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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#244061"><a href="http://www.criticalsystemsinc.com/scholarships">http://www.criticalsystemsinc.com/scholarships</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#244061">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#244061">A while back several of you helped us determine the requirements for CSI's newly created scholarship program. Deemed "Breakthrough Technologies Scholarship", CSI will award
this scholarship to a student twice a year who shows work in the advanced technology studies such as nanotechnology, semiconductors, physics, etc. We feel that the advancements your students are making, and the work they are doing in your facilities, will
improve the future for all of us and our children, and we want to do our part to support your students research efforts. It is our goal over time to bring other companies in under this scholarship to grow the award amount to the point where it becomes a sizable
sum of money where we can help fund specific research programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#244061">The winner of the CSI Fall 2103 Breakthrough Technologies Scholarship is
<u>Stanford's Ryan Swoboda</u>.!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#244061">Ryan's work with
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#244061">synthesis and characterization of novel nanomaterials, namely the assembly of chalcogenide materials, will have applications in quantum computing, biolabelling, and potentially hydrogen
storage. We selected Ryan from over 50 scholarship entries, and we wish him much success with his research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#244061">We will be accepting entries for the Winter 2013 Scholarship between September 15th and October 31st, and will award our next scholarship November 15th. If you have students
who you feel would benefit by receiving this extra money, please send them this link:
</span><a href="http://www.criticalsystemsinc.com/scholarships"><span style="color:blue">http://www.criticalsystemsinc.com/scholarships</span></a>
<span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#244061">They can also check their University's Financial Aid & Scholarships page. Our scholarship currently resides in this section within many Universities websites. If you want it to be listed in
yours, please let me know who to contact, and we'll get with them to make this scholarship available to your student body as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#244061">Thank you again for all who helped to make this happen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sincerely,</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Tom Britton</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Director of Sales</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Critical Systems, Inc.</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Direct: 208-890-1417<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Office: 877-572-5515<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.criticalsystemsinc.com/"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:blue">www.CriticalSystemsInc.com</span></i></a><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></p>
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