Equipment Failure Experts

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Expertise Description: P.E., NCE – Consulting expert with extensive experience in Electrical Engineering. Expertise includes electrical equipment and systems evaluation; product failure analysis; control system failure analysis; electrical support for origin and cause investigators on fire-related events; software failure analysis for PLC’s and micro-computers; and automotive electrical systems and controls. Registered Professional Engineer in Control System Engineering in the State of California. Narte Certified Engineer (N.C.E.). Over 20 years of expert witness... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: PE – Expert in the fields of engineering, management, and consulting for significant projects in the semiconductor, university, laboratory, and advanced technology market sectors, world wide, for over 15 years. Additional consults include several hundred tool-install, wafer fab construction, process systems, process piping, and HVAC projects. Accomplished lecturer, presenter, and facilitator for leadership workshops. More than 10 years experience as a technical expert and expert witness. Has given deposition and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert in marine surveying and risk assessment with almost 50 years experience in the field. Areas of expertise include: marine operations in the offshore oil and gas industry; admiralty; accidents involving dock, shipboard, and offshore cranes; anchor-handling, towing, and mooring incidents; swing rope and personnel basket worker transfer accidents; pipeline damage; cargo and cargo container damage; hurricane and heavy weather damage; mooring system failures; anchor-handling operational failures; towing system... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: AIA – Consulting expert in architecture with more than 40 years experience in the field. Expertise includes: design, codes, plans & specifications, contract administration, asbestos, lead paint, hospitals, and commercial projects. Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA). Over 30 years of expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Refractory linings quality control consultant with understanding of issues involving installations, design, inspections, repair, failure analysis, testing, materials, and industry and ASTM standards. Prior expert witness experience... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Highly knowledgeable aviation expert with over 40 years in aviation accredited investigation, reconstruction and failure analysis. Areas of expertise include evaluation / analysis of aviation safety problems (including airport operations) and accident factors such as pilot error, air traffic control, human factors, weather, engine, flight preparation, aircraft & engine maintenance & records, aircraft structures & systems, investigation procedures & deep water investigation technology, and manuals & checklists. Prior expert witness... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. – Experienced in Fire Protection & Mechanical Engineering with almost 20 years experience in the field. Expertise includes: failure analysis, fire suppression / alarm systems, plumbing systems, gas supply systems, consumer products, autos / trucks / other vehicles, fuel fired appliances, HVAC equipment, manufacturing equipment, agricultural / construction equipment, furnaces, boilers, water heaters, fuel systems, and explosions. Has performed more than 500 investigations for insurance, legal, and private clients... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Human resources expert with in depth industry experience. Has managed human resources operations for both small (less than 1,000 employees) and large (over 100,000 employees) organizations. Has worked as a legal analyst for the State of California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, a human resources analyst and human resources manager. Has extensive experience handling complaints made to the Department of Labor, EEOC, DFEH and civil lawsuits in... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. – Expert in Forensic Engineering with over 35 years experience in the field. Conducts and directs investigations of vehicular accidents, which include automobiles, tractor-trailers, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians. Also consults on industrial accidents and machinery failures and safety. Has evaluated several thousand industrial and vehicular accidents. Performed research and field investigations for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as an investigator and team member for NHTSA’s... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert in Fastener Engineering with more than 15 years experience in the field.  Licensed in Quebec but does consulting and expert witness work nationwide.  Focus on process design, product and process reliability, and product applications. Expertise includes fastener manufacturing (raw materials; fastener metallurgy, including raw materials, forming, and heat treatment; quality assurance; manufacturing engineering support; automated inspection methodology; lean manufacturing and cost reduction; and coatings, including electroplating, galvanizing, phosphating... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert experienced in accident investigation, accident reconstruction, and occupational safety with more than 40 years experience in the field. Experience includes conducting industrial and occupational safety and health inspections of industrial / personnel workplaces and launch facilities. Has investigated and reconstructed work place accidents and initiated corrective actions according to Corporate Safety policy, OSHA, and other National safety standards. Developed the OSHA Field Inspection Compliance Manual for the Occupational... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.D. – Consulting expert in Bio-medical Engineering with more than 15 years experience in the field. Expertise includes medical devices, medical implants, surgical implants, surgical devices, biomechanics, orthopedics, biomaterials, biochemistry, implants, devices, quality control, FDA approval, failure analysis, immunology, and laboratory safety. Prior expert witness experience... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. – Consulting expert in Civil Engineering. Expertise includes: geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, retaining walls, foundations, remedial repair engineering, forensic geotechnical or structural engineering, masonry evaluation including steel lintels, wall anchors and corrosion, evaluation of anchored earth retention, slope failure evaluation, foundation or structural failure, personal injury structural failure evaluation, code compliance evaluation, piering and piling evaluation, drainage evaluation, safe house evaluation and design, infrastructure, and bridge evaluation. Ph.D... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. – Over 35 years experience in Geotechnical and Pavement Engineering, performing and supervising subsurface investigations as well as field and laboratory testing in soils and rocks. Soil engineering projects involve earthwork including site development and foundation investigations, slope stability, retaining wall systems, soil stabilization and foundation repair, performance of pavements and subgrade conditions, soil compaction and its associated properties, seepage and impoundment failures, subsidence / settlement damage, ground... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.D. – Consulting expert experienced in diseases of the chest and internal medicine. Has been providing medical expertise since 1985. Provided hospital critical care at Scripps Hospitals from 1981 to 2005. Pulmonary consultant with active practice from 1981 to present. Areas of expertise: include thromboembolic disease, respiratory failure, pneumonia, pulmonary infections, chronic obstructive lung disease, asthma, and pulmonary hypertension. Formerly on faculty at University of California San Diego and Veterans... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: QEC – Consulting expert in elevators. Expert in vertical transportation engineering with over 40 years experience in the field. Expertise includes: equipment design and development; installations; modernization and repairs of existing vertical transportation systems; equipment technology; equipment testing; quality assurance methods, procedures, and specifications; failure analysis; equipment and components; high rise commercial buildings; high rise residential buildings; shopping malls; and industrial facilities including oil refineries, manufacturing facilities, textile and steel... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Commercial real estate professional with over 30 years experience in the field. Experienced in all facets of real estate portfolio, asset, and property management. Expert in acquisition, disposition, and financing transactions of income-producing real estate as well as leasing and property operations and, real estate-related risk management / insurance and legal matters. Experienced in foreclosure, commercial mortgage workouts, and real estate bankruptcy matters. More than 20 years expert witness experience... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: RN, LNC – Registered Nurse (RN) competent in all aspects of the medical-legal process with strengths in serving as a standard of care expert, conducting research, investigating the delivery of health care, and reviewing medical records and patients charts for legal cases and regulatory compliance. Currently provides hands on assessments and documentation as a clinical consultant in MDS / care planning and Staff training in Nursing Homes across Florida. Over... » Read Complete Profile
