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Thomas D. PughAssociate Professor and Director, Institute for Building SciencesSchool of ArchitectureFlorida A&M University1938 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.Tallahassee, Florida 32307Telephone: (850) 599-3007Email: thomas.pugh@famu.eduEducationMaster of Arts in Architecture, University of Florida, December 1974Bachelor of Design (with honors) University of Florida, August 1971Employment1987 - present Associate Professor of Architecture, Florida A&M University1991 – present Director of the Institute for Building Sciences, Florida A&M University1993 – 1994 Visiting Research Fellow, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning Departmentof Building Physics, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, NL1978 - 1987 President, Thomas D. Pugh Construction Co., Inc., Fayetteville, AR1976 – 1978 Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ARProfessional AffiliationsMember, AIA/ACSA Research Policy Board, 1996 – 1998 [Appointed]Member, AIA/ACSA Council on Architectural Research, 1994 [Appointed]Chair, State University System Radon Advisory Board, 1988 – 1995 [Appointed]Member, Florida Coordinating Council on Radon Protection, 1988 – 1995 [Appointed]Secretary, American Society of Civil Engineers Special Task Committee, Radon Mitigation - NewConstruction Practices, 1989 – 1991 [Invited]Member, Light Construction Technology Delegation to the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, CitizenAmbassador Program, People to People International, 1990 [Invited]Member, United States Environmental Protection Agency Radon Standards and Codes Workgroup,1989 [invited by the USEPA]Academic ServiceMember, Florida A&M University Website Committee – April 2008 – present [appointed by thePresident]Member, Florida A&M University Website Content/Policy Subcommittee – April 2008 – May 2009[appointed by the Chair]Member, Florida A&M University Search Committee for Assistant Vice President for InstructionalTechnology – Summer-Fall 2008 [appointed by the Provost]Member, Florida A&M University Search Committee for Provost and Vice President for AcademicAffairs – Spring 2008 [appointed by the President]Member, Florida A&M University Institutional Research Council, 2007 [appointed by the Dean]Member, Florida A&M University Faculty Senate, 1991 - 1993 and 1995 -present [elected by theSchool of Architecture faculty]Member, NSF Action Plan Task Force, 2005 [appointed by the President of Florida A&M University]

THOMAS D. PUGH PAGE 2 OF 8Academic Service (Continued)Member, Florida A&M University Faculty Senate Steering Committee, 1991 - 1992 and 1995 -present [elected by the Faculty Senate]Member, Institutional Level Assessment Committee, 2004-present [appointed by the Dean]Chair, Distinguished University Professor Committee, Florida A&M, 2001 [appointed by thePresident of Florida A&M University]Secretary, Florida A&M University Institutional Self-Study Committee on Financial Resources, 1996[appointed by President of Florida A&M University]Chair, Florida A&M University School of Architecture Faculty, 1990 - 1991 [elected by the School ofArchitecture faculty]Member, Administrative Council of the School of Architecture, 1990 - 1995 [membership consists ofDeans, Director and Faculty Chair]Chair, Academic Standards Committee, 1988 - 1990 [elected by the school of Architecture faculty]Member, Academic Standards Committee, 1987 - 1990 [appointed by the Dean]Member, Master of Landscape Architecture Program Planning Committee, 1988 - 1991 [appointedby the Dean]Member, School of Architecture Library Committee, 1987 - 1988 [appointed by the Dean]Current ResearchPrincipal Investigator, Investigation of Elevated Radon Concentrations Above the 3rd Floor of FloridaStructures, Florida Department of HealthCompleted ResearchFAMU Coordinator, Framing Group on HBCUs and Equitable Development on the Gulf Coast, Centerfor Healthy Communities at the University of South Alabama and the Initiative for Regional andCommunity Transformation at RutgersProject Director and Principal Investigator, Neighborhood Revitalization Project, US Department ofHousing and Urban DevelopmentProject Director, Rebuild America Information Dissemination Project, Oak Ridge NationalLaboratoriesProject Director, Website Development, Association of Collegiate Schools of ArchitectureProject Director, Sustainable Development Database, Florida Energy OfficeProject Director and Co-Principal Investigator, Florida Design Initiative 1995 - 1997, Florida EnergyOfficeProject Director, and Co-Principal Investigator Florida Energy Update, Florida Department ofManagement ServicesCo-Investigator, Radon Flux Through Various Domains of Concrete, Rogers and Associates Engineersand U.S. Department of Energy, 1993-1994Co-Principal Investigator, Statewide Building Code Feasibility Study, Florida Housing Finance Agency,1995Co-Principal Investigator, Investigation of Radon Entry Into Crawlspace Structures Using Large-ScaleInstrumented Test Modules, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1993

