Electrical Engineer Expert Witnesses

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Electrical engineer expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including power systems, electronics, telecommunications, control systems, and product design. Some of the most common specialties include circuit design, electrical safety, grounding, electromagnetic interference, and failure analysis. They can opine on the effects of design defects, code violations, shock and fire hazards, equipment malfunctions, and system reliability.

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  • Review Fee $250/hr
    Deposition Fee $350/hr

    This highly qualified engineer has over 15 years of consumer products engineering experience. He has held many prestigious positions at such companies as Electrolux and General Electric and currently owns and is a lead engineer of a highly successful electronics design firm.

    Owner and Design Engineer, A Major Consumer Electronics Company

    Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), University of Louisville

    Smithfield,

    Kentucky

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  • Review Fee $250/hr
    Deposition Fee $250/hr

    This highly qualified Electrical Engineer and Optical Imaging expert earned a Ph.D in Optical Sciences from the University of Arizona. He is a Fellow of both the International Society of Optical Engineering and the Optical Society of America. He has won many awards throughout his career in recognition of his academic and research contributions. This expert has published over 75 peer-reviewed journal articles and has authored five textbooks. He is an authority in his field and is frequently invited to lecture as a guest speaker. He is the former President of an international society of optical engineering.

    Professor of Optical Sciences, A Major University

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Arizona

    Tucson,

    Arizona

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  • Review Fee $250/hr
    Deposition Fee $250/hr

    This highly qualified expert from the field of computer science has an MS and a Ph.D from John Hopkins University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of Association of Computing Machinery and Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. This expert has received several awards for his work, including Best Paper awards, Vice President’s Research Excellence Award and Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal among others. He has over 200 publications and is also an editor with International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, ACM Transactions on Sensor Network, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science and Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications. Currently he serves as professor, Director for Center of Geometric Computation and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at a renowned university.

    Chair, A renowned university

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Johns Hopkins University

    Santa Barbara,

    California

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  • Review Fee $225/hr
    Deposition Fee $250/hr
    Court Fee $250/hr

    This master electrician has almost 40 years of hands on experience. His areas of expertise include national electrical code compliance, safety code compliance, high voltage electrical safety orders, grounding and bonding of electrical systems, electrical line contact, high voltage contact, power plant wiring, ANSI standards, electrical patent infringement, accident investigation and OSHA standards. He is currently a private electrical contractor in California.

    Owner and Operator, An Electrical Contracting Company in CA

    Associate of Science (AS), College of Marin

    San Francisco,

    California

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  • Review Fee $480/hr
    Deposition Fee $480/hr
    Court Fee $480/hr

    This expert is a former public-company executive who now consults as a forensic engineer for patents, accidents, and commercial matters. His 40 year career spans industrial, oilfield, and medical interests, both domestic and international. His expertise includes electrical and electronic engineering, industrial computers, and automated control systems. He has qualified several times as an expert witness in US Federal Court, most notably in the Deepwater Horizon / BP oil spill trial.He is specially trained in control systems in a number of industrial aspects, including NFPA 85/ ISA 77 Boiler Control Engineering. He is a licensed electrical engineer, licensed control systems engineer, and a licensed master electrician.

    Engineering Consultant, Privately owned consulting firm

    Bachelor of Science (BS), University of New Orleans

    Metairie,

    Louisiana

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  • Review Fee $350/hr

    This expert is a registered professional engineer and certified journeyman electrician, belonging to such societies as the Association of Electrical Inspectors and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has served as an electrician and electrical engineer on various projects over his 35+ year career, and is currently the president of a Forensic engineering consulting firm including Electrical, Mechanical, and Structural Engineers.