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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... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: A.I.A., P.E. – Industry expert with forensic consulting experience in: contracts; project design; details and planning; construction document analysis; and construction contract administration. Consults on architectural and construction defects, industry standard of care, scope of services, and building envelope design and failures. Highly skilled at differentiating the responsibilities of owners, architects, and contractors, as well as managing client expectations. Has over 30 years of experience in architecture, engineering, and construction... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. – Experienced in Engineering and Environmental Consulting. President of both a Professional Engineering and a Building Inspection firm. Has worked in various engineering and construction capacities since 1987. Experience and work assignments include various aspects of the main disciplines of Engineering and Environmental consulting including but not limited to: building and safety codes compliance; construction and project management; physical condition surveys; reserve funding analysis; plumbing; electrical; heating, ventilating, and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: AIA, ASHRAE, CSI, CDT, LEED-AP, NCARB – Consulting building science architect with more than 14 years experience in the field. Experience includes: building enclosure technical design, consulting, construction inspections, and field investigations. Expertise includes: architectural glass and glazing (curtain walls, windows, skylights, and glazed doors); building enclosure analyses and recommendations; cause-and-origin investigations; and computer simulations of wind and windborne debris tracing. Typical scope of services include: assistance in evaluation of... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: CPA, CFE - Consulting expert experienced in forensic accounting with more than 35 years experience in the field. Extensive experience in the application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) in diverse matters, including investigations into alleged fraudulent financial reporting, accountants' malpractice, and purchase price disputes. Also experienced in the financial aspects and evaluation of shareholder, partnership, joint venture, and management agreements; lender liability; and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Consulting expert specialized in Accident Reconstruction and Safety with over 30 years experience in the field. Accident and safety expertise includes: Vehicular accidents- all vehicle types, pedestrians, component failures (e.g., brakes); Pedestrian - Slip, trip, fall, stairs, ramps, sidewalks, coefficient of friction; Premises - Building codes, lighting, glass, screens, electronic gates; Industrial & Construction Accidents - ladders, scaffolds, machine guarding, forklifts, construction vehicles, conveyors, lifts, hoists; Mechanical... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Consulting expert specialized in products liability, personal injury, and materials failure analysis with over 40 years experience in the field. Experience includes: chemical, physical, thermal, spectral, and other testing methods used to analyze plastic part and product failures. Litigation experience includes: construction defects emphasizing plastic plumbing problems; design and manufacturing defects in plastic, rubber, and composite parts and materials; plastics extrusion; injection molding; thermoforming; and other plastics processing... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) with over 10 years experience in power plant electrical engineering. Expertise includes nuclear power plants, oil field systems, steam generation boilers, heat recovery steam generators, gas turbines, steam turbines, micro-turbines, reciprocating engines, transformers, switchgear, power plant auxiliary equipment, controls, distribution, and air quality permits and reporting. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (M.S.E.E.). Prior expert witness experience... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., C.I.H. - Consulting expert specialized in chemistry and industrial hygiene / safety with over 45 years experience in the field. Expertise includes chemistry, hazardous substances, industrial hygiene and safety, and hazardous waste. Experience includes product liability, product failure, liquor liability, drunk driving, drugs and other criminal matters, workers compensation, indoor air pollutants, and evaluation of exposure to chemicals. Additional expertise in flammable gases, liquids, and solids; and exploding soft... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., C.P.A. - Consulting expert specialized in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, financial reporting, and forensic accounting. Has over 42 years experience as a C.P.A. (Certified Public Accountant) and over 25 years experience as a consulting and testifying litigation expert. Has been involved in over 130 cases involving white collar defense, commercial litigation pertaining to allegations of audit failure, financial reporting irregularities, contractual breaches, and related matters, as well as numerous... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Consulting expert specialized in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering and management with over 45 years of varied experience in commercial aviation. Expert in engine and propulsion (development, alteration, noise attenuation, repair and maintenance). Specialist in FAA and EASA regulation and certification. Expert in equipment purchases, leasing, and insurance issues; accident investigation and failure analysis; and aircraft salvage and rebuilding. Experienced in establishing and directing engineering, maintenance, and alteration facilities... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert specialized in Real Estate and Mortgage, Broker Malpractice, and Legal Malpractice with 40 years experience as a practicing attorney. Real estate expertise includes disputes over business transactions and interpretation of real estate documents. Legal Malpractice expertise includes attorney's failure to meet minimum standards of skill and diligence and negligent preparation of contracts. Also experienced with mergers and acquisitions. Twenty years expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E., C.F.E.I - Professional engineer licensed in Florida, Connecticut, and New York, with over 27 years of experience managing and performing civil, structural, and environmental investigation, development, and construction projects. Has managed numerous asbestos and lead surveys from New York to Florida. Also has performed over 100 due diligence and condominium conversion investigations. Expert in performing forensic failure analyses. These analyses include structural, roofing, foundation, waterfront, underwater, geotechnical, water infiltration... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E., C.F.E.I. - California licensed Mechanical Engineer and nationally certified Fire and Explosion Investigator specializing in fire cause and origin. Expertise includes investigation and analysis of fire, water loss, product defects, explosions, and human injury incidents. Knowledgeable in heat transfer, mass transfer, fluid mechanics, fire protection engineering, human behavior in fire, hydraulics, laser diagnostics, and component testing. Ph.D. in Engineering. Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering (P.E.). Certified Fire and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert specializing in Forensic Imaging and Photography. Expertise includes: imaging, questioned documents, analysis of videos, accident investigation, reconstruction photography, arson investigation photography, crime scene photography, scientific photography, medical photography, fine art fraud photography, machine and equipment failure photography, and industrial accident photography. Over 50 years of experience in Forensic, Digital, Scientific, Technical, Graphic Arts, and Conventional Imaging Photography. For 35 years of career was a corporate executive in the... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: R.N., D.N.P., F.N.P.