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COMPUTER-INTEGRATED KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM (CIKS)

NETWORK: REPORT OF THE 2ND WORKSHOP

Lawrence J. Kaetzel, Editor
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Increasingly, construction industry private and public organizations are placing greater

emphasis and value on data, information, and knowledge1. Virtually every organization

is an information provider and/or information consumer. For many private organizations,

advertising, access to construction information and customer service is key to

maintaining a competitive advantage. For government and academia, publishing and

sharing research results electronically results in a significant advantage over previous

methods such as printed materials. Though information technology has provided benefits

in faster delivery and vast storage capabilities, it has not delivered significant

improvements in searching, interconnecting, and interpreting information. This is largely

due to the lack of consistency in representing and defining construction industry

knowledge, the distributed nature of the knowledge, the contextual nature of knowledge

that is very context dependent and the lack of resources to focus on these issues. The

industry needs a non-biased organization that both produces knowledge and has the

capabilities to develop and test methodologies and a unified framework. This effort must

be performed in unison with construction industry associations and institutes, private

companies, academia, and other government organizations. The National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST) has been focusing on important knowledge issues that

affect the representation, exchange, and understanding of construction industry materials,

products, and systems through its Computer-Integrated Knowledge System Network

(CIKS) program. Collaborative efforts with organizations such as the American Concrete

Institute (ACI), The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC), and the American Society

for Testing and Materials (ASTM) have resulted in the development of methods to aid

knowledge representation and exchange.

In 1996, the first CIKS workshop was held in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This workshop

attempted to define the focus and goals of the CIKS program. Keynote presentations

describing construction industry applications were given. Representatives from industry,

government and academia met in construction materials and information technology

working groups to develop agendas for further work, recommendations on collaborative

efforts and funding and knowledge user needs. A NIST report titled “A Partnership for a

National Computer-Integrated Knowledge Systems Network for High-Performance

Construction Materials and Systems: Workshop Report” describing the agenda and

results was published in March of 1997 [1]. As a result of the workshop, two CIKS

active working groups emerged. These working groups representing the concrete and

industrial coatings materials areas, began by focusing on three principal areas:

 

1

 For the purposes of this report, data is represented by individual observations such as research results,

information is organized data such as tables and directories, knowledge is represented as engineering

guides and accepted practice such as rules developed by higher-level knowledge staff, such as materials

experts. The term knowledge will be used in this report as a general term that may also include data and

information except as specifically stated.
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1. Investigation, testing, and adoption of relevant information technologies and

knowledge issues facing the construction industry materials area.

2. The development of consistent methods, such as formats and terminology for

aiding in the representation and exchange of knowledge.

3. Further development of decision support applications to aid in the use and

understanding of construction industry knowledge.

The groups, working independently and with technical associations and institutes have

jointly produced several industry standards and applications that address specific sponsor

needs for knowledge representation and exchange and decision making and will also

benefit construction industry organizations as a whole. These efforts include; guides and

standards for the identification and representation of concrete constituent material

properties, a guide for the representation and exchange of industrial coating product data,

engineering decision support systems for bridge coating and concrete hydraulic

structures, and methods for promoting the exchange of construction industry knowledge.

These results are described in detail later in this report. In addition, the NIST CIKS staff

produced a report on a proposed CIKS framework that was published in September 1997

[2].

During the process of investigating information technologies and user needs for CIKS, it

became obvious that several critical factors hindered its success and for the program to

provide significant gains, these factors must be addressed. These factors included:

q Existing knowledge bases are distributed and fragmented and costs for redesign are

too great.

q The construction materials industry lacked consistent terminology and formats for

representing electronic data.

q The construction materials industry lacked universal activity and process models for

building unified or interoperable knowledge bases.

q The construction materials industry lacked criteria for evaluating knowledge.

Based on these factors and the need to advance the CIKS program, a 2nd CIKS workshop

was held. The goals of this workshop were to focus on the critical factors stated above by

bringing together organizations having active programs and projects that could provide

synergy. This workshop was held in September 1997 and is the focus of this report.

