Diesel Expert Witnesses
Diesel expert witness candidates typically have extensive experience and a background in automotive engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, and/or vehicle manufacturing. An automotive engineer specializing in diesel technology may also have knowledge in biofuels. In addition to trucks, diesel is prevalent in heavy equipment, railroad, military and highway vehicles.
Cahn Litigation Services is frequently called upon by law firms to locate an expert witness that can support issues involving diesel engine and related matters, on behalf of either the plaintiff or defendant. Cahn Litigation Services has seen cases involving diesel engines, diesel combustion, diesel emissions, diesel fueling system sensors, and diesel fuel nozzles. When an expert is needed, Cahn Litigation Services will hone in on experts with precisely the rights skillset and experience for the job at hand.
A diesel fuel expert could provide expertise in intellectual property matters — a patent litigation in federal court or a trade secret dispute. It could be a patent infringement case in the District Court, or a patent case or proceeding in the International Trade Commission (ITC). An expert in diesel fuel and systems might provide testimony in matters such as a product liability case or accident investigation.
Litigation support by a diesel expert witness could include an expert report, forensic engineering, expert opinion, accident reconstruction and/or courtroom testimony. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request a technical expert with prior expert witness experience. It is essential that an expert witness possess the ability to provide expert testimony in such a manner that a jury and judge can understand the evidence.
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Diesel Expert Witness - Representative Bios
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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Diesel experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Diesel landscape.
Expert Witness #252113
This expert was Executive Vice-President-Engineering for a diesel engine manufacturer and currently serves as a consultant. This expert has a bachelors in mechanical engineering and completed a bachelors/masters program in mechanical engineering. After assignments in Product Engineering, Research & Advanced Development, and Application Engineering, this expert became Director, Product Engineering, and eventually General Director. This expert is a SAE fellow and an ASME Fellow. This expert has been involved with the Engine Manufacturers Association, the U.S. Federal Fleet Conversion Task Force, the U.S. Alternative-Fuels Council, and the U.S. EPA Mobile Source.
This expert has been honored by the National Academy of Science (NAS) and received a patent for a diesel electric hybrid engine/vehicle. This expert received an award for contribution to the diesel engine industry. This expert is a recognized authority and has deep experience as an expert witness.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #237274
This expert has many years of experience in the automotive industry and is a veteran of automotive component litigation, having testified at trial numerous times in high profile matters. This expert is experienced in diesel engines, diesel engine control systems, diesel engine fueling systems, diesel engine fueling system sensors, and diesel engine fuel nozzle restrictors. In addition, this expert has extensive experience in trucks and the associated diesel engine and diesel engine fueling systems, as well as the associated Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, such as FMVSS 301 – Fuel System Integrity.
This expert has extensive experience in infringement/non-infringement, patent validity/invalidity, thoroughly understands the issues involved in intellectual property and patent litigation, and is a registered patent attorney with the USPTO. This expert has done analyses under literal infringement and under the doctrine of equivalents, as well as direct infringement, contributory infringement, inducement of infringement, and willful infringement. This expert has authored numerous reports and declarations, claim charts, invalidity and validity arguments, and has been deposed and testified in Inter Partes Review proceedings before the PTAB, as well as various Federal District Courts.
This expert is a Licensed Professional Engineer with a BS in Chemical Engineering, and a BS and an MS in Electrical Engineering.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #252122
This expert is a Mechanical Engineer, licensed Professional Engineer and member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and ASME. This expert has been qualified as an expert in vehicle engineering, crashworthiness, vehicle repair, and accident reconstruction, in State and Federal courts.
This expert occupied a variety of engineering positions with automobile manufacturers. This expert’s expertise covers a diverse body of work in all aspects of vehicle design and manufacture, from cradle to grave. This expert designed and engineered systems for vehicles before a single prototype had been built, tuned and validated systems on prototype vehicles, assisted the manufacturing plant to resolve manufacturing issues while building 300 -700 vehicles a day, and made improvements to enhance vehicle quality after the start of manufacture.
This expert was responsible for the design and engineering for a diesel fuel system. This included fuel tank design, filler tube, fuel supply and return lines, thermal management, and impact energy management. This expert ensured fuel system met FMVSS 301, Fuel System Integrity, to prevent post-impact fuel-fed fires, and addressed quality and reliability issues in current production parts. This expert designed and released future model parts, supported prototype builds, and planned and executed trips to test functionality in extreme climates. This expert was also responsible for quality enhancements to all products’ fuel systems.
