EW #3275

Education:
B.Sc. 1965, Ph.D., 1969, Honors Physics, Exeter University, England (Ph.D. studies: Electron Spin Resonance and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance).

Experience:
Thirty-four (34) years' experience in force analysis, shock physics, impact damage effects, explosions, and weapon design; including theory, research, development, and testing. Expert in material and system behavior response due to stress, thermal, hydrodynamic, and radiation exposure.

Expert Witness:
EW #3275is a Ph.D. Physicist, is a qualified expert witness. He has ten (10) years experience, with traffic accident impact dynamics and with forces on bodies, and body motions and injury mechanisms (biomechanics); in the District Courts of: Bernalillo County (Albuquerque), Las Cruces, Los Lunas, Las Vegas, Truth or Consequences, Taos, Tierra Amarilla, Clayton, Crownpoint, Roswell, Carlsbad, Silver City, Farmington and Santa Fe; New Mexico.Heis also a qualified expert in the District Courts of: El Paso, Texas; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Lafayette and Abbeville, Louisiana; Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, and Vero Beach, Florida; Missoula, Montana; Buffalo, New York; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and San Luis, Colorado. He is also qualified for biomechanics in Federal Courts (including gunshot wounds and blood spatter, and mechanical failure of equipment leading to injury).

Work History and Presentations:
Adjunct Professor, Ohio (as of April 2002) peer reviewing graduate studies leading to the Ph.D.
Owner/President NM, consultant expert witness on vehicular accidents, mechanical failure modes and human injury modes (April 2000 - present).
Chief Scientist at Corporation, NM (April 2000 September 2001 ), specializing in the application of electrostatic techniques.
Chief Scientist at at company, NM (January 1991 April 2000), performing defense-related work for the United States DOE, DOD and NASA, and also Accident Reconstruction and Biomechanics (starting 1993).
Senior Staff Scientist at KTECH Corporation, Albuquerque (March 1979 January 1991), performing defense-related contract work for the United States DOE, DOD and the Defense Nuclear Agency.
Principal Scientific Officer at the British Government Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE, now AWE) near Reading, England (January 1969 March 1979) performing defence-related work for the British Ministry of Defence.
Speaker/Course presenter at the Accident Reconstruction Seminar, hosted by: Lawyers & Judges Publishing in Anaheim, Ca., February, 2001.
Speaker/Course presenter at the Accident Reconstruction Seminar, hosted by: Lawyers & Judges Publishing, in Washington, D.C., August, 2000
Speaker/Course presenter at the Low Speed Reconstruction Seminar, hosted by: Lawyers & Judges Publishing, in Scottsdale, Arizona, October, 1999. (Topic: Low Speed Accidents).
Speaker at the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Trumbull, Connecticut, in October, 1999.
Speaker/Course presenter at the Institute of Police & Technology Management (IPTM) in Jacksonville, Florida, April, 1999 (Topic: Low Speed Accidents)
Speaker at the Accident Reconstruction Seminar, hosted by Lawyers & Judges Publishing Tucson, Arizona, November 1998, (Topic: Low Speed Accidents)
Speaker for August 1998 San Antonio, Texas Trial Lawyers Association seminar (Topic: Low Speed Accidents)
Speaker for October 1997 New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association seminar (Topic: Low Speed Accidents)
Published Low Speed Automobile Accidents: Accident Reconstruction and Occupant Kinematics, Dynamics and Biomechanics, Lawyers and Judges Publishing, Tucson, AZ, August 1996,Dale R. Atkinson and Corey J. Hennessy.
Published Low Speed Automobile Accidents: Accident Reconstruction and Occupant Kinematics, Dynamics and Biomechanics, Second (2nd) edition, Lawyers & Judges Publishing, Tucson, AZ, September 1999, Dale R. Atkinson and Corey Hennessey.
Attended 40th STAPP Car Crash Conference, November 4-6, 1996, Albuquerque, NM.
Attended 39th STAPP Car Crash Conference, November 8-10, 1995, San Diego, CA.
Developed the physics-based Model for predicting vehicle crush for low and high velocity collisions (1994).
Developed the physics-based biomechanics Model for predicting body force for low and high velocity collisions (1994)
Lead scientist at POD Associates, Inc. in accident investigation, analysis and reconstruction for automobile accidents using time and motion, energy and body force analysis for various clients (July 1993- April 2000).
Lead scientist in analysis of high energy impulse and damage due to explosions, for DOE while at POD Associates, Inc. (1993 2000) and KTECH Corporation (1979-93).
Lead scientist at POD Associates, Inc. in product failure assessment primarily due to dynamic and static stress loading and fatigue, including some corrosion effects, primarily for NASA (1991-2000).
Expert in shock wave, spallation and blow-off impulse response of rapidly heated materials; work has been done for numerous US and foreign Government agencies and includes theory development, test design, testing and data analysis for AWRE (Great Britain), KTECH and POD (1969-1993).
Developed physics-based scaling laws at POD governing impact cratering and perforation damage describing the transition from low velocity to hypervelocity impacts for NASA and USAF (1991 - 1993).
Program Manager at POD Associates Inc. and while at KTECH Corp. for government research and development on analysis of optical coating and substrate damage under high energy and impulsive loading for DOE, DNA, and USAF (1979-93).
Experimentally determined the equations of state and Gruneisen material property parameters for multiple material types in work done for US and foreign Government agencies for AWRE (UK), POD and KTECH (1969-92).
Developed the PUFF-TFT and PRONTO-TFT hydrodynamics codes while at KTECH for the US Air Force; Codes calculate radiation, thermal and hydrodynamic stress and shock damage response of material surfaces to high energy loading (e.g., radiation, collision shocks, lasers, etc.) (1985-90).
Designed and developed a durable bremsstrahlung radiation converter/shield that survives high energy impulsive loading on materials and structures for the PRONTO II test facility at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, while at POD (1993).
Designed and developed stress and momentum gauges for the British Government's Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) for atomic explosion research (1969-79).
Designed and developed deformation gauges (stress and strain) for space power test specimens for use at the SATURN facility at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, while at POD and KTECH (1979-1993).
Program Manager at KTECH Corp. to the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) on the thermomechanical susceptibility of military spacecraft to rapid energy deposition due to high impulse explosions (1985-90).
Designed and developed instrumentation and test fixtures while at KTECH and POD for thermomechanical response testing for underground nuclear response tests at the Nevada Test Site (1985-1992).
Researched and reported on the phenomenology associated with the use of high-energy explosives for plate impacts and implosion systems for the British AWRE (1969-79).