During the 2nd workshop, keynote presentations focused on the critical elements for

knowledge interoperability and several working groups met to discuss their progress and

to plan further work.
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Today, the concrete and industrial coatings working groups remain active within

committees of the American Concrete Institute and the Society for Protective Coatings,

respectively. Also, NIST continues to pursue the CIKS goals in a more focused

direction, namely, the Partnership for High-Performance Concrete Technology Program.

Technical societies have adopted CIKS methodologies for knowledge sharing and

organizations such as the Federal Highway Administration, Turner-Fairbanks Research

Center and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are actively developing engineering

decision-support systems for their structures.

The realization of CIKS has enormous potential for the construction industry. It will

require increased collaboration between NIST, the private sector and other government

organizations. NIST maintains a neutral position and can play an important role by

assisting societies and institutes that need to address the needs of their constituents.

Undoubtedly, further meetings and workshops will be necessary in order to present

knowledge producers and consumers with innovative techniques and to ensure a

synergistic approach. There remains a need to influence information technologists in the

development of appropriate technologies that address the needs of scientific and technical

information.

Finally, construction industry feedback on CIKS is vital and comments are welcome.

This report is being made available in printed form as a National Institute of Standards

and Technology Internal Report and is available on the CIKS website at the address:

www.ciks.nist.gov.

The recommendations from the workshop were:

q A strawman should be developed based on the coatings and concrete working group

activities. This strawman should have priority in the next phase in the CIKS

development and should be presented at a future CIKS workshop.

q A future CIKS workshop should include greater representation from the construction

industry user community.

q Working groups should continue to meet at 6 month intervals in order to maintain

progress in their respective areas.

q The report from the workshop should be distributed to attendees and construction

industry organizations interested in knowledge base activities.

q Industry should express its support to NIST for CIKS
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ABSTRACT

The 2nd workshop on a National Partnership on Computer-Integrated Knowledge

Systems (CIKS) Network for High-Performance Construction Materials and Systems

(NPCMS) was held in Gaithersburg, MD on September 24th and 25th, 1997. The

workshop was sponsored by the Building and Fire Research Laboratory of the National

Institute of Standards and Technology, the Construction Materials Council of the Civil

Engineering Research Foundation, and the American Society for Testing and Materials.

The workshop mission was to:

Provide a forum for developing and participating in an industry-wide effort to

address the information needs of private and public organizations within the

construction industry.

The workshop objectives were to:

q Identify and prioritize current and future information needs of the construction

industry as they relate to construction materials and systems.

q Critique the proposed framework for developing and implementing CIKS.

q Identify and assess opportunities for private and public partnerships for

developing CIKS.

In the pursuit of these objectives, experts representing private and public

construction industry organizations and information technologists presented information

on projects that comprised a major information representation and distribution

component. Also, representatives from facility owners, technical associations and

societies, consultants and engineers, and universities met in working groups to identify

knowledge user needs and to critique the relevance of keynote presentations to their

project and organizations goals. Two working groups; 1) concrete and 2) coatings

developed substantial agendas and recommendations for pursuing the CIKS mission and

objectives. The consensus of the group revealed that CIKS could significantly improve

the distribution and use of electronically stored knowledge and that the concrete and

coatings working groups should be a model for other working groups to pursue. This

report presents information contained in the keynote addresses and results of the working

group sessions.

Keywords: computer integrated knowledge system; construction industry; highperformance construction materials; information technology, knowledge interoperability,

knowledge-based systems; workshop.
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DISCLAIMER

The reference to commercial equipment, instruments, computer hardware and

software in this report are identified in order to provide examples of experimental

procedures and methodologies. Such identification is not intended to imply

recommendation or endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology,

nor is it intended to imply that the materials or equipment identified are necessarily the

best available for the purpose.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.1 Purpose and Goals of the CIKS Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2 Status of CIKS and the Testbed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.3 Workshop Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.4 Workshop Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.5 Report Scope and Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2. KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

The Link Between Terminology and Data Element Dictionaries,

By Sue Ellen Wright, Kent State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

