Agenda

Performance Assessment and Optimization of Fire Resistive Materials

Thursday, July 14, 2005

8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Lecture Room B

Building 101 (Administration)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

100 Bureau Drive

Gaithersburg, MD 20899

8:00 - 8:30 am Registration

8:30 - 9:00 am Welcome, Background and Insights from WTC Investigation

Dr. S. Shyam Sunder, Deputy Director, BFRL

9:00 - 9:30 am NIST/Industry Collaboration Mechanisms

Terry Lynch, Office of Technology Partnerships, TS

9:30 - 11:45 am Ongoing NIST Research

NIST Safety of Threatened Buildings Program

Dr. William Grosshandler, Chief, Fire Research Division, BFRL

Microstructure Characterization

Thermal Performance Testing

Mr. Dale Bentz, Materials and Construction Research Division

Adhesion Testing

Dr. Christopher White, Materials and Construction Research

Nano-additives for Intumescent Coatings

Dr. Jeff Gilman, Fire Research Division

10:15 - 10:35 am Coffee break

12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch (NIST Cafeteria)

1:00 - 1:45 pm Tour of NIST/BFRL Laboratory Facilities

Building 226

2:00 - 3:00 pm Closed door session of Industry Participants

(Lecture Room B)

3:00 - 3:15 pm Coffee break

3:15 - 5:00 pm Working session to define consortium goals and initial scope of work plan

(if needed).