<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Academic Affairs <<a href="mailto:vpaaetal@TAMUC.edu">vpaaetal@TAMUC.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[VPAAEtal] ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM -- 2013</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">February 25, 2013 9:31:38 AM CST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><<a href="mailto:VPAAETAL@listserver.tamu-commerce.edu">VPAAETAL@listserver.tamu-commerce.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Academic Affairs <<a href="mailto:vpaaetal@TAMUC.edu">vpaaetal@TAMUC.edu</a>><br></span></div><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2013</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><!--?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">THURSDAY APRIL 4, 2013</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Location: KDM<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Science Building, Campus</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"> </span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">Time: 12:00 to 5:00 PM</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"> </span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">All Submitted Abstracts Will Be Considered For Awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt">In<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Following<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Categories<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><u><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </span></o:p></span></u></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><u><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Oral<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Presentation<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><u><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; "><o:p><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><u><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16pt; ">College<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Business<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>&<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Entrepreneurship<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">One<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Undergraduate<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>&<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>One<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Graduate<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><u><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16pt; ">College<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Education<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>&<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Human<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Services<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">One<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Undergraduate<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>&<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>One<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Graduate<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><u><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; "><o:p><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><u><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16pt; ">College<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Humanities,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Social<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Sciences<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>&<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Arts<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">One<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Undergraduate<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>&<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>One<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Graduate<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><u><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; "><o:p><span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><u><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16pt; ">College<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Science,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Engineering<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>&<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Agriculture<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">One<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Undergraduate<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>&<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>One<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Graduate<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Awards<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #5923c5; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">One<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Faculty<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Award<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(Over<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>all<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Colleges)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="line-height: 150%; 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COLOR: #5923c5; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Two<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Undergraduate<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>&<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Two<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Graduate<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Awards</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #5923c5; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: #cc00cc; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">First<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Authors<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><u>Submitting<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Abstracts<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>By<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Deadline</u> Will<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Receive<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>A<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Free<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Ticket<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Awards<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Dinner<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Please encourage your students and colleagues to participate in this symposium<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><u><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Abstract <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>in <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>prescribed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>format <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(attached <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>file) <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><u><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">should <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>be <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>e-mailed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>to <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><u><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a href="mailto:ars@tamuc.edu">ars@tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">by <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>March <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>29th</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><font size="3"> </font></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><font size="3"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><u><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Organizing Committee</span></u></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A. R. Chourasia (<span style=""><a href="mailto:Anil.Chourasia@tamuc.edu"><span style="text-decoration: none; ">Anil.Chourasia@tamuc.edu</span></a></span>)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; "><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jim Heitholt (<a href="mailto:Jim.Heitholt@tamuc.edu">Jim.Heitholt@tamuc.edu</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; "><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font size="3"> </font></span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></span></div></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> A. R. Chourasia</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> Professor</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> Department of Physics & Astronomy</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> Texas A&M University-Commerce</font></div>
<div><font size="2" face="Arial"> Commerce, Texas 75429</font></div>
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