Expert No. 141418 – CA(N) / CA(S) / FL / IL / MN / NY / TX
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Expertise Description: B.S., P.E., A.C.T.A.R. - Experienced in metallurgical engineering and failure analysis, accident reconstruction, railroad litigation, and product liability. Professional Engineer, (P.E.). Member, Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (A.C.T.A.R.). Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Representative Litigation Experience:
  • Railroad, vehicle, or pedestrian accident reconstruction.
  • Locomotive design and failure analysis.
  • Rough riding locomotive, handbrake, and rail car failure analysis.
  • Railroad derailment and grade crossing.
  • Metal component failure analysis - personal injury.
  • Product liability.
  • Surface Transportation Board (STB) fuel consumption.
  • New product development and patent cases.
  • Rail car, truck, and automobile brake design and analysis.
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
  • Diesel engine component design - crankshaft, power assembly, fuel system, exhaust system.
  • Diesel engine failure analysis and design.
  • Forging and casting design.
  • New product and metallurgical component design.
Licenses & Certifications:
Pennsylvania Professional Engineer
OSHA Certification in General Industries
ACTAR Certification in Accident Reconstruction
Education:
DegreeSubjectInstitution
BSMetallurgical EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
  • Adjunct faculty at Wisconsin University.
Professional Appointments/Affiliations:
  • National Association of Professional Engineers
  • American Society for Metals
  • American Foundry Society
  • Society of Automotive Engineers
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers


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