Mechanical Engineering expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including product design, manufacturing, failure analysis, and accident reconstruction. Some of the most common specialties include machine guarding, HVAC systems, automotive systems, materials, and structural mechanics. They can opine on the effects of design defects, improper maintenance, code violations, and mechanical failures on accidents and damages.
Mechanical Engineering Expert Witness
Mechanical Engineering Expert Witness
- Review Fee
- $375/hr
- Deposition Fee
- $375/hr
- Court Fee
- $750/hr
This highly qualified expert has years of experience in dynamics and control of automotive and manufacturing systems. He received his MS degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and his PhD degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He is a fellow of 4 renowned associations: the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the International Federation of Automatic Control, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the American Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He is also the past president of the American Automatic Control Council. His impressive work as an engineer has earned him multiple honors, including the Society of Manufacturing Engineers's "Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer" award and the International Symposium on Flexible Automation's "Hideo Hanafusa Outstanding Investigator" award. He has published 190+ refereed journal articles and is the founding editor of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control magazine. He is the former founding director of the Ground Robotics Reliability Center, the Program in Manufacturing and the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Machining Systems at the University of Michigan. He is also the former chair of the department of mechanical engineering and the former deputy director of the NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Dimensional Measurement and Control in Manufacturing at the same institution. Currently, he is a distinguished professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at a major university.
Distinguished Professor, A Major University in MI
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California Berkeley
Ann Arbor,
Michigan