Stephen Cauffman
Position
Group Leader
Task
Program Manager
Education
B.S. Physics, 1988 George Mason University
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Stephen Cauffman joined the Materials and Construction Research Division of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory in 1999. He is the Leader of the Structures Group of the Materials and Construction Research Division. The major research thrusts of the Structures Group are mitigation of progressive collapse, structural fire safety, and next-generation standards for wind loads. Mr. Cauffman is the program manager for the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster providing programmatic support to the technical team. Mr. Cauffman developed a model for an interagency program to address the mitigation of blast risk in bridges, buildings, and tunnels, an effort that NIST and the Technical Support Working Group are developing. His work at NIST includes coordination of the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction (ICSSC) as its Technical Secretariat. Mr. Cauffman also serves as Technical Secretariat for the U.S.-side panel of the U.S.-Japan Joint Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects (UJNR). Mr. Cauffman was the technical point of contact for the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing Cooperative Research Program. Mr. Cauffman has also provided support to the Advanced Technology Program in outreach to the construction materials industry.
Prior to joining NIST, Mr. Cauffman was a Senior Program Manager with the Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF). In that capacity, Mr. Cauffman was responsible for conducting studies related to advanced technology for the construction industry. Mr. Cauffman also served as Secretariat to the High-Performance CONstruction MATerials and Systems (CONMAT) Council, an industry/government group dedicated to promoting research, development and deployment of advanced construction materials. Working with CONMAT and NIST, Mr. Cauffman developed an industry plan for participation in the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) and conducted workshops to educate industry on ATP.
Mr. Cauffman's experience also includes 11 1/2 years with the Atlantic Research Corporation. Mr. Cauffman was a Program Manager with the Solid Propulsion Division, leading efforts to develop main and divert propulsion systems for a small interceptor missile and gas generator-based fire suppression systems. Mr. Cauffman was also a Program Manager in the Advanced Materials Division where he was responsible for programs to develop composite aerospace and marine structures. Mr. Cauffman's experience at Atlantic Research Corporation also included thermo-mechanical and thermo-physical testing and characterization of advanced carbon-carbon, metal-matrix, ceramic-matrix, and polymer-matrix composites. |
