
Darin Dux, P.E., NAFI-CFEI, NAFI-CVFI
Des Moines, IA 50309
Office: 515-989-6974
Mr. Darin Dux holds an M.S. in Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering with a focus on Machine Design, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials, and Mechanical Failure Analysis, and a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering with an emphasis on Power and Machinery.
Mr. Dux has over 30 years of design experience in the areas of agricultural equipment, arboriculture and tree service machinery, mulch and compost production machines, water reclamation equipment, trenching and boring machines, surface mining and milling equipment, utility installation machinery, landscape equipment and attachments, and construction/industrial equipment. Mr. Dux has experience in light and heavy machine structural systems, hydraulic and electro-hydraulic systems, internal combustion and electrically powered machines, analog and digital control systems, sensors and sensor suites, and stationary and mobile on-road and off-highway equipment. He holds 16 U.S. and international patents.
Mr. Dux has extensive experience in product safety and product compliance. He has contributed to national and international standards including SAE, ANSI, and ISO standards, and has served as a subject matter expert to national, state, provincial, and regional regulatory governmental bodies in the areas of machine and worker safety. Mr. Dux has worked with products across the globe including North and South America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Rim.
Mr. Dux has performed many investigations of jobsite machinery accidents and vehicle accidents involving injuries and fatalities. He has modeled and recreated machine accidents and performed extensive testing and analysis. Mr. Dux is both a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI) and a Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator (CVFI) and has performed fire investigations involving partial loss, total loss, structures, industrial facilities, warehouses, equipment, construction activity, multiple machines, and multiple vehicle losses.
Mr. Dux has experience in human factors and ergonomics, warnings and instructions, operator manuals and technical documentation, machine NVH, worksite OSHA and MSHA regulations, and right-of-way safety.
Mr. Dux has been engaged in multiple matters involving classic, antique, specialty, muscle and collector cars, motorcycles, and other vehicles and memorabilia. Mr. Dux restores vehicles, motorcycles, tractors, equipment, and vintage timepieces including classic and collector watches.
- Accident Reconstruction
- Agricultural
- Agricultural Engineering
- Equipment & Machinery
- Forensic Engineering
- Hydraulic Engineering
- Metallurgy
- OSHA
Available Upon Request