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href="/travel-and-reimbursements/chrome-river-guides/travel-reimb-expense-report-instructions/adding-professional-memberships" class="">Professional Memberships</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/travel-and-reimbursements/chrome-river-guides/non-employee-t-card-expense-report-instructions" class="">Non-Employee T-Card Expense Report Instructions</a></li> <li><a href="/travel-and-reimbursements/chrome-river-guides/adding-a-delegate" class="">Adding a Delegate</a></li> <li><a href="/travel-and-reimbursements/chrome-river-guides/cfop-maintenance" class="">CFOP Maintenance</a></li> <li><a href="/travel-and-reimbursements/chrome-river-guides/cash-advances-human-subject-travel" class="">Cash Advances: Human Subject and Travel</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul></div><div class="menucol col-sm"><ul><li class="dropdown"><a href="/travel-and-reimbursements/travel-reimbursements" class="">Travel Reimbursements</a><ul class="travel-reimbursements" > <li><a 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Directory</a></li> <li><a href="/grants-and-contracts/rate-schedules" class="">Rate Schedules</a></li> <li><a href="/grants-and-contracts/statement-portal-links" class="">Statement Portal Links</a></li> <li><a href="/grants-and-contracts/forms-and-templates" class="">Forms & Templates</a></li> <li><a href="/grants-and-contracts/budget-information" class="">Budget Information</a></li> </ul></div></div></section> </div> </li> <li class="dropdown simple nav-item"> <a href="/inventory" class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"><span>Inventory</span></a> <div class="dropdown-menu tile-list" id="mainnav-inventory"> <section class="tile menu white-box col"> <h2><a href="/inventory">Inventory</a></h2> <div class="row"><div class="menucol col-sm"><ul><li><a href="/inventory/team-directory" class="">Inventory Team Directory</a></li> <li><a href="/inventory/equipment-disposal" class="">Equipment Disposal</a></li> </ul></div></div></section> 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<div id="content_inner" class="container-fluid"> <div class="tile-list"> <section class="tile hero-offset-img w110 navy-box " id="tile42839" data-tileid="42839" style="background-image: url(/_sitemanager/viewphoto.aspx?id=71459&s=0);" > <div class="wrapper py-6"> <div class="lower " id="lower42839"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md column1 pt-5 pr-5 pb-5 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center orange-line order-1 order-md-0"> <h2>Welcome to the Engineering Business Services Center <span class="source-serif">(EBSC)</span></h2> <p>The Engineering Business Services Center (EBSC) offers a wide range of services and has dedicated staff in the areas of Business & Finance, Grants & Contracts, Purchasing, Travel & Reimbursement, and Inventory. </p> </div> <div class="col-md column2 p-5 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center col-md-5 order-0 order-md-1" style="background-image: url(/_sitemanager/viewphoto.aspx?id=94841&s=0);" > </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="tile w110 white-box " id="tile42840" data-tileid="42840" > <div class="wrapper px-md-5 py-4"> <div class="lower px-md-5 " id="lower42840"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md column1 " > <h2 class="text-center">Our experienced and capable staff are here to help and currently provide service for the following units:</h2> <table class="table" style="width: 88.7906%; border: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; height: 174.819px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 22.9121%;"><col style="width: 41.3236%;"><col style="width: 35.771%;"></colgroup> <tbody> <tr style="height: 174.819px;"> <td style="border-color: #ffffff;"> <ul> <li class="text-left"><span class="fs125x">Aerospace Engineering</span></li> <li class="text-left"><span class="fs125x">Applied Research Institute</span></li> <li class="text-left"><span class="fs125x">Bioengineering</span></li> <li class="text-left"><span class="fs125x">Engineering Administration</span></li> </ul> </td> <td style="border-color: #ffffff;"> 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