-C., C.E.N. - Consulting expert specialized in Nursing. Expertise includes critical care and emergency nursing. Has taught courses in critical care, coronary care, care of trauma patients, and pediatric emergencies. Former flight nurse for California Shock Trauma Air Rescue. Has reviewed over 100 cases involving nursing for over 20 attorney firms. Cases include patient issues in medical / surgical nursing, critical care nursing, and emergency nursing. Has written... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S.M.E., A.T.P. - Consulting expert specializing in Aviation Engineering. Current airline captain. Rotorcraft helicopter rating. Previous flight instructor. Engineer in MD-80 / MD-90 / DC-10 / MD-11 certification / Flight Test programs. Aviation accident investigation / reconstruction. Commercial, corporate, charter, cargo, military, general, and experimental aviation. System / powerplant malfunctions, operational issues, maintenance / mechanical issues, component design / failure, regulatory issues, human factors, airports / airfields, ATC issues, aircraft... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Consulting expert specializing in Civil and Geotechnical Engineering. Licensed Civil and Geotechnical Engineer with more than 35 years of professional experience. Project experience includes: residential foundations; asphalt and concrete pavements; landslide investigation and stabilization; high rise building foundations; and foundations for power plants, dams, and pipelines. Forensic experience includes foundation failures, pavement cracking and deterioration, slab defection, moisture intrusion, wall failures, and sewer line distress. Ph.D. degree... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S. - Consulting expert specializing in Bio Medical / Engineering. Experience includes Finite element stress analysis, fracture mechanics, fatigue, failure analysis, fire and explosion analysis, biomechanics, materials science, and structural design and analysis. Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University. Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - A professional engineer registered in Louisiana and Texas as well as an ICC certified residential inspector. Expertise includes: construction defects and foundation performance; foundation evaluation and repair; water invasion source; extent of hidden water damages; mold etiology; EIFS; structural failure source and repair; builder warranty issues; workmanship; code conformance; damage causation; windstorm certification; building fire-contractor defense; and certification of structural integrity / buildback. Professional Engineer (P.E.). Prior expert... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Landscape architect, ecologist, horticulturalist, and arborist with almost 50 years experience in the field. Expert in plant / tree propagation, plant / tree growth, and plant / tree problems. Experience includes: tree accident investigation, tree and plant insurance claims, hazardous tree analysis, tree liability evaluation, tree safety, tree replacement, tree failure, tree appraisals, tree care and pruning, landscape maintenance, garden design, plant selection, nursery inventory evaluation, plant / crop evaluation... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S. - Consulting expert specializing in Software Engineering Methodologies and Project Management with over 40 years experience in the computer industry. Has written many technical articles and 2 dozen computer books. Expert in Information Technology (IT) project failures. Has the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and the ability to scan thousands of pages of documents and email records to analyze a complex IT development project. Also an expert... » Read Complete Profile
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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... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Areas of expertise include rolling mills, slitting lines, processing lines, annealing furnaces, electric arc furnaces, building maintenance, machinery maintenance, OSHA regulations, personnel safety, workplace safety, industrial machinery, electrical substations, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, forensic engineering, fire cause and origin, and construction accidents. Supplied engineering services for sales, start-up, and field service engineering of industrial equipment. Forty years of experience in the metal producing and rolling industry with... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., C.E.G., R.G., R.C.E., R.S.E. - Experienced in geology and geotechnical engineering. Expertise includes: earth movement, soil settlement, soil heave, soil creep, soil collapse, soil expansion, slope stability, landslides, mudflows, bluff failure, rock fall, stream bank collapse, drainage, erosion, moisture intrusion, slab seepage, crawlspace water, basement water, distress to structures, wall cracks, slab cracks, slab settlement, slab heave, foundation settlement, and foundation cracks. Additional expertise includes: retaining walls, wall collapse... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Esq. - Consulting expert specializing in legal malpractice as well as real estate. Expertise includes: attorney malpractice arising out of both litigation and transactions, with a focus on the applicable community standard of care; construction defects; probate and trust; real estate broker agency non disclosure issues; negligence and misrepresentation claims; breach of lease agreements; limited partnership disputes; and creditor's rights suits including obtaining writs of attachment, writs of execution, temporary... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: A.C.T.A.R., C.F.C. - Certified Forensic Consultant (C.F.C.) specializing in Forensic Accident Reconstruction. Expertise includes automobile accidents, commercial vehicle accidents, industrial accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, ballistics and firearms, digital forensics, premises liability, slip and fall accidents, and 3d animations and visualizations. Member of Accident Reconstruction Network (A.R.C.). Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (A.C.T.A.R.). Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert specializing in forensic engineering and accident reconstruction. Expertise includes: lifts, hoists, jacks, cranes, industrial machines, hydraulic equipment, tools, material handling, fork lifts, aerial work platforms, loaders, automotive lifts, and scissor lifts. Has more than forty years of engineering, manufacturing, and management experience. Additional expertise in product safety, product failures, product liability, testing, compliance with standards (American National Standards Institue (A.N.S.I.) and International Organization for Standardization (I.S.O.)), and compliance... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Electrical plant engineer, design engineer, and consultant. Expertise includes: forensic / engineering assessments, analysis / cost valuations on fires / failures, lightning damage, electrocution, origin / cause of industrial and residential fires / explosions, heavy equipment / major appliance failure, electric power distribution, Original Equipment Manufacturer (O.E.M.) product failures, kitchen fire suppression systems, industrial equipment damage assessment, pay requests, and construction defects. Additional expertise in repair / replacement... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Consulting expert with more than thirty years of experience in design, manufacturing, and equipment engineering, with an emphasis on equipment used in oil and gas field servicing. Expertise includes: triplex / quintiplex pumps and pumping systems; jet, batch, and recirculating mixers; cement / sand bulk handling systems; coil tubing injectors; carbon dioxide / nitrogen equipment; equipment packaging on trucks, trailers, skids, barges, and offshore installations; engine, transmission, and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.D. - Has practiced clinical and forensic psychiatry for more than 35 years and is Board-Certified, Diplomate in Psychiatry as well as in Forensic Psychiatry. Has presented his expert medical opinion in over 5,000 cases in Federal, State, and Administrative jurisdictions, and to employers nationwide. Has testified in approximately 150 trials and 500 depositions. In his teaching career, expert has been Assistant Clinical Professor at U.C. San Francisco Medical School... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., F.A.P.S. - Consulting expert specializing in safety, biomechanics, and accident reconstruction. Expertise includes: accident reconstruction, biomechanics of injuries from traffic collisions, glass breakage, chair and ladder failures, slips, trips, and falls, doors, materials science, testing of walkway surfaces, falls from height, lighting, and Uniform Building Code (U.B.C.) provisions. Additional expertise includes: light intensity measurements; visual perception; times of sunset, twilight, and moon rise / set; product failure analysis for... