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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN><STRONG><FONT size=5>ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2013<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN><STRONG><FONT size=5>THURSDAY APRIL 4, 2013<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN><STRONG><FONT size=4>Location: KDM<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Science Building, Campus<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN><STRONG><FONT size=4>Time: 12:00 to 5:00 PM<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><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"><STRONG>All Submitted Abstracts Will Be Considered For Awards<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><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"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><STRONG> </STRONG></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: maroon; FONT-SIZE: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN><STRONG><FONT size=5>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><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>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)</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><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'"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>Please encourage your students and colleagues to participate in this symposium<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>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></STRONG></SPAN></U></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>ars@tamuc.edu<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><STRONG><U><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></U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><STRONG><U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Organizing Committee</SPAN></U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A. R. Chourasia (<SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1"><A href="mailto:Anil.Chourasia@tamuc.edu"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none; mso-themecolor: text1">Anil.Chourasia@tamuc.edu</SPAN></A></SPAN>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jim Heitholt (Jim.Heitholt@tamuc.edu)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 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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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Office: 903-886-5485</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Lab.: 903-886-5491</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Fax: 903-886-5480</FONT></DIV>
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