An Intermediate Model for Interoperation of Web-distributed Applications

With A Design Model, by James Andrew Arnold, Stanford University . . . . . . 18

Jess and Knowledge Sharing Consideration and Issues, by Yannis

Labrou and Timothy Finin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County . . . . . 43

Knowledge for the Coatings Industry: Needs and Progress,

by Bernard Appleman, The Society for Protective Coatings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Computer-Integrated Knowledge Systems Network: Proposed

Framework, by Thomas Kurihara, National Institute of Standards

and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Construction Supernetwork, by Alan Sparkman, Aberdeen Group

(Summary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Life-Cycle Computer-Aided Data Project, by Kenneth Humphreys,

Pacific Northwest Laboratories (Summary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Software Agents, by Timothy Finin, University of Maryland,

Baltimore County (Summary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

3. WORKING GROUP REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

3.1 Aluminum Materials Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

3.2 Coatings Materials Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

3.3 Composites and Geosynthetic Materials Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

3.4 Concrete and Masonry Materials Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

4. WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . 81

5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

6. REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

APPENDICES

A. Workshop Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

B. Sponsoring Organizations, Steering and Organizing Committees . . . . . . 87

C. Listing of Workshop Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

D. Working Group Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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4. Workshop Conclusions and Recommendations

The 2nd CIKS Workshop was a success from several prospectives, but not all.

Information gained from the wrapup sessions and working group recommendations

provided realistic projections on the direction and magnitude of the vast amount of work

and collaboration required to make CIKS a successful knowledge based network for the

construction industry. The primary points covered in the wrapup discussions and the

consensus of the attendees are listed below.

4.1 Conclusions

Workshop attendance – Participants in the workshop were mainly representatives of

facility owners, researchers, managers, and information technologists. A significant base

of knowledge users was lacking.

Keynote presentations – Part I of the keynotes described important methods and

information tools that are necessary for a distributed and heterogeneous CIKS system.

The presentation on terminology raised awareness of the importance of this topic for

knowledge sharing. Information sharing is complex and futuristic topic, but one that

must be addressed in the CIKS environment. Actual demonstrations of prototype

systems are essential to convey the information that can be digested and used by

construction industry segments.

Part II of the keynotes involved discussions of actual applications for construction

industry use. These presentations presented information that can be used by the

workshop participants.

Critique of the CIKS framework – The vast scope of CIKS and its objectives made it

difficult for some of the participants to relate to their particular needs. This demonstrates

the need for partnership among organizations that are actively pursuing solutions to

knowledge user needs and the need to team with information technologists to “interpret”

information technology methodologies. The need for a strawman was obvious and the

Coatings Working Group activities showed how one segment of the construction

materials area is addressing key issues for knowledge use. Also, greater emphasis should

be placed on the CIKS testbed to assist industry segments in testing and building

prototype systems.

Working group results – Two of the working groups; coatings and concrete made

significant progress during their breakout sessions: coatings in the area of addressing

future work for developing decision support systems and creating partnerships and

concrete, in the area of partnerships and the development of an agenda for sharing

information and methodologies for pavement management systems and hydraulic

structures.
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The joint Composites and Geosynthetic Materials Group developed useful information

that is necessary for defining their user needs and characterizing the CIKS system.

It was apparent that the assistance provided by members of the Information Technology

Group during the working group sessions helped to explain the details of specific

information tools for the materials specialists.

Expectations for future workshops – Perhaps the strongest justification for future

workshops is the need to demonstrate applications and technologies to system developers,

users, and mangers. These demonstrations would include organizations actively engaged

in developing knowledge bases and who have legacy systems and those who are just

beginning. Using a strawman and model systems should be considered as a core for

future meetings. A major focus should be in the areas of coatings and concrete materials.

4.2 Recommendations

The main recommendations from the workshop concerned the CIKS framework and

future workshops. They are:

q A strawman should be developed based on the coatings and concrete working group

activities. This strawman should have priority in the next phase in the CIKS

development and should be presented at a future CIKS workshop.

q A future CIKS workshop should include greater representation from the construction

industry user community.

q Working groups should continue to meet at 6 month intervals in order to maintain

progress in their respective areas.

q The report from the workshop should be distributed to attendees and construction

industry organizations interested in knowledge base activities.

q Industry should express its support to NIST for CIKS
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5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The workshop organizers very much appreciate the support from the sponsors which

contributed to the success of the workshop:

The Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF)

The CERF Construction Materials Council (CONMAT)

The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

They also wish to express their appreciation to the workshop participants for making the

workshop a success. Special thanks to the keynote presenters and to the working group

chairmen.

