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Expert Witness Profile · Expert R455N

This expert is a mechanical engineer with decades of hands-on original equipment manufacturer automotive experience spanning three major automakers, plus motorsports engineering, specializing in vehicle crashworthiness and structural design.

Expertise spans crash structure design and crashworthiness analysis, chassis and suspension design, vehicle dynamics and suspension kinematics, body-in-white and frame structure, aerodynamics, noise and vibration, full-vehicle finite element analysis with LS-DYNA and ANSYS, and manufacturing processes including stamping, forming, casting, forging, hydroforming, and welding.

Attorneys retain this expert for automotive product liability involving crash performance, structural and suspension design defect claims, and patent matters involving vehicle structures.

Credentials

Formal Education

  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Pennsylvania State University

Why Attorneys Retain This Expert

Expert Qualifications

  • Decades of original equipment manufacturer automotive engineering across three major automakers
  • Motorsports vehicle engineering experience
  • Full-vehicle crash simulation practice with LS-DYNA and ANSYS
  • Broad manufacturing process expertise from stamping through welding