Professional Affiliations and Honors:
Letter of Commendation from Dr. Ullrich, Deputy Director of the Defense Nuclear Agency (1990); Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Member, National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists, Inc. (N.A.P.A.R.S.); Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

Publications:
The reports written at AWRE are classified under UK regulations. However, the following topics were covered with the approximate numbers of reports written:
X-ray and electron beam deposition effects - 15 papers.
Impulse gauge design, development and usage - 10 papers.
UGT assessment reports - 10 papers.
Pen-aid, RV design - 10 papers.
Implosion studies - 10 papers.
General theoretical aspects (EOS, energy flow) - 8 papers.
"Joint Electron Beam Commonality Experiments on Blackjack 3 and 3 Prime," Ktech TR-79-11, Dec 1979.
"Commonality Experiments on Cermets Using Hermes," Ktech TR-80-09, Feb 1981.
"Commonality Experiments on a Cermet, Aluminum and Tantalum Using the Rehyd Accelerator," Ktech TR-80-10, 1980.
"Long Stroke Dynamic Displacement Detector Progress Report," Ktech TR-81-25, FEB 81 - Oct 1981.
"DNA Antenna Window Program Status Report," Ktech TR-82-1, 1982.
"DNA/Ktech Antenna Window Vulnerability Studies Using Relativistic Electron Beams," Ktech TR-82-13, March 1983.
"Converter and Bremsstrahlung Debris Shield Design: Theoretical Considerations," Ktech TR-84/15, Feb 1985.
"Antenna Window Testing on HERMES : TFS Button Window Assemblies," Interim Report DNA, July 1986.