In addition, this expert is the inventor on two (2) US Patents dealing with vehicle fuel tank design and engineering and is published in the field.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #252142
This expert is a mechanical engineer with specific expertise in diesel engines, diesel combustion, and diesel emissions. This expert is very familiar with diesel engine support systems, including fueling systems, and this expert’s experience working with diesel engines and diesel automobiles allows this expert to understand the nuances of how a diesel fill tube is designed. This expert’s research focuses on diesel combustion and emissions, where this expert regularly studies different blends of diesel fuels, their effects on engine behavior, combustion, and emissions. This expert is well published and is a frequent presenter at academic and industry conferences.
This expert is involved in a class action lawsuit involving a major diesel vehicle manufacturer concerning diesel engine emissions. This expert has generated two expert reports (a rebuttal to the plaintiff’s initial expert report, and an expert report concerning essential documentation during discovery), and has provided testimony at depositions. e’sHThis expertThis This expert teaches, and holds Ph.D, M.S., and B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #250772
This expert is Director of the Advanced Vehicle Systems Research Program at a research university. This expert is an expert in automotive drivetrain technology and extensively studies, publishes and teaches on oscillation, vibration and flexure of drivetrains. This expert's primary focus is on electrical and mechanical systems including imbalance issues, and the attendant noise and vibrations that occur, specifically the dynamics and analysis of mechanical vibrations on rotating and linear devices. This expert is a member of the society of Automotive engineers (SAE) and is a registered Professional Engineer. This expert has experience as an expert witness, having testified approximately a dozen times in court, and providing upwards of twenty depositions, primarily in patent matters.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #258996
This diesel engine expert holds a PhD and PE and has experience as an academic professor in automotive engineering at a well-regarded university.
This expert has rebuilt engines and analyzed engine failure and wear by disassembling engines and examining internal components numerous times, particularly regarding lubrication problems in engines. This expert has been deposed over 65 times and has testified in court over 10 times.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #275504
This UPS expert holds a PhD and has a background in uninterruptible power supplies, including general management experience at an energy technology company's technical center developing a rotary UPS that used a flywheel to store energy for several seconds before starting a diesel engine to provide extended backup power. The systems were rated from hundreds of kilowatts to the multi-megawatt range and were technically successful, though not commercially successful.
The development team demonstrated bumpless transfer from utility power, which was important at the time, although competing systems that were less technically capable were significantly less expensive. This expert also has experience with research into microgrids, a related area.
This expert is the author of a textbook in electric power systems and taught various Electrical Engineering subjects at a prestigious university.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #277290
This diesel emissions testing expert owns a company that has conducted independent real-world emissions testing for over 15 years, including testing thousands of vehicles worldwide for NOx and other emissions. The company uses its own equipment, sources vehicles directly from the market, and develops test methodologies suited to the relevant hypothesis rather than merely repeating official tests. This expert developed original testing programs and methodologies, owns one of the largest databases of independent real-world emissions test data, and regularly presents results at industry conferences and in publications.
This expert has experience in case formulation and preparation, drafting expert reports, deposition and trial work, analyzing real-world test data from a wide range of European diesel vehicles and a smaller number of U.S. diesel vehicles, conducting real-world PEMS testing in multiple regions, and coordinating with local chassis dynamometer operators to reproduce certification tests.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #277301
This diesel emissions testing expert is a university professor whose research program focuses on clean, safe, and efficient commercial vehicles through advanced diesel and natural gas engine systems, controls, electrification, powertrain electrification, and vehicle automation and connectivity.
This expert's research has enabled greater compression ignition (CI) engine efficiency and emissions control through variable valve actuation (VVA). Research on VVA has been heavily cited and promoted by state and federal environmental regulators in connection with new emission standards for heavy-duty engines. This expert holds advanced degrees and has previous testifying experience.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #277330
This emissions testing expert has deep experience with vehicle emissions, defeat devices, and fuel economy cases, including testing and documentation for litigation. This expert has worked on some of the largest vehicle emissions matters in the U.S. involving major automobile manufacturers, performed initial emissions cost calculations, and helped develop testing plans for diesel vehicle emissions cases.
In prior matters, this expert has arranged vehicle purchases and emissions testing that demonstrated excessive emissions. This expert has designed test programs, analyzed resulting test data, and explained the results to attorneys. This expert has also developed test plans to identify potential defeat devices, coordinated vehicle purchases and testing, and analyzed the results in matters involving automobile manufacturers.
