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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D; background:yellow">Defense Announcement</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SKEWED REINFORCING IN INVERTED-T BRIDGE CAPS</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Yagiz Oz</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Degree: MS in Civil Engineering</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D; background:yellow">Date: 10/30/2020</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D; background:yellow">Time: 10:30 AM</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D; background:yellow">Location: Zoom, meeting ID: 990 1372 5360</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Passcode: Please email
<a href="mailto:yoz@uh.edu">yoz@uh.edu</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Committee Chair: Dr. Yi-Lung Mo</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Committee Members: Dr. Thomas T. C. Hsu, Dr. Xiaonan Shan</span></p>
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