentations and demonstrations by advanced graduate and professional students across the University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:125%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; ">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">
</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">One of the initiatives associated with this day will be an award for the best scholarly publication by a graduate/professional student from our University. These publications
may include books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference proceedings<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:125%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Departments/colleges/faculty must nominate students to participate in the Graduate Research and Scholarship Projects Day activities. For detail information, please visit the Graduate
School website, <u><a href="http://www.uh.edu/grasp">www.uh.edu/grasp</a></u>. The respective calls for nominations are attached.
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:125%;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Dmitri Litvinov, Ph.D.<br>
Vice Provost and Dean<br><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:litvinov@uh.edu">litvinov@uh.edu</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></span><style><!--
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