Expertise

• Automotive system and automotive component failure analysis and forensic investigation.
• Automotive vehicle theft and fire recovery and analysis.
• Gas chromatograph analysis for accelerant identification.
• Experienced expert witness fo attorneys, prosecutors and insurance companies in cases concerning causes of accidents, fatalities, insurance claims and fraud and consumer fraud.
• Occupant restraint systems (seat belts) examination, crash data retrieval and interpretation
• Seat belts and supplemental inflatable restraint systems and operations.
• Automotive vehicle major assembly and parts failure analysis.
• Automotive power plant, transmission, failure analysis, and determination of causation.
• Automotive unintended sudden acceleration investigation and automotive electronic throttle control systems.

Experience

Professor of Automotive Technology, 1976-present

• Expert level in all automotive mechanical areas.

Forensic Technologist, Consultant, 2000-2006

• Performed over 900 vehicle examinations including, theft recovery, origin of cause fires, gas chromatographic analysis for accelerant identification, brake system failure, anti-lock brake system failure, steering system failure, suspension system failure, seat belt examinations, air bag crash data retrieval, sudden unintended acceleration claims, engine and transmission catastrophic failures, tire failures, fractured wheel analysis, analytical reviews, lubricant analysis for claim of theft motive.

Service Technician Training, Toyota/Lexus Motor Companies, 1986-2000

• Provide formal training in automatic transmission/transaxle assemblies.

Service Technician Training/Manager, General Motors Corporation, 1984-1999

• Provide formal training in all automotive mechanical areas; worked closely with engineering platforms to develop and modify vehicle systems including seat belts and air bags; manager of satellite training center.
• Licenses: NJ Instructor of Automotive Technology 13-17; NJ Instructor of Gas and Electric Welding; NJ Locksmith License; Automotive Service Excellence – Master Technician, 1973 – Present; Automotive Service Excellence – Refrigerant recovery and recycling

Honors & Publications

Publication Topics

• Domestic Electronic Fuel Injection and Computer Systems
• Automotive Brakes and Anti-lock Brake Systems
• Introduction to Automotive Computer Systems

Education

• M.S., Industrial Engineering Education Technology, Trenton State College
• B.S., Industrial Engineering Education Technology, Trenton State College