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Medical Robotics Expert 508445 AL

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I have more than 20 years of experience in research in medical robotics, motion tracking, surgical devices, human-machine interaction, and assistive or rehabilitative robotics. I have taught as a professor of robotics, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering at a major university, and also as an adjunct professor of rehabilitation science and technology. I have developed systems for minimally invasive cardiac surgery, motion tracking using optical and inertial sensing, accuracy-enhanced microsurgery using active handheld robotic instruments, steering of needles for neurosurgical and urological procedures, and filtering of command input in assistive interfaces for computers and powered wheelchairs. I have published over 130 peer-reviewed papers in these areas. I have been a Senior Member of the IEEE, and the director of a surgical robotics laboratory. I hold one U.S. patent, with another provisional patent application submitted. I have prior experience providing consultations, reports, declarations, claim construction opinions, deposition, and courtroom testimony as a medical robotics expert witness.

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Roadside Safety Engineering Expert 523144 AL

Expertise Description

I am experienced in the field of roadside safety engineering. While working at a prominent research institute in the field of transportation safety engineering, I assisted in constructing roadside and median safety features for the purpose of conducting standardized crash testing according to NCHRP Report 350 and MASH test protocols. I also documented some of those tests by recording observations, taking measurements of various forms of damage, and compiling technical reports. I also researched ditches, crash cushions, low-volume roads, trees, cable guardrail, W-beam guardrail, concrete median barriers, and temporary concrete barriers. I also investigated the fracture behavior of thin steel under dynamic loading conditions. I am familiar with dynamic and static component testing, computer simulation via LS-Dyna, and full-scale crash testing for Federal approval of highway safety appurtenances. I have also taught classes on elasticity, continuum mechanics, fracture mechanics, and LS-Dyna. I have also conducted a statistical analysis of the in-service performance of guardrail terminals. I have offered my services as a roadside safety engineering expert witness by providing consultations, courtroom testimony, and deposition.

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Accident Reconstruction Expert 29835 CA(S)

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I have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, an MS in Engineering Mechanics from Illinois Institute of Technology and a BS in Civil Engineering from Cooper Union.  I am also licensed as a Safety Engineer by the State of California.  I have more than 25 years experience in Accident Reconstruction and Safety (including human factors) for litigation as well as prior industrial experience.  Applications include: Vehicular collisions (all types including pedestrians, bicycles, etc) and occupant biomechanics; Vehicular component failures; Pedestrian accidents (Slip, trip, stairs, ramps, sidewalks, coefficient of friction); Premises liability (Building codes, lighting, glass, screens, manual and electronic gates); Industrial & Construction Accidents (ladders, scaffolds, machine guarding, forklifts, construction vehicles, conveyors, lifts, hoists, mechanical fasteners); Products liability (industrial and consumer); Criminal cases requiring expertise in the physical sciences.  I have extensive expert testimony experience in trials, arbitrations, depositions and hearings.  My plaintiff-to-defendant retention ratio is approximately 50:50.

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Law Enforcement Expert 373428 CA(S)

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I have more than 30 years experience in Law Enforcement. My expertise is in the area of Police/Law Enforcement Policy and Procedure with a focus on Risk Management and Use of Force. I have experience with matters involving Use of Force and Officer involved Shooting (OIS) incidents, developing internal administrative and disciplinary investigation and adjudication procedures, developing Critical Incident/Force (OIS) Review Board processes, risk management oversight and incident review, ballistics, police abuse, individual critical incident evaluation and adjudication, services to evaluate adjudicate individual and specific incidents, and organizational consent decree and judicial order compliance. I have over 5 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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Accident Investigation Expert Witness KY 343027

Expertise Description

I have more than 20 years experience in Mechanical Engineering. My expertise includes force reconstruction of low-damage impacts, time-distance studies, vibration, analysis of photographic evidence, and three-dimensional reconstruction using photogrammetry or videogrammetry. I have general expertise in all types of applied mechanics or engineering mechanics problems. I am capable of non-ballistic trajectory analysis and failure analysis of ladders and other similar structures. I have additional experience in corrosion, accident analysis, kinematic analysis, mechanics, measurement and data analysis, and numerical modeling. I have over 5 years expert witness experience with consultations, deposition, and courtroom testimony.

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