NHTSA Expert Witnesses in Maryland

This highly-qualified expert has 30 years of experience in the field of accident reconstruction. His work has included areas such as occupant protection, seating and restraints, seatbelts, airbags, event data recorders, child seats, wheelchair restraints, ambulance transport, and mechanical failure. He earned his BS in mechanical engineering from Drexel University and is a licensed professional engineer in Alabama, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. This expert holds several certifications, including certifications as a child passenger safety technician and instructor, a crash data retrieval technician and data analyst, and a basic vehicle rescue technician. He is active in his field as a member of multiple associations, including the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, SAE International, and the National Academy of Forensic Engineers. He is highly involved in research, having authored numerous publications and as the current holder of two patents. He has formerly served as a mechanical engineer for the Naval Air Warfare Center and senior engineer for both ARCCA Inc. and the Forensic Safety Group. Currently, this expert is a senior mechanical engineer for a private engineering firm in Pennsylvania.

This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in the field of automotive repair. He earned his BS in automotive technology and business. He then began his 30-year career with Ford Motor Company, starting as a technical hotline engineer. He then served as a factory training instructor and a field service engineer for Ford Motor Company, where he provided service support to Ford and Lincoln dealerships.

This expert earned his PhD in mechanical engineering/aeronautical sciences from the University of California Berkeley and has authored numerous publications in the mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering space. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and has held numerous professorships relating to multiple facets of engineering. He is the former co-director of the DOT program for motor vehicle trauma at the UCLA schools of engineering and medicine. Currently, this expert is a senior forensic consultant focusing on biomechanics and biomedical engineering.

This expert is a nationally renown expert in automotive engineering and currently is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at a top ten automotive design and engineering school, where he also holds the position of Director of Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety and the Railway Technologies Laboratory. This expert is the founding director of the Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research and the Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory. He has authored more than 200 technical publications, and has made more than one hundred technical presentations in topics related to advanced technologies for ground vehicles. He holds seven U.S. and international patents, and has edited three technical volumes. He is currently Associate Editor of AIAA Journal and the journal of Shock Vibration, and has served as Associate Editor for ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics. This expert is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the Society for Automotive Engineers. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at State University of New York at Buffalo.