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. – Provides forensic engineering, failure analysis and expert witness services to large commercial property owners, insurance companies, and attorneys. Specializes in fire investigations, product defect cases, and construction defect cases involving appliances, electrical equipment, HVAC Equipment, Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, low voltage / communication wiring and electronic control systems. Experience designing, installing, and operating data, broadband, and voice networks. Performs equipment inspections, analysis, and evaluations for Machinery Breakdown insurers... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S.,CSP - Consulting expert specializing in fire cause, accident reconstruction and safety with an emphasis in fire cause and origin caused by power lines. Expertise includes: electrical power line accident reconstruction, investigation, electrical contacts, falls, fires, equipment failures, pole climbing accidents, accidents in the power line industry. Multiple publications in industry trade journals. Certified Safety Professional (CSP). Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Consulting expert specializing in mechanical design engineering, with an emphasis in all phases of industrial equipment and machinery design, including fans, blowers, motors, generators, engines, couplings, gearboxes, dynamometers and rolling mills. Expertise includes: troubleshooting of aircraft gas turbine engines and accessories, auxiliary power units, rotary wing drive gearboxes and gear trains. Additional expertise in troubleshooting, machinery malfunctions and failures, and machinery accidents, including accidents leading to extensive property... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Industry Expertise & Experience in: Ceramics & ceramic composites, Wear and corrosion, Aerospace (turbine engine & hypersonics), Fractography of ceramics and glass, Chemical processing, Metal casting & ceramic cores, Thermal management, Armor, Refractories, Cement, Automotive (catalytic supports), Heat treating (vacuum). Materials: Ceramics and ceramic matrix composites, Glass, Preceramic polymer & PIP (Polymer Infiltration & Pyrolysis) processing, Traditional (sintered) & melt infiltrated ceramics, Metals casting (ferrous and non-ferrous), ceramic... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S., P.E., D.A.B.F.E.T. - Experienced in mechanical engineering, plumbing, HVAC, power, and utility mechanical systems. More than 50 years' mechanical design / operations experience encompassing general building construction, residential construction, hospitals, commercial buildings, warehouses, industrial construction, fossil / nuclear power plants, and utility distribution systems. Has taught diverse courses in engineering, technical design, construction, plumbing, and related exam preparation. Has delivered lectures on nuclear power to civic organizations. Member of... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - More than 30 years of extensive R&D, manufacturing, patent law, and worldwide government chemical compliance and management expertise in the chemical industry. Expert is nationally known in UV and EB curable coatings fields; selected to present Technical and Safety portions of recent five Primer Sessions held at RadTech National Conferences. Hands-on laboratory and R&D management experience in the commercialization of more than 50 new products for a broad... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., - Expertise includes analyses of vehicular, industrial, recreational, commercial, and sports-related injuries in addition to the evaluation of protective devices and safety systems, such as seat belts and helmets. Research and scientific analysis in mechanical and biomedical engineering and regulatory assessments. Former university professor of Biomedical & Human Factors Engineering; Former Professor of Medicine; and Former Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Qualified as an expert witness in civil... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E., R.A., R.A.S. - Consulting expert specializing in Fire Origin & Cause, Accident Reconstruction and Failure Analysis, with an emphasis in industrial and commercial accidents, vehicle accidents, tractor truck accidents and ECM download analysis, product equipment failure analysis. Expertise includes: failure analysis of vehicle, appliances, tools, machinery, equipment, HVAC, industrial, commercial, oil field, marine, residential, piping/piping components/pressure vessel design/failure analysis; ANSI B31.1 & B31.3; ASME Sections I & VIII; slip... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experienced in Fire Scene Investigation, Evidence Inspection and Examination, Evidence Photography, Computer Configuration, Computer Maintenance, Household and Commercial Appliance Failure and analysis (Mechanical, Electrical, and/or Fire Related), Household Electrical System Failure and analysis, General Mechanical Engineering issues involving; Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Vibrations, Stress Analysis, Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics (Relative to furnaces, dishwashers, hot water tanks, dryers, washers, disposals, heaters, and various other appliances both commercial and household... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Independent consultant with more than 30 years' experience developing and managing safety, security, emergency preparedness, and Environment of Care (E.O.C.) programs. Well disciplined in O.S.H.A. and E.O.C. compliance in federal and private healthcare sectors. Extensive professional experience in Department of Veterans Affairs as a Regional Program Safety Manager: in charge of the homicide investigation of a V.A. police officer, an oxygen leak / hospital unit failure investigation, and national emergency... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S. - Expert hydrogeologist and geologist. Expertise includes: civil engineering; coastal erosion; engineering geology; environmental engineering standards-of-care; flood hydrology; groundwater / surface water assessment / development / litigation, management / protection; hydrocollapses; landslide evaluation (groundwater / seepage source determinations); seismic risk evaluation; sewer-line failure and resulting groundwater contamination; water pipelines; water resources development / remediation; water rights; watersheds / runoff issues; and wells (wellfields, wellheads). Certified Hydrogeologist. Certified Engineering Geologist... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.D. - Practicing internal medicine physician, researcher, and professor. Expertise includes: Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome; asthma; biokinesiology; biophysics; congestive heart failure; critical care medicine; cystic fibrosis; human stem cell biology; hypoxemia; lung disease; pathophysiology; physical therapy; pulmonary alveolar epithelial cell biology; pulmonary circulation / disease / hypertension; respiratory failure; and tuberculosis. Multiple research grants, papers, and lectures. Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners. Diplomate, Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Practicing civil engineer, specializing in structural engineering. Expertise includes: advanced composites; blast testing; bridge inspection; bridge rehabilitation; civil infrastructure renewal / sustainability; composites; concrete; concrete repair / rehabilitation; construction defects; construction materials; failure analysis; ferrocement; fiber reinforced concrete; FPR; laboratory testing; masonry standards; materials engineering; non-destructive testing; reinforced concrete; research and development; steel reinforced polymers; strength evaluations; structural analysis; and structural fiber reinforced plastics. Fellow, American Concrete... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Mechanical and materials engineer, specializing in failure analysis. Expertise includes: accident investigation / reconstruction; construction defects (plumbing / H.V.A.C.); failure analysis (building materials, communications equipment, consumer products, machinery, medical devices; pressure vehicles, vehicles); fatigue / fracture / corrosion of metals / plastics / fiber composites; materials engineering; mechanical engineering; modal analysis; vibration testing; stress analysis; strain gage testing; finite element analysis; fires and explosions; thermal analysis and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.A., M.S., P.E. - Civil engineer specializing in coastal engineering and coastal land development. Expertise includes: beach nourishment; coastal boardwalks; coastal processes / development; environmental engineering; erosion (bluff / coastal / shoreline); lagoon restoration; levees; longshore sand transport; marinas; seawalls; shore protection devices (construction, design, permitting); soils engineering; surfing reefs; tidal waves; uprush analysis; water elevation; and wave forces / shoring. Prior expert witness experience in matters pertaining to coastal... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.D. - Board certified physician specializing in emergency medicine. Expertise includes emergency diagnosis / treatment of: acute abdominal pain; bites / burns / stings; brain / head injuries; cardiac issues; congestive heart failure; hypertension; infectious diseases; ischemic stroke; and ophthalmologic trauma. Additional expertise in: emergency ultrasound procedures; environmental medicine; preventative medicine; safety / preventative health; and trauma. Board certified, Emergency Medicine. Fluent in Spanish / Bi-lingual. Expert witness consultations, depositions... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S., M.S., P.E. - Safety and civil engineer concentrating on public utilities, occupational safety and health (O.S.H.A.), and transportation engineering. Public utilities expertise includes: gas pipelines (construction, inspections, maintenance, repair, testing operating pressures); gas pipeline accidents (ignition / explosions); and power lines (overhead / underground). OSHA expertise includes: equipment inspections (ladders, ramps, scaffolds, scissor lifts, stairways, work platforms); safety procedures (concrete pumping, confined space entry into manholes / pipelines /... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.D. - Practicing research urologist, specializing in stem cell research and tissue bioengineering for transplants and reconstruction. Expertise includes: amniotic fluid stem cell research (including for arthritic and degenerative joint disease); bladder issues; developmental biology; embryonic stem cell research; kidney diseases; kidney transplants; magnetic resonance urography; organ replacement; organ transplants; pediatric urology; renal failure; tissue regeneration / repair; urinary tract diseases; and urologic surgery. Board certified. Expert witness consultations, depositions... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Practicing civil and structural engineer, specializing in construction and building inspections, structural engineering, civil engineering, and traffic accident reconstruction. Expertise includes: airport design / construction; asphalt / concrete evaluation / design; backfill compaction; construction cost estimating; drainage; failure analysis; hydrology studies; hydroplaning / loss of skid resistance; noise mitigation; O.S.H.A. compliance; property loss; structural damage; and surveying. Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S. - Consulting ceramics engineer with hands-on knowledge of processes related to ceramics, glass, and fiberglass production, management, and marketing, including: natural gas / oxygen combustion systems for furnaces; burner hardware; forming processes; waste management strategies; nuclear waste vitrification; environmental abatement; corrosion testing; industrial gas production; and combustion technology. Experienced in the automotive, bio-medical, defense, electronics, and nuclear fields. Previous expert witness analysis, investigations, affidavits, and testimony on combustion equipment... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.N., C.N.S.P. – Practicing physician specializing in internal medicine, nephrology, and clinical nutrition with more than 40 years experience in the field. Expertise includes kidney disease, dialysis (including peritoneal), renal failure, preventative medicine, and nutrition. Multiple invited presentations (national and international). Fellow, American College of Physicians (FACP). Fellow, American College of Nutrition (FACN). Certified Nutrition Support Physician (CNSP). Extensive expert witness / medical-legal experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E., C.S.P. Investigated hundreds of industrial accidents during 30 plus years with General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler (automotive 'Big ThreeŸ?); was safety director at a sheet metal stamping plant; was corporate safety director for an automotive supplier, overlooking 14 plants, covering a span of seven (7) states, responsible for safety in stamping, assembly (automotive and drive train), machining, plastic (SMC, blow molding, and extrusion molding) plants. Knowledge and expertise includes... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S., M.S., Ph.D. - Consulting chemical engineer in areas of failure analysis, product liability, automobile accidents, fire cause and origin, chemical exposure, environmental contamination, regulatory compliance, agriculture, medical devices, and passenger restraint systems. Expertise includes: front / side airbags (failure, deployment, injuries); automobile passenger restraints (seat belts, infant, and child seats); chemical fires / explosions / damages (butane, solvents, crude oil, gasoline, natural gas, carbon dioxide, chlorine gas); toxic chemical... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Consulting civil engineer specializing in roofing issues, including laboratory analysis; inspections; building envelopes; roof management; roofing failures; moisture surveys; waterproofing; roof coatings; reroofing; leak investigation / analysis; ventilation / condensation; wind damage; fastenings; construction documents / monitoring; and insurance and legal claims. Further specialization in hurricane, earthquake, fire, and hail damage. Additional experience in fa??ade, concrete, and masonry failures, in addition to foundations, retaining walls, and anchors... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E. – Consulting expert knowledgeable in the design, development, and technical analysis of electronics and communications equipment with over 25 years of professional experience in the field. Experienced in cases involving patent infringement; patent damages & royalty calculations; cell phone cases involving wrongfully accused, E-911 issues, call routing, and cell tower records; telecommunications cases involving failures and failure analysis, the local switch, toll call, and VoIP, IVR, and ATIS... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S. - Consulting industrial technologist, specializing in plastics, silicones, adhesives, abrasives, composites, polymers, tapes, epoxies, and sealants, with experience in the aerospace, aircraft, automobile, marine, medical, and other general industries. Expertise includes: account management; contracts; failure analysis; industrial; vehicle; motorcycle; laboratory testing; inventory and distribution logistics; material qualifications; packaging; process development; product development and management; quality assurance; training; and troubleshooting. Expert witness experience with depositions, forensics, case risk analysis, and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Consulting mechanical engineer with 30+ years of experience, specializing in thermal systems engineering, including industrial energy conservation, recovery, and all related processes and equipment. Expertise includes: industrial process improvement; cogeneration; power plant engineering; utility generation; code compliance; chemical / industrial processing; pressure vessels; fuels / combustion; boilers; furnaces; medical waste incinerators; and power piping. Forensic engineering and expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S.E.E. M.S.E.C.E., P.E. - Professional engineer specializing in electrical and computer engineering. Expertise includes: agency standards (CE, CSA, FCC, IEC, UL); data encryption hardware; data networks; electrical devices engineering / safety / systems; electronic design / failure analysis / manufacturing; electronic / electrical hardware design engineering; EMC design / analysis / testing; fire cause and origin investigations; forensic engineering; grounding; industrial automation / controls (national electrical code / product liability... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.B.A., P.E. - Consulting mechanical engineer for product failure analysis, personal injury analysis, property loss, accident reconstruction, accident causation, equipment evaluation, systems evaluation, construction accidents, general industry accidents, project evaluation, and safety and maintenance procedures. Specializing in residential heating and cooling including: decorative fireplaces, space heaters, wood burning fireplaces, wall furnaces, forced-air furnaces, log lighters, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers. Also experienced in residential ranges, water heaters, gas or wood-burning appliances... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: A.I.A., N.C.A.R.B. - Consulting expert specialized in commercial and residential architecture, forensic architectural issues, architectural standard of care, and water intrusion failure analysis. More than 20 years of professional experience in architecture. Other areas of expertise include contractor delay claims, ADA analysis, mold remediation repairs, and course of construction claims disputes. Currently licensed as an architect in California, Nevada, and Arizona. Certified by the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.) and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Registered professional engineer, forensic consultant, and author experienced in machine safety analysis, accident reconstruction, human factors, fire cause and origin, as well as, product defects and liability litigation. Over 30 years of mechanical engineering design and analysis with unique understanding and knowledge of machine aspects (guards, warnings, controls, interlocks, manuals, controls, ergonomics, instructions, machine comparisons, and standards & practices.) and their role involving serious injury or loss. Familiarity with most... