Automobile Accident Reconstruction Biomechanical Analysis Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 59

Northern California

Education

1990 Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

1988 Master of Arts, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University

1985 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering and French, Carnegie-Mellon University

Biomedical Training

Over 200 hours of college instruction and laboratory practice in Human Anatomy and Physiology; college instruction and practice in

Professional Registration

State of California, Professional-Engineer Registration (Number Available upon Request)

Consulting Experience

Services:  vehicular-dynamics and biomechanical analysis of over 400 low-speed and high-speed automobile and truck accidents, including structural-deformation analysis of vehicles, seat-back mechanisms,  braking  systems,  bumper  design  and  quantitative  evaluation  of  road-surface conditions;  determination  of  pre-impact  vehicle  speeds and  orientations,  collision-induced acceleration  forces  and  collision-related  injury  causation;  biomechanical  analysis  of  injuries resulting from pedestrian-vehicle impacts and accidental falls; biomechanical analysis of blunt- force trauma in criminal and homicide investigations;  deposition and expert-witness testimony in municipal and superior courts

Clients:  Defense and Plaintiff Attorneys; Insurance Companies including Allstate, Liberty Mutual, Nationwide, Allied and Royal; Private Investigation Services

Work And Research Experience

7/05 – Present, Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA

Member of the following UC Davis interdisciplinary graduate research programs:

Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering

Graduate Program in Forensic Science

Institute for Transportation Studies

7/98 – 6/05, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA.

7/92 – 6/98, Assistant Professor: Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA.

7/91 – 6/92, James Irvine Research Fellow: Division of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.

6/90 – 6/91, Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow: Center for Energy and Combustion Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.

8/85 – 6/90 Research Assistant; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

6/88 – 8/88 Member of the Technical Staff (MTS): AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ.

1985 Summer Pre-professional Engineer: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ.

1983 – 1984 Summer Pre-professional Engineer: IBM, East Fishkill, NY.

Memberships

Society of Automotive Engineers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society

National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists

Specialists (NAPARS)

American Mensa