The workshop organizers thank the contribution by Janice Hagood for coordinating the

workshop facilities and to the reviewers of this report.

Finally, the editor wishes to thank Mary McKnight, Geoffrey Frohnsdorff, Dale Bentz

and Thomas Kurihara of NIST for their review comments, suggestions, and support in the

development of this report. Also, Zhanmin Zhang of the University of Texas at Austin

for his effort as WERB reviewer.

6. REFERENCES

1. Clifton, J.R. and Sunder, S.S., “A Partnership for a National Computer-Integrated

Knowledge Systems Network for High-Performance Construction Materials and

Systems: Workshop Report,” NISTIR 6003, National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (March 1997).

2. Kurihara, T.Y. and Kaetzel, L.J., “Computer Integrated Knowledge System (CIKS)

for Construction Materials, Components, and Systems: Proposed Framework,”

NISTIR 6071, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

20899 (September 1997).

3. Martin, J.W., “A Systems Approach to the Service Life Prediction Problem for

Coating Systems,” ACS Symposium Series 722, Chapter 1, pp. 1-20, American

Chemical Society, Oxford University Press, Washington, DC 20036 (1999).

4. SSPC, “Technology for a Diverse Industry,” Proceedings of the SSPC 96 Seminars,

The Society for Protective Coatings, Pittsburgh, PA (November 1996).
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5. Kaetzel, L.J., “Using the Internet for Group Communication,” Journal of Protective

Coatings and Linings, Volume 14, No. 8, pp. 35-42, Technology Publishing Co.,

Pittsburgh, PA (August 1997).

6. Kaetzel, L.J. and Kogler, R.A, “A Systematic Approach to Coating System Selection

for Highway Bridges Using the BRCOAT Knowledge Based System,” Proceedings

of SSPC ’98, Orlando, Florida, SSPC 98-11, pp. 10-19, Society for Protective

Coatings, Pittsburgh, PA (November 1998).
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APPENDIX A: WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Program

2

nd Annual CIKS Workshop

September 24, 1997

8:00-8:30 Registration

8:30-8:40 Welcome and Introduction Lawrence Kaetzel (Workshop Chair)

8:40-9:00 Sound Decisions in Design, Richard Wright, Director

Construction and Use of NIST, Building and Fire

Construction Facilities Research Laboratory

Keynote Presentations I: Building Blocks for Knowledge Exchange

9:00-10:30 The DARPA Approach to Knowledge David Gunning, Program

Sharing Manager, (DARPA) Defense

Advanced Research Projects

Agency

Terminology: Need for Consistency and Sue Ellen Wright, Kent State

Current Efforts to Standardize University

Tools for Knowledge Sharing Timothy Finin, University of

Maryland Baltimore Campus

Electronic Commerce for the Engineering James Andrew Arnold

Enterprise Center for Integrated Facility

Information, Stanford

University

10:30-10:45 Break

Keynote Presentations II: Knowledge Exchange Efforts and the CIKS

Framework

10:45-12:15 Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) Dr. Bernard Appleman,

Coating Knowledge Center Executive Director, Society

For Protective Coatings

10:45-12:15 Construction Supernetwork Alan Sparkman, Publisher

Aberdeen Group, Electronic

Media Division
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Life-Cycle Computer-Aided Data Project Ken Humphreys

Pacific Northwest Laboratory

CIKS Framework and Testbed Tom Kurihara, Computer

Specialist, NIST, Building

and Fire Research

12:15-12:45 Panel Discussion

12:45-1:00 Charge to Material Working Groups J. Meyer (Workshop

Co-Chair), Director,

Research and International

Programs, CERF

1:00-2:00 Lunch

2:00-5:00 Material Working Groups: Session I

Goal 1: Identify user needs

Goal 2: Critique CIKS Framework

5:00-5:15 Break

5:15-5:45 Summary of Working Group Sessions

(Working Group Chairs)

