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This expert has over 32 years as an Accident Reconstructionist and Forensic Engineer, and is ACTAR Accredited. He is a certified Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) technician, operator and data analyst. He is a former Chair of the Engineering Sciences section and Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and a member of 5 additional forensic groups including CAARS, NAPARS, SAE, SATAI and SOAR. He has 100 publications and presentations in the field of forensic automotive engineering and is currently the owner of an Accident Reconstruction firm.
Mechanical Engineer, A Private Consulting Group in CA
Master of Science (MS), University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara,
California
This highly qualified expert specializes in engineering and regulatory affairs for medical device commercialization. She earned a BS in mathematics from Oregon State University and a MS in Medical Device and Diagnostic Engineering from the University of Southern California. This expert currently owns and operates her own medical device company where she prepares and submits FDA regulatory services 510k applications.
Founder and President, A medical device consultancy in CA
Master of Science (MS), University of Southern California
San Francisco,
California
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
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
This engineer is an expert in the areas of fire causation and consumer product defects as well as construction materials and workmanship issues. He has specific expertise with installation and maintenance of household appliances including stoves and ovens. He belongs to a number of societies in the engineering field including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Academy of Forensic Engineers. He is currently a private engineer specializing in design, failures, building code and ADA compliance issues, and human factors.
Mechanical Engineering, An engineering consulting company in AZ
Bachelor of Science (BS), Arizona State University
Phoenix,
Arizona
This expert has been involved with security specialties for over 30 years. He has worked as the Chief Probation Officer, which had him follow federal and state rules and regulations. He has had vast experience with ankle monitors, and currently has his own security firm that works with those on probation.
CEO, A security system company in various states
Master of Arts (MA), University of San Francisco
Phoenix,
Arizona
This premises liability expert is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and is a credentialed safety engineer with over 20 years of experience in his field. He has also published several articles on concepts in safety and design.
Founder/Dean, A Major Interior Design Group
Los Angeles,
California
This expert specializes in gas station and convenience store operations, management, and safety, with specific focus on site valuations, operating procedures, capital and expense management. He earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and a MBA in Finance from Drexel University. He has 37 years of experience in the downstream petroleum refining and marketing industry with ARCO and BP. As President of BP West Coast Products, LLC and Vice President Retail Operations, he had responsibility for ARCO gasoline retail sales and AMPM operations worldwide, consisting of the C-Store business with 700 franchisees, 3000 convenience stores, and $3 billion in revenue.
President and Founder, A gas station and convenience store consulting firm in CA
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Drexel University
Katy,
California
This expert works as the vice president of engineering for a large fitness corporation. He has worked in the industry for over over thirty years, is familiar with industry trends, and is familiar with the history of numerous fitness products. He holds multiple patents for highly used fitness equipment and has published multiple articles on product safety/warning labels. He is chairman of the committee responsible for fitness industry standards and has authored or contributed to all standards published to date. He has worked on product liability cases for 34 years assisting both defense and plaintiffs attorneys.
Owner, A fitness industry engineering consulting firm in CA
Master of Science (MS), California State University, Long Beach
Huntington Beach,
California
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
This expert is one of two owners and a Principal Scientist at a major environmental firm. This firm specializes in providing solutions to challenging agricultural and environmental problems throughout the world. Their areas of expertise include soil science, water quality and demand evaluation and management, agricultural systems, salinity and nutrient management, ecosystem restoration, statistics, remote sensing, geospatial analysis, land stabilization, and regulatory policy. Since earning his PhD in Soil Science, this expert has 19 years of experience in agricultural consulting in the United States. Before co-founding Land IQ, this expert spent 5 years with an agricultural and environmental firm.
Owner and Principal Scientist, LandIQ
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), North Carolina State University
Sacramento,
California
This expert is a statistician experienced in data analysis and statistical methods to evaluate field performance of vehicles and consumer products. Her key areas of expertise include; statistical analysis using field data; consumer complaint data analysis; warranty data analysis; claims data analysis; customer contact data analysis; economic valuation; damage assessment; econometric/financial modeling; analyses of large complex data sets; regression analysis and ANOVA; reliability analysis, and more. This expert has been involved in several studies using warranty/customer contact or claims data to predict the number of claims/failures and annual claim/failure rates for various consumer and industrial products.
President, Statistical Analysis Consulting Firm
Master of Science (MS), George Washington University
Mountain View,
California
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
This Certified Professional Ergonomist has been teaching and consulting on human factors/ergonomics, safety and systems for 40 years. He is a member of numerous prestigious professional organizations. As a Research Assistant at Texas Tech University's human factors lab, he served as a consultant to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as well as the Arizona Center for Occupational Safety and Health. Currently, this expert is the President and Owner of a consulting firm where he consults for attorneys, insurance companies, business, industry, and academia on human factors/ergonomics and systems safety. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering at a top tier university, teaching human factors/ergonomics and safety.
President/Owner, A Human Factors/Ergonomics and Systems Safety Consulting Firm
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Texas Tech University
Tucson,
Arizona
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
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
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
This expert is a well-versed IT and telecommunications expert, receiving a Ph.D. in Computer Networking. He has published a dozen papers in professional journals and conferences, and holds two patents related to distributed base station controllers. He previously served as the VP of Business Development of Huawei R&D and the Managing Director of R&D at Vodafone Group. This expert is currently a private consultant in the telecommunications industry.
Consultant, A Telecommunications Advisory Firm
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Golden State University
Alamo,
California
This well credentialed expert earned his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cal State Fullerton and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering/Structural Mechanics from UC-Irvine. He is a Professional Engineer in the state of California and has 46 U.S. patents issued in his name. Prior to starting his own engineering consulting firm, he was the Vice President of Engineering at Hartwell Corporation and the Vice President of Research and Development at Textron Aerospace Fasteners. He is a member of several industry organizations, including the National Society of Professional Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Principal, An Engineering Consultancy Firm in CA
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California-Irvine
Laguna Niguel,
California
This computational scientist is a member of the professional staff at a prestigious science and technology university in California, where he works in the school's Center for Advanced Computing Research. The expert earned a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Manchester and a Ph.D. in Experimental Particle Physics from the University of Sheffield. He held a staff physicist position at CERN before assuming his current role. The expert is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. His current research interests include high performance network and computing systems and grid architectures.
Principal Computational Scientist & Member of the Professional Staff, California Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sheffield
Pasadena,
California
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FAQs for Engineering Expert Witnesses
What is a engineering expert witness?
An engineering expert witness is a qualified engineer who provides specialized technical opinions in legal cases. They assist by reviewing records, analyzing failures, preparing reports, testifying, and clarifying complex engineering issues.
What types of cases may benefit from the testimony of an engineering expert witness?
An engineering expert witness supports product liability, construction defects, structural failures, industrial accidents, patent disputes, safety compliance, and forensic engineering cases.
How should counsel evaluate the qualifications of an engineering expert witness?
Counsel should evaluate an engineering expert witness by reviewing their education, licenses, case experience, publications, testimony history, and field-specific engineering expertise.
How can an engineering expert witness assist with technical document analysis?
An engineering expert witness can analyze technical documents to verify accuracy, interpret complex data, identify errors or omissions, and clearly explain findings in legal cases.
What factors affect the admissibility of engineering expert witness testimony?
The admissibility of engineering expert witness testimony depends on the expert’s qualifications, reliable methods, data relevance, and clear connection of opinions to the case facts.
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