Mechanical engineer with more than 25 years of professional experience in forensic engineering, intellectual property analysis, and the investigation of mechanical systems and product failures. Their work in litigation contexts includes engineering analysis related to patent infringement, mechanical device design, and manufacturing processes, as well as accident-related investigations involving vehicles and mechanical equipment. Over more than 15 years serving as a mechanical engineering expert witness, this expert has provided courtroom testimony, deposition testimony, and consultation in matters involving engineering design, product safety, and intellectual property disputes.

The expert’s practice includes several interrelated technical domains. One area involves intellectual property and patent disputes, including technical analysis of mechanical inventions and evaluation of alleged patent infringement in industrial equipment and mechanical devices. Documented matters have addressed patents associated with engineered products such as road milling components and automated harvesting equipment in federal litigation. Another area involves forensic engineering and failure analysis of mechanical systems, including investigation of product failures, malfunctioning machinery, and material failure mechanisms across a range of consumer products, industrial equipment, and vehicle components. These investigations frequently involve evaluating engineering design, manufacturing processes, and mechanical performance characteristics to determine failure mechanisms or safety concerns. The expert has conducted hundreds of product failure investigations as part of an ongoing forensic engineering practice.

Additional areas of expertise include vehicle crashworthiness and accident reconstruction, with analysis of occupant kinematics, roof crush performance, glazing behavior in rollover events, and other vehicle structural safety issues. Their work also includes firearms safety, internal and external ballistics, and mechanical failure analysis of firearm components and related devices. These engineering analyses have been applied in litigation involving vehicle accidents, crossbow and firearms incidents, mechanical equipment failures, industrial safety issues, and patent validity or infringement disputes. Case records document deposition testimony, trial testimony, and hearing participation in matters involving roof crush, crashworthiness, glazing performance, accident reconstruction, product failure analysis, and patent-related engineering questions across federal and state courts.

The expert has served in engineering leadership roles, including President and Director positions within engineering organizations, and has also held academic appointments as an assistant professor and adjunct faculty member teaching mechanical engineering and materials science topics. Their professional background additionally includes service as an ordnance officer in the United States Army and Army Reserve. Professional credentials include licensure as a Professional Engineer and Board Certified Forensic Engineer. The expert holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, a master’s degree in manufacturing systems engineering, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.