THOMAS D. PUGH PAGE 3 OF 7Completed Research (continued)Co-Principal Investigator, Assessing the Degree of Compliance with the American's With DisabilitiesAct, Florida Board of Regents/University of Florida, 1993Principal Investigator, The Design of Active Soil Depressurization Systems for Large Non-ResidentialBuildings In Florida, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1992Principal Investigator, Assessment of Concrete Floor Slab Crack Frequency and Radon Flux, FloridaDepartment of Community Affairs, 1991Principal Investigator, Radon-Resistance in the Design and Construction of Florida Schools, FloridaDepartment of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 1991Principal Investigator, Development of Construction Standards for the Reduction of Radon in ExistingBuildings, Florida Department of Community Affairs, 1990Principal Investigator, Investigation of Research House Study Feasibility for the Florida RadonResearch Program, Leon County, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1990Principal Investigator, Radon-Resistant Construction in Large-Scale Non-Residential Buildings, FloridaDepartment of Community Affairs, 1990Principal Investigator, Editorial and Technical Support Services, USEPA Radon Standards Project,National Institute of Building Sciences, 1990Principal Investigator, Development of Laboratory Equipment and Procedures for Quantifying theRadon-Resistance of Standard Building Materials and Assemblies, Florida Board of Regents, 1989Principal Investigator, A Field Validation Study to Measure the Effectiveness of Certain Provisions ofCurrent FL-HRS Guidelines in Reducing Radon Accumulation in Newly Constructed Houses, FloridaBoard of Regents, 1989Principal Investigator, Radon Mitigation Measures for Residential Construction In Florida, FloridaDepartment of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 1988Co-Investigator, A Study of Design Issues for Tall Buildings, Institute for Technology, ShimizuCorporation, Tokyo Japan, 1987Co-Investigator and Design Consultant, Mississippi County Community College Solar PhotovoltaicProject, U.S. Department of Energy Subcontract, University of Arkansas College of Architecture,1978Research Assistant, University Auditorium: A Feasibility and Programming Study, University ofFlorida Division of Planning and Analysis, 1972Graduate Research Assistant, Identification and Evaluation of Coastal Resource Patterns In Florida;Pilot Study in the Coastal Zone of Lee, Charlotte, and DeSoto Counties, Florida, Florida CoastalCoordinating Council, 1971Refereed PublicationsPugh, Thomas, C. Eldredge,, Analysis of Radon Source and Transport in High-Rise ConcreteStructures, Proceedings of the 20th National Radon Training Conference, Columbus, Ohio, October19, 2010.Pugh, Thomas, C. Eldredge, Elevated radon concentrations in high-rise residential structures inFlorida, Proceedings of Healthy Buildings 2009, Syracuse, NY, September, 2009.Pugh, T. D., A. Scott, W. Grondzik, Effects of Random Cracks in Concrete Floor Slabs on Radon Entry,Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air ‘96,Nagoya, Japan, July, 1996

THOMAS D. PUGH PAGE 4 OF 8Refereed Publications (Continued)Pugh, T. D., A. Williamson, Design and Construction of a Radon-resistant School, Proceedings of the7th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air ‘96, Nagoya, Japan, July,1996Pugh, T. D., Architectural Implications of Radon Control: Design of Buildings, Design of RadonResearch, Proceedings of The International Symposium on Environmental Contamination In Centraland Eastern Europe, Budapest, Hungary, October 1992Pugh, T. D., Telotte, J. C., Dantin, E. J., Investigation of Radon Entry Into Crawlspace Structures,Proceedings of The International Symposium on Environmental Contamination In Central andEastern Europe, Budapest, Hungary, October 1992Pugh, T. D., Greenfield, M. B., MacKenzie, J., and de Meijer, R. J., Development of Apparatus andProcedures for Evaluating Radon-Resistant Construction Materials, Proceedings of the Twenty-NinthHanford Symposium on Health and the Environment, Richland, Washington, October 1990Pugh, T. D., Interim Radon-Resistant Construction Guidelines For Use In Florida - 1989, U.S.Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, EPA Purchase OrderNumber 7D4130NTGX, July, 1990Pugh, T. D., Radon-Resistant Construction Guidelines For Use In Florida, Florida Department ofHealth and Rehabilitative Services, Office of Radiation Control, 1988Turner, W. D., Deaver, F. K., Johnson, M. M., Pugh, T. D., Snowden, R., Wall, J. D., Williams, J. G.,Yeargin, J. R., Mississippi County Community College Solar Photovoltaic Project, U.S. Department ofEnergy, Subcontract Number EG-77-G-05-5565, November 1980International PresentationsRegulating Indoor-Air Quality and Energy Efficiency - Why Building Codes are Inadequate,Symposium on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Thermal Engineering Department of TsinghuaUniversity and Air Conditioning Research Institute, Beijing, ChinaEffects of Random Cracks in Concrete Floor Slabs on Radon Entry, Proceedings of the 7thInternational Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air ‘96, Nagoya, Japan, July,1996Design and Construction of a Radon-resistant School, Proceedings of the 7th InternationalConference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air ‘96, Nagoya, Japan, July, 1996Architectural Implications of Radon Control: Design of Buildings - Design of Radon Research,International Symposium on Environmental Contamination In Central and Eastern Europe, BudapestHungary, October 1992Investigation of Radon Entry Into Crawlspace Structures, International Symposium on EnvironmentalContamination In Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest Hungary, October 1992Radon Prevention In New Construction, Session Chair, The 1992 International Symposium on Radonand Radon Reduction Technology, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Minneapolis, Minnesota,September 1992Architecture and Technology II, Session Co-chair, ACSA/European Schools of ArchitectureConference, Technical University Delft, The Netherlands, May 1992Radon Research and Building Code Development In Florida Universities, Radioactivity In The NaturalEnvironment Workgroup Seminar, Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, University of Groningen, TheNetherlands, July 1991Design and Construction Strategies for Radon-Resistant Buildings, The Science, Technology andEnvironmental Policy Seminar, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, June 1991

THOMAS D. PUGH PAGE 5 OF 7International Presentations (Continued)Development of Apparatus and Procedures for Evaluating The Radon-Resistance of ConstructionMaterials, Twenty-Ninth Hanford Symposium on Health and Environment, Richland, Washington,October 1990Evolving Strategies for Radon-Resistant Construction, Moscow Division, Committee of Architecture,Moscow USSR, April 1990Evolving Strategies for Radon-Resistant Construction, Central Board of Engineering Societies, Houseof Scientists, Moscow USSR, April 1990Evolving Strategies for Radon-Resistant Construction, Czech Technical University in Prague, Facultyof Civil Engineering, Prague CSFR, April 1990National and Regional PresentationsAn Innovative Database for Keyword Search and Cross-comparison of Building Codes and Standards,28th Annual Conference of the National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards,Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 1995The Built Environment Center, Florida Power & Light Company “Business Energy Expo ‘96,” OrlandoFlorida, August 1996Green Materials on the Internet, Green Building Materials ‘96, University of Florida Institute of Foodand Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville Florida, June 1996The Feasibility of a Uniform Statewide Building Code, Keynote Address to the 43rd Annual EducationConference, Building Officials Association of Florida, Altamonte Springs Florida, May 1995The Statewide Building Code Feasibility Study, Florida Home Builders Association Annual Meeting,Codes and Standards Committee, Orlando Florida, July 1995Assessing the Significance of Random Cracking on the Radon-Resistance of Concrete Floor Slabs,Conference of the Hanford Environmental Science and Engineering Consortium, Battelle PacificNorthwest Laboratory, Hanford Washington, October 1994Research In Support of Radon-Resistant Construction Standards, 1990 Southern Building CodeCongress International