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Consultant with expertise involving design engineering, project management, and construction management of industrial power generation, cogeneration, standby emergency power units, emergency diesel generators, and gas turbine generation systems. Specialized analytical services relating to plant performance, monitoring, control, fuel processing, and safety. Particular expertise for projects involving industrial gas turbines such as Allison 501/570 series in standby power and cogeneration applications, and for stationary power generation and marine propulsion... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Computer science consultant with over 30 years of experience in software, systems and electrical engineering. Background includes patent prosecution and litigation, management of patent licensing projects, technical advisor for counsel, internet, web site and systems development, software product development, database management systems, software architecture, research and development, and system specification. Areas include: Databases; Internet/Web/e-Commerce; Client/Server, N-Tier Technology; Graphics / GUIs; Sensor Processing; Pattern Recognition; Computer Linguistics; Patent Analysis... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Consulting registered professional engineer and licensed general contractor with over 24 years of experience in consulting, design, construction project management, university teaching, and research. Specializes in structural analysis / design, damage and failure investigations, and construction defects / accidents. Has expertise in performance evaluation of constructed facilities including the effects of natural (wind, earthquake, flood, fire) and man-made (vibrations, blast and impact) hazards, damage assessment, and repair... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: PE - Electrical engineer experienced in design, testing, performance analysis, and forensic engineering relating to construction defects, electrical fire cause and origin (residential, commercial, and industrial circumstances involving appliances, electronic panels, machinery, signage, wiring, gas, arson, etc.), electrocution, and failure analysis (electrical and electromechanical systems and equipment, industrial machinery, manufacturing systems and equipment, etc.)... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Registered Geotechnical Engineer with over 33 years of extensive experience and practice. Soil and foundation engineering studies; field exploration and soil testing; forensic studies relating to ground subsidence, foundation distress, slope instability, expansive soils, fill compaction, groundwater seepage and seismic ground failure; analyses and recommendations for foundation repair and site stabilization; consultation assistance during construction repairs; and preparation of geotechnical engineering reports... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting Structural Engineer with expertise in the evaluation of the condition of existing damaged and distressed structures and the design of repairs to bring the facilities back to sound condition. Licensed professional engineer or structural engineer in 25 jurisdictions. More than 35 years experience in building design and construction. Experience includes: roofing and waterproofing; reinforced concrete, structural steel, and masonry structures; and the evaluation of historic structures. Has worked on... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: A medical doctor experienced in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. Areas also include interventional cardiology (cardiac catheterization and angioplasty), echocardiography and heart failure... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: MSME, ASE - Experienced in automotive issues. Has conducted vehicle and forensic inspections in the following areas: mechanical, vehicle fire cause and origin, engine and component failure analysis, accident reconstruction (mechanical), Lemon law investigations, subrogation issues and reports, body shop/service department fraud investigations, parts inspections and identification, product failure analysis, design defect analysis and damage appraisal; other areas of expertise include engine and powertrain, service and anti-lock brake systems (air... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Expert in industrial cleaning and manufacturing processes with thirty plus years of experience and expertise in biochemistry, clinical chemistry, analytical chemistry, process development, and failure analysis. Areas of expertise include: high precision and general industrial cleaning; precision cleaning, critical and industrial applications; surface quality, surface preparation; contamination control, cleanrooms and general industrial applications; product failure, failure analysis (including coatings and adhesion failure); catastrophic failure analysis, aerospace and biomedical; avoidance and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Mechanical engineer experienced in vehicle accident reconstruction, low speed impact, product liability (ladders, chairs, elevators, hydraulic lifts, power tools, machinery etc.), slip, trip, and fall, building and safety codes violations (stairs, rails, etc.)... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., R.G., C.E.G. - Specializes in geologic and geotechnical investigations of landslides, slope failures, earthquake damage, land and building subsidence, soil creep, expansive soils, construction defects, and flooding... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Consulting expert with more than 40 years experience in the field. Metallurgical engineer and expert witness with knowledge of fracture mechanics, thermal fatigue, fittings, crevice stress, corrosion cause and prevention, resonant frequency failures, ductile and stress failure, forensic engineering failure analysis problem solving / trouble shooting, fracture studies, and corrosion causes and prevention. Over 30 years expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: General Building Contractor with more than 25 years experience in the field. Expertise includes general building construction; construction defects; noncompliance issues related to UBC (Uniform Building Code); UPC (Uniform Plumbing Code); and standards of care in the industry. Experience includes: providing investigation, analysis, and reporting; assessing property damage and determining causation; providing analysis of general building construction defects and plumbing / mechanical system failures; reviewing the basis of construction claims... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Over 20 years experience as a materials and corrosion specialist. NACE certified Cathodic Protection Specialist. Areas of expertise include failure analysis, premature deterioration of metals, alloys, concretes, and coatings. Expert has investigated pipelines, post-tensioned bridges, parking garages, high-rise buildings, housing developments, tanks, tunnels, water and wastewater structures, and speed patrol boats... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Experienced in wood and materials science, product design and liability, structural analysis, fracture mechanics, and mechanical engineering; extensive experience with ladders, scaffolding, furniture, pilings, trusses, and wood structural problems... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Mechanical and electrical engineer experienced in: design and testing; friction, corrosion and stress analysis; accident investigation and reconstruction; material and component failure analysis; materials characterization and testing; electrical fires cause and origin investigations; product liability, reliability, and patent review; as well as, slip and fall, lightning, and electrocution... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Experienced in injury biomechanics, orthopedic biomechanics, mechanical device failure analysis, mechanical design analysis, accident reconstruction, vehicle testing and industrial and consumer product liability... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Expert parachutist who has been active in the industry for more than 40 years. Has written more books on parachutes and skydiving than any other author and served in more than 100 cases since 1973. Provides technical investigation, consulting and testimony in parachute, skydiving, paragliding and parasailing cases... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: R.F.C. - Expert Witness / Consultant in litigation and arbitration, nationally (17 states), involving securities, insurance, annuities and taxation. Expert has been qualified and has testified as a Securities Industry Expert Witness before the State Court in CA and serves as an NASDR arbitrator... