Nuclear Power Expert Witnesses
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Cahn Litigation Services is frequently called upon to locate an expert witness to support energy and power generation matters, including cases involving nuclear power. A nuclear power expert witness typically has a background and expertise in engineering and/or environmental law. Cahn Litigation Services has completed numerous searches for expert witnesses with specialized knowledge in nuclear power, including cases involving nuclear waste, a nuclear reactor, nuclear power plant and nuclear facilities, nuclear energy, nuclear safety, radioactive material, and radiation exposure. Most often the expert witness chosen is member of an industry organization such as the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) or the World Nuclear Association.
Nuclear power electricity generation was introduced in the United States in the 1950s, and boasts one of the lowest levels of fatalities per unit of energy generated as compared to other energy sources, including coal, petroleum, and natural gas.
A subject matter expert in nuclear technology and programs might be called upon to provide expert testimony in a class action litigation case, intellectual property disputes, or public health investigations. Litigation support services by a nuclear power expert witness could include analysis of a nuclear plant, expert opinion, expert report, deposition, and expert witness testimony at a trial. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, a law firm may request a qualified expert with prior expert witness experience. In addition, clients may seek a nuclear industry expert for pre-litigation consulting work.
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Nuclear Power Expert Witness - Representative Bios
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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Nuclear Power experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Nuclear Power landscape.
Expert Witness #256408
This expert holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. This expert's field of specialty is Engineering Design, and this expert has worked on various types of equipment from pipes and valves to propulsion equipment to automotive power systems and nuclear power plants. This expert has served as an independent engineering consultant for many years.
Start Nuclear Power Expert SearchExpert Witness #247514
This expert holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering and has made pioneering contributions to the field of wide band-gap semiconductors that use boron and nitrogen compounds. This expert's work involves optimizing crystal growth to produce large and high quality crystals with electrical properties that are suitable for micro devices. This expert's research has improved the materials that are the building blocks of a new generation of micro devices, revolutionizing communications, transportation, lighting, medicine and consumer applications. This expert has studied silicon carbide crystal growth extensively, adopting procedures from that process to improve aluminum nitride crystal growth. This expert is highly familiar with silicon carbide epitaxy (17 papers) and the electronic device applications of silicon carbide.
This expert leads a prolific research group whose work is focused on materials synthesis and characterization, and device fabrication. Applications for this expert's work include optical devices such as ultraviolet light emitting diodes and laser diodes, high speed transistors, radiation detectors, and nuclear to electrical power conversion devices. This expert has mentored more than two dozen advance-degree students, and is the recipient of multiple industry and academic awards. This expert has served as a manuscript reviewer for many journals, and a proposal reviewer for the National Science Foundation.
Start Nuclear Power Expert SearchExpert Witness #216413
This robotic mapping expert holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and is a Professor Emeritus in industrial and systems engineering at a public research university. This expert received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from a prestigious technical university and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from a well-regarded research university.
This expert has been active in industrial robotics for over 55 years, including developing flexible assembly machines at a research laboratory and designing and deploying robotic devices for maintenance of nuclear power facilities at a major electric company. This expert has served as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at well-regarded research universities, where this expert's research focused on industrial robotics for over 30 years. This expert has authored over 200 articles in this subject area.
This expert designed and built an obstacle-detecting floor-sweeping robot a number of years before a commercially known robotic vacuum was introduced. The following period, this expert designed and built a vacuum-cleaning version with autonomous navigation, obstacle detection, and the ability to sense and use a convenience outlet for battery charging. This expert also designed a small domestic robot that localizes itself and maps its environment using optical parallax sensors, which was used as an example in a graduate robotics class. Around the same time, this expert designed and built a field-worthy robot that self-navigates and cuts grass. The machine is featured in this expert's textbook on field robotics. Unlike commercial mowers, it employs a raster pattern rather than random motions, allowing it to cover an area substantially faster. This expert later updated its control system to use differential GPS for greater path accuracy.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant.
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