<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Wow, what a great news! Congrats to all involved and a special thank you to Dr. Theresa Price.<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Sooby</div><div><br></div>Subrata (Sooby) Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., ASME Fellow<br>Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department<br>Affiliated Professor, Computer Science Department<br>San Diego State University<br><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:prof.bhattacharjee@gmail.com" target="_blank">prof.bhattacharjee@gmail.com</a></div><div>Tel: (619)-594-6080; Fax: (619)-594-3599; Office: E323-K; Lab: E-331<br><br>Thermodynamics Courseware: <a href="http://www.thermofluids.net" target="_blank">http://www.thermofluids.net</a><div>Research Website: <a href="http://mechanical.sdsu.edu" target="_blank">http://flame.sdsu.edu</a><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 9:29 PM Eugene Olevsky <<a href="mailto:eolevsky@sdsu.edu">eolevsky@sdsu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>To:</b>  All SDSU Engineering faculty and staff</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>From:</b>  Interim Dean Eugene Olevsky</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Aerospace Department Chair Dr. Ping Lu</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Senior Director of Development Kate Carinder</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Gift Announcement - NCRF makes $2 million pledge to support SDSU Aerospace</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">On behalf of the Aerospace Department, we are pleased to announce that the National College Resources Foundation under the direction of Dr. Theresa Price  has made a $2 million pledge to support SDSU’s Aerospace program.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Funding will create the Center for Aerospace Research and provide significant support for the Rocket Project. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dr. Theresa Price founded  the NCRF, based in Diamond Bar, CA to enhance education, curtail the high school dropout rate and increase degree and/or certificate enrollment among underserved and underrepresented students.  The NCRF has helped over 500,000 students get into college, has helped students secure over $500 million in scholarships and grants and has increased  graduation rates by 20% in schools served by the NCRF.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you happen to see Dr. Theresa Price at a national meeting, an industry event, campus happening or etc., please feel free to express your appreciation for the NCRF’s support of SDSU Aerospace. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><i><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">**A special note of appreciation to Kim Dufour who championed this gift to fruition.</font></i></p><div><div class="m_4706803862532361839gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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