Engineering Analysis Design Expert Witness

Professional Summary

Expert has over 30 years of technical and managerial experience in both industry and academia.  His litigation support experience as an expert witness in patent litigation began in 1999.  Expert has a strong technical background in mechanical engineering.  His primary expertise is in computational methods and simulation in mechanical engineering. He has focused in particular on the development and application of computational methods in these areas.

Expert has also been involved in the development and application of computational methods for a wide range of problems in engineering analysis and design.  Expert was a founder of Compuflo, Inc and an original developer of the FLOTRAN software, which is widely used in industry for myriad fluid mechanics and heat transfer applications.  He is the author of over 30 technical publications and has consulted for over 50 companies. He has conducted over 200 seminars and short courses in the US, Europe, and the Orient on fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and computational methods. He has also been an invited speaker at international conferences on computational methods in engineering.

Expertise

Computational Methods
Heat Transfer
Thermodynamics
Thermal Sciences
Fluid Dynamics
Combustion
Solid Mechanics
Mechanical Design
CAE & CAD Software

Education

1978 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA
Ph.D

1973 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA
MSME

1972 Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
BSME

Litigation Support Experience

(Case Name and Law Firm available upon request.)

Product Liability – Expert witness on gas fired water heater
Patent Infringement – Expert Witness on immersion probe
Patent Infringement – Expert Witness on heart catheter
Patent Infringement – Expert Witness on rotary valves
Patent Infringement – Expert Witness on electronic utility lighters
Patent Infringement – Expert Witness on retractable steps
Patent Infringement – Expert Witness on fluid mechanics of surgical device
Patent Infringement – Expert Witness on ball bearing slide design
Patent Infringement – Expert Witness on dryer ducts
Patent Infringement – Expert Witness on fluid dynamic installation of fiber optic cables
Patent Infringement – Expert Witness on electric razor design
Patent Infringement – Expert Witness on automotive cooling fans

Professional Experience

2001-Present
MechExpert
Title – President
Consulting and contract engineering activities in the areas of engineering analysis and design, patent litigation, patent development, and software development for both engineering and business applications.

2000-2001
Synetech Group, VA
Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
Information technology company. Developed presidential campaign financial software including web based reporting for the 2000 presidential campaign. The company handled all campaign contributions nation-wide. Extensive database development for both desktop and web based applications.

1998-2000
Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Teaching undergraduate courses in thermodynamics, computational methods, thermal systems design, and computer aided engineering, and computer programming. Instrumental in acquisition of CAE and CAD software for use in the development of the undergraduate program.

1995-1998
Altair Engineering, MI
Engineering Manager
Responsible for overall management of engineering service activities involving computational fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Responsibilities included business development as well as the technical management of projects.

1992-1995
Neural Research, Inc., VA
President and Founder
Company was involved in the development and application of neural networks, wavelet based methods, and multi-resolution analysis methods. Applications of these methods were in both engineering and financial analysis

1987-1992
Compuflo, Inc., VA
Co-Founder, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of the company as well as developer of the FLOTRAN finite element based computational fluid dynamics analysis software. Primary responsibilities included directing the engineering consulting and service activities, providing technical support to marketing and sales operations, and the overall technical direction for the company.

1981-1987
University of Virginia, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Charlottesville, VA
Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses primarily in the areas of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and combustion. Also taught courses in computer programming, computational methods, and computer aided engineering.  Active participant in the Center for Computer Aided Engineering and taught extensively in the graduate extension program for industry.

1977-1981
Babcock & Wilcox Company Alliance Research Center, Ohio
Group Supervisor, 1979-1981, Senior Research Engineer, 1977-1979Group Supervisor for a software development group. The group developed computational methods for a variety of applications involving computational methods for fluid flow, heat transfer, and combustion in both the fossil and nuclear power industries.

1974-1977
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Instructor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Blacksburg, VA
Primary responsibilities involved teaching undergraduate courses in the thermal sciences; fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. Also taught the Mechanical Engineering Instrumentation and Measurements Laboratory.

Professional Affiliations, Achievements & Awards

Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Pi Tau Sigma
Sigma Xi

Additional information available upon requst.

Clientele

Available upon request.

Publications

Available upon request.