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Suggested Citation:"7. Panel for Building and Fire Research." National Research Council. 1997. Board on Assessment of NIST Programs Directory of Board and Panel Members: Fiscal Year 1997. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9044.
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Panel for Building and Fire Research

Dr. Richard N.Wright

Director

Building and Fire Research Laboratory

NIST

Building Research Building, Room B216

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

301/975–5900

FAX 301/975–4032

Email: richard.wright@nist.gov

Dr. Jack E.Snell

Deputy Director

Building and Fire Research Laboratory

NIST

Building Research Building, Room B216

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

301/975–6850

FAX 301/975–4032

Email: jack.snell@nist.gov

The Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) enhances the competitiveness of U.S. industry and public safety through performance prediction and measurement technologies and technical advances that improve the life-cycle quality and cost effectiveness of constructed facilities. BFRL’s efforts are closely coordinated with industry, professional, and trade organizations, academe, and other agencies of government.

Major BFRL goals are to improve the productivity of U.S. industries of construction, which now face stiff competition from overseas firms, and to reduce the human and economic losses resulting from fires, earthquakes, winds, and other hazards. Laboratory research includes fire science and fire safety engineering; building materials; computer-integrated construction practices; structural, mechanical, and environmental engineering; and building economics. Products of the laboratory’s research include measurements and test methods, performance criteria, and technical data that are incorporated into building and fire standards and codes. Staff members are involved in more than 100 activities to develop voluntary standards.

The laboratory conducts investigations at the scene of major fires and structural failures due to earthquakes, hurricanes, and other causes. The knowledge gained from these investigations guides research and is applied to recommendations for design and construction practices to reduce hazards.

Panel for Building and Fire Research

Chair:

Dr. Thomas L.Anderson (1998)

Director, Technology Management Division

Fluor Daniel Hanford, Inc.

P.O. Box 1000, Mail Stop K9–46

Richland, WA 99352

509/372–6531

FAX 509/372–6710

Email: thomas_l_anderson@rl.gov

Vice Chair:

Kenneth W.Dungan, P.E. (1997)

Risk Technologies, LLC

9050 Executive Park Drive

Building B, Suite 102

Knoxville, TN 37923

423/531–1700

FAX 423/531–0428

Suggested Citation:"7. Panel for Building and Fire Research." National Research Council. 1997. Board on Assessment of NIST Programs Directory of Board and Panel Members: Fiscal Year 1997. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9044.
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Dr. Ronald L.Alpert (1999)

Assistant Manager, Research Division

Factory Mutual Research Corporation

1151 Boston-Providence Turnpike

P.O. Box 9102

Norwood, MA 02062

617/255–4920

FAX 617/255–4024

Email: ronald_alpert@mhs-fmsysnet.attmail.com

Ms. Janet S.Baum (1998)

Principal

Health, Education & Research Assoc., Inc.

P.O. Box 3229

St. Louis, MO 63130–3229

314/862–9202

FAX 314/862–9201

Email: herainc@aol.com

Mr. Lee W.Burgett (1999)

Vice President, New Ventures

The Trane Company

3600 Pammel Creek Road

LaCrosse, WI54601

608/787–2845

FAX 608/787–2669

Email: lburgett@trane.com

Dr. Marcia L.Coleman (1998)

Technology Director, Environmental and Leverageable Technology

DuPont Central Research & Development

Experimental Station

P.O. Box 80328

Wilmington, DE 19880–0328

302/695–8026

FAX 302/695–4864

Mr. Ronny J.Coleman (1997)

Chief Deputy Director

State Fire Marshal, State of California

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

1416–9th Street

P.O. Box 944246

Sacramento, CA 94244–2460

916/653–7097

FAX 916/653–4171

Email: ron_coleman@fire.ca.gov

Dr. Filip C.Filippou (1997)

Department of Civil Engineering

University of California

731 Davis Hall

Berkeley, CA 94720

510/642–4020

FAX 510/643–8928

Email: filippou@ce.berkeley.edu

Dr. Gavin A.Finn (1999)

President and Chief Executive Officer

Prescient Technologies, Inc.

245 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

617/589–1567

FAX 617/589–2596

Email: gavin.finn@prescienttech.com

Dr. Anthony E.Fiorato (1999)

Vice President

Research and Technical Services

Portland Cement Association

5420 Old Orchard Road

Skokie, IL 60077–1083

847/966–6200 X 344

FAX 847/966–8389

Email: fiorato@portcement.org

Mr. Robert Fowler (1998)

City of Pasadena

Permit Center

175 North Garfield Avenue

Pasadena, CA 91101

818/405–4431

FAX 818/405–3979

Suggested Citation:"7. Panel for Building and Fire Research." National Research Council. 1997. Board on Assessment of NIST Programs Directory of Board and Panel Members: Fiscal Year 1997. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9044.
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Prof. Richard M.Kelso (1998)

Professor, School of Architecture

College of Architecture and Planning

University of Tennessee

1715 Volunteer Boulevard

Knoxville, TN 37996–2400

423/974–3267

FAX 423/974–0656

Email: rkelso@utk.edu

Dr. Boyd C.Paulson (1998)

Department of Civil Engineering

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305–4020

415/723–2235

FAX 415/725–6014

Email: paulson@cive.stanford.edu

Dr. Leslie E.Robertson (1997)

Director, Design

Leslie E.Robertson Associates, R.L.L.P.

Consulting Structural Engineers

211 East 46th Street

New York, NY 10017–2989

212/750–9000

FAX 212/750–9002

Email: ler@lera.com

Dr. Rose A.Ryntz (1997)

Technical Specialist

Plastic & Trim Products Operation

Ford Motor Company

P.O. Box 6231

Dearborn, MI 48121–6231

313/621–7622

FAX 313/621–7648

Dr. Richard E.Schuler (1999)

Director of Cornell Institute for Public Affairs

Professor of Economics

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Senior Fellow, Cornell Center for the Environment

Cornell University, 422 Hollister Hall

Ithaca, NY 14853–3501

607/255–7579

FAX 607/255–5240

Email: res1@cornell.edu

Dr. Daniel J.Seery (1997)

Senior Program Manager

Environmental Sciences

United Technologies Research Center

East Hartford, CT 06108

860/610–7150

FAX 860/610–2151

Email: seerydj@utrc.utc.com

Prof. Miroslaw J.Skibniewski (1998)

Division of Construction Engineering and Management

Civil Engineering Building, Room 1245

Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN 47907–1294

317/494–2250

FAX 317/494–0644

Email: mirek@ecn.purdue.edu

Dr. Forrest O.Stark (1999)

Manager of Sponsored Research

Dow Corning Corporation

Midland, MI 48686–0994

517/496–4000

FAX 517/496–4602

Email: usdccnff@ibmmail.com

Mr. James A.White (1999)

President

Western Fire Center, Inc.

2204 Parrott Way

Kelso, WA 98626

360/423–1400

FAX 360–423–5003

Email: pyrosci@aol.com

Suggested Citation:"7. Panel for Building and Fire Research." National Research Council. 1997. Board on Assessment of NIST Programs Directory of Board and Panel Members: Fiscal Year 1997. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9044.
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Suggested Citation:"7. Panel for Building and Fire Research." National Research Council. 1997. Board on Assessment of NIST Programs Directory of Board and Panel Members: Fiscal Year 1997. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9044.
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Suggested Citation:"7. Panel for Building and Fire Research." National Research Council. 1997. Board on Assessment of NIST Programs Directory of Board and Panel Members: Fiscal Year 1997. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9044.
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