1061
Expert has significant research and design experience in the field of heat transfer. His experience ranges from aerospace systems to electronic devices and nuclear power plant design. He is the recipient of the Heat Transfer Memorial Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), one of the most prestigious awards in the field. His career spans more than thirty years in both research and industrial applications in the field of heat transfer. He has been involved in studies and design of water desalination plants, use of solar power, aerospace heat transfer for re-entry vehicles and more recently use of volume averaging methods for designer materials. His expertise extends to the natural convection cooling of electronics. He has developed methods for heat sink optimization and the capability to passively remove heat at fluxes up to 1 kw/cm2. In addition, he developed a novel approach to IGBT cooling that enables the power controlled to be significantly increased without loss in reliability. Expert has a great deal of experience in the application of thermodynamics to energy systems. This includes the conversion of heat energy into mechanical energy and the production of electricity. He has developed the use of flourescence for temperature /pressure measurement and performed optimization of co-generation plants using neural net based computer algorithms. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony.

• Thermodynamics
• Heat Transfer
• Natural Convection Cooling of Electronics

1086
Over twenty years of industry experience engineering and technical marketing management. The expert is considered a visionary technology spokesman in the data storage industry having brought many disk drive products to market successfully. He is skilled in all aspects of recording head and media design, qualification, drive integration, drive troubleshooting and quality and cost control considerations of disk drive manufacturing. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony.

• Advanced Magnetic Recording Systems
• Disk Drive Engineering
• Disk Drive Integration
• Disk Drive Media Design
• Disk Drive Recording Head Design
• Hard Disk Electro-Mechanical Design
• Magnetic Recording Systems & Architecture

1092
Expert has 43 years experience - eighteen years in the computer peripheral industry and twenty-five years as an independent contractor-consultant. He has broad experience in all phases of Product Development - Advanced Technology through Manufacturing. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony.

• Electro-Mechanical design and development
• Product architecture design
• Initial design and development
• Prototype design, assembly and test
• Manufacturing, test equipment/life testers
• Design reviews/Problem solving
• Due diligence for investors
• Design and drafting courses

1093
Mechanical Engineer has over 27 years experience in mechanical design engineering, engineering analysis, requirements and specifications development, testing, and engineering development on machinery and equipment, products, instruments, and specialized apparatus. Expert has been registered since 1977 as a professional mechanical engineer in California. Since 1980, he has been in private practice as a Mechanical Engineer. As a consultant he has worked on design, engineering, and testing projects in a wide range of industries for numerous companies including FMC Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IDEO Product Development, NASA Ames Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey. and Varian Radiation Division. Among other projects for NASA, he did an independent force analysis of a large motion rotorcraft simulator for the man-rating safety review committee. For Varian he devised a testing protocol used to determine the center-of-gravity location of large industrial X-ray equipment, developed product design specifications, and ruggedized the design of some existing equipment. He has performed or participated in numerous other engineering evaluations concerning strength, stiffness, vibration, or thermal performance. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments.

• Mechanical Engineering Design
• Drawings and Manufacturing Documentation
• Tolerances, Fits, and Alignment
• Product and Equipment Analysis and Testing
• Product Examination for Claims Analysis
• Technical Documentation - Review and Summarize
• General Technical Investigations

1106
Expert provides analytical and experimental insights into complex electrical and physical phenomena. He specializes in systems analysis with primary strength in Reliability studies and Thermal analysis. His work in these areas has broken new ground in advancing the state-of-the-art in electrical and mechanical systems for aircraft, missiles, nuclear power plants, and commercial electronics. He is an experienced expert witness with numerous expert witness assignments including deposition and trial testimony

• Reliability Engineering
• Electrical Reliability
• Mechanical Reliability
• Thermal Analysis
• Systems Analysis
• Mathematical Analysis
• Environmental Testing
• Structural Dynamics
• Noise and Vibration
• Hydraulic Flow Analysis
• Kinematics

1110
Expert is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at a prominent University. He has over 40 years of combined industry, research, academic, and consulting experience. He received his doctorate degree from Columbia University. He teaches courses in the fields of control systems, kinematics, dynamics, and design of mechatronic and robotic systems and manipulators. His research focus has been on the design, dynamics and control of electro-mechanical systems and robotic manipulators. He has authored or co-authored nearly 350 scholarly and professional technical papers and patents in the area of the dynamics, control and design of high performance mechanical and robotic systems. He is a registered Professional Engineer. For the ten years before becoming an educator, he was employed in industry as an engineer responsible for the design of complex mechanical systems and devices. He also serves as an engineering consultant to various industrial companies and governmental agencies, including and has served as an advisor to the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Science/Engineering, NASA, the Department of Energy, and the U.S. Army. He has also served extensively as an expert in product liability and intellectual property matters over a 35-year period.

• Robotic Systems
• Design of Electromechanical Systems
• Control and Dynamics of Electromechanical Systems
• Design of Robotic Systems
• Control and Dynamics of Robotic Systems
• Design of Robots and Manipulator Systems for Field and Space Environments
• Design of Innovative Medical Devices and Systems
• Digital Mechatronics and Polymer Actuators

1144
This expert is a well-recognized expert in mechanical engineering, reliability and tribology of various machines and mechanisms, particularly in the area of magnetic disk drives.

• Tribology
• Mechanical Reliability
• Disk Drive Test Equipment
• Magnetic Disk Drives
• Disk Drive Qualification Testing

1175
This expert has an extensive background in the design, prototyping, and manufacture of mechanical, electronic, and hybrid systems and products.

• Mechanical and Electronics Design
• Mechanical and Electronic Prototyping and Manufacturing
• Reverse Engineering
• Aviation and Aerospace
• Force Feedback Technology
• Haptics Technology
• Sensors and Actuators
• 3D Graphical Imaging
• Robotics

1178
Expert is a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and has 20 years of experience in the areas of robotics, electromechanical engineering and product development. He holds 3 patents. He has worked for major automation and robotics manufacturers and research labs. His body of work includes handwriting and fingerprint recognition using neural networks and Hidden Markov Models, general (3D) object recognition system using neural networks, five degree-of-freedom micromanipulator, advanced concepts for EVA tools and robotic equipment, software simulation of commercial robots used for surface-mounting IC chips, specialized grippers and fixtures, and a robotic hand. He has previous expert witness experience.

• Automated Control Systems
• Digital and Analog Control Systems
• Equipment Automation
• Handwriting recognition
• Mechanical Engineering
• Neural Networks
• Robotics
• Signal Processing

1201
This expert has over 20 years of experience and is skilled in the design, analysis, troubleshooting and failure analysis of turbomachinery and ancillary equipment. His experience includes the design of turbine hardware, compressor hardware, combustors, fuel nozzles, fluid film bearings, rolling element bearings, oil-film dampers, lube systems, plumbing, heat transfer equipment, and test equipment. His analysis expertise includes thermodynamics, internal flow, heat transfer, structures and strength, rotordynamics and mechanical vibration, fatigue and fracture, equipment failures and test results. He uses ANSYS finite element analysis code, CAD software, and specialized computer utility programs for design, analysis, and problem solving. In addition, he provides economic and engineering analyses of proposed equipment modifications; inspection procedures; repair procedures; process specifications; and independent third-party consultation and litigation support.

• Turbomachinery
• Jet Engines
• Compressors
• Co-generation
• Gas Turbines
• Steam Turbines
• Pumps
• Failure Analysis

1234
This expert specializes in reservoir characterization and technology development, horizontal well applications, multi-lateral completions and stimulation, reservoir simulation, water flooding, and hydraulic fracturing. A substantial portion of his consulting practice focuses on integrating horizontal wells into reservoir development. Focus areas include drainage studies, prudent operating decisions, royalty clauses, failure to develop, spacing regulations, IP issues and technology aspects of oilfield disputes. His experience includes worldwide leadership of reservoir, well construction, HES, and facilities engineering teams.

• Horizontal wells
• Reservoir simulation
• Water flooding
• Hydraulic fracturing
• Reservoir development & characterization
• Oilfield technology
• Oil industry Intellectual Property issues
• Oil and gas

1247
This expert holds a Ph.D. in natural sciences. He founded and directs one of the world`s leading laboratories in basic and applied research related to human neuro-musculo-skeletal health and well being. This lab is a multidisciplinary research group with backgrounds in anatomy, biochemistry, biomechanics, muscle mechanics, physiology and motor control. This expert`s research and consulting activities concentrate on human locomotion and the forces and effects produced (e.g. excessive load and injuries, positive and negative biological effects on bone, muscle, tendon, ligaments and cartilage). His research includes mobility and longevity with applications to clinical assessment (prevention and rehabilitation) and to movement-related products such as orthoses, shoe insoles, sport shoes, surfaces and sport equipment. He has more than 280 publications in scientific journals and is the author and/or editor of eleven books.

