EW #6834 specializes in medical, automotive, industrial accidents, injury causation, human factors, vision, seat belt analysis, 3-D simulation and animations, and expert witness testimony at trial

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CURRENT INTERESTS
Biomechanics, injury mechanisms, accident reconstruction, low-speed accidents, materials science & failure analysis, optics, vision/visibility, nanotechnology, mechanical properties of biological tissues, tissue engineering, DNA technology, microscopy and spectroscopy instrumentation.

EDUCATION
- PhD - University of North Carolina
Biomedical Engineering. GPA=3.85/4.0 .
- BS - University of North Carolina
Applied and Materials Science, minors in Physics and Chemistry.

EXPERIENCE
Consulting Scientist and Biomedical Engineer FL. specializing in analysis of accidents involving the nature of human injury, injury causation, visibility analysis, and analysis of injury severity consistent with the physics of the accident situation.
Biomedical Engineer and Accident Reconstructionist Quest Engineering and Failure Analysis, Inc. Engineering analysis of vehicular accidents, structural and materials failure, seatbelt analysis.
Post Doctoral Fellow National High Magnetic Field Lab, . Near-field scanning optical microscopy.Post Doctoral Fellow Department of Physics UNC. Research and design on a three-dimensional force microscope with emphasis on understanding human tissues response to forces.
Research Assistant. Department of Physics UNC. Designed and built several laser based computerized force microscopy instruments.
Chief technology officer and co-founder of SpanishDict.com - receives over 1.5 million hits a month.
Research Assistant. Experimental Cardiology Group UNC. Ischemia-induced ventricular fibrillation of porcine hearts, with 3-dimensional reconstruction of the heart.

SKILLS
Injury Causation use of medical records, experimental testing, computer modeling, and extensive knowledge of human injury tolerance allows for a correlation to be made between a claimed injury and the specific accident environment.
Biomechanics determination of the forces and movement of the human body (occupant kinematics and kinetics) for frontal, side-impact, rear-impact and sideswipe type accidents.
Seat Belt Analysis Engineering analysis of material evidence to determine if seat belts were operational, if occupants were wearing their seat belts, and if injuries may have been mitigated through the use of seat belts.
Accident Reconstruction - Reconstruction of automobile, heavy truck, bus, heavy equipment, tractor trailers, trains, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrian accidents. This includes the analysis of accident events and physical evidence to determine causation, critical accident events, sequence of events, compliance with procedures, and injury

mechanism. Typical projects include vehicular, construction, and slip/trip & fall accidents.
Product Failure Analysis analysis of specific projects with regard to materials failure, fatigue, corrosion, safety and design.
Computer based accident reconstruction and simulations using EdCrash, PC Crash, and EdSMAC.
Crash testing - data acquisition, crush analysis and reduction
Investigative services - Scene investigation, surveys, and drawings, skid analysis, photography, vehicle inspection, damage analysis, vehicle dynamics.
Photogrammetry of digital and scanned photos using a variety of CAD programs and Photomodeler to analyze skid patterns, crush depths, and accident scenes.
Finite element analysis using state of the art mechanical modeling programs.
Computer Languages C/C++, MathCAD, Matlab, Python, LabView, ColdFusion, Visual Basic, PHP, SQL database programming, Perl, and Motorola Assembly Language.
Engineering - Knowledge of mechanical systems, electronic circuit analysis, and feedback systems. Understanding of complex instrument design and fundamental noise floor limitations.
Grant Writing Individually prepared and completed a 21 page application for a NIH RO3 grant.
Physics machine shop experience over 1000 hours working with band-saws, milling machines, drill presses, grinders and lathes.
Software - UNIX, Linux, DOS, Windows 3.x, 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Macintosh, MySQL, Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer, Netscape, HomeSite, Working Model, Photoshop, Ansys/FEA, KaleidaGraph, TurboCAD, AutoCAD, and Engineering Dynamics HVE.

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS
Member: BMES Biomedical Engineering Society.
ASM American Society for Metals.
ISOES International Society for Occupational Ergonomics Safety.
ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers.
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers.
ACFEI American College of Forensic Examiners International. HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- Outstanding Academic Performance - Bayer Corporation Award.
- Award Recipient for the National Biomedical Engineering Symposium.
- Student Body President Lincoln High School
- Eagle Scout Boy Scouts of America.

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