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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Engine Failure experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Engine Failure landscape.
Expert Witness #256699
This expert has a Masters in Design and a PhD in engineering with course work that spanned product design, safety, industrial systems design, robotics, kinematics and mechanical engineering. This expert's expert witness experience includes intellectual property (patents, trade secrets and trade dress), product design, product liability and mechanical failure analysis, manufacturing system failure, safety analysis, and automotive and motorcycle system failures. This expert is a recognized artist, award winning producer, interior designer, author of a robotics text, journal and conference papers that include automation systems, alternative fuels and automotive engine design, a racing car engine researcher and designer, and the holder of six US patents that include alternative automotive fuels and furniture design. This expert is an Associate Professor in departments of industrial engineering and management systems and in a school of visual arts and design.
Start Engine Failure Expert SearchExpert Witness #231360
This forensic mechanical engineer holds a B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and has over 15 years of R&D and design experience involving failure investigations of mechanical systems, including automotive components and agricultural equipment.
This expert serves as a forensic engineer working on a broad variety of mechanical equipment, patent disputes, and products liability cases. This expert has over 15 years of experience in mechanical product design and R&D involving high-pressure mobile oilfield equipment at a major oilfield services company and automotive engine components at an automotive technical center. This expert holds over 10 U.S. patents and a number of international patents and has served as a forensic engineer since 2002, testifying at over 10 trials and over 55 depositions for both plaintiffs and defendants.
This expert has served on several agricultural equipment cases, including product liability matters involving self-propelled long-boom sprayers and diesel heavy truck engine defect cases involving review and analysis of repair, maintenance, and warranty claim material.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
Start Engine Failure 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 Engine Failure Expert SearchExpert Witness #278495
This materials chemistry and diesel fuels expert is a chemist specializing in how composition and formulation affect the performance of complex chemical systems and practical materials. This expert consults on fuel, oil, and lubricant formulations for automotive, industrial, and other applications. The work includes analyzing product composition, identifying potential contaminants through standardized and non-standard methods, and assessing the sources and potential impacts of chemical contamination in a range of products. This expert has also consulted in intellectual property disputes, including trade secret and patent litigation.
This expert served in a senior research role in research and engineering for a petroleum company, developing new formulations for commercial vehicle heavy-duty engine oils and greases to meet API, ACEA, and automotive engine manufacturer specifications using industry-standard bench tests, stationary fired-engine test stands, and field test programs. This expert explored new additives for lubricant applications, including novel antioxidants, anti-wear additives, pour-point depressants, dispersants, and friction modifiers, and contributed to patent applications related to lubricant formulations. The work also included failure analysis and lubricant product support for lubricant blenders, vehicle manufacturers, and end customers in the transportation, mining, construction, and agriculture industries. This expert was involved in the technical validation and global deployment of new components and formulations affecting product claims and specifications, the global supply chain, and product registration with foreign governments.
This expert has authored over 10 expert reports in litigation and arbitration matters in U.S., U.K., and Canadian jurisdictions and has testified in deposition related to fuel quality and contamination.
Start Engine Failure 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 Engine Failure Expert SearchExpert Witness #2372799
This custom RV, design/build, and mechanical/electrical integration expert holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering, a BS in Chemical Engineering, and has over 35 years of automotive and vehicle engineering and fabrication experience. This expert is a licensed Professional Engineer and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, with direct experience in engineering and engineering management for major automotive manufacturers, the supply base, and a military organization. This expert has testified extensively as an expert witness and has inspected, evaluated, and analyzed over 1,000 vehicles for potential defects and safety concerns.
This expert has served as an expert in RV customization matters involving custom motor home design, customization, buildout, inspection, manufacturing-facility analysis, vehicle documentation, and expert reporting. This expert is thoroughly experienced in custom RV design/build and manufacturing standards, the integration of custom RV features and facilities such as kitchen, bath, and living quarters, and the battery and electrical requirements and placement for engine and mechanical features as well as RV features and appliances. This expert also has experience with powerplants and heavy-duty engines.
This expert has served in matters involving custom vehicle buildout methods and turnaround, including automotive, van/RV, truck, bus, and truck service body customization and custom buildout. Additional experience includes working with fabricators, custom shops, vehicle repair facilities, and custom buildout facilities, including evaluating vehicle safety and fire risks associated with custom builds. This expert has observed quality, reliability, and safety concerns in custom RV assembly practices.
This expert has extensive experience ensuring that vehicles comply with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, ECE regulations, corporate standards, industry standards, international government regulations, safety guidelines, quality and reliability standards, and due-care requirements.
Experience includes evaluating proper vehicle retrofit, aftermarket accessory installation, and customization; assessing design, manufacture, fabrication, construction, and assembly for compliance with product safety, quality, due-care, regulatory, NFPA, VIAS, FMVSS, reliability, durability, and product safety standards and requirements; and assessing proper quality and product safety for processes, assembly, fabrication, and installation, including quality assurance, across automotive OEMs, military and defense, dealerships, repair shops, custom outfitters, aftermarket accessory custom fabricators, retrofitters, and assemblers.
This expert has also assessed industry manufacturing, assembly, fabrication, product and process quality, and product safety; determined whether vehicle systems installation and construction comply with product safety, due-care, regulatory, standards, requirements, and regulations; conducted system and component evaluations, quality and reliability evaluations, design validation plans and reports, and failure modes and effects analyses; and analyzed and assessed manufacturing and assembly of vehicle systems and components for proper product safety during use.
This expert has testified extensively in matters involving death and serious injury from vehicle incidents and has served in product liability matters involving vehicle safety, defects, manufacturing, and customization issues.
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