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Expertise Description: PE, MS, DEE – Consulting expert in Environmental Engineering with more than 25 years experience in the field. Currently serves as President and CEO of an engineering consulting firm based in Florida. Has chaired numerous scientific conferences and has over 180 technical publications to his credit. Qualified and experienced in virtually all aspects of contaminant release mechanisms and compliance; environmental assessment and remediation, with specific expertise in the due diligence... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E. – Consulting expert experienced in Chemical Engineering. Expertise includes chemical reaction and explosion events; chemical plant design, simulation, and economic evaluation; reaction kinetics and catalysis; spontaneous combustion phenomena; activated carbon synthesis; flue gas mercury removal; water / wastewater treatment; chemical separations; heat & mass transfer phenomena; and flash pyrolysis synthesis of metallic nanoparticles. Professional experience includes work in: chemical processing industries, academia, government labs and federal contracts, and... » 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: Principal and President of a consultancy focused on power marketing, commodity risk mitigation, gas supply and independent power generation. Led energy price risk mitigation efforts for independent power projects receiving industry awards in 2007 and 2001. Has worked in the gas and power utility and energy trading industry, where he developed and implemented business development and risk mitigation plans for gas and power projects throughout the US. Arbitrator and expert... » 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: Certified Marine Surveyor, certified Forensic Examiner, and certified Fire and Explosion Investigator. Over 35 years experience in Marine Forensics & Marine Survey. Expertise includes: recreational boat damage appraisals; cargo damage and pre-shipment surveys; and loss control surveys of commercial passenger, dinner cruise, ferry, and casino boats to stage of completion surveys for lenders on custom and production yachts, and container and tanker ships. Expertise also includes forensic marine engineering, marine... » 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: 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: 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: B.S. - Petroleum engineering and oil / gas operations expert with thirty years of worldwide experience. Has worked in the oil and gas production, drilling, and exploration industry in California, Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, West Africa, and the Middle East. Has held technical, operational, and managerial positions at all levels. Holds a B.S. degree in chemical engineering. Has presented numerous technical papers at international symposiums and conventions. Is a... » 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 specializing in handling, transport, storage and loading of unit and bulk materials by conveyor systems. Expertise includes: design of materials handling systems and conveyors of various types as in: belt, roller, slider, overland, pipe, steep angle, screw, drag, bucket elevators and pneumatic. Additional expertise in specialty mobile machines, (track, rail, and wheel mounted), stackers, reclaimers, snow loaders, mobile screening plants, self-unloading trains and ships, ship unloaders... » 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: CPC, CChE, CFEI, FACFE, DABFE, DABFET, FAIC, FRSC, CChem - Experienced in Fire Cause and Origin, Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering. He has over thirty-five years of industrial and academic experience in chemistry and chemical engineering. He serves as an expert witness for attorneys and insurance companies in both plaintiff and defense matters. He specializes in products liability and personal injury matters. His expertise includes, but is not limited to fires... » 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: MS, CFEI, Experienced in Arson Investigations, Fire and Explosions Investigations, 34 plus years experience in the Fire Service, Proven ability to respond with confidence in emergency situations, Detail oriented with profound knowledge and experience in thorough fire site inspection, Provides fire and emergency medical protection for the military and civilian personnel-Ft. Monmouth, Planned and implemented various fire prevention and protection programs, Specialized training in carious Rescue Techniques, Haz-Mat and WMD/NBC... » 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: C.F.I. - Practicing expert in fire, fire suppression, arson, and related matters, with more than 30-years of experience in the field, investigating over 3,000 fire incidents. Expertise includes: arson; boat / marine fires; computer modeling; electrical engineering; evidence collection; fire cause / origin; fire investigations; fire prevention; fire safety; fire science; forensic studies; mechanical engineering; and wildland fires. Certified Fire Inspector (C.F.I.). Teacher of fire science topics. Prior expert witness... » 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: C.P.A., A.B.V., C.V.A., C.F.E., C.F.F.A., P.F.S. - Practicing certified public accountant (C.P.A.) with additional accreditation in business valuation and forensic accounting. Expertise includes: asset tracing; business interruption claims; business sales; business valuation; complex taxation issues; economic damages; forensic accounting; fraud loss; gaming; innocent spouse relief; Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.) appeals; lost profits determination; professional ethics; and shareholder disputes. Peer reviewer of other C.P.A. firms for the American Institute of Certified... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S. - Investigator specializing in fires and explosions. Expertise includes: accident investigations; arson investigation; bombs and bomb scenes; cause and origin; crime scenes; electrical fires; emergency response training; explosions; fireworks; fraud; investigations; and explosives handling / destruction. Multiple publications. Arson / Explosion / Fire investigation trainer. Prior expert witness experience. Consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » 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: 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: Ph.D. - Consulting Aeronautical / Mechanical Engineer specializing in fire physics, thermodynamics, combustion, and heat / mass transfer. Expertise includes: micro-gravity combustion; micro-combustion power generation; meso- and micro-scale combustion; self-heating, pyrolysis, and self-ignition of combustible materials; liquid fuel pool burning; smoldering and transition to flaming; ignition / fire propagation in solid and liquid fuels; wild-land fire propagation; and wild-land fire spotting through burning particles and embers. Additional experience in explosions... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: M.S., P.E. - Consulting fire protection engineer, specializing in combustion science, fire modeling, fire protection engineering, fire research, heat transfer, optical properties of surfaces, and thermal physics. Experienced in matters pertaining to combustion and explosions; thermal radiation; foam, gas phase, and powder fire extinguishers; smoke detectors; private and commercial aircraft fires, vehicle fires and watercraft fires; residential building fires; commercial building fires; industrial building fires; rural, suburban, and urban fire... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Consulting expert specializing in propane accident reconstruction with over 33 years of experience servicing the needs of commercial, domestic and farm accounts relating to: personnel training including duty to warn, gas check, leak test, OSHA/DOT regulations, CETP basic principles and practices, and CETP propane delivery; safety presentations to Fire Departments and community organizations; interpretation and writing of safety and procedures manuals; safety operations, management and organization; due diligence; as well... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: P.E. - Professional engineer with over 40 years of direct fire protection and safety engineering experience. Areas include: fire suppression; explosion venting and suppression; spark detection and suppression systems; flammable vapor and combustible solids exhaust systems; hazardous location protection and electrical classification; flammable and combustible liquid handling and storage; and fireproofing. Industries served include aerospace, chemical, education, general construction and manufacturing, hazardous waste, industrial, material handling / storage, medical, mining... » 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: Experienced in areas of industrial workplace safety and training, especially in mining, tunneling, construction, and explosives. Trucks and trucking including general maintenance and air brakes; surface and underground mining; tunneling; construction; general safety; and Cal/OSHA. Associate Safety Engineer, California Department of Industrial Relations (Cal/OSHA), Mining and Tunneling Unit, Conducted workplace safety inspections and accident investigations and wrote citations for violation of Cal/OSHA regulations. Appeared as a witness for the State... » 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: C.F.I. - Experienced in fire and explosion investigations with 10 years of experience in electrical contracting and 15 years of service within the volunteer fire department... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: F.C.I., C.F.E.I., C.F.I.I., C.C.D.I. - Fire and explosion investigator. Expert in determining the origin and cause of fires and explosions with over 40 years experience and 28 years as an expert witness in 254 trials. Specialized expertise in marine investigations, both surface and subsurface. Has the experience and equipment, (Side Scan Sonar and ROV's) for determining the origin and cause of fires and explosions on burned sunken vessels, with complete... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Experienced in mechanical engineering, metallurgy, nuclear power, ASME boiler and pressure vessel code, welding, and quality assurance... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. - Consulting expert experienced in reconstruction and biomechanical analysis of accidents, including but not limited to wrongful death, product liability, railway matters, maritime accidents, homicide, criminal matters, slip/trip and falls, falls from heights, premises liability, human factors issues, pediatric injuries, industrial accidents, gun shots, aviation accidents, law enforcement, fireworks accidents, high and low speed vehicle collisions, pedestrian collisions, tractor-trailer collisions, motorcycle collisions, bicycle collisions, and helmet/protective equipment issues. Ph.D... » 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., 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: 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: Ph.D. - Chemist whose areas of expertise include causes and accelerants of fire, chemical properties, chemical asphyxiants, acid damage to paint, automotive additives, investigation of substance causing burn injuries, corrosive properties, and explosions... » 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: P.E. - Experienced in safety engineering. Areas of expertise include: drilling, producing (including offshore), refining, pipeline and construction activities in the petroleum industry; procedural and equipment consideration and compliance with federal OSHA, Cal/OSHA industry and other applicable standards; high-rise building construction and general industry safety concepts; and hazardous materials handling and disposal. Special knowledge in safety, codes, toxic gas explosions due to hydrocarbons, NFPA codes and fire suppression technology, safety... » 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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