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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:normal"><b>Rachel Knudsen</b></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Ballarini, Roberto <rballari@Central.UH.EDU><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 22, 2020 3:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Knudsen, Rachel W <riward@Central.UH.EDU>; engi-dist@egr.uh.edu <engi-dist@EGR.UH.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Rodriguez, Jose L <JRodriguezJr@uh.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CCoE Notice] PhD dissertation defense announcement</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Rachel 12pm not 12 am for end time</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="IT" style="color:black">Roberto Ballarini, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, F.EMI</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thomas and Laura Hsu Professor and Chair</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="tel:713-743-6466"><span style="color:#0563C1">713-743-6466</span></a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Fax: <a href="tel:713-743-4260" title="tel:713-743-4260"><span style="color:#0563C1">713-743-4260</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"><engi-dist-bounces@EGR.UH.edu> on behalf of "Knudsen, Rachel W" <riward@central.uh.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 2:36 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"engi-dist@egr.uh.edu" <engi-dist@EGR.UH.edu>, "engineering-student@listserv.uh.edu" <engineering-student@listserv.uh.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[CCoE Notice] PhD dissertation defense announcement</span></p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Effects of Proppant, Complex Fluid Rheology, and Rock Anisotropy on the Near-Front Behavior of a Hydraulic Fracture</span></p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Alena Bessmertnykh</span></p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Degree: PhD, Civil Engineering</span></p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Date: 07/24/2020 Time: 10 am - 12 am</span></p>
<p class="x_xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Zoom</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">More details attached</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
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