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Engineering Laboratory

EL Contact Information

EL Headquarters

Joannie Chin, Director
301-975- 5900
joannie.chin [at] nist.gov

Applied Economics Office

David Butry, Chief
301-975-6136
david.butry [at] nist.gov

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program(NEHRP) Office

John 'Jay' Harris, Acting Director
john.harris [at] nist.gov

Disaster and Failure Studies Program

Tanya Brown-Giammanco
tanya.brown-giammanco [at] nist.gov

Community Resilience

Terri McAllister, Program Manager
resilience [at] nist.gov

NIST's R&D program under the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (NWIRP)

Scott Weaver, Director
301-975-5983
scott.weaver [at] nist.gov

Divisions

Materials and Structural Systems

Jason D. Averill, Chief
301-975-6051
jason.averill [at] nist.gov

Energy and Environment

Bill Healy, Chief
301-975-4922
david.yashar [at] nist.gov

Fire Research

Jiann Yang, Acting Chief
301-975-6662
jiann.yang [at] nist.gov

Intelligent Systems

Kevin Jurrens, Chief
301-975-3418
kevin.jurrens [at] nist.gov

Systems Integration

Simon Frechette, Acting Chief
301-975-3508
moneer.helu [at] nist.gov

Biomanufacturing, Buildings and Construction, Building codes and standards, Building control systems, Building damage and repair, Building economics, Building materials, Energy efficiency, Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, Indoor air quality, Structural engineering, Energy, Alternative energy, Conventional energy, Electric power / smart grid, Fuels, Environment, Air / water / soil quality, Environmental health, Greenhouse gas measurements, Marine science, Fire, Fire detection, Fire fighting, Fire modeling, Fire risk reduction, Materials flammability, Manufacturing, Additive manufacturing, Factory operations planning and control, Interoperability in manufacturing, Machining, Manufacturing systems design and analysis, Process measurement and control, Quality assurance, Robotics in manufacturing, Supply chain, Sustainable manufacturing, Technology commercialization, Materials, Ceramics, Composites, Concrete / cement, Materials characterization, Composition and structure, Mechanical properties, Thermal properties, Metals, Modeling and computational material science, Polymers, Superconductors, Resilience, Disaster and failure studies, Earthquake risk reduction and Windstorm impact reduction

Created February 9, 2010, Updated August 2, 2022