Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-1324
February 09, 2009

Dr. Andre Avelar
Head
Departamento de Geografia
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dear Sir:

It is my pleasure to invite professor Antonio Paulo de Faria to spend 12 months in my laboratory in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at San Diego State University, to further his post-doctoral research.

The work plan presented by Dr. Faria, regarding the capacity of streams found in small watersheds to carry out sediment from the slopes, especially in first-order basins of tropical regions, is excellent, and well aligned with similar projects and overall interests of our laboratory.

Dr. Faria had shown that his command of the English language is good enough to develop his work. We expect him to get research funding in Brazil to support his work at San Diego State University.

Best regards,

Sincerely yours,

Victor M. Ponce
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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