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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: P.E. - Experienced in mechanical engineering. Areas of expertise include construction safety and inspection, industrial/manufacturing safety, training programs, personal injury/property, material handling equipment (hoists & cranes, rigging, lifts, etc.), accident reconstruction, plant machinery and equipment, hazardous waste controls, undersea oil and mining, forensic investigation and litigation... » 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. - 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: 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: Building consultant with over 22 years of experience in the construction industry. Areas of expertise include: construction defects; cost estimating; project preparation; project controls; contracts; CPM scheduling (including cash flow analysis); construction and project management; detailed cost analysis; building materials; physical construction, build-out, and retro-fit of single-family and multi-family residential, commercial/retail space, industrial construction, manufacturing process plants and sites, engineering facilities, schools, hospitals, and clinics... » 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: 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. - 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: 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: B.L.A. - Consulting expert specialized in landscape architecture with over 30 years experience in the field. Expertise includes plant material design, irrigation design, recycled water systems, 'greenŸ? systems and designs, porous paving systems, photovoltaics, solar hot water systems, drainage design, construction site observation, and processing construction documents. Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (B.L.A.). Prior expert witness experience... » 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: Areas of expertise include landscape architecture, irrigation, erosion control, construction technology, and horticulture. Knowledgeable in business administration, contractual services and design quality control, recreation and park planning, as well as, multi and single family residential and commercial facilities... » 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: Ph.D., P.E., C.I.H. – Experienced in Design Engineering, Engineering and Environmental Consulting, and Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety. President of a Professional Engineering firm. Has worked in various engineering, research, education, environmental, health, and safety capacities since 1970. Responsible for numerous chemical and environmental design projects, including research, site investigations, pilot plant operation, detailed process design, and project management. Responsible for many hazardous and petroleum waste projects, including site... » 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: Ph.D. – Consulting expert for over 30 years in the field of Geotechnical & Structural Engineering. Professional experience in prediction, measurement, and analysis. Emphasis in areas of Soil and Structural Dynamics; Soil and Structural Vibrations from Blasting, Pile Driving, Machine Foundations, and other Construction and Industrial Sources; Application of Dynamic Methods to Piles; Wave Equation Analysis, Pile Integrity Testing, and Engineering Evaluation of High Strain Dynamic Pile Testing. Prior experience... » Read Complete Profile
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Expertise Description: CHMM, CHCM, CHST, REA – Consulting expert specialized in confined space, hazmat, heavy trucking, industrial equipment, and construction with more than 35 years experience in the field. Expertise includes analysis and investigation of accidents involving Permit Required Confined Space, Life Rescue, and Heavy Trucking Construction Incident Reconstruction. Consultant provides expert witness and consultation services to Prosecutors, Public Defenders, Private Attorney, Law Enforcement Agencies, Insurance Companies, educational institutions, and private individuals... » Read Complete Profile

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