Expert No. 343027 – Accident and Safety Expert – KY / TX
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. – Consulting expert in Mechanical Engineering with more than 20 years experience in the field. Expert in force reconstruction of low-damage impacts, time-distance studies, analysis of photographic evidence, and three-dimensional reconstruction using photogrammetry or videogrammetry. General expertise in all types of applied mechanics or engineering mechanics problems. Capable of non-ballistic trajectory analysis and failure analysis of ladders and other similar structures. Current university faculty member in Mechanical Engineering. Has authored or co-authored more than 15 peer-reviewed articles in areas including corrosion, mechanics, measurement and data analysis, and numerical modeling. B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Texas at Austin. Registered P.E. in Texas and Kentucky. Has delivered technical presentations to both scholarly and lay audiences. More than 5 years expert witness experience involving more than 100 cases. Consultations, depositions, trial appearances, and critical review of opposing expert reports.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
- Force reconstruction in low damage front-to-rear vehicle impacts
- Principal Direction of Force (PDOF) determination in low damage vehicle impacts
- Expert report analysis and rebuttal
Licenses & Certifications:
| Texas Professional Engineer (Mechanical) |
| Texas Engineering Firm Registration |
| Kentucky Professional Engineer (Mechanical) |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Mechanical Engineering | University of Texas, Austin | |
| MS | Mechanical Engineering | University of Texas, Austin | |
| BS | Mechanical Engineering | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- Associate Professor, Trinity University
- Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Paducah
- Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Aiken
- Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Member, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Awards & Honors:
| Professor of the Year, Alpha Delta Lambda |
| NASA Faculty Fellowship, NASA Langley Research Center |
| ORISE Faculty Fellowship, Savannah River Site, U.S. Dept. of Energy |
Other Career Highlights:
| 13 peer-reviewed journal articles |