6:30 Cocktails (cash bar)

7:00 Dinner John Rumble, Chief

NIST, Office of Standard

Reference Data

September 25, 1997

8:30-9:00 Plenary Session

Preliminary reports from material working groups

9:00-12:30 Material Working Groups: Session II

Goal 1: Opportunity assessment, develop recommendations

Goal 2: Develop working group reports

Information Technology Working Group: Session I

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:30 Summary, wrapup and next steps

2:30-5:00 Tour and demonstrations of NIST/CIKS test bed

5:00 ADJOURN
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APPENDIX B: SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS, STEERING AND

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Sponsoring Organizations

q Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF)

q Construction Materials Council (CONMAT), CERF

q American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Steering Committee

John D. Meyer, Chair, CERF

Bernard Appleman, The Society for Protective Coatings

Douglas Barno, SPI Composites Institute

Timothy Finin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

David Fowler, University of Texas at Austin

Geoffrey Frohnsdorff, NIST/BFRL

David Jefferson, Consultant

Larry Kaetzel, NIST/BFRL

Gil Kaufman, The Aluminum Association

Organizing Committee

Larry Kaetzel, Chair, NIST/BFRL

Richard Belle, CERF

James Clifton, NIST/BFRL

Dave Evans, NIST/BFRL

Janice Hagood, NIST/BFRL

Randolph Kissell, TGB Partnership

Robert Koerner, Geosynthetics Institute

Robert Kogler, Federal Highway Administration

Tom Kurihara, NIST/BFRL

Charles Sturrock, NIST/MATLS

Nancy Wilkin, NIST/BFRL

Mike Zupanick, Consultant
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APPENDIX C: LISTING OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS

Bernard Appleman

The Society for Protective Coatings

40 24th St., 6th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4643

Clarissa Ferraris

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Building 226, B350

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

James Andrew Arnold

Stanford University

Bldg 550, Rm. 553

Stanford, CA 94305

Timothy Finin

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Dept of Computer Science and Electrical

 Engineering

Baltimore, MD 21250

Douglas Barno

Composites Institute

2635 Old Columbus Rd.

Granville, OH 43023

Russ Fleming

National Fire Sprinkler

Joannie Chin

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Bldg 226, B350

Gaithersburg, 20899

David Fowler

University of Texas at Austin

Center for Aggregates Research

Austin, TX 78712

James Clifton

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Bldg 226, B350

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Michael Galler

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Bldg 226, B350

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Peter Emmons

Structural Preservation Systems

3761 Commerce Drive

Baltimore, MD 21227

Pravin Gandhi

Underwriters Laboratory

333 Pfingsten Rd.

Northbrook, IL 60062

David Evans

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Building 224, B250

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Jeffrey Greenwald

National Concrete Masonry Association

Grace Hsuan

GRI/Drexel University

33 Lancaster Ave.

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Janice Hagood

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Bldg 226, B350

Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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Kenneth Humphreys

Pacific Northwest Laboratories

P.O. Box 999

Richland, WA 99352

Robert Kogler

FHWA, Turner Fairbank Highway

 Research Center

6300 Old Georgetown Pike

McLean, VA 22101

Kristin Iden

FHWA, Turner Fairbank Highway

 Research Center

6300 Georgetown Pike

McLean, VA 22101

Tom Kurihara

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Bldg 226, B350

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Nora Jason

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Bldg 224, A252

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Yannis Labrou

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Dept of Computer Science and Electrical

