Applied Mechanics: Expert Witness Forensic Engineer (1228)
Expertise
Materials engineering, mechanical design and mechanisms, thermal stresses and metal corrosion expert.
Expert in metal forming operations such as tube drawing, extrusion and rolling.
Metallurgy failure analysis including fatigue, fracture, corrosion, stress analysis.
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Texas.
Expert witness for product liability and reliability, patent infringement, trade secret violation.
Forensic engineering, root-cause failure analysis.
Destructive and nondestructive residual stress measurement.
Electrical malfunction and electrocution.
Explosion and explosive modeling.
Accident investigation and reconstruction.
Cause and origin of fires.
Experience
Independent Consultant
Performed engineering analysis and provided expert witness testimony and consulting services in the areas of Forensic Engineering, Mechanical Design, Failure Investigation, Stress Analysis, Materials Characterization/Testing, and Experimental Engineering Analysis.
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Developed and taught 22 Undergraduate and Graduate Courses, including Statics, Design Through Failure Analysis, Mechanical Metallurgy, Manufacturing Processes, Machine Component Design, Applied Mechanics, Deformation Mechanics, Dislocation Mechanics
Project Engineer, ETHYL Corp., Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Evaluated the stresses and displacements of reactor vessels under operating conditions and recommended modifications in the design of the vessels. Analysis was conducted using the existing theoretical solutions. ANSYS Finite Element Program and extensive modeling was utilized to verify the theoretical results.
Honors & Publications
Composite Materials, Manufacturing, Fatigue, and Fracture
Flow Behavior of Plasticine used in Physical Modeling of Metal Forming Processes
Evolution of Internal Stresses in Co-Drawing Bimetallic Rods
Finite Element Analysis of Residual Stresses and Interface Shear Strength in Co-Drawing of Tubular Components
Principles of Forensic Engineering
Education
MBA, Business Administration, Texas Tech University
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University
B.S./M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University