    President, An electrical engineering consultancy in AZ

    Bachelor of Science (BS), Arizona State University

    Mesa,

    Arizona

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  • Review Fee $300/hr
    Deposition Fee $400/hr
    Court Fee $400/hr

    This highly qualified expert is the founder and principal of a consultancy for technology and intellectual property investigation in electrical machines, electromagnetic devices, and their applications, particularly in the automotive, aerospace and transportation fields. He holds 49 US patents with 4 more applied for, and authored or co-authored twenty-two papers in referred journals. He is the recipient of ten Best Paper Awards, seven from the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS), and three from the Society of Automotive Engineers. This expert is also past President of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. This expert received a first degree in France from Ecole Suprieure d'Electricit and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He then joined General Motors Research Laboratories, and, later on, Delphi Research Labs, when Delphi Corporation was spun off from General Motors. At both organizations he conducted research in automotive electro-mechanical systems. This expert has also served a Delphi's Advanced Powertrain Engineering organization as a group manager.

    Owner and President, An Engineering Firm in WI

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Missouri University of Science and Technology

    Fitchburg,

    Wisconsin

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  • Review Fee $300/hr

    This highly qualified expert received his Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to that, he received his M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Alberta and B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science. This expert has 27 years of academic teaching experience as a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the highly regarded University of Michigan. In addition to his academic teaching experience, he has 6 years Industrial R&D experience as Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories and as Senior R&D Engineer at Bharat Electronics Ltd. He also has held the prestigious position as Program Director of Emerging Models and Technologies Programs and Program Director in Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems Division at the National Science Foundation. This expert is the inventor for 5 published patents and has published over 260 technical papers and 4 books on various aspects of Very-large-scale integration (VLSI) technology and systems. His inventions in testable DRAM circuits, in-line accelerated testing procedures for high-density RAM chips, and testing of embedded ROM and SRAM through JEDEC boundary scan ports are widely used by memory and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) manufacturers. His research in biology-inspired VLSI layout synthesis, self-healing VLSI design and self-repairable memory compilers has made commercial impact. His research group has developed a Quantum SPICE simulator to design several innovative quantum tunneling based circuits that were fabricated by many U.S. companies. He has been awarded many honors including Digital's Incentives for Excellence Award, BF Goodrich National Collegiate Invention Award, and the DARPA Research Excellence Award. This expert is an American Association for the Advance of Science Fellow and an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow for his distinguished contributions to the field of VLSI. He has served as a Consultant for several semiconductor companies as well as an Adviser and Expert Witness in 8 lawsuits involving DRAM, SRAM, Flash, and FPGA. Currently, he is a Tenured Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at a major university where he continues to make active contributions to the field of semiconductor memory systems, quantum tunneling circuits and CAD Tools, and Reliable VLSI Systems Design.

    Tenured Professor, University of Michigan

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Illinois

    Ann Arbor,

    Michigan

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  • Review Fee $850/hr
    Deposition Fee $850/hr
    Court Fee $850/hr

    This highly qualified expert is a semiconductor memory industry analyst with a strong engineering background. He received his B.A. in Electrical Engineering at Georgia Tech and his M.A. in Business Administration at the University of Phoenix. He is a patent holder in cache memory design, has published 50+ articles in the field, and is the creator of two independent blogs that frequently cover both memory and SSD technologies. He has strong ties with all major memory chip makers (Samsung, Micron, SK hynix, SanDisk, Toshiba, Intel, Macronix, Spansion, etc) other members of the memory ecosystem (Kingston, PNY, Applied Materials, etc.) and SSD makers and users (IBM, Western Digital, Seagate, Kingston, etc.) This expert has 32 years professional experience and deep technical knowledge in the semiconductor space. He has worked at Intel Corporation, National Semiconductor, Siemens, Integrated Device Technology, and other leading firms. As Director and Chief Analyst at Dataquest, he was responsible for all memory forecasts, models, and analysis. As Senior Director of Corporate marketing at a major technology firm, he implemented marketing programs to sell SST’s flash memories. As Director of a flash memory research firm., he developed key analysis of memory markets and led the analysts team's research efforts in chip and application markets. Currently, he is the President of a semiconductor market research firm, where he is the leading analyst for the semiconductor memory and SSD markets.

