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Company Page Number Company Page Number

SmithGroupJJR ................................................................................................................ 5

Univ. of Illinois ................................................................................................................. 5

Payette................................................................................................................................ 7

Cornell College of Engineering ................................................................................. 7

HDR Architecture............................................................................................................ 8

Courtney Harper + Partners ....................................................................................... 8

Washington State University.................................................................................... 10

The University of Texas ............................................................................................... 14

Elsevier ............................................................................................................................. 18

Univ. of Kentucky.......................................................................................................... 20

Duke Univ. School of Medicine’s NicoleLis Lab.................................................. 22

The Weiss Group ........................................................................................................... 24

UCLA California NanoSystems Institute ............................................................... 24

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Advertisers Alluxa ............................................................................................................................ www.alluxa.com .............................................................................................................................. 11 Consolidated Sciences............................................................................................ www.consci.com ............................................................................................................................. 13 DCC Corporation ...................................................................................................... www.dcccorporation.com ........................................................................................................... 23 Jacobs Consultancy ................................................................................................. www.JCILabPlanners.com.............................................................................................................. 9 Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum USA ........................................................................... www.oerlikon.com............................................................................................................................ 2 Proto Labs, Inc. .......................................................................................................... www.protolabs.com................................................................................................................ 23, 28

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