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Experienced in the use of forensic engineering, accident reconstruction, and biomechanics to analyze and reconstruct accidents and to perform biomechanical analysis of injuries. Expertise in accident reconstruction includes: traffic / vehicular (auto, truck, pedestrian, motorcycle, occupant motion, low speed impacts); slips & falls (friction testing); industrial accidents; and recreational and sports accidents. Expertise in biomechanics includes: bone and soft tissue injuries (head, back, neck, and extremities, including... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Experienced Naval Architect and Marine Engineer with almost thirty years of experience in the industry. Expertise includes: small crafts, fishing vessels, recreational boats, yachts, ferries, shipyard productivity and claims, and offshore oil exploration. Additional areas of expertise include: recreational boat accidents including outboard motor steering failures, PWC accidents, outboard motor support failures, off-throttle steering, boat collisions and allisions, falls aboard and overboard, high speed craft, primary and secondary... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Certified building inspector and licensed contractor with more than 36 years experience in the construction industry. Areas of expertise include building plan interpretation, quality control, construction management, construction education and training, residential and commercial construction, various building codes, inspection of code compliance, inspection for post-earthquake life safety, ADA requirements / compliance, and inspection for abatement of substandard or hazardous structures. Construction skills include carpentry, electrical, mechanical and plumbing trades. Projects... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Mechanical engineer whose past experience inlcudes design engineering and chief engineering for several companies and ownership of companies involved in fabrication of truck bodies, accessories, and construction equipment... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.D. - Experienced medical doctor in gastroenterology, internal medicine, colon cancer prevention, as well as, nutritional and preventive medicine issues... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Experienced in engineering including failure analysis of metal, alloys and non-metals, coatings and paints, materials consulting, corrosion, and laboratory testing... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Experienced in industrial and mechanical engineering in the aerospace, nuclear, shipbuilding, and computer industries for over 32 years. Areas of expertise include plant layout, material handling, quality control, machine design, construction cost estimating, custom equipment design, and plant relocation... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Registered Professional Engineer in California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Washington with experience in the design, analysis, troubleshooting and failure analysis, turbomachinery and ancillary equipment, cogeneration, and performance improvement... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Experienced in accident reconstruction, product liability, failure analysis, and fracture mechanics.  Expertise includes: glass failures and glass testing (bottles, windows, windshields, dishes, cook wear, etc.); metallurgical failures (welds, gears, ladders, straps, cables, etc.); ceramic failures; corrosion failures; plastic, polymer, composite material, and wood failures; and user safety and equipment design. Additional experience in contract disputes and patent disputes. Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering. Over 30 years expert witness... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Experienced in mechanical engineering including but not limited to equipment failure analysis, combustion equipment, heat transfer, fluid flow... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Experienced engineer specializing in the design and analysis of products and capital equipment. Led the development of products and machinery for manufacturing compact discs, CD-R's, DVD's and other optical media. Specializes in design and failure analysis, as well as, accident investigation relating to products and machinery. Holder of 9 patents with approximately 20 years experience as a licensed engineer and more than 3 years as an independent consultant... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Experienced in arboriculture and plant pathology issues. Areas of expertise include ornamental horticulture, diseases of ornamental plants, landscape management, tree and shrub plant materials, tree management and preservation, relocation of trees on construction sites, evaluation of trees for preservation, pruning, disease diagnosis and treatment, arborist reports, tree valuation, surveys and hazard evaluations, and causes of tree failure resulting in property loss and personal injury... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experienced in automotive issues. Areas include brake systems and failures, seat belt and air bag issues, fire cause and origin, theft and forced entry issues, steering and suspension systems, tire separation and failure, mechanical defects, throttle/unwanted acceleration issues... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: A.S.C.A., A.S.L.A. - Experienced in landscape architecture and arboriculture including appraisal, tree preservation, diagnosis of tree and palm growth problems, construction impact mitigation, environmental assessment, hazard evaluation, pruning programs, species selection, and tree health monitoring... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Experienced in metallurgical engineering issues with experience in scanning electron microscopy, fracture mechanics, metallurgical tests and techniques. Has investigated consumer product failures including turbine/heat exchanger failures, glass failures, metal and plastic chair failures, composite poles, ski-boots, chains, seatbelts, ladders, and tires... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E., CFEI, CFPS - Over 27 years of engineering experience specializing in fires; explosions; fire protection; civil, electrical and mechanical failure analysis; design; construction; management of industrial plant production equipment; material handling machinery; and explosive mining equipment.  Areas of expertise include fire cause and origin, explosions, large loss expert coordination and related mechanical and electrical failures.  Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI).  Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS).  Prior consultation, expert... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experienced in construction equipment with over 35 years of experience within the housing, industrial and heavy construction fields (in 11 Western states). Areas include accident reconstruction and failure analysis of heavy construction equipment such as scrapers, dozers, excavators, backhoes, compacting equipment, wheel loaders, generators, pumps, barges, dredges, lifts and other specialty construction equipment... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Has over 30 years experience in the plumbing/contracting field and over 17 years experience in the video inspection field including the development and design of infrastructure inspection equipment for underground forensic investigations, HVAC systems, structural integrity and defect/related failure analysis testing... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: A.I.A., N.C.A.R.B., C.S.I. - Experienced in architecture and forensic architectural issues. Includes post construction building autopsy, professional standard of care, construction documents analysis, failure analysis (water infiltration / roofing failures), communication analysis between client, architect & contractor, change orders & correspondence clarification, and mold contamination in buildings... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Experienced in sanitary engineering and all aspects of designing and constructing water and wastewater facilities, both in the United States and abroad... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: C.C.E. - Over 30 years experience in clinical applications and medical equipment and devices support. Areas of expertise include investigation of patient injuries involving medical equipment and devices... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Experienced in pipeline engineering issues. Main areas of expertise and experience include: gas and liquid pipelines, pipeline integrity, pipeline hydrostatic testing, and failures of pipelines. Additional work and studies have also covered the following areas: compressor stations, pump stations and equipment such as pumps, compressors, and gas turbines... