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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:#1F497D; background:yellow">Defense Announcement</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:#1F497D"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:#1F497D">The Efficiency of Metamaterial-Based Seismic Isolation Barriers</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Hsuan Wen Huang</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Degree: PhD, Civil Engineering Date: 11/09/2020 Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Location: Zoom, meeting ID: 968 2048 9343 Password: Please email
<a href="mailto:hhuang15@uh.edu">hhuang15@uh.edu</a>&nbsp; </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:#1F497D">Chair of Committee: Dr. Yi-Lung Mo&nbsp; Committee Members: Dr. Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala&nbsp;&nbsp; Dr. Thomas Hsu&nbsp;&nbsp; Dr. Kenneth Stokoe&nbsp;&nbsp; Dr. Shailendra Joshi</span></p>
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