ROMAN BECK COLLISION ANALYST
• Published author on collision analysis
• Teaching and speaking engagements
• Specialist in bicycle maintenance and operation
• Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators; board member of the San Diego County Collision Investigators Association and the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition
• Qualified expert in Superior Court, State of California
• Certified by Vetronix Corporation to operate the Crash Data Retrieval system
Mr. Beck provides consulting and expert witness services to governmental and private sector clients in the areas of accident causation, analysis, and reconstruction. He has qualified as a bicycle and accident reconstruction expert in civil and criminal trials in State of California Superior Court. Additionally he specializes in computer based simulations of vehicle accident dynamics.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
RE: GENERAL SCIENCE
• Plane surveying (3 units), Instructor Ken Schumacher, Cuyamaca College, 1996
• Physics and engineering mechanics, analytical geometry, calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, and statistics (41 units), Arizona State University and San Diego State University, 1987 to 1994
• Master of Arts Degree, Anthropology, San Diego State University, 1992
• Bachelor of Arts Degree (with Distinction), Anthropology, San Diego State University, 1991
• Manual and computer-aided drafting (6 units), Mesa College, 1988
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: AFFILIATIONS
• California Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists
• Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals
• International Mountain Bicycling Association
• League of American Bicyclists
• National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (Full Member)
• San Diego County Bicycle Coalition (Board of Directors)
• San Diego County Collision Investigators Association (Board of Directors)
• San Diego Mountain Biking Association
• Society of Automotive Engineers (Affiliate Member)
• Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: TEACHING AND LECTURING EXPERIENCE
• Minivan-bicycle collision case study at San Diego County Collision Investigators Association, June 2006
• Motorcycle collinear collisions involving motor vehicles equipped with event data recorders, Crash Data Retrieval User’s Conference, Dallas, TX, February 2006
• Bicycle crash testing results, Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators, San Diego, November 2005
• Bicycle collision reconstruction, Casteel, Beck & Associates lecture series, El Cajon, CA, March 2005
• Bicycle collision reconstruction, Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators, Laughlin, NV, March 2005
• Plaintiff’s Expert at the American Law Firm Association International Mock Trial and Practical Skills Seminar: Truckers on Trial, Newport Beach, April 2004
• Mountain Bicycle Acceleration and Braking Factors at the 14th Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June 2004
• Total station methods and application at Sonoma State University, Anthropological Sciences Center, Oroville, November 2003
• Friction and pedestrian equations at San Diego County Collision Investigators Association, June 2003
• Advanced accident investigation at Miramar College, San Diego Community College District, March 1999
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
