Hydraulic Engineering Expert Witnesses
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What is a hydraulic engineering expert witness?
Hydraulic engineering expert witness candidates are typically professional engineers with expertise and extensive experience in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, fluid mechanics, and/or hydrology. Professional engineers that can act as expert witnesses for hydraulic engineering matters have advanced degrees (PE, PhD) with a sub-specialty in hydraulics and years of practical experience. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request a subject matter expert with prior expert witness testimony experience.
What types of cases require a hydraulic engineering expert witness?
In hydraulics-based systems, movement is produced by pumped liquid, such as water or oil. Example cases that would require a professional with expertise in hydraulics could involve construction equipment, industrial machines, hydraulic jacks, hydraulic fluid, and hydraulic presses. A hydraulics consultant could also provide expertise for cases involving water distribution and collection systems, storm drain system, sediment transport, flood damage, or dam design.
Legal cases and projects involving hydraulics technology that Cahn Litigation Services locates expert witnesses for often involve intellectual property, such as a patent infringement case in district or federal court, inter partes review in the PTAB, or trade secret disputes. A forensic engineer can prove (or disprove) intellectual property infringement or theft. A subject matter expert in hydraulics might also provide expert testimony in a product liability, design defect, or personal injury case.
Hydraulic engineering expert witness case examples
Exemplary cases have included:
- Connecticut floodplain site development dispute representing insurance companies,
- groundwater pollution in Colorado,
- rural Pennsylvania stormwater management,
- Ohio development wastewater master planning,
- engineering services to support a case encompassing culvert construction defects, and
- New York water resources.
What litigation support work might a hydraulic engineering expert witness be expected to perform?
Expert witness services by a hydraulics expert could include forensic engineering, failure analyses, accident reconstruction, research and authoring expert reports, providing expert opinions, depositions, and expert testimony at a trial. Attorneys also frequently utilize the expertise of a civil engineer or mechanical engineer with specialized knowledge in hydraulics for pre-litigation consulting services.
Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for a hydraulic engineering expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.
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Hydraulic Engineering Expert Witness - Representative Bios
Please Note: All Cahn Litigation expert witness searches are customized to attorneys' precise specifications and preferences. Attorneys are encouraged to discuss search parameters with a Cahn search specialist.
The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Hydraulic Engineering experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Hydraulic Engineering landscape.
Expert Witness #254474
This expert is an electrical engineering expert with many years of hands-on experience in industrial controls, automation, machinery, equipment, industrial safety and machine safeguarding. This expert applies expertise to forensic casework involving industrial controls, machine safeguarding, workplace safety, industrial/commercial/residential electric power systems, electrical related fires, electric shocks, and electrocutions. This expert is proficient in the National Electrical Code, National Electrical Safety Code, Electrical Safety in the Workplace, OSHA Standards for General Industry, and OSHA Electrical Safety Standards.
For many years this expert was a controls engineer for a control system integrator, where this expert was involved in control panel design, industrial automation, machine control, electrical design, software programming, installation, electrical contractor supervision, machine safeguarding, commissioning, project management, electrical power distribution and workplace safety. This expert was a corporate engineer performing electrical engineering in 4 different manufacturing facilities, including industrial controls, automation, process control, process engineering, quality control, robotics, industrial safety, machine safeguarding manufacturing supervision, and product development.
This expert is a licensed Professional Engineer in more than 20 states and a member of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), American Association of Safety Engineers (ASSE) as well as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
This expert provides technical investigations, analysis, reports, and testimony toward the resolution of commercial and personal injury litigation involving design, construction, operation, maintenance and training of electrical systems, equipment and devices.
