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Product Development, Innovative Product Development, CAE Driven Design, Engineering Management
A product development professional with a record of building teams and developing innovative products, utilizing a CAE-driven design approach. Extensive background in child restraint systems. A long history of leading teams with integrity, product development management, budgets, market strategy, and…
Sheet Metal Formability and Metallurgy
Expert is founder and President of a consulting firm providing product applications assistance to materials and manufacturing companies. Expert helps companies make more cost-effective use of the sheet metal specified for each application. He performs technical analyses to determine if…
Vehicle Accident Reconstruction
Since 2014, Expert has been involved in the analysis and reconstruction of hundreds of motor vehicle crashes throughout the United States. Cases include rollovers, multi-vehicle impacts, heavy trucks, motorcycles and pedestrian impacts. Analysis and reconstruction includes, but is not limited…
Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Motorcycles, All-Terrain Vehicles ATVs/ROVs/UTVs, Industrial Accident Reconstruction, Amusement Ride Accidents, Product Defect and Failure Analyses
Expert has more than 15 years of experience providing forensic engineering services in motor vehicle crash reconstruction to law firms, public defenders and insurance companies; Automotive engineer; worked in the automotive industry for approximately nine years; Board certified Forensic Engineer…
Accident Reconstruction, 3D Forensic Animation, Standardized Field Sobriety Testing,
Expert completed courses at Northwestern University as an Accident Reconstructionist II 1995 and received his certification from the State of Illinois as a Reconstruction Specialist in 1996. In 1999, he received certification with The Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction.…
Composite Materials, Nondestructive evaluation (ultrasound, thermography etc..) , FE modelling
Material Characterization and failure Expert in composite material testing, analysis and failure. Non-destructive evaluation using linear and nonlinear ultrasound. Nonlinear FE modelling using ANSYS, LS-DYNA3D and Nastran Consultant for various companies (Rolls Royce, CIRA, Nedeas, Knorr-Bremse etc..)
Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computer Modeling and Simuations for Accident Analysis
Within the last two decades, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), generally referred to as “Computer Simulations”, provided advanced engineering support for many accident-related cases. FEA can provide a very thorough analysis and deep understanding of the overall accident as well as…
Nanotechnology, Electromagnetics (RF, Microwave, Optics), Computational Physics (FEA, CFD), Computational Fluid Dynamics, Solar Wind Turbines and Fuel Cells, Mathematics
Expert has applied his education and background in electromagnetics, to nanomanufacturing, using lasers to write nanomaterials to a substrate. He has deposited metals, dielectrics, semiconductors and biological materials on a substrate. He also has direct experience designing rf/microwave circuits, systems…
Structural and Interior Crash Safety
Design, Verfication testing, Validation and Approval of Rail Crash Structures and Interior Passive Safety and also Automotive.
Locomotive and Railcar Certifications, Safety and Quality Audits, and Equipment Acquisition
Expert was employed by Southern Railway (Norfolk Southern) from 1969 until 2003. He worked in the Car/Mechanical Department as a Carman, Lead man,Engine Carpenter and Supervisor. During these years he gained experience in car repair, inspection, welding, derailments, Derrick operation,…