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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. - 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: 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: 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: Ph.D. - Consulting scientific expert whose forensic work has included cases involving fraud, material suitability, and strength loss allegations in fire retardant treated wood products such as lumber, utility poles, plywood, and Copper Chrome Arsenate (CCA) treated timber. In-depth litigation support extending to field investigations, research, detailed reports, validated opinions, and trial/deposition testimony concerning biocides (pressure/non-pressure), formulation development, treatment processes, wood chemistry, standardized testing, basic science, wood adhesives, code and... » 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: 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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Expertise Description: Ph.D., Ed.D. - Experienced in accident reconstruction, automotive repair fraud, materials handling science, machinery and accidents involving motorcycles, ATVs, automobiles, trucks, RVs, heavy equipment (tractors, farm machinery, bulldozers, etc.), towing, tire-related, marine, scooters, bicycles and skiing, as well as education issues. Expertise also includes auto part counterfeit detection as well as aircraft, marine, engine, and general manufacturing parts counterfeits. Expert witness consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » 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: 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: Ph.D. – Consulting expert with over 35 years of experience in Fire Protection Engineering & Fire Safety Science. Expertise includes development of fire safety engineering methods, fire resistance, fire testing, electric fires, furniture flammability, plastics flammability, fire toxicity, fire corrosivity, ignitability, self-heating and spontaneous combustion, failure analysis, fire science applications to fire and explosion investigation, ignition of fires from electric faults and failures, flame spread, explosions, heat release rate, computer... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: Ph.D., P.E., S.E. – Consulting expert with more than 15 years experience in the field of Structural Engineering, Defects, Damage & Failure Analysis. Expertise includes investigations on structural damage, failure, and collapse as wells as defect studies and code compliances. University Adjunct Faculty in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Teaches courses on structural design, earthquake engineering, and material properties. Consultations and depositions... » 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: 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: 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: 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.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. - Experienced in ink differentiation and dating, paper analysis and dating, document dating, dating of photocopies, analysis of printing, trace evidence analysis, analysis of historical documents, as well as, document examination determining record alteration, additions, obliterations, and sequence of entries... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: B.S. - Meteorologist and environmental scientist. Meteorological areas of expertise include: computer weather modeling; forecasting; hurricane forecasting; on-camera weather forecasts; storm spotting; weather patterns; and weather radar systems observations / monitoring. Environmental science expertise includes inspection of x-ray machine facilities for compliance and radiation emergency response / hazard assessment. Certified radiologic technologist. Expert witness consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony... » 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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