With more than 35 years of experience in structural engineering, this engineer specializes in the design, finite element analysis, repair, manufacturing, and testing of structural applications involving concrete, steel, fiberglass, masonry, composites, and other engineering materials. His expertise includes structural design analysis, experimental testing, composite materials, concrete structures, seismic rehabilitation, and finite element methods. He also has more than 20 years of expert witness experience, including consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony.

His professional background includes service as Professor of Civil Engineering at California State University, Long Beach, following faculty appointments at California State University, Long Beach and North Carolina State University. In addition to his academic career, he has worked as a structural engineering consultant for numerous industrial clients, providing design, structural analysis, testing, product development, and engineering evaluations involving composite structures, fiberglass products, pressure vessels, bridge components, pipelines, storage tanks, radomes, and other structural systems. His work has also included structural investigations related to seismic design, earthquake rehabilitation, masonry strengthening, reinforced concrete, steel structures, and infrastructure applications.

In addition to his engineering practice, he has served as principal investigator on numerous government- and industry-sponsored research projects involving concrete repair, masonry strengthening, seismic rehabilitation, composite materials, bridge engineering, and structural testing. He has authored extensive technical publications, government reports, and industry reports addressing structural engineering, earthquake engineering, concrete repair, composite structures, bridge applications, finite element analysis, and materials engineering. His qualifications are further supported by a Doctor of Philosophy in Structural Engineering, a Master of Science in Structural Engineering, and a Bachelor of Engineering, with research focused on computer optimization techniques and the experimental and theoretical analysis of concrete slabs.