Expert No. 96935 – FL
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Mechanical engineer, marine engineer, and naval architect, specializing in boating / shipping issues related to engineering. Expertise includes: Amphibious Craft; Anchoring / Mooring; Barges; Bulk Carriers; Cargo Gear; Cargo Vessels; Collisions / Allisions; Containerships; Cranes; Dredging; Dynamic Instability; High Speed Boats; Marine Accidents; Marine Equipment; Offshore Oil Rigs; Passenger Vessels; Personal Watercraft; Pipelines; Pleasure Boats; Rigging; Salvage Operations; Securing / Stowage; Tankers; Towing; Tugboats; and Unseaworthiness. Professional Engineer (P.E.).Multiple national and international expert witness appearances. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
- Oil platform - improper design of lighting system resulting in personal injury
- Passenger Vessel - Guest received injuries crossing a gangplank
- Boat occupant fell overboard and was killed by the propeller
- Defective trailer stands on barge caused injury to driver of tractor
- Casino Boat - Personal injury due to uneven carpets
- Dismasting of a 48-foot sailboat during bad weather
- Continuous failures of several diesel engines
- Collision of two power boats at night
- Collision of a 22' bow rider with 25' push boat
- Explosion on tugboat, two workers died
- Captain of an offshore supply boat sustained back injury lifting groceries and supplies
- Crewmember injured in the shower of a vessel
- Failure of a wave attenuator wall (floating breakwater ) in Arizona, which resulted in the sinking of a 55-foot houseboat
- Loadout and launching of 1700 ton tugboat using a 338 foot floating dry dock
- Slip and fall on a jack-up drilling rig
- Worker killed when a 40-foot container chassis rolled forward on a Ro-Ro vessel
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
- Engineer, Dredging operations - inspection and repairs of dredges, management and improvement of canals, flood control systems and levees
- Provided engineering services to shipowners, shipyards, insurance groups, government agencies, and attorneys
- Engineering consultant for complete engineering for the clearance of the Suez Canal and the largest lift for salvage in the American Continent
Licenses & Certifications:
| Registered Professional Engineer - State of Louisiana |
| Naval and Mechanical Engineer Registration (Inactive) |
| Certified Marine Surveyor - Horizon International Naval Surveying and Inspection Bureau (Inactive) |
| Certified Marine Surveyor - The National Association of Marine Surveyor (Inactive) |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.S. | Naval Architect | National University of Buenos Aires | |
| B.S. | Naval Architect | Technical School #3, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
- American Boat and Yacht Council
- Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying: Lapels
- Louisiana Engineering Society
Other Career Highlights:
| Authored four forensic engineering courses; being purchased by Professional Engineers |
| Numerous article publications |
| Multiple technical presentations for Professional Symposiums |