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Licensed Professional Engineer experienced in metallurgy with over 17 years in the industry. Areas of expertise include failure analysis of metals and materials, corrosion, metallography and microstructural evaluation, materials processing, and metallurgy... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experienced in accident investigation and reconstruction; wreckage analysis; structural reconstruction; design defect analysis; power plant and vehicle maintenance reviews; systems analysis and redundant system integration and analysis; failure analysis of materials and structures; stress analysis of structures and mechanical components of systems; stress corrosion cracking including the analysis of the interrelationship of stress and corrosive environments to component failure; slip and fall involving architectural issues and slippery surfaces, stairway design... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Over 30 years hands on experience in mechanical engineering in the industrial and manufacturing sector including over 15 years experience in the design of machinery, manufacturing processes, and product design. Hands-on experience at all levels with industrial equipment from hand tools to operating large punch presses to the design of ultra-precision micro-inch accuracy optical lathes... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Over 35 years experience in the automotive industry. Areas of expertise include fire and causation, theft recovery, immobilize circumvention, engine failures, brake failures, steering issues, airbag deployment, ignition lock and door lock circumvention, go-cart accidents, large diesel rigs, RV campers, motor homes, trailers, hitches, trailer hydraulic surge brakes, electric brakes, ABS brake failure, side impact air bag deployment, and vehicle theft fraud... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Over 30 years experience as Heavy Equipment Mechanic and Job Site Equipment Management in the Heavy Earth Moving Industry. Expertise in Wrongful Death Accidents, Equipment Failure Analysis, Reconstruction of Catastrophic Failures, Equipment Appraisals and Inspections for Insurance Carriers, Banks, Financial Institutions. Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experienced in automotive issues. Areas of expertise include tire failure analysis, vehicle fire cause and origin, vehicle component failures, brake, suspension, fuel systems, and alleged auto theft... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Areas include the following types of analyses: vehicles (determination of speed from skid marks and post-collision dynamics), failure analysis, products (determination of failure mechanism, product design and manufacturing process defects), fire (cause and origin, arson), industrial (machine design, electronic design and packaging, OSHA code compliance, safety / light industrial hygiene), and other miscellaneous investigations including environmental testing; code compliance relating to stairways, walkways, and ramps; illumination; temperature and... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Q.E.I. - Over 21 years of experience in elevator inspection. Areas of expertise include: elevator and escalator inspections, related building codes, electrical codes, and accessibility code/law; document and site reviews; failure analysis; insurance claims; maintenance evaluation; field testing; modernization and retrofit; and design... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experienced in naval architecture including surface propulsion applications, sea trials & analysis of high speed amphibious vehicles, tank testing of propulsion systems, and vessel motion analysis. Has provided expert consultation in the areas of collision reconstruction, stern drive failures, yacht sinking, fishing vessel capsizing, and injury resulting from vessel motions, propeller contact, and other causes... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. – Mechanical Engineering expert with over 30 years experience in the field. Experience includes: failure analysis of mechanical systems; accident investigation and reconstruction; human factors and ergonomics; safety design reviews and failure prevention methods; automation; robotics and microprocessor application; and warnings and safety information analysis and development. Has performed a wide range of work in the area of tire, wheel, and brake systems. Work includes numerous inspections, testing, failure... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Mechanical engineer experienced in failure analysis and design of consumer products and industrial equipment: pressure vessels, heat exchangers, valves, piping, general machinery, frame and structural components, compressors, pumps, turbines, ladders, chairs, bicycles, automobiles, trucks, railcars, and aircraft components. Specialties include: true color 3D laser and structured light scanning documentation of small parts, vehicles (e.g. crush), equipment, and accident and crime scenes; preserving evidence digitally, measuring parts, comparing... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: More than 30 years experience in the construction industry in general building and lathing issues. Areas of expertise include lath and plaster (stucco), sheet metal and decks, water intrusion failure analysis, job sequencing, cost estimating and analysis, general construction methods, as well as, residential and tract housing... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Corrosion engineer and corrosion specialist highly experienced in the areas of marine corrosion, cathodic protection, corrosion / metallurgical failure analysis, designing for corrosion control and facilities/utilities corrosion control. Past experience includes facilitating the application of metallurgical and corrosion technology to the Naval Shore Establishment through the development of criteria for the application of technology for design, construction, operation and maintenance of facilities and equipment, as well as, through... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Degree in environmental engineering. Experienced in corrosion engineering, water treatment, water quality analysis, water and wastewater treatment issues. Areas include analytical and process chemistry, water and wastewater analyses, hazardous waste management, corrosion processes and prevention, project and operations management, swimming pool sanitation equipment, water quality and treatment, wastewater treatment and disposal, food and drug chemistry, environmental sciences and engineering, laboratory management, and swimming pool water chemistry... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: PE, CEM, CPD, IAPMO Certified Mechanical Inspector, IAPMO Certified Plumbing Inspector – Experienced in mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering and construction issues with approximately 30 years of experience in the field. Areas of expertise include heating, ventilation & air conditioning, energy conservation, hot & cold supply systems, plumbing & drainage systems, roof drainage systems, process cold water & hot water systems, fire sprinkler & standpipe systems, fire suppression systems... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E., S.E. - Over 30 years experience in civil and structural engineering. Areas of expertise include structural design and construction, review of building projects for lenders and prospective buyers, seismic studies for buildings, evaluation of structural design, as well as, analysis of construction problems and failures... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Over 20 years experience in civil engineering, geotechnical engineering and general building contracting providing design and construction services on a variety of projects worldwide. Areas of expertise include construction defects, foundation design, slope failures, asphalt, concrete pavements, and building code evaluations... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert with more than 30 years experience in motorcycle operation and function. Former Harley-Davidson dealer and Master technician. Also experienced as a custom bike builder, technical writer for Ultimate Motorcycling Magazine, and host of a motorcycle radio show. Certified expert in all aspects of motorcycle operation including: chassis service, electrical diagnostics, fuel injection, powertrain, and motorcycle operation and function. Additional expertise includes: pre-impact and post-impact velocities; vehicle trajectory; cause... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. - Consulting metallurgical and materials engineer offering in-house analytical services related to characterization of advanced metallic, nonmetallic, ceramic, and composite materials including metals, rubber, fiberglass, ceramics, and plastics. Experienced in product liability, personal injury, and patent infringement cases, as well as, failure analysis involving: general corrosion, wear, and mechanical issues; surface characteristics; product development and design; automotive failures (axles, springs, tires, engine components), welds, plumbing / piping, medical... » Read Complete Profile

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