Mechanical Materials Engineering Expert Witness
Mechanical Materials Engineering, Mechanical Materials Engineering Machine Design, Mechanical Materials Engineering Machine Guarding, Mechanical Materials Engineering Motor Vehicles, Mechanical Materials Engineering Material Defects, Mechanical Materials Engineering Manufacturing Defects, Mechanical Materials Engineering Accident Reconstruction,
Expert Witness No.239
Massachusetts
Education
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, BS in Mechanical Engineering, 1975
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MS in Materials Engineering, 1977
Experience
1983 to present: Failure analysis and accident investigations and accident reconstruction involving machine design, machine guarding, motor vehicles and material and manufacturing defects, for insurance and legal firms. Mechanical and metallurgical consulting to manufacturing companies. Development of mechanical and metallurgical engineering software for personal computers.
Schofield and Holt, 1981 to 1983: Metallurgical and Mechanical Engineer. Forensic engineering and failure analysis for insurance firms and legal firms. Performing materials selection and materials processing optimization, product development and evaluation, for clients making products for industrial or consumer use.
Teledyne Engineering Services, 1977 to 1983: Engineer, Project Engineer, and Senior Metallurgist performing failure analysis, fault mode effects analysis, stress analysis and fracture mechanics, for energy related industries such as nuclear and fossil power generation, LNG liquefaction and storage. Cryogenic properties and testing of materials for fusion power magnet systems, at superconducting temperatures. Failure analysis of cryogenic materials and systems, Accident investigations involving mechanical equipment
Massachusetts Materials Research, Inc., 1974 to 1977: Part time as stress analyst and metallurgist, performing failure analysis.
Membership
American Society for Materials, Member since 1973, Metals Handbook Committee, 1981 -1985
Society of Accident Reconstructionists (SOARce) since 1996
American Society Testing and Materials: Committee E-24 on Fracture Testing since 1977
Committee E-34 Occupational Safety and Health since 1990
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Massachusetts, State of Rhode Island
American Society of Safety Engineers since 1984
American National Standards Institute (Corporate) since 1989
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society since 1990
International Network of Crash Reconstructionists INCR-11/2003
Certifications
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Massachusetts
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Rhode Island
ACTAR Traffic Accident Reconstructionist
Crash Data Retrieval Vetronix
Theoretical and Applied Vehicle Dynamics , Engineering Dynamics Corp.
Pedestrian/Bicycle Crash Investigation IPTM
Photomodeler –Photogrammetry in Collision Investigations EOS Systems
Authorship
Available upon request
Presentations
Available upon request
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