Accident Crash Reconstruction Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1480

Florida

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University in Florida
Focus on combustion and alternative energy

Past and Present Certifications

Certified by the Florida Pyrotechnics Guild for use and storage of professional display fireworks, 2004
Certified EPA Hazwoper 1910 for hazardous waste site access, 2002
First aid and CPR certified 2000
EMT certification 1998

Experience

2004 Staff Engineer/Manager, corporation in Florida
Crash reconstruction and analysis
Professional technical drafting service head
Quality-Control manager

2002-2004 Staff Engineer, engineering research and consulting firm in Florida
Crash analysis and reconstruction involving sedans, trucks, sport utility vehicles, performance sport cars, convertibles, mini-vans, trailers, tractor-trailers, refrigeration trucks, utility trucks, police cruisers, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, riding lawn mowers, skid loaders, multiple vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles, livestock, utility poles, guy wires, trees, ditches, curbs, wet roads, dark roads, dirt roads, road curves, road shoulders, medians, road construction sites, crash attenuators, rain, fog, the sun, traffic control devices, road striping, structures, sidewalks, speed bumps, parking lots, fences, bollards, wheel stops, swimming pools, and retention ponds.
Automotive component analysis
Crashes involving D.U.I.
Vehicle crush analysis and speed determination
Vehicle fire analysis
Road elevation and line-of-site analysis
Detailed vehicle roll-over analysis
Police pursuit reconstruction
Road analysis of tire marks, gouges, median entry and exit points, and automotive fluids
Lane change analysis
Continuous vehicular orientation reconstruction during crash sequence
Detailed traffic reflector and barrier delineator analysis
Surface contact friction analysis
Site measurement and mapping
Site surveying and precision plotting with Total-Station
Aerial photograph edge correction and scaling for overlays
Photogrammetry and Photometry
Computer aided data graphical modeling
2-D and 3-D CAD modeling
Reconstruction animation
Technical animation featured on Court TV
Alleged murder reconstruction
Anthropometrics and biomechanical structure, impact and failure analysis
Static analysis of lumbar spine of seated driver
Slip and fall
OSHA compliance
Elevated receiving platform failure (southern-pine wood material failure)
Product identification from photographs of fire destroyed structure
Legal document review and indexing
Medical indexing and narrative generation
Technical report generation
Primary quality control for technical editing and document review

2002-2003 Staff Engineer and Field Team Leader, engineering consulting firm in Florida

Fuel spill, underground storage tank leaks, and pesticide surficial groundwater and soil contamination delineation and remediation using In-Situ technologies, site treatment, and dig and transport to designated hazardous waste disposal areas.

Design and implementation of large controlled temperature and controlled flow sea water chillers for replication of aquatic conditions for various forms of sea life used for doing environmental impact studies of factory waste emissions.

Site surveying using laser theodolites and telescope levels
Lithologic modeling using GEOprobe technology
Monitor well installation and surface and groundwater flow characterization
Lab equipment acquisition, maintenance and calibration.
Advanced CAD mapping and 3-D lithologic computer modeling

2000-2002 CADD Division Manager, engineering firm in Florida

2001 Consultant ,research institute in Florida,

2000-2001 Machine Design Draftsman engineering firm in Florida

2000 AutoCAD/Mechanical Desktop Instructor, university in Florida

1999 Differential Equations Teaching Assistant, university in Florida

1997-1998 Volunteer Emergency Medical Technician in Florida

Technical Software

Inventor 9, Machine drafting, design, modeling and animation, Machine failure, kinematic, and stress analysis

AutoCAD R14-2005, Mapping, schematics, machine drawings, architectural drafting, raster digitizing, geometric analysis

Mechanical Desktop, 3-D modeling, digital component creation and assembly, multi-perspective analyses of any three dimensional model, professional machine drawings, and model rasterization

C++, Software programming

Matlab, Mathematical programming for calculation, particularly large or highly iterative calculations, including tabulation, and plotting

MathCAD, Mathematical calculation, tabulation, graphing and plotting

Surfer, Three dimensional grid creations using a variety of algorithms for interpolation of data points, standard contour plots, three dimensional surface plots, and vectoral analysis

Working Model, Creation and modeling of kinematic systems and analysis of multi-bar kinematic systems including cam analysis

Premiere, Digital video and sound editing and animation creation

IDEAS, 3-D modeling, animation, and finite element analysis of mechanical components and systems

Excel, Large data set tabulation, calculation and graphing

Professional Affiliations

America Society of Mechanical Engineers
Florida Engineering Society