This expert’s areas of expertise include:
Automation, controls, automated manufacturing, automated assembly lines, conveyors, robotics, material handling, packaging, robotic cells, automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), test cells, gantries, cranes, elevators, conveyors, lifts, turn tables, pumps, fans, scales, instrumentation, motion control, process control, boiler control, steam control, speed control, industrial controls, HVAC systems, air conditioners, air handling, boilers, compressed air, exhaust, centrifugal and absorption chillers, heaters, ovens, presses, grinders, cutting, broaching, stamping presses, hydraulics, pneumatics, vision, inspection, weighing, RFID, barcode, RF Radios, recipe/batch management, gas analyzers, motor controls, motion control, electrical control panels, control panel design/build (UL certified), PLC, HMI, MES, SCADA and software development, industrial communications (wired and wireless), information systems, data collection, data reporting, alarming, and industrial safety.
This expert’s expertise also extends to:
Industrial control software, programmable logic controllers (PLC), human machine interface (HMI), graphical user interface (GUI), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). Other software Visual Basic, C++, Microsoft SQL. PLC Software, Allen Bradley/Rockwell RSLogix/5/500/5000/IPDS, Siemens S5/S7/TIA Portal, Mitsubishi MEDOC/GX Developer/GX Works, Omron, Telemechanique, Modicon,B+R, Opto22, Steeplechase VLC, PC Worx, Wago, Automation Direct, Koyo HMI / GUI / SCADA Software, Rockwell RSView, Rockwell FactoryTalk, Allen Bradley Panelbuilder, Siemens WinCC, Mitsubishi GOT, Mitsubishi GX Worx, Wonderware, Intellution, Iconics, Cimplicity, Proficy iFix, Indusoft, Automation Direct C-more, Industrial Communication Networks, Ethernet, Profibus, Profinet, Ethernet I/P, DeviceNet, ControlNet, Interbus, and ASi-Bus.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #255046
This expert has many years' experience in dredging, with a customer list of Fortune 500 companies for dredging and dredging consulting. This expert's experience began as a Fluid Power (hydraulics) Engineer, designing and building systems for seven hydraulic dredges including cutterheads, dredge pumps and winches. Along the way this expert has invented equipment to make dredging more efficient. This expert is well-published, having written a book and numerous journal articles and is has been a lecturer at industry seminars and conferences. This expert has deep experience as a testifying expert and has provided litigation support in over 25 dredging cases (supporting both plaintiff and defendant).
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #238561
This expert is a Professional Engineer with Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Civil Engineering degrees and certificates. This expert has a good deal of ladder logic experience within the context of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Computer Numerical Controls (CNC). This expert was engaged in the design, manufacture, installation and startup of robotic pick and place machinery, performing all engineering calculations necessary in the design of these robotic machines and programming the PLCs during the initial installation period. This expert has also dealt with the design and construction of industrial material handling systems, such as conveyors, piping systems, crane, monorails, robotics, PLCs, hydraulics, pneumatics and electrical controls. This expert had sole responsibility for designing, installing, programming and startup of CNC for manufacturing machine equipment, including selection of components, ladder logic programming, modification of machinery, and machine design. This expert holds two U.S. Patents and is working on two others. This expert has been engaged as an expert witness in a number of cases.
Start Hydraulic Engineering Expert SearchExpert Witness #216339
This expert is an engineer and former public-company executive who consults in engineering, patents, and management. This expert’s long career spans industrial, oilfield, and medical interests, both domestic and international. This expert’s experience includes electrical and electronic engineering, pneumatic and hydraulic equipment, automated control systems, and construction.
This expert holds an M.S. in Engineering and is licensed in both electrical engineering and control systems engineering. This expert has been admitted to the National Academy of Forensic Engineers, and has been certified in Systems Integration as well as Computer Forensics. This expert is qualified as a Master Electrician and has been licensed as an electrical/instrumentation contractor. This expert was granted a patent for a nuclear medical device, has taught at two universities, and has qualified as an expert witness in US Federal Court.
As VP at an automation and controls company, this expert provided control system design and fabrication for a manufacturer and operator of heavy lift equipment. This expert was employed in an adjunct capacity as a Senior Consultant to help a new company with projects related to heavy lift and other applications.
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