Biomechanics Biomedical Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.2363

Credentials

1966 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering/Aeronautical Sciences, University of California

1961 M.Sc., Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Toronto, Institute of Aerospace Studies

1959 B.Sc.,    Engineering Physics, University of Toronto

Areas of Specialization

Qualified as an expert witness in civil and criminal courts.

Internationally recognized engineering and medical expertise.

Wrongful death, medical and dental malpractice; medical device/product liability

Injury biomechanics in automotive crashes, aircraft crashes, elevator failures, sports impacts and slips and falls.

Head Injury and spine cases due to motorcycle, bicycle collisions, along with protective helmet liability issues.

Accident reconstruction and failure analysis for litigation involving serious personal injury and trauma

Analyses involving motor vehicle accidents, automotive, train and aircraft accident and injury analysis and traffic safety,  forklift turnovers, elevator free-falls, slips, trips and falls; sports injuries, product liability in industrial, sports, recreational and safety equipment; sports and industrial injuries, ergonomics and repetitive stress syndromes;
Extensively published in the peer-reviewed national and international literature.

Expert Services

Expertise includes analyses of vehicular, industrial, recreational, commercial, and sports-related injuries in addition to the evaluation of protective devices and safety systems, such as seat belts and helmets.  Services may include:

Summary and analysis of accident reports, witness statements, depositions, damage reports, scene photographs, etc

Inspection and analysis of vehicles; machinery; objects associated with an injury and the injury environment; and to identify injury causation and injury prevention factors.

Protective devices evaluation (seat belts, air bags, clothing, guards, helmets) to identify injury causation factors

Evaluation of workplace hazards and equipment, to identify injury causation factors

Computer analyses including animation and simulation in both demonstrative and analytic formats

Search and retrieval of relevant literature from medical and engineering databases

Re-enactment of human kinematics or injury scenarios on-site or in laboratory setting

Preparation for deposition, arbitration, mediation, or trial

Preparation of court exhibits (photographs, charts, graphs, anatomic models, animation, and literature summaries).

Invited Scientific Reviewer

NSF (National Science Foundation) SBIR/STTR grant proposal reviewer, Panel Participant
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Applied Mechanics Reviews
Canadian Heart Foundation Applications
Mathematical and Computer Modeling - An International Journal
International Journal of Pharmaceutics
Cooperative Grants Program of the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
National Medical Research Council (NMRC) Singapore

Memberships

He served as co-director of Department of Transportation programs for the study of motor vehicle trauma, which was a joint activity of the School of Engineering and School of Medicine. In this role, he organized multi-disciplinary research efforts involving a large group of faculty from both schools.

Member, Editorial Board:  Applied Micro gravity Technology

Associate Editor: Annales Françaises de Chronométrie et Microtechnique
Scientific Committee: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM)

Executive Board Program Committee: SAFE Wright Brothers Chapter

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Professional Experience

2004 – Present Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Graduate Faculty Advisor
Department Mechanical Engineering

2002 – Present Biodynamic International
Senior Forensic Consultant, Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

2001 – 2002 Senior Associate in Injury Causation Analysis and Litigation Support, Forensic Biomechanics

2000 – 2001 Research Professor of Physics and Mathematics
Wright State University

1995 – 1998 Research Professor of Biomedical and Human Factors Engineering
Wright State University, College of Engineering and Computer Science

1996 – 1997 Senior Consultant US Air Force Armstrong Laboratory (Human Systems Division)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

1994 – 1995 Principal Scientist US Air Force Armstrong Laboratory Wright-Patterson AFB

1989 – 1994 President Biodynamics International

1985 – 1989 A. D. Foulis Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Nova Scotia

1985 Senior Scientist Stanford Research International

1983 – 1985 Senior Physicist Physics International Company

1980 – 1982 Professor of Medicine University of Besançon

1979 – 1982 Professor of Physics Chemistry and Automation University of Toulouse III

1975 – 1978 Professor of Biological and Medical Engineering University of Compiègne Director of Graduate Programs in Biomedical Engineering University of Compiègne

1976 – 1977  Consultant Société Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs

1972 – 1975 Associate Professor of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics University of Paris VI &VII
Researcher at INSERM (National Institute of Medical Research)

1972 – 1974 Senior Research Engineer Géonuclear El Paso

1966 – 1975 Assistant Professor of Applied Mechanics, Structures University of California Co-director of graduate programs

1969 – 1972 Senior Researcher Rand Corporation

1967 – 1970 Consultant Geophysical Technology Corp

Areas of Specialization

Blast waves and Explosions

Published research studies in gas dynamics

Shock Physics Development and implementation of experimental programs for generating cylindrical explosions by strong electrical discharge into stoichiometric mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen.  High speed rotating drum and multi-spark Schlieren photography.  Analysis of results within a framework of wave propagation theory.

Nuclear Explosions at the Ocean Surface, Theoretical analysis of shock wave propagation with special attention to the air-water interface.

Shock Wave Propagation of arbitrary strength into regions of non-uniform density separated by a free surface - Analytical and numerical techniques based on the method of characteristics.
Breakup of liquid droplets released into high-speed gas flows (2 to 5 km sec) - analysis subsequently corroborated by experiments.

Fluid-Shell Interactions, Theoretical analysis of the dynamic response of a submerged structure to underwater explosions - numerical computations of diffracted shock wave patterns and structural loading.

Biomedical phenomena

Bioengineering and Biomechanics

Physiological fluid dynamics, cardiovascular and pulmonary hemodynamics, uptake of volatile toxicant vapors by the respiratory tract and the skin, blood flow transport to the brain and eyes;

Biomedical instrumentation, mathematical modeling and numerical computer-based predictions of physiological response to a wide variety of underlying complex physiological mechanisms;

Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling and rheology of biological tissues;

Flow dynamics in collapsible vessels, lubrication of articular joints, macromolecular transport in the arterial wall, fluid dynamics of the eye, and cardiac mechanics; and

Particle deposition in the pulmonary airways, subcutaneous circulation, cardiovascular response to G-stress in both microgravity (space environment) and hypergravity (aviation physiology).

Design of controlled-release drug delivery using implantable polymeric drug-impregnated monoliths programmed to release drug in therapeutic dose-time protocols by polymeric erosion or global timed biodegradation

Affiliations

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
Biological Engineering Society      
Société de Biomécanique  
American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Association for the Advancement of Modeling & Simulation Techniques in Enterprises
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES)
European Society of Biomechanics - Netherlands
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI)
Canadian Society of Aviation Medicine (CSAM)
Canadian Applied Mathematics Society
Aerospace Medical Association/Life Sciences & Biomedical Engineering Branch (LSBEB)
The Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE)

Honors

1984 International Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement 

1982-1983 Who's Who in the World, Sixth Edition

1982 Men of Achievement, Ninth Edition

1980-1981 Who's Who in the World, Fifth Edition

1978-1979 Who's Who in Western Europe

1972-1973 NATO-AGARD Scientific Consultant (Europe)

1969 American Men of Science

Publications

Available upon Request