<div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues:<br><br>Please see the request for application below from the Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN), more is available here: <a href="http://cleantechsandiego.org/scein/" target="_blank">http://cleantechsandiego.org/scein/</a>. SDSU is a founding partner, and John McMillan (cced) is leading SDSU's effort on the Network. If you have any questions on the application and about the Network, please contact John directly.<br><br>Thank you,<br>Garoma<br><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="m_-3317660005231507091m_-5517772785893212579gmail-templateContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid rgb(0,128,128);color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="m_-3317660005231507091m_-5517772785893212579gmail-templatePreheader" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:390px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11px;line-height:13.75px;padding:0px 18px 9px"></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:210px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11px;line-height:13.75px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/cleantechsandiego/4dw0bi9nmb-917351?e=[UNIQID]" style="color:rgb(96,96,96)" target="_blank">View this email in your browser</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="m_-3317660005231507091m_-5517772785893212579gmail-templateHeader" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0px;text-align:center"><a href="http://cleantechsandiego.org/scein/" title="" target="_blank"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1ad250b9b14cc7aa27314409b/images/f9219e6a-b91b-43e3-b7d6-572a750c729b.jpg" width="600" style="border:0px;outline:none;text-decoration-line:none;vertical-align:bottom;max-width:1200px;padding-bottom:0px;display:inline"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600" id="m_-3317660005231507091m_-5517772785893212579gmail-templateBody" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px;text-align:center"><a href="http://cleantechsandiego.org/scein" title="" target="_blank"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/1ad250b9b14cc7aa27314409b/images/fe9fefdb-3834-48c5-8f6f-a01e79bd3f95.png" width="400" style="border:0px;outline:none;text-decoration-line:none;vertical-align:bottom;max-width:400px;padding-bottom:0px;display:inline"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:100%;padding:5px 18px 10px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:4px solid rgb(0,128,128)"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:15px;line-height: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