Annual Research and Education Conference, New Orleans Louisiana, October1990The Role of the School of Architecture in Radon Research - What's Going On Out In The FourthWing?, 1989 - 1990 Exhibition and Lecture Series, Florida A&M University School of Architecture,October 1989Building Code - Revisions and Legislation, part of the symposium, "Radon, Its Impact On The BuildingIndustry", Contractors and Builders Association of Pinellas County, October 1989RADON - New Construction and Liability, Florida Home Builders Association, Orlando, March 1989Radon-Resistant Construction Guidelines, Home Builders Association of Mid-Florida, Orlando,January 1989Radon, Building Officials Association of Florida, Tampa, January 1989"Accent", 30 minute interview/call-in program, WFSU-TV, Florida Public Television, September 1988RADON -Old As The Earth, One-hour documentary, Florida Public Television and the FloridaDepartment of Education, March 1988Public Forum on Radon, Citrus County Florida Board of County Commissioners, March 1988Radon, Building Design and the Architect, Florida North Central Chapter, American Institute ofArchitects, Tallahassee, July 1988

THOMAS D. PUGH PAGE 6 OF 8Teaching ExperienceThird-Year Architectural Design StudioFourth-Year Architectural Design StudioIntroduction to Environmental TechnologiesEnvironmental Technologies IEnvironmental Technologies IIEnvironmental Technologies IIITerminal Project ResearchTerminal Project DesignMaterials and Methods of Construction IMaterials and Methods of Construction IILow-Cost Housing ConstructionEnvironmental Design Research MethodsRepresentative Design and Construction ProjectsRobert A. Nickle Residence, Fayetteville Arkansas, Design and Construction 1978Dennis Shaw Residence, Tontitown ArkansasHailey and Powers ArchitectsConstruction 1979M. Hays Biggs Residence, Springdale ArkansasDesign and Construction 1979Neal Hefner Residence, Sonora ArkansasDesign and Construction 1980Dan Riner Residence, Springdale ArkansasHailey, Powers and Froning ArchitectsConstruction 1982Family Dental Center, Fayetteville ArkansasDesign in Association with Ervan Wimberly, Consulting EngineerConstruction, 1983Loren Heiple Residence, Fayetteville ArkansasTim Heiple ArchitectConstruction, 1983Dental Offices for Drs. Hanby and Williams, Springdale ArkansasDesign in Association with Ervan Wimberly, Consulting EngineerConstruction, 1983Dan Riner Residence, Springdale ArkansasDesign and Construction, 1984Offices for Packaging Specialties, Inc. Fayetteville ArkansasDesign in Association with Ervan Wimberly, Consulting EngineerConstruction, 1984

THOMAS D. PUGH PAGE 7 OF 7Representative Design and Construction Projects (Continued)Family Dental Center, Rogers ArkansasDesign in Association with Ervan Wimberly, Consulting EngineerConstruction, 1985Pugh Residence, Fayetteville, ArkansasDesign and Construction, 1985Townhouses for Robert and Charles Nickle, Fayetteville ArkansasDesign in Association with Charles Nickle, Consulting Engineer, 1986Construction, 1986Pugh Residence, Fayetteville ArkansasDesign and Construction, 1987Public ServiceTallahassee Habitat for Humanity, Tallahassee, FloridaMember, Board of Directors, 1987 - 1992 [elected]Construction Coordinator, "Blitz Build '91 - Six Houses in a Week" Construction Project, 1991Project Coordinator, Blitz Build '90 - Three Houses in a Week" Construction Project, 1990Construction Coordinator, 1989 "House In A Week" Construction Project, 1989Chair, Site Selection, Design and Construction Committee, 1989 - 1991 [elected]Member, Fund Raising Committee, 1989 - 1991Member, Public Relations Committee, 1990Member, Site Selection, Design and Construction Committee, 1987 - 1988Habitat for Humanity International, Americus GeorgiaCrew Leader, Jimmy Carter Work Project 1988 - 20 Houses In A Week, Atlanta Georgia, 1988[screened and invited]Crew Leader, Spring Educare Center Building Blitz 1990, Americus Georgia, 1990[screened and invited]ODYSSEY Science Center, Tallahassee FloridaMember, Education Committee, 1995 - 1996 [invited]Lawton Chiles High School Band Boosters, Tallahassee, FloridaVice President, 2001 - present [elected]Foaks Hurricane Relief (Four Oaks Community Church), Tallahassee, FloridaCrew Leader, New Orleans January 2006Crew Leader, Pass Christian, Mississippi March, July, October 2006, March 2007Awards& RecognitionsBronze Medal Award of Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects, 1975Volunteer of the Year, Civic Service Category, Tallahassee Democrat & Volunteer Tallahassee, Inc.,1991