A mechanical engineering expert witness and Professional Engineer registered in Texas with more than 55 years of professional engineering experience, this expert specializes in forensic engineering, structural analysis, applied finite element analysis, mechanical design, machining processes, manufacturing processes, and tire mechanics. Since 1981, the expert has regularly provided engineering expertise in legal matters and has served as an expert in close to 200 cases, including testimony in 25 jury trials and 100 depositions. The expert has also prepared hundreds of written reports for attorneys. Litigation experience encompasses machine guarding, pressure vessels, industrial machinery and equipment failures, structural failures, industrial accidents, vehicle and truck impacts, crashworthiness, ladders and scaffolding, trailers, and wheel and tire failures.

Since 1983, the expert has served as President and founder of an engineering consulting practice, providing engineering services to industry and the legal profession while participating in and supervising a broad range of technical projects. Engineering work has involved finite element modeling, structural and stress analysis, mechanical and machine design, impact analysis, testing, manufacturing, and failure analysis. The expert has also led major contract efforts and established and overseen a machining and manufacturing operation involving CNC equipment, metrology, quality control, design, and fabrication. Since 2006, a particular area of technical focus has been tire mechanics, including investigation of wheel-tire failure modes, finite element analysis of tire beads and wheels, burst-pressure testing, and analysis of multi-piece wheel systems. Case experience further includes hydraulic systems, gas valves, forklifts, heavy equipment, vehicle components, and other mechanical equipment and components.

Earlier professional experience provides additional depth in finite element analysis, structural mechanics, impact analysis, vibration and shock testing, experimental stress analysis, and structural testing, including engineering work involving nuclear weapons and energy programs and shipping containers for spent nuclear fuel. Academic appointments have included visiting, associate, and adjunct professor roles, with undergraduate and graduate teaching in mechanical engineering subjects such as finite element analysis, mechanics of materials, machine design, structural analysis, and manufacturing processes. The expert has also authored or coauthored numerous technical publications and reports addressing structural and impact analysis, finite element analysis, manufacturing, materials, and transportation systems.

Professional qualifications include registration as a Professional Engineer in Texas and Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees in Mechanical Engineering. Postgraduate study has focused principally on finite element analysis, tire mechanics, and hydrocodes for hypervelocity impact analysis. Professional involvement includes membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and Society of Automotive Engineers.