Highway Design and Construction Expert Witnesses

This expert has 20 years of experience in human factors and engineering, as well as nearly a decade of experience in road safety. He has worked as a senior researcher for several civil engineering firms and is a certified Road Safety Professional. Before beginning his career, he earned his BA in statistics & psychology from the University of Chicago, his MS in human factors from the University of Washington, and his PhD in human factors from the University of Toronto. He is extensively published in his field and has taught multiple courses at the University of Toronto, including highway safety analysis and design. Further, he has received an award for his work in transportation safety from the National Highway Institute. This expert is currently a human factors and road safety engineer, as well as a lecturer at a university in Ontario.

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 highly qualified expert formerly served as the supervisor of the California Highway Patrol Academy's Motorcycle Training Unit. He was an active member of the California Highway Patrol for nearly 29 years and is recognized as an expert in motorcycle training and operations. He routinely consults with and provides advice to people and organizations concerned with motorcycle safety and operations. He has published articles on motorcycle safety in Harley Davidson's The Motor Officer, Law Officer, Police One, Calibre Press and American Motorcyclist magazines, and he has specifically published an article on Escort Safety for funeral processions. While serving as Supervisor of the Motorcycle Training Unit, he was responsible for training and certifying all departmental motorcycle operators and motorcycle training officers. He also trained and certified motorcycle operators and training officers for allied agencies, and he was considered a subject matter expert for motorcycle training and testing to the Department's Occupational Safety Board, and Motor Vehicle Advisory Board. Relevant career accomplishments include being selected by Department's Occupational Safety Board Motorcycle Safety Sub-Committee to script, direct and produce a motorcycle safety DVD for escort and Protective Service operations.

This expert attended Yakima Valley College and has numerous other college credits in various areas of study associated with transportation and highway maintenance. He has experience and extensive knowledge in Deicer Products, Specifications, Testing and Use, and The Design and Build of Liquid Deicer Manufacturing Systems. He also has experience and knowledge in equipment operations and the management of same. This expert was one of the four Federal Highways Ice Warriors whose duty was to use their expertise on a nationwide basis to assist agencies. He has also published numerous articles on his work. Formerly he with the Washington State Department of Transportation serving in the Maintenance department with experience at many levels ranging from field operations to Headquarters and state wide responsibilities. Currently, this expert consults and does training in his own private practice for both the public and private sector as well as numerous associated industries.

This expert has 50 years of experience in the field of transportation engineering, focused on pavement design and construction for airports, seaports, and highways. He earned his BS in civil engineering from the City College of New York and licensed as a professional engineer in multiple states. As a consultant he has performed project management, pavement evaluation and design, and forensic studies for over 700 projects at approximately 200 airports throughout the United States and 22 locations internationally including major international airports such as JFK, Washington-Dulles, and Chicago O’Hare. Prior to his position as a consultant, he worked with the FAA as a project engineer and pavement engineer of the Eastern region, as well as the chief engineer of the Washington Airports District Office, where he was involved in the research and development program focused on airport pavements. Currently, he is the president of an engineering firm that works on large scale airport and highway construction throughout the world.