• Human Locomotion
• Biomechanics
• Kinesiology
• Orthoses
• Sport / Athletic Shoes
• Muscle Mechanics
• Sport Equipment
• Physiology

1272
Expert has a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and has over 30 years of industry and academic experience. He is a technology leader in mechanical CAD, computer graphics and visualization, having played key roles in the development of many highly regarded technologies and products during his career. He has participated in SIGGRAPH as a committee member. He is adept at technology investigations and engineering analysis. He has broader expertise in industrial design, image processing and algebraic computing. He is able to serve as an expert witness in the following: Computer Graphics, Scientific/Medical Visualization, Mechanical CAD, Industrial Design, Algebraic Computing, and Image Processing.

• Computer Graphics
• Scientific/Medical Visualization
• Mechanical CAD
• Industrial Design
• Algebraic Computing
• Image Processing

1284
Expert is a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineer with over 22 years experience in mechanical design analysis, often as it relates to product safety, use, and maintenance. In addition to design analysis, he has investigated and analyzed numerous accidents, failures, and fires across North America involving industrial machinery, vehicles, heavy equipment and consumer products. Expert is published and has prior expert witness experience and has been deposed and testified.

• Mechanical Design Analysis
• Vehicles and Heavy Equipment
• Industrial Machinery
• Consumer Products
• Dynamics and Impact
• Product Failure Analysis
• Accident Reconstruction
• Fires and Explosions

1285
Expert has over 20 years of combined industry, research and development, academic, and consulting experience. His research and development covers the invention, design, prototyping and fielding of automation and robotic systems for multiple applications in both industrial and government applications. Specific expertise in the areas of sensing, control, safety-design for hazardous environments, mobile robotics, system integration and rugged system deployment, has been utilized to varying degrees in all his work to date. Expert holds multiple patents in a variety of areas. He is published and has expert witness experience including deposition and trial testimony including for ITC section 337 investigations. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical engineering from MIT.

• Robotics and Automation
• Industrial Automation and Machinery
• System Analysis and Testing
• Design for Hazardous Environments
• Mobile Robotics
• Industrial and Military System Development
• Sensing and Control
• Design for Production & Manufacturing
• System Integration
• Pipe and Tank Inspection & Repair Systems
• Underwater System Design and Deployment
• Technology Patenting & Licensing
• For profit start-up company technology planning and management
• Firefighting and associated technologies
• Government & Industry Funding & Procurements

1307
Expert is a consulting engineer specializing in medical products design and development with a focus on medium and high volume disposable devices and components. Expert has designed numerous products and holds multiple patents. Expert has extensive experience in litigation support including deposition and trial testimony.

• Disposable Medical Devices and Components
• Catheter Devices
• Intravenous Delivery Systems
• Liquid Handling Systems
• Consumer Products Design, Manufacture, and Sales
• Plastic Packaging & Systems
• Endoscopic Containment Systems
• Defibrillation Electrodes for Public AED

1313
Expert holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with litigation support experience. He is a past senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Robotics/Flexible Manufacturing Systems, a founding member of the Massachusetts Quality Award, and a member of the Mechanical Engineering advisory committee for the National Technological University (NTU). He is the author of two best-selling books on concurrent engineering, a third book on Six Sigma and he has contributed a two chapters in an environmental book as well as over 100 technical publications in his fields of research. Expert is an international consultant, trainer and seminar provider on quality, six sigma, and DoE, as well as project management, technology supply chains, product design and development, and electronics manufacturing, test and automation.

• Six Sigma
• Project Management
• Electronics Manufacturing & Automation
• Statistics for Engineering
• Applications
• Concurrent Engineering
• Supply Chain Selection and Management
• Product Design and Quality
• Design of Experiments
• Automatic Test

1321
Expert did his undergraduate and graduate work a MIT. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. He has extensive litigation experience including deposition and trial testimony. He worked from 1983 to 1985 at the National Bureau of Standards, where he earned 12 superior service awards and a Department of Commerce Bronze Medal. He has five dozen patents issued/pending and he designs manufacturing equipment for the automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, and entertainment industries. Expert has been involved in several very successful manufacturing equipment company start-ups, and he has helped many different companies bring many different machines to the marketplace. In addition, he has also been involved with nine products that have been awarded R&D 100 awards, each for annually being one of one hundred most technologically significant new products. Expert`s current interests focus on the design of consumer products, machines and mechanisms, MEMS, and nanotechnology instruments.