This expert has worked on an in-use vehicle inspection program in Australia, is familiar with laboratories that perform emissions testing there, and understands how to qualify a laboratory to determine whether it can perform the required testing.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #278312
This diesel/dual-fuel combustion and emissions expert serves as a professor in a mechanical and aerospace engineering department and has over 25 years of research experience in engine combustion and emissions, alternative fuels including natural gas and hydrogen, CFD simulation of combustion and emissions, and assessment of energy consumption in manufacturing processes. This expert's research involves both experimental and numerical simulation work.
This expert has served as PI or co-PI on over 40 research projects with substantial total research funding across China, Canada, and the United States. This expert has supervised graduate students at the MS and Ph.D. levels and currently advises doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.
This expert has extensive experience with natural gas-diesel dual-fuel engines and hydrogen-diesel dual-fuel engines. This expert's research in dual-fuel engines involves both experimental and numerical simulation work, supported by graduate student work and the publication of over 10 journal papers and a number of conference papers in the dual-fuel engine area.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #278485
This development engineer and diesel engine systems expert has experience evaluating the performance of on-highway diesel engines for multiple OEM clients. This expert has worked on behalf of a heavy-duty diesel OEM investigating failures of SCR emissions control systems in a supplier dispute regarding whether parts were appropriately designed and fit for use in the application. This expert has also supported a different heavy-duty diesel OEM in inquiries from federal and state environmental regulators into emission control strategies for on-highway engines across a range of engine sizes. This expert has evaluated data collected from on-road test programs in these projects and assessed the extent to which driving conditions impacted engine power, emissions, and fuel consumption. This expert has submitted expert reports and provided deposition testimony in a number of matters, a number of which involved opinions on aspects of internal combustion engines.
The same factors that influence emissions, such as engine load, aerodynamic drag, and driving style, also impact fuel consumption, to the point that CO2 emissions are often used as a proxy for fuel consumption. This expert's work in emissions cases has involved analyzing on-road engine and vehicle performance data to evaluate the influence of driving conditions. This expert is familiar with SAE J1321, which uses A-to-B testing to determine how a modification to a vehicle component or system will influence that vehicle's fuel consumption. A-to-B testing is also commonly used in emissions evaluations, and this expert has evaluated such data in matters involving heavy-duty diesel engine performance.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #287235
This diesel engine expert is a hands-on consultant with over 45 years of diesel engine and fuel system experience.
This expert has worked in advanced engineering for a major diesel engine manufacturer, held a senior engineering leadership role at a diesel technology company, and managed an advanced diesel engineering team at a major automobile manufacturer.
This expert has developed numerous patented inventions relating to fuel systems and engines and has served as an expert witness in a diesel engine matter.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #297462
This materials engineering, polymer sciences, and corrosion expert holds a Ph.D., is a registered Canadian professional engineer, and has extensive experience in materials engineering, polymer sciences, corrosion, materials testing, and research and development. This expert has over 20 years of experience in chemical and materials engineering across markets including oil and gas, mining, petrochemicals, consumer goods, and military applications.
This expert has experience in coolant chemistry and related root cause analysis involving backup generators, mining equipment, and diesel engines. That work has included reviewing coolant chemical analysis, coolant history, metal contamination, and additive packages in support of root cause failure analysis for diesel engines.
While leading a materials sciences practice, this expert opined on a number of large matters and several smaller matters involving coolant chemistry, additive packages, and engine failure analysis. One matter involved an allegedly deficient or underdosed additive package used in engine coolant at an industrial facility. The analysis concluded that the package was likely deficient or underdosed, but not enough to cause rapid and widespread engine failure, where ongoing wear and tear indicated that the engines had already been damaged with high metal wear indicators before the alleged coolant issue.
Another matter involved coolant containing an allegedly unstable or unsuitable additive package associated with rapid engine failures. After review of the coolant chemistry, the analysis concluded that the additive package was likely unsuitable for the end use and likely not acceptable to some engine manufacturers. Immersion testing also showed heavy staining, discoloration, and rapid corrosion of some alloys.
This expert has also addressed smaller matters involving suspected fraud and engine contamination in recreational vehicle and automotive claims. This expert has testified in North America and abroad in both French and English.
Start Diesel Expert SearchExpert Witness #299675
This diesel turbocharger expert holds a PhD and is an academic professor with extensive experience involving engines, turbochargers, and expert witness work.
This expert has also been involved in international arbitration work addressing vehicle emission failures involving a faulty turbocharger bushing.
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