    President, Major Semiconductor Research Firm in CA

    Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Phoenix

    Los Gatos,

    California

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  • Review Fee $200/hr
    Deposition Fee $200/hr
    Court Fee $200/hr

    This expert has been involved in the LED industry since 2005. He managed the patent portfolio for Color Kinetics and enjoyed considerable success in building out a functional licensing program for the world-wide LED industry. He went on to be the IP Strategist and GM of Custom Solutions for Lighting Science Group. Since 2010 he has worked as an independent advisor to a wide range of LED companies in North America, Europe, and Asia, focusing on IP strategy, product development, new market entry, fund-raising, and related activities. He is a former instructor in IP strategy for the Licensing Executive Society. He currently serves on technical advisory boards and boards of directors for LED lighting companies in the US and Europe, and remains active in assisting both young and established companies in the pursuit of their goals for growth.'

    IP Strategy Consultant, An LED products & IP portfolio consultancy in CA

    Master of Public Administration (MPA), University of Washington

    Berkeley,

    California

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  • Review Fee $600/hr
    Deposition Fee $600/hr
    Court Fee $600/hr

    This expert has been working as a mechanical engineer and testifying expert witness for over 30 years. He holds both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a BES from Georgia Tech. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Member of SAE and ASM. This expert is a licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer (PE), providing expertise across a wide range of engineering topics and fields. He has deep experience in medical devices including cardiovascular, orthopedic, and spinal applications and applications of nitinol shape memory materials. He has experience as an Expert Witness, has testified in trial and deposition, and authored expert reports and IPR declarations. He works in patents and product failure analysis and forensics. He was previously Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University as well as a Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.

    Principal, An independent engineering consultancy in CA

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Stanford University

    Sunnyvale,

    California

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  • Review Fee $500/hr
    Deposition Fee $500/hr
    Court Fee $500/hr

    This expert is globally known for his expertise in telecommunications and wireless networks, a field he has worked in for the past 40 years. He has worked for military contractors, universities, Fortune 500 companies, and start-ups. Having earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Communications from Purdue University, his counsel is frequently sought by business ventures in the wireless electronics field.

    Independent Industry Consultant

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Purdue University

    Laguna Hills,

    California

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  • Review Fee $250/hr
    Deposition Fee $250/hr
    Court Fee $250/hr

    This expert brings 40+ years of electrical engineering experience to a continuing career in failure analysis and electrical fire investigations. In addition to his professional work for several industrial firms, he has taught these subjects at the Illinois Fire Academy., Wisconsin IAAI.

    President and Forensic Engineer, A Small Fire/Electrical/Accident Investigation Firm

    Master of Science (MS), Illinois Institute of Technology

    Wheaton,

    Illinois

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  • Review Fee $200/hr
    Deposition Fee $200/hr
    Court Fee $200/hr

    This highly qualified expert is an electrical engineer by training with forensic experience in electronic communications and control systems. He has 40 years of industry experience and has authored 20+ peer-reviewed technical publications. This expert has extensive expert witness experience in cases involving mobile telephone systems, electronic surveillance systems, industrial machinery, and automotive electronics. Currently, he operates a forensic engineering consultancy specializing in electrical devices and electronic systems. His geographic area is the eastern USA.

    President/Electronics Analyst, Forensic Engineering Consultancy

    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Monmouth University

    Moorestown,

    New Jersey

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  • Review Fee $500/hr
    Deposition Fee $500/hr
    Court Fee $500/hr

    This expert earned his BS at Duke University and MS and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and ACM. This expert serves on the editorial board for a number of peer reviewed journals. He has earned multiple awards for his research throughout his career and is a frequently invited guest speaker at major conferences. Currently he is a Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at a major NC University.

    Associate Professor, Duke University

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Wisconsin

    North Carolina

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  • Review Fee $280/hr
    Deposition Fee $450/hr
    Court Fee $450/hr

    This expert is a consultant and technical strategist uniquely qualified in emerging technologies, standards, patent engineering, analysis, and regulatory affairs. Specific research areas include: wireless technologies, UWB Communications technologies, propagation, near field ranging technology, and measurements. A registered professional engineer with a PhD, he possesses a strong background in wireless technologies and intellectual property.

