Engineering Expert Witnesses in Connecticut

This expert is a building and construction professional with over 30 years of hands-on experience in the construction and building inspection industries. He has testified in numerous trials and depositions for both plaintiff and defense attorneys. He has been qualified as an expert in construction and personal injury cases in courtrooms from New York City to Connecticut to Boston and has authored and presented numerous Continuing Legal Education courses, coast to coast. This expert has been specifically trained in residential and commercial building codes, construction site safety, residential and commercial building envelopes, slip, trip and fall accidents and building inspections. His decades of practical experience provides him with the unique ability to translate written code words into three-dimensional, real world interpretations making him extremely valuable as a forensic expert. Since the late 1970’s, This expert has been involved in the residential and commercial construction and building inspection industries. He also has extensive experience in prefabricated buildings and ran separate building manufacturing, roofing and drywall companies as subsidiaries of his construction company. Using the partnership and knowledge of his father, combined with his natural instincts and abilities as a building professional, he has worked side by side with his dad in the family building inspection and construction businesses since the late 1970’s. As this expert says, “you cannot learn in college what you can learn from your father”. With that as his mantra, he is a firm believer that there is no better educational resource than hands-on experience. In 2014 this expert was hired as the lead expert by one of New York City’s most prominent personal injury law firms to act as the plaintiff’s safety expert in a construction accident case that returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $62 million, the highest amount ever awarded to a single plaintiff in the history of Queens, New York.

This qualified civil engineer has performed extensive design work for projects commissioned by the Department of Transportation, especially pertaining to the design and testing of highway guard rails. He has remained in practice as an engineer for more than a decade, and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

This expert has over 40 years of experience in laboratory safety with over 30 years of serving as litigation support for school science accidents. Previously the Chairman for the Division of Chemical Health and Safety at the American Chemical Society, he has authored guidelines for laboratory safety, which have been distributed worldwide. He currently serves as President and CEO of a major laboratory safety firm.

This highly qualified engineer's expertise is in metallurgy and corrosion science and engineering. He has extensive experience in litigation and litigation support as well as extensive experience in pro-active client work. He specializes in failure analysis, corrosion failure analysis, material degradation, failure prevention, material selection, material characterization, and laboratory testing. He has conducted research and failure analyses involving uniform corrosion, localized corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, fretting corrosion, formicary corrosion, graphitic corrosion, and galvanic corrosion. He has extensive experience solving complex corrosion problems using AC and DC electrochemical techniques, accelerated exposure techniques (environmental exposure and accelerated environments), material characterization techniques (microscopy and elemental analysis), metallographic examination, fractography, on-site investigations, and failure analysis.

This expert graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and a New York State Certified Code Enforcement Official. He is also a Registered Professional Industrial Hygienist, a licensed Asbestos Inspector and Project Designer, a Certified Environmental Inspector, and a Certified Planner. He currently serves in Board of Director positions for the National and New York State Societies of Professional Engineers, as well as the American Society of Civil Engineers.

This Boston based expert earned his Bachelor's of Science degree in electrical engineering from Tufts University. He began his career in medical device design at Siemens Medical Systems, thereafter serving as the Director of Engineering for Aspect Medical Systems, the developer of the world's first anesthesia monitor, which is now in 90% of operating rooms worldwide, and has served at least 200 million patients. He serves on the scientific advisory boards of several medical device firms including Safe-Op Surgical, a manufacturer of intraoperative nerve monitors.

This expert has designed and improved over 400 machines for the food, pharmaceutical, electronics, mining, consumer goods and automotive industries. He has led major design projects for Fortune 500 Companies, such as Unilever, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Komatsu, Caterpillar, and Hitachi. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering in Italy, and has gained considerable professional experience in the United States, having recently served as the Chief Engineer for American Conveyor.

This expert is an experienced manufacturing engineer with a solid background in 3d modeling, design, layout, and detail for products, tooling fixtures, special machinery, robotics, and conveying systems. He has held numerous senior engineering and design positions throughout his career at firms such as American Conveyor, Adaptive Manufacturing, and ABB Robotics. Currently, he is a lead project engineer at a top engineering firm.

This expert is a Licensed Professional Engineer and a Certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineer with over 30 years experience in civil and traffic engineering, land planning and project management. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and is also a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, The Urban Land Institute and The International Council of Shopping Centers.He is currently a Senior Associate of an engineering firm. He is responsible for supervising the preparation of traffic and parking studies as well as roadway improvement and traffic signal plans. He is also experienced in site development feasibility studies, zoning and subdivision regulations, environmental impact statements, site planning, sewage disposal systems, cost estimating and construction observation. He has provided traffic and parking consultant services for various community planning boards.

This engineering expert has 25+ years of experience working on complex sites and marine projects. He has completed numerous projects over the course of his career, including 18+ marine/waterfront projects. He was the Project Manager and Lead Engineer for the development of a new maintenance facility for the New York Waterway at the Hoboken Ferry Terminal, the Project Manager and Lead Engineer for the expansion and repair of a main pier at SUNY Maritime's campus, and the Project Manager and Lead Engineer for a waterfront revitalization project in Brooklyn. The expert earned a B.A. in Mathematics from Bates College and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University. He is a registered professional engineer in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Nevada, and he is currently a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers. The expert was previously the Assistant Vice President & Manager of the Marine and Harbor Structures Division for D'Onofrio General Contractors Corp. He is now an Adjunct Lecturer and the President of an engineering consultancy.

This expert earned his BS at Lehigh University in Mechanical Engineering. He then went on to complete his MBA at Worcester Polytechnic Institution. Formerly this expert served as a National Grooved Product Manager at Anvil International Headquarters. Currently, he is the Director of Product Engineering at a Private Company based in MA. Specializing in HVAC, Fire Protection, Plumbing, and process piping equipment claims.

This marine structures engineer earned his B.S. in Structural Engineering from Michigan State University and his M.S. in Architectural Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in New York and Illinois, and he has also earned the ADCI Air Diver Certification at the OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety Certification. The expert has 20 years of experience relating marine & coastal (waterfront) inspection, engineering and construction. He is currently the Principal Director for a small waterfront engineering consultancy in New York.

This qualified expert has over 40 years of experience as an automotive powertrain engineer. He received his BS in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and his ME in engine systems from the University of Wisconsin Madison. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was an engineer for McDonnell Douglas Astronautics and ALCO Power. For several years, he worked for Daimler Chrysler as an engine development engineer on their future engine development team and as a product development specialist on their advanced engine task force. He worked as an advanced engineering product specialist for Mahle Technology, where he developed a new piston and cylinder liner technology. He also worked as a technical specialist for the corporate advanced engineering division of BorgWarner. Over the course of his career, this expert has filed for 19 patents and written numerous published papers. For his work, he has won the BorgWarner Innovation Award and the SAE McFarland Award. Currently, this expert serves as a senior consultant for an engine science consulting firm in NY.

This structural engineering expert has extensive experience with steel structures, concrete structures, long spans, stadiums, and sports arenas. She earned her BS in architecture and her MS in civil engineering at the University of Nebraska. She is a licensed architect, professional engineer, and structural engineer, as well as a certified LEED accredited professional. Additionally, she is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. She has formally worked as an architect and engineer for Clark Enerson Partners, the principal engineer at Thornton Tomasetti, and the founder and director of structural engineering at Buro Happold. She currently is the founder of a structural and facade engineering company in NY and lectures in structural engineering at an Ivy League university in Connecticut.