Expert No. 324662 – Engineering Expert – CA(N)
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Expertise Description: P.E., M.S. – Experienced product designer, manufacturing executive, and consulting mechanical engineer with over 50 years experience in the field. Litigation experience includes: patent infringement, patent analysis, trade secrets, contract disputes, physical deconstruction and analysis; product liability; fraud; and class action. Expertise includes: computers and disk drives; cryogenics and heat transfer; electrical equipment; electronics manufacturing; engineering and manufacturing management; fluid machinery; lasers and optics; machine design; metals, plastics, glass, and ceramics; mechanical engineering; medical and scientific instruments; and stress and vibration. Degrees in Mechanical Engineering (M.S.) and Engineering (B.S.), both from the California Institute of Technology. Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer (P.E.). More than 20 years expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
- Patent infringement
- Patent analysis: utility and design, U.S. and several foreign
- Patent-portfolio review
- Patent-claim construction
- Prior-art research
- Trade secrets
- Contract dispute
- Manufacturing and engineering custom and practice
- Physical deconstruction and analysis
- Product liability
- Fraud
- Class action
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
- engineering & manufacturing - developed and introduced to production the first mass-produced product to use the doide laser
- client management
- analyzed manufacturing yields
- designed plastic submersible pump
- designed ultrasonically-welded plastic cassettes for analytical gel
- surveyed operations of plant fabricating heavy steel structures
Licenses & Certifications:
| Registered Professional Engineer - California |
| Registered Professional Engineer (inactive) - Illinois and Texas |
| Certified Management Consultant (inactive) - Institute of Management Consultants |
| Commercial pilot, instrument-rated, multi-engine, land and sea-Federal Aviation Administration Cert. |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master of Science | Mechanical Engineering | California Institute of Technology | |
| Bachelor of Science | Engineering | California Institute of Technology |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- California Institute of Technology
- Engineers Association of Nevada
- I.E.E.E. Consultants' Network of Silicon
- Nevada County Economic Resource Council
- Optical Society of Norther California
- Order of the Engineer
- Professional and Technical Consultants Association
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Awards & Honors:
| R&D Magazine: "R&D 100" Annual Awards Judge |
Other Career Highlights:
| Numerous publications and presentations |
| U.S. Patent for the Sump Pump |
| U.S. Patent for Traveling Block with Variable Air Spring |
