• Light, medium & heavy truck crashworthiness issues
• Accident reconstruction
• Rollover accidents
• Psychotropic agents & driver performance
• Human factors in driving
• Heavy equipment systems & service - engines, brakes, powertrain, suspension, etc.

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1969, Deans list.
• M.A. Epistemology & Cognitive Psychology, Roosevelt University, Chicago, 1973.
• Ph.D.Candidacy, Michigan State University & the University of Illinois.
• Manufacturers schools: IHC, GM, Bosch etc.
• Stapp & SAE conferences.

• From 1983 to present: Technical Services, Vancouver, WA; Northwest Laboratories, Seattle, WA. Forensic consulting on crashworthiness, accident reconstruction, failure analysis, product liability analysis, trucking industry standards & practices, heavy equipment. Experience includes 500 accident reconstructions including 50 heavy truck accidents, 75 crashworthiness cases, 100 depositions & trial testimony on 75 occasions. Casework & testimony in Washington, Oregon, California, Louisiana, Ohio, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nevada, Utah, Texas, West Virginia, Florida, New York, Hawaii, Guam, Alaska & British Columbia. Admitted on: Accident reconstruction, human factors, automotive system service & failure analysis, crashworthiness topics including rollover protection & injury mechanisms for cars & light & heavy trucks. Casework includes seatbelts, rollover protection, fires, ejection, airbags & numerous other crashworthiness & accident reconstruction issues. Litigation experience against Ford, GM, Chrysler, Honda, Suzuki, Suburu, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Freightliner, Mack, Navistar & Paccar.
  
  
• Automotive Services, Vancouver, WA., 1976- 1983. Automotive engineering consultant to managers of truck & auto fleets. Services provided included: Repower engineering, equipment specification & performance analysis, service policy evaluation, failure analysis, accident analysis, economic analysis of business practices & policies, driver training & safety education.

• 1975-1976. Instructor, Greer Technical Institute, Norridge, IL
• Assistant Professor, Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls
• Courses taught:
  • Internal combustion engines
  • Engine testing
  • Fuel systems
  • General automotive & heavy equipment service
• Course topics included:
  • ICE theory of operations
  • Overhaul procedures
  • Engine diagnostics
  • Service industry standards & practices
  • Industrial safety.

• 1967-1974. International Harvester Company, Chicago, IL. Research & development engineering: Heavy equipment, engines & related components, vehicle development & performance evaluation. Project experience/exposure in instrumentation & testing of engines, fuel systems, hydraulic & pneumatic systems. Off road locomotion in tracked & rubber tired vehicles, Scout development & handling evaluation. Federal certification testing of diesel engines & related components. Component design & testing; torsional vibration, tensile & thermal stress analysis. OSHA & NHTSA requirements associated with lab operations & automotive equipment testing.
  
  
• Race Car Engineering, Maywood, IL. Design, manufacture & testing of racing vehicles including engine, power train & chassis development. Design & development of safety systems including harnesses, roll cages, fire prevention & crash integrity systems. Project vehicles included IHRA stock class record holder, super stock, circle track & motorcycles. Work included engine & chassis construction, power train modifications, fabrication & installation of safety equipment.
  
  
• 1965-1967. Auto & truck mechanic: power train & chassis service, brake & front- end work, tune up etc.

• SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
• Member: Total Vehicle & Passenger Protection Readers Committees.
• ASTM (American Society of Testing & Materials)

• O.T.L.A. seminar on seat belt defense, 1988.
• O.L.I. seminar on evidence, 1988.
• A.I.E.G. seminar on rollovers & the Samurai Insurance seminars on accident reconstruction & seat belts.
• KATU television (ABC) on rollovers & accident reconstruction.

• "Heavy Truck Safety" in Automotive Engineering & Litigation., G. Peters, Ed.
• "Post Impact Trajectory Analysis", Accident Investigation Quarterly, Fall 1994.
• "Preserving Highway Accident Data", Claims Magazine.

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