With more than 40 years of experience in metallurgical engineering, this expert specializes in failure analysis, metallurgical engineering, materials engineering, product liability investigations, materials selection, scanning electron microscopy, fracture mechanics, and metallurgical testing techniques. His expertise includes the investigation of failures involving metals, alloys, composites, piping systems, welded joints, brazed components, glass, consumer products, seat belts, ladders, tires, automotive components, aircraft components, heat exchangers, turbines, pressure vessels, and engine contamination. He has more than 35 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony in civil and criminal matters, including product liability and forensic engineering investigations.

His professional background includes serving as Regional Operations Manager and Senior Managing Consultant for a forensic engineering consulting firm, President and Principal of an independent materials engineering and forensic consulting practice, Program Manager and Lead Engineer for an aerospace manufacturer, Senior Metallurgist for a materials testing laboratory, Research Scientist for a national research laboratory, and Independent Mechanical Metallurgy, Materials, and Forensics Engineering Consultant. In these roles, he conducted thousands of failure investigations involving industrial equipment, consumer products, aerospace components, piping systems, composites, structural materials, and mechanical systems; directed forensic engineering projects; performed metallurgical examinations; evaluated product failures; provided materials selection consulting; and supported product development, quality assurance, and litigation involving mechanical and metallurgical failures.

In addition to his consulting and engineering work, he has taught courses in failure analysis, fractography, composites, aerospace materials, and engineering materials, authored more than 35 technical publications, delivered more than 50 presentations at national and international conferences, and served as editor of multiple technical books and composite failure analysis handbooks. His qualifications are further supported by a Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering, a Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, licensure as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in California, designation as a Fellow of ASM International (FASM), and active leadership roles within ASM International and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).