This expert has nearly 40 years of experience in explosive devices, bombs, pyrotechnics, hazardous devices, and post-blast investigations. He earned his BS from Capella University and is certified as an international post blast investigator. Currently, he is a member of various professional organizations such as the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators, and the International Association of Explosives Engineers. Formerly, he has held various ...
This expert has over 30 years of experience in analytical chemistry and explosives detection. After earning his BS in Chemistry from the University of Hartford, he earned his PhD in Analytical Chemistry at Arizona State University. He has served in numerous governmental roles, including as a chief scientist in the transportation security laboratory as well as the chief of the applied research division, both at the Department of Homeland Security. Further, he is published ...
This expert served in the US Navy as an explosive ordnance disposal technician, retiring after 15 years as a platoon chief. He has been deployed multiple times to the Horn of Africa, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and has extensive experience with weapon technical intelligence and counter-IED analysis. Since 2011, he has been working for JIDO contractors. In his current role, he is the primary adviser to the commander and staff on all C-IED efforts....
This expert is a qualified Forensic Examiner by the FBI Laboratory Training, and has been working in the field for more than 10 years. He is the first vice president of the Association of Firearm and Tool Mark Examiners and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and has authored several publications focusing on forensic firearm/toolmark identification and gunshot residue testing. He is a former Forensic Firearm and Tool Mark Examiner for the Federal Bureau of ...
This highly qualified fire cause investigation expert has nearly 30 years of professional experience. He completed prestigious fire science training at Mission College and is a certified fire service instructor and a California commercial pyrotechnician. Additionally, this expert is a licensed private investigator by the California Department of Consumer Affairs. He has completed additional vocational training and educational courses in investigation, homicide, ...
This expert is currently a fire and explosion investigator and analyst at a top forensic firm in the Southeast. He is a highly qualified fire and explosion expert and has extensive credentials, including: multiple certifications, fire and explosion research, many published articles and papers, presentations, teaching, years of experience including hundreds of fire and explosion investigations, analyses, and testimony on numerous cases....
This expert has 25+ years of law enforcement experience, for the vast majority of which he served as a fire investigator for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. A certified fire investigator with both the ATF and the International Association of Arson Investigators, he has consulted for police forces in countries such as Colombia and Latvia on arson investigation practices. Since 2014, he has operated an independent fire investigation consultancy....
This is a case in South Carolina against two military contractors who were hired by the defendant to travel to Europe with the intention of inspecting various weapons for sale abroad. The weapons in question had been rejected by the…
This case involves an individual who was seriously and permanently injured while participating in a blasting procedure at an open-pit copper mine Utah. At the time of the incident in question, the man was operating a large dump truck used to remove ore…
This case involves a Plaintiff who suffered injuries when an underground gas line, that was leaking for an extended period of time, exploded underneath his house. The line was close to 100 years old, and was discovered to be corroded…
This case takes place in Kentucky and involves an injury to a middle-aged man who was hit by the door of his refrigerator after it exploded due to an alleged defect in its design. The plaintiff had recently purchased a new…
This electrochemistry case takes place in South Carolina and involves an employee of a chemical supplies plant who was involved with the operations of a large chemical reactor, which was used to produce a caustic product. The water that is recovered…
This case takes place in Pennsylvania and involves a massive explosion at a facility that specialized in the design and manufacturing of specialty chemicals primarily used for the production of advanced materials for high-end engineering applications. The explosion originated from…
Plaintiff was at a family picnic and was sitting several feet away from her sister when her sister was adding gel fuel to a fire pit light. Without any warning, a torch-like directional flame originated from the defendant’s fire pit…
This case involves a small explosion which took place at a family party. The plaintiff, a forty-three-year-old female, was preparing to make breakfast for her family, which were celebrating the Fourth of July at their lake house. Â The female, a…
This case involves a male who suffered extensive burns from a pressure cooker that exploded. The plaintiff prepared and placed the ingredients for a beef chili in the pressure cooker, which he had recently purchased. According to the instructions, this cooker…