Water Expert Witnesses in Maryland

This expert in water quality has 15+ years of experience in Legionella Risk Management and 40+ years experience total in engineering related functions. He obtained his BS in Marine Engineering at the US Merchant Marine Academy. He is a member of APIC, ASPE, ASHRAE, ASHRM, AWT and AWWA. He has authored 2 books, coauthored 2 peer review papers with CDC, published numerous articles in many journals and magazines and is currently the President of a waterborne pathogen risk management company.

This highly qualified expert has extensive experience in environmental engineering. He obtained his BS in physics and chemistry from Nagpur University, his MS in chemistry from the Institute of Chemical Sciences, and his second MS in environmental engineering from Malviya National Institute of Technology in India, before moving to the United States, where he obtained his PhD in environmental engineering from the University of Toledo. Today, he is certified in compound inspection, hazardous waste stream determination, and environmental resources and environmental inspection. This expert is also a licensed air quality and indoor air quality engineer and an active member of the Air and Waste Management Association, the Internal Congress of Chemistry and Environment, the Institute of Professional Environmental Practice, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Moreover, he is very active in academia, having published and researched on topics related to environmental engineering and having developed two patents pertaining to engine exhaust. This expert previously served as an adjunct physics faculty member at Baker College, as the senior chemist and bacteriologist for the City of Toledo, as a post-doctoral research associate of wastewater treatment at Baylor University, and as a wastewater, statics, hydrology, and water resources engineering faculty member at the University of Toledo. He is currently an environmental inspector for the Department of Environmental Protection in West Virginia.

This expert has 40+ years of experience in drinking water supply, treatment and distribution systems. From 1994 to 2013, he served as the director of one of the largest drinking water utilities in Virginia, supplying water to 400,000 residents. A civil and environmental engineer by training, he has maintained a particular focus on water treatment facilities, water supply systems, water distribution technologies, and water utility operations over the course of his career. He has directed raw water source selection studies, water distribution system analyses, water quality studies, rate studies, corrosion control investigations, treatment plant rehabilitation projects, and construction supervision of water treatment plants, pipelines, and other water supply projects. He was named Chairman of an EPA council for drinking water, and has testified before Congress on three occasions on water quality and chemical security issues.

This licensed Professional Engineer currently works as a Chemical/Mechanical Forensic Engineer for a multi-disciplined engineering and investigation company. Provides forensic and technical services to attorneys, insurance companies, independent adjusters, restoration companies, contractors, municipalities, and individuals towards the resolution of claims or litigation. Areas of Expertise: Chemical process design, mechanical equipment applications and safety controls, manufacturing, and production, including: chemical, petrochemical, polymer plastic production, refrigeration, coal, coke, steel making, material handling and pneumatic conveying; gas, dust and chemical explosions; hazardous chemical exposures; over-pressurization explosions; nuclear waste processing; water treatment; power and fuel engineering; heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and humidification, including boilers and related safety. Provided expert opinions in over 1,000 forensic cases and provided court testimony, when required. He has considerable background investigating the proximate cause of fires and/or explosions involving electrical and mechanical appliances such as stoves, dishwashers, conditioners, toasters, and others. The expert previously worked for Robson Lapina Inc.; Vice President at KMS Forensic Engineering Consultants, and as the Chief Engineer and Project Manager for A.R.C. Technologies Corporation.