Professor of electrical and computer engineering with over twenty-five years of experience in materials science, systems engineering, and design of microelectronics. Has specialized expertise in biomass conversion technologies; energy generation, storage, and transfer; space propulsion, including lunar dust extraction and utilization; digital signal processing algorithms; artificial intelligence; simulation and modeling of complex systems; and forensic engineering. Work in industry includes fifteen years of semiconductor fabrication experience.

Formal Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Cincinnati
  • B.A. in Physics, Washington University at St. Louis

Career Highlights

  • Acquired intellectual property from the estate of a former employer as a basis for commercialization of inventions in hydrogen storage, biomass thermophysical conversion, and lunar dust extraction
  • Co-invented and successfully developed a working prototype weapon shot counter integrating mechanics, magnetics, and electronics
  • Has intimate knowledge of a wide range of conductors, insulators, and semiconductors from work involving mechanical and electrical aspects of materials science
  • Track chair for academic conference sessions on space solar energy
  • Taught a course on the environmental implications of nanotechnology and solutions at a major government laboratory
  • An expert in vehicle rollover detection and responses
  • A prolific innovator with more than fifty five issued U.S. and European patents in technologies for applications in automotive, space, and renewable energy
  • A registered professional engineer in the field of microelectronics

Expert Qualifications

  • Testifying expert for Toyota in a pair of U.S. District Court personal injury cases alleging sudden unintended vehicle acceleration
  • Testifying expert for General Motors and an Illinois Chrysler-Jeep dealer in other litigations relating to automotive technologies
  • Worked as a consulting expert for a number of testifying experts on projects for plaintiffs and defendants including drafting expert reports and scrutinizing reports of opposing experts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What types of cases can this expert support?

This expert has testified in automotive product liability cases involving sudden acceleration and control system failures. They can support litigation across battery and energy storage, electronic circuits, control systems, mechanical design, aerospace, and semiconductor issues, backed by 25+ years of engineering experience and 55+ patents.

What is this expert's technical background?

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue, with 15 years of semiconductor fabrication experience. They have 25+ years in materials science, systems engineering, digital signal processing, artificial intelligence, and forensic failure analysis. They hold 55+ U.S. and European patents in automotive, aerospace, and renewable energy.

What technologies does this expert specialize in?

Battery science, solar cells, and energy storage systems. Control systems, mechatronics, and semiconductor fabrication. Machine learning, signal processing, forensic analysis, and materials science. They've also worked on space propulsion, lunar dust extraction, and biomass conversion.