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<div><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Dear friends:<br>
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I hope that you all had an enjoyable break and managed to stay safe from the pandemic. I wish everyone a happy, healthy, and productive 2021. Let us hope that we will be able to return to some kind of "normal" by the start of the Fall term if not sooner.<br>
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B. Ramu Ramachandran
Associate Vice President for Research & Dean of Graduate School
Director, Institute for Micromanufacturing
T. L. James Eminent Scholar Chair Professor
P. O. Box 7923
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA 71270, USA
318-257-4304 (Graduate School)
318-257-5106 (IfM)</pre>
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