• Machine tools
• Manufacturing equipment
• Mechanisms
• MEMS
• Product design
• Robotics

1325
Expert has extensive experience in the field of mechanical design and manufacture, over 70 technical publications, and is internationally recognized in his field. His design expertise is in the areas of intellectual property examination including patents and trade secrets, design for manufacture and assembly, product evaluation and testing, human factors, mechanical analysis, safety, design management, and Design for Six Sigma,. Manufacturing expertise is in the areas of lean manufacturing, plant layout, project management, decision making, Six Sigma, and safe, work-place design. Expertise in both design and manufacture enable him to take a more holistic view of company performance. He has experience working with company`s leadership to help them assess their design and manufacturing practices and leading improvement projects to help them become more competitive. He has provided expert witness for several legal cases related to design and safe use, liability, and patent and trade secret issues. He is active in several professional engineering societies, a licensed engineering, and presents at several conferences annually. Expert is widely published and funded by a variety of industrial and government sources. Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering.

• Design for Manufacture and Assembly
• Process Management
• Six Sigma Design Tool
• Product Definition
• Human Factors
• Mechanical Analysis
• Safety
• Lean Manufacturing
• Plant Layout
• Work Place Design

1328
Extensive experience in the design, engineering, manufacturing, testing, patenting, process optimization and failure analysis of aerospace, automotive, consumer products and medical devices as well as experience in manufacturing, analysis, automation, improvement, management and regulatory compliance. A multi-disciplined engineering approach is employed to assist attorneys, companies and individuals in the analysis and understanding of complex, technical issues involving products, premise, accident reconstruction, manufacturing, testing and patents. Expert has extensive litigation support experience including testimony at deposition and trial; he holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and multiple patents.

• Forensic Engineering
• Machine and Product design & analysis
• Manufacturing processes analysis, monitoring and controls
• Multi-discipline engineering solutions
• Patent analysis
• System modeling & analysis
• Failure analysis
• Machining Processes

1368
Expert has over 20 years experience in forensic engineering and litigation support. The broad spectrum of his experience allows for early identification and evaluation of case issues and how to appropriately address them. Data analysis experience provides evidence of real world performance of products. Testing and test management skills allow for demonstrable presentation of concepts and evidence. Expert has prior litigation support experience.

• Mechanical and materials science engineering
• Failure analysis of mechanical systems and metallurgical components
• Accident investigation, documentation, and reconstruction
• Automotive and truck engineering
• Gears and drive-train components
• Motorcycles and all-terrain-vehicles
• Helmets and safety equipment
• Machine design and safety
• Hand, power and machine tools
• Metallurgy and welding
• Instrumentation and testing
• Firearm

1374
Expert is a consultant who specialized in head media tribology evaluation and certification. Experience includes key trouble-shooter on mechanical and tribological related problems on new technologies and products. Invented two major solutions to problems for which patents have applied: Novel technique to minimize head media damage due to shock and miniature rotational shock sensor that eliminates loss of data due to shock while recording. His professional duties also included analysis of contaminant-related drive failures. He established contamination specifications for new products, as well as, functional and reliability testing for newly developed and released products and process quality assurance for pilot line manufacturing for a major hard drive maker.

• Hard Disk Mechanical Engineering
• Hard Disk Media Reliability
• Hard Disk Tribology
• Hard Disk Fluid Bearing Spindles
• Hard Disk Fluid Bearing Actuators
• Hard Disk Shock Sensors
• Product Development
• Quality Control Systems

2017
Expert has a Ph.D form Georgia Institute of technology in mechanical engineering. He holds several patents and has served and testified as an expert witness in several matters.

• Machine Design
• Hydrodynamic Lubrication
• Properties of Liquids at High Pressure
• Tribology
• Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication

2018
Consultant is currently Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering He also is a faculty member in the Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, and Applied Mathematics graduate groups. His research is highly interdisciplinary and covers the areas of endovascular device design and performance, vascular drug delivery systems, arterial flow and transport, and the role of mechanical forces in regulating cellular structure and function. He has published extensively in some of the top journals in the fields of biomedical engineering and the cardiovascular sciences.

• Endovascular stent technology
• Intravascular devices
• Vascular drug delivery systems
• Biomechanical factors in cardiovascular disease
• Biomedical flow and transport
• Cellular mechanotransduction
• Vascular wound healing
• Health effects of nanoparticles

2032
Twenty seven years of engineering and mechanical design experience, including fifteen years of consumer product design, engineering and project management experience. Performed product evaluation, patent searches, conceptual design, package engineering, and prototype construction. Developed over one hundred twenty five products, with twelve patents issued. Extensive knowledge of patent law and the patent licensing process. Twelve years of computer aided aircraft and space structures design and integration, involving research, detailed drawings, stress analysis, selection of materials and conceptual design. Has written expert reports and testified.

• Product Design
• Housewares
• Pet Products
• Computer Aided Design
• Mechanical Engineering
• Invention Development
• Industrial Design
• Prototype Construction
• Mechanisms Design
• Patent Searching
• Sporting Goods
• Automotive Products
• Exercise Products