Forensic, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Retired Industrial Engineering Professor, with Ph.D. and P.E. Specializes in Products Liability, safeguarding machines and the workplace. Excellent academic and shop floor training; 45+ years as a practicing engineer, consultant, lecturer and educator in five countries, and almost 30 different industries. National and International awards and recognition. Deposition and trial experience, including a successful Daubert defense.
EXPERT WITNESS AND CONSULTANT
Product Liability
Safeguarding Machine Tools
Machine tools
Product Design
Design Defects
Manufacturing Defects
Design for Manufacture
Industrial Safety
Materials Handling
Facilities Design
Wage Payment Systems
Work Measurement
Job Evaluation
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Ph.D. Engineering Production, Loughborough Technical University, U.K
M.S. Industrial Engineering, Penn State niversity
Dip. Grad. Studies, Engineering Production, Uiversity of Birmingham, UK
Professional Engineer, Industrial Engineering, Pennsylvania
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Institute of Industrial Engineers, USA
Society of Manufacturing Engineers, USA
Institue of Management Services
World Academy of Productivity Science
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Lecturer in Production Eengineering, Dudley College,UK - 1956 -1963
Industrial Engineering Instructor, Penn State University,1963 - 1966
Consultant - Preparation of Programmed Instruction Courses,Training Idustrial Engineering techniques to Inductrial Clients. 1966 - 1977
Professor of Industrial Engineeering, Penn State University 1977 - 1995
Nineteen papers on a range of Industrial and Maufacturing Engineering topis to professional societies and organizations.
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: 25
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Product Liability, Idustrial Engimeering, Safety Engineering, Back-Up Alarms,
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: FOur
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: October 2007
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: Four
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: Five
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 15
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Consulting, Site Inspections, Report Preparation, Court Appearances
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $250
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $250
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $250
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $250
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: All travel and out of pocket expeses. Full details given in Contract.