 Engineering

Baltimore, MD 21250

David Jefferson

8121 Langport Terrace

Gaithersburg, MD 20877

Kenneth Litkowski

CL Research

20239 Lea Pond Place

Gaithersburg, MD 20879

Lawrence Kaetzel

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Bldg 226, B350

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Colin Lobo

NRMCA

900 Spring St.

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Randy Kissell

TGB

1325 Farmview rd.

Hillsborough, NC 27278

Jonathan Martin

NIST

100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8621

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Robert Koerner

Geosynthetic Institute

130 Wood Road

Springfield, PA 19064

James McDonald

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Waterway Experiment Station

3909 Halls Ferry Rd.

Vicksburg, MS 39180

John Meyer

CERF

1015 15th St., NW

Washington, DC 20005

Mary McKnight

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Bldg 226, B350

Gaithersburg, MD 20899
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Arantza Murphy

CERF

1015 15th St., NW

Washington, DC 20005

Alan Sparkman

The Aberdeen Group

Electronic Media Division

1735 Stadium

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

James Pielert

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Bldg 226

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Jeff Stewart

ITW Devcon

353 Meade Dr.

Moon TWP, PA 15108

William Plenge

American Concrete Institute

P.O. Box 1009

Pasadena, MD 21123

Charles Sturrock

NIST/SRD

Bldg 820, 113

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Bruce Rink

The Construction Specification Institute

601 Madison St.

Alexandria, VA 22314

L. David Suits

N.Y. State DOT-Geotech

1220 Washington Ave.

Albany, NY 12232

John Rumble

NIST

Bldg 820, 113

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Louis Sumbry

Amoco Corp.

3700 Bay Area Blvd.

Houston, TX 77058

Gajanan Sadnis

Howard University

404 Northview Ave.

Silver Spring, MD 20905

Brian Trimble

Brick Institute of America

11490 Commerce Park

Reston, VA 20191

Diane Schulman

The Aberdeen Group

1735 Stadium

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Terry Weigel

University of Louisville

Dept of Civil Engineering

Louisville, KY

Sue Ellen Wright

Kent State University

Kent, OH 44242

Charles West

Northwestern University/Quest

1801 Maple Ave.

Evanston, IL 60201
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Richard Wright

NIST, Building and Fire Research Lab

Bldg 226, B216

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

Zhanmin Zhang

University of Texas at Austin

Center for Aggregates Research

DCJ 5.200

Austin, TX 78712
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APPENDIX D: WORKING GROUP MEMBERS

WG1 – Aluminum

Randy Kissell, Chair TGB Group

James Clifton NIST

Charles Sturrock NIST

David Jefferson Consultant

WG2 – Coatings

Bernard Appleman, Chair The Society for Protective Coatings

Michael Galler NIST

Gajanan Sabnis Howard University

Arantza Murphy Civil Engineering Research Foundation

Sue Ellen Wright Kent State University

Mary McKnight NIST

Ken Litkowski CL Research

Jeff Stewart ITW Devcon

Charles West Northwestern University

Yannis Labrou University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Louis Sumbry Amoco

Robert Kogler FHWA

Lawrence Kaetzel NIST

Charles Sturrock NIST

WG3 – Composites & Geosynthetics

Douglas Barno, Chair Composites Institute

Robert Koerner Geosynthetic Institute

Grace Hsuan GRI/Drexel University

Joannie Chin NIST

L. David Suits N.Y. State DOT
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WG4 – Concrete and Masonry

David Fowler, Chair University of Texas at Austin

Peter Emmons Structural Preservation Systems

Clarissa Ferraris NIST

Jeffrey Grennwald National Concrete Masonry Association

Tom Kurihara NIST

Colin Lobo NRMCA

James McDonald U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Waterway Exp Station

William Plenge American Concrete Institute

Diane Schulman The Aberdeen Group

Brian Trimble Brick Institute of America

Terry Weigel University of Louisville

Zhanmin Zhang University of Texas at Austin

WG5 – Fire Safety

David Evans, Chair NIST

Glenn Forney NIST

Nora Jason NIST

Russell Fleming National Fire Sprinkler Association

Pravin Gandhi Underwriters Laboratories

WG6 – Information Technology

Timothy Finin, Chair University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tom Kurihari NIST

Lawrence Kaetzel NIST

Yannis Labrou University of Maryland, Baltimore County

David Jefferson Consultant

Sue Ellen Wright Kent State University

Charles Sturrock NIST

Diane Schulman The Aberdeen Group

Nora Jason NIST