Professional
Experience:
1966-1977: Product
Safety, Senior Project Engineer, General Motors; crash dynamics -vehicle
and occupants; congressional hearings on Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards, including vehicle-to-vehicle, barrier, sled, and crush
tests
1963 to date:
Accident Reconstruction: research and engineering analysis -General
Motors; 2,000 plus accidents since 1971 -including automobile, motorcycle,
truck, truck-tractor; trailer and heavy-equipment [on and off-highway]
1953-1971:
18 years with General Motors; production tooling and plant facilities,
product design, material fire limits research, and product safety;
parts densification; engineering for Eaton, Fruehauf, and White Motors
Test Facility
1971 to date:
Private Practice, Consultant Engineer; design through prototype -industrial
[on and off- highway] and recreational vehicles; DOT engineering design
and inspection certification; impact velocity sensor -Rosemont and
Lockheed
1964-2002:
38 years Private Practice, Consultant Engineer; clientele -industrial,
original equipment manufacturing, and insurance firms; graduate-level
lecture series in accident reconstruction, law and technical associations
Military: 1954-1956:
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, Maryland, Mohave Desert Proving
Grounds, Barstow, California and Army Tank Attack Automotive Command,
Warren, Michigan
Wisconsin Registration
No. E060015054; Civil Engineer Trans - Advanced- Traffic,
Date of Register 08-24-00
Education:
General Motors
Institute, Flint, Michigan 1960, Fifth-year Thesis Program, BSME 1961
Research Fellow, University of Iowa Spine Research Center, Biomedical
Engineering Laboratories, 2001
Professional
Affiliation:
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AIRP
Accident Investigation/Reconstruction Practices Committee/SAE
International
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ASBE American Society of Body Engineers [*]
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ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials IESNA Illuminating
Engineers Society
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MSPE Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers
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NAFE National Academy of Forensic Engineers -Fellow Accident Reconstruction
Committee -Member
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SAE Society of Automotive Engineers International 081702/ASTM
E-620