Electrical Systems and Electronics Expert; Including Computer Systems, Electromagnetic Radiation and Lightning

Expertise

• Detailed research and analysis in software, electrical systems, electronics and computers.
• Special skills in electromagnetic radiation, firmware, circuits, computer architecture, hardware and software interface, audio and video.
• Experience in product defect and failure, patent infringement and forensic analysis.
• Engineering in commercial applications software, control systems, electronic test and debugging.

Expert Witness Experience

• Available for testimony, deposition, research and litigation support.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Owner, 2004 - Present

• Consulting Engineer in operating a private practice servicing in the following areas:

Electromagnetic Field Radiation

• Surveyed and calculated E and B fields near high-voltage transmission lines:
• Calculated nominal exposure from public WiFi systems.
• Calculated nominal exposure from cellular base stations.

Lightning

• Investigated residential electrical and electronic damage in insurance claim for a strike.
• Researched attraction of lightning to worn personal music systems.

Reverse Engineering Digital Design

• Analyzed digital answering machine to determine disposition of recorded message.

Electronic Ignition

• Investigated fires related to water heater, dehumidifier, electric dryer motor and furnace.

Software-Controlled Audio System

• Resolved hardware faulty wiring, configured software and operating system.

Video on Personal Computers

• Constructed, configured, and installed a home entertainment PC.
• Analyzed real-time video processor overload effects in an on-site installation.

Lockheed Martin, Valley Forge, PA, Commercial Applications Software Engineer, 2004 - 2003

• Managing classified projects.
• Operating a side project in handheld-platform software development resulting in a patent.

Teknetix, Inc., Parkersburg, WV, Electronics Test and Debug Engineer, 2002 - 2001

• Logic analyzers and oscilloscopes for electronics debug.
• In-circuit test system development and Implementation.
• Functional test design, production, and operation.
• Manufacturing defect location and correction.

E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Washington, WV, Control Systems Engineer, 2001 - 1999

• Distributed control system and programmable logic controller software.
• Process Instrumentation.

Engineering Animation, Inc., Ames, IA, Software Engineer, 1999 - 1997

• Developed OpenGL render engine with MPEG-2 compression to generate 80 GB of video.
• Created a presentational computer game for corporate IPO.

Honors & Publications

Credentials

• Graduate work in FPGAs(Field Programmable Gate Array)and silicon devices, Villanova University, Villanova, PA
• Registered Professional Engineer - Ohio
• Linux Professional Institute Certificate - LPIC-1

Computer Languages

• Python, Perl, C/C++C, Visual BASIC, FORTRAN 77, MATLAB
• VHDL, Verilog
• SQL, MySQL
• Drupal, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, CGI

Computer Systems

• Linux and most UNIX flavors
• Windows XP, 2000, 98, 95 and NT 4.0
• Computer and Network Architecture, Concepts, and Protocols
• Handheld-Platform Software Development

Academic and Professional Affiliations,

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Computer Society
• ASTM International, Committee E58 on Forensic Engineering
• Correspondent with National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE)

Patents

• Wireless PDA-platform locator device.

Education

• B.S. Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA