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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Professor,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope your semester is going well. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 6th Sage Conference in April 2023 was a great success. Over 250 students from 9 universities participated in the competition. Fifty (58) student teams presented their outstanding capstone project work in the competition. Ten (10) Best
Papers and 9 Honorable Mentions were selected for prizes and recognitions. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will continue to host the competition for Systems Engineering, Cyber Security, Operations Research and Data Analytics undergrad seniors and graduate students for their capstone projects in 2024. We are planning to conduct the conference
in Fairfax, VA on <b>Tuesday April 23, 2024</b>. We will also provide access to join remotely for participants who cannot travel to our campus. More details about the conference will come in December but if you can communicate to your capstone program coordinators
and students to save the date for the 7<sup>th</sup> Sage Memorial Design Competition (SMDC-24), that will be greatly appreciated.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to having your student teams joining us on <b>
Tuesday</b> <b>April 23, 2024</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Songjun<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">__________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Songjun Luo, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Systems Engineering & Operations Research<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Volgenau School of Engineering<o:p></o:p></p>
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