    Founder/CEO, Wireless Technology Consulting Firm

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Florida Atlantic University

    Coral Springs,

    Florida

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  • Review Fee $250/hr
    Deposition Fee $250/hr
    Court Fee $350/hr

    This decorated expert has a quarter century of electrical engineering experience, earning graduate qualifications at MIT, where his work had important biomedical applications. He is a member of several professional societies such as the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers and Virginia Academy of Science. Active in research, he has won numerous grants and has been published widely. He has consulted on IP issues in the past and holds several patents for his inventions.

    Professor of Electrical Engineering, Top Ranking University

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Buena Vista,

    Virginia

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  • Review Fee $200/hr

    This expert has 25 years of experience in the field of electrical engineering and has owned and operating a successful engineering firm and consultancy for the past 17 years. He earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida, where he wrote his dissertation on arc flash hazard mitigation. He has been hired to analyze more than 100 electrical power systems and regularly conducts training on the the hazards of arc flashes, in keeping with the safety procedures recommended by the IEEE, NFPA, and OSHA.

    Owner, An Arc Flash Consultancy

    Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Central Florida

    Madeira Beach,

    Florida

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  • Review Fee $315/hr
    Deposition Fee $315/hr
    Court Fee $315/hr

    This licensed engineer earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri and is a certified fire & explosion investigator. He has held a number of electrical engineering and products safety positions throughout his career, specializing in EE, product development, technical management, design verification, advanced troubleshooting, and failure analysis. This expert is currently a Senior Professional Engineer at a private Engineering consultancy.

    Senior Professional Engineer, A private engineering consulting firm in TX

    Bachelor of Science (BS), University of Missouri

    Denton,

    Texas

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  • Review Fee $450/hr
    Deposition Fee $450/hr
    Court Fee $450/hr

    This well credentialed expert is a Professor and Distinguished Chair in Computer Science for a public university in Texas. He is also Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, where he taught and performed research for 20 years. He has about 30 years of professional experience in communication networks, wireless communication, and wireless and mobile networks. The expert earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Stanford University; he also has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Technion and an M.S. in the same field from Tel-Aviv University. He has headed the Wireless Networks Lab, an internationally recognized research group at Cornell. The expert has over 200 journal and conference publications. He has been granted 18 patents with 2 additional patents pending. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the IEEE's Communications Society, as well as a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

    Professor and Distinguished Chair, A Public University in Texas

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Stanford University

    Richardson,

    Texas

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What Can an Electrical Engineer Expert Witness Opine On?

Circuit Design

Creating schematics for electrical systems.

Power Analysis

Evaluating power flow and efficiency.

Signal Processing

Manipulating signals for communication systems.

System Testing

Verifying functionality of electrical systems.

PCB Fabrication

Designing and producing printed circuit boards.

Troubleshooting

Diagnosing and fixing electrical issues.

FAQs for Electrical Engineer Expert Witnesses

What is a electrical engineer expert witness?

An electrical engineer expert witness is a licensed engineer who provides specialized technical opinions in legal cases. They assist by reviewing records, analyzing electrical systems, and testifying to clarify complex engineering issues.

What types of cases may benefit from the insights of an electrical engineering expert witness?

Electrical engineering expert witnesses support cases involving product defects, fires, shocks, code compliance, power systems, electronics, automation, and industrial equipment failures.

How can an electrical engineer expert witness strengthen technical causation analysis?

An electrical engineer expert witness strengthens technical causation analysis by linking electrical evidence to failure mechanisms, code compliance, and the incident’s root cause.

What qualifications should attorneys require from an electrical engineer expert witness?

Attorneys should require an electrical engineer expert witness to have a P.E. license, relevant forensic experience, strong testimony history, and expertise matching the case issues.

How does an electrical engineer expert witness evaluate compliance with electrical codes?

An electrical engineer expert witness evaluates compliance with electrical codes by reviewing designs, inspections, test data, and site conditions against NEC and local code requirements.

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Expert Institute delivers a tailored approach to connect you with top-tier experts. We identify actively practicing professionals who meet your exact criteria for specialty, experience, litigation background, fee structure, credentials, location, and more.

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