Materials Expert Witnesses in Arizona

This distinguished scholar is the Head of Chemical & Materials Engineering at his university, a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and a former board of directors member of the National Society of Professional Engineers. Prior to joining academia, he worked for E. I. duPont de Nemours, Conoco, Ethyl, and Kraft where he gained extensive experience in chemical processes that involved alternatives to CFCs, catalyst manufacture, agricultural & pharmaceutical intermediates processing, monomer recovery by depolymerization, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis of cheese by-products, electromembrane processes, bioethanol production, and numerous food processing operations. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and a doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

This professor of Metallurgy maintains a keen expertise in metallurgy, alloys, mechanical performance, metal deformation and fracture mechanics and failure analysis. After earning his PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, he moved to the United States where he served as a National Research Council research fellow at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. For more than 20 years, he has taught at a prominent university in the Western US, lecturing and conducting research on fracture mechanics and material design.

This expert has over 20 years of expertise in materials consulting and forensic engineering work. He received a bachelor's in manufacturing engineering from Brunel University of West London. He continued on at Brunel to earn his PhD in metallurgy. A licensed metallurgical engineer, he is a member of the American Society of Testing & Materials and the American Society of Materials International. He served as a senior metallurgical engineer at Testing Engineers INC. and a materials engineer for the RJ Lee Group. Currently he works as a senior metallurgical engineer.

This expert is a full professor of Mechanical Engineering at a prominent university in the Western US. He received his PhD in Welding and Materials Engineering from The Ohio State University. Prior to joining academia, he worked as a research assistant at Edison Welding Institute and as a materials engineer at Westinghouse-Power Generation. His research interests are in the area of materials joining, materials characterization, and the relationships between microstructure and mechanical properties.

This expert has hove 40 years of experience in the field of trucking. He studied automotive technology a the College of the Canyons, and served as an apprentice automotive mechanic at Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi. He has continued to participate in in ongoing trainings offered in his field. He has previously served as a heavy equipment mechanic for the California Division of Highways, and as a Motor Carrier Specialist for the California Highway Patrol. He currently serves as the Vice President of a Motor Vehicle Safety Consultancy in California.

This qualified expert has nearly 25 years of experience in nephrology. He received his BS in metallurgical engineering and materials science from Carnegie Mellon University before earning his MD from the University of Colorado. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver and his fellowship in renal diseases and hypertension at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. This expert is board certified in internal medicine and nephrology and hypertension. He began his career as a clinical nephrologist for Colorado Kidney Associates. He then worked as an electronic medical records consultant for companies like Kaiser Permanente before becoming an assistant professor of medicine in the division of renal diseases and hypertension at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. He has served in many distinguished roles, including the medical director of the hemodialysis unit at the Denver Veteran's Affairs Medical Center and the chief of nephrology at HealthOne Sky Ridge Medical Center. This expert is also heavily involved in research, having authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters concerning nephrology and electronic medical records. Currently, he serves as the director of information technology for a group nephrology practice and a nephrology service teaching attending physician for a residency program in Colorado.

This highly qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in metallurgy and metallurgical failure analysis, with expertise in metallurgical engineering, failure analysis, materials solutions, welding and corrosion consulting in stainless steel, aluminum alloys, copper-based alloys, titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys, and high alloys. He earned his BS in metallurgical engineering from California Polytechnic State University. This expert is a registered professional engineer in metallurgy and is active in the field as a member of the American Welding Society, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Society for Metals. He has previously held a Level II certification in radiographic and ultrasonic testing and a Level III certification in magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, and visual testing through the American Society for Nondestructive Testing. This expert has previously served as a hydraulics mechanic for USMC Aircraft, a sheet metal mechanic for Rohr Corporation, plant metallurgist for United Centrifugal Pumps, and staff metallurgist for Sunstrand. He also worked on the Lockheed MSD engineering co-op program and EG&G Services nuclear plant construction. For 35 years, this expert has served as the owner and consulting engineer for a private metallurgy and engineering consultancy in California.

This highly qualified expert has nearly 60 years of experience as a chemical and mechanical engineer. He has demonstrated experience in a number of areas including: speciality and industrial chemicals, petrochemicals, polymers, fertilizers, phosphoric and sulfuric acid, phosphate, mineral processing, dyestuffs and intermediates, coal and coal chemicals, industrial wastewater treatment, cryogenics, gas liquefaction, refinery units, boilers, utilities, cryogenics, sulfur plants, engineered materials, building materials, food processing, animal feed, pipelines, and marine terminals. This earned his BS in chemical engineering from Cairo University, is a fellow of the Institute for the Advancement Of Engineering, and has 3 patents published through the United States, as well as 6 additional patents pending. This expert began his career as a chemical engineer at Chemicoke before going on to serve as a construction engineer at Engineering General Company, a development engineer and industrial chemist at Wunderlich Limited, a chemical engineer at The Austin Company, the chief mechanical engineer at McDonald Engineering Construction Group, a process projects engineer at Superior Air Products, a project engineer at Ralph Parsons, and both a proposal manager and project manager at Occidental Petroleum Corporation. For the past 37 years, this expert has served as the chief engineer at an independent engineering firm in California.

This highly-qualified engineering expert has over three decades of experience in his field. He earned a BS in civil engineering from National Technology University. He went on to earn an MS in civil engineering, an MS in aeronautics and astronautics, and a PhD in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is active is in field as the author of numerous engineering publications and the founder and director of several engineering laboratories focusing on surface mechanics. Formerly, he served as a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Currently, this expert is a principal investigator at a technological research institute, a faculty materials scientist at a DOE-affiliated research laboratory, and a professor of mechanical engineering at a distinguished university in California.

This highly-qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in apparel development and sourcing, with an expertise in fabric and garment development and sourcing with a focus on sustainable materials. She earned her BS in economics from Monash University in Australia and completed training in retail business management at Caulfield Institute of Technology, also located in Australia. In Australia, this expert served as the regional director of Country Road and the director of retail, sourcing, and R&D at Table Eight. She then relocated to the United States, where she began working for Banana Republic, first as a senior manager of production and then as the director or production. She then went on to serve as the director of quality management for Gap, the senior director of fabric development, sourcing strategy, and quality for Old Navy, and the senior director of sourcing for Old Navy. Currently, this expert is a global sourcing consultant for an apparel sourcing consultancy based in California.

This expert has more than 20 years in the Residential and Commercial construction industry, including 10+ years in Project Management and on/site Supervision for projects ranging from 10K to 5MM with 5-10 employees plus subcontractors. He has experience in planning and scheduling, architectural and structural drawings, developing bids and proposals, materials management, purchasing, invoicing, submittals & samples, code requirements, contracts and change orders. He is currently the Construction Superintendent at a construction company where he is responsible for running the day to day operations on high end residential construction sites in the San Francisco Bay Area.

This supremely qualified fire origin and cause investigation expert has served as a municipal fire marshal for over 20 years, and is a certified fire investigator who is the proprietor of a private fire investigation and fire/building code consulting firm.