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The four PhD and registered PEs at Miller Engineering are celebrating 40 years of Professorships at three universities along with providing services to Government, Insurance, and Industry—through research, publications, presentations, and expert testimony. We have a dedicated office with a full time staff of engineers, researchers, and technical writers. The span of our collective academic and experiential expertise covers well the Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Agricultural, Industrial, Human Factors, Ergonomic and Safety fields of engineering. The areas listed below are from actual projects completed in our 40 years of history.

Vehicles

Car/Truck Accident Reconstruction
Crash Data Retrieval (CDR)
Visibility & Reaction Time Analysis
Tires, Trailers, Brakes & Accelerators
Truck/Off Road Vehicle Egress/Ingress
Traffic Signing and Construction Zones
Electronic Vehicles

Mechanical & Electrical Safety

Product Safety & Analysis
Machinery - Metal, Wood, Plastic Molding
Machine Guarding & Safety, Robots, Automation
Hazard and Risk Analysis
Employee Safety Procedures – OSHA
Electrical Distribution & Transmission Hazards

Warnings & Instructions

Warning Labels & User Manual Design
Hazard Analysis & Product Label Designs
Medical Device & Drug Warnings & Instructions
Inadequate Warnings Analysis
Standard Compliance (ANSI Z535)
Product Recall Information & Strategies

Consumers/Household Safety

Appliances & Tools
Child Furniture, Choking, Playgrounds
Swimming Pools & Exercise Equipment
Recreation - ATV, Boats, Bicycles, Boards
Ladder, Stair, Step and Railing Accidents
Slip, Trip, & Fall Accidents
CPSC Recall Information & Strategies

Chemicals Safety & Labeling

NEW OSHA HAZCOM (2012) & GHS Review
MSDS, SDS and Product Label Compliance
Toxic Torts - Diacetyl, Asbestos, Benzene, Lead, Carbon Monoxide
Vaping & E-Cigarette Health Effects

Chemical Exposures & Workplace Safety

Chemical Inhalation, Ingestion, Dermal Contact
Contamination - Water & Environmental
Manufacturing & Process Line Accidents
Slips, Trips, Falls, & Entanglements

Fires & Explosions

Cause & Origin Investigations
Gas, Vapor, & Electrical
Spontaneous Combustion
Vaping & E-cigarette Battery Failures
Fire Control & Explosion Issues

Agriculture

Tractor & Equipment Accidents
Chemical Applications & Exposures
Crop Storage & Harvesting Accidents
Pesticides

Construction

Vehicle Visibility Accidents
Slip, Trip, & Fall Accidents
Power Tool Repetitive & Immediate Injuries
Scaffolding - Cranes - Hoisting - Fork Lifts

Insurance Subrogation & Forensics

Accident Investigations
Electrical & Fire Causation
Chemical Leakage Damage
Defective Equipment Injuries
Premise and Process Damages

James M. Miller, PE, PhD – Founder Dr. Miller is an Emeritus Engineering Professor at the University of Michigan. He has directly served in Washington originating several Federal OSHA safety regulations, and interacts regularly with CPSC regarding safety and product recalls. Dr. Miller often works on projects relating to compliance with occupational safety standards, provides upper management guidance on product design, recall and liability issues, and serves as an expert witness.

Mark R. Lehto, PhD – Co-Founder Dr. Lehto is a Professor of Engineering at Purdue University. He completed his Ph.D. in engineering at the University of Michigan, where he specialized in Human Factors Engineering, in particular Warnings and Labeling. Dr. Lehto specializes in knowledge engineering, warnings and instructions, structuring expert systems, accident modeling, accident statistical analysis, consumer product safety, boating safety, in-field national surveys of product usage, and product information effectiveness.

David R. Clark, PE, PhD – Co-Founder Dr. Clark is an Emeritus Engineering Professor at Kettering University. He was an engineering PhD graduate from the University of Michigan, where he specialized in human factors engineering and system safety analyses. He has a special expertise in electrical fire- and explosion-related accidents, and has extensive experience working for loss control companies, performing over 150 fire origin and cause investigations in the past few years.

Adam M. Olshove, PE, MSE – Engineering Manager Mr. Olshove has over 10 years of experience providing consulting services to industry and the legal profession. He holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on control systems and battery modeling (2019), and a BS in Mechanical Engineering (2012), both from the University of Michigan. He has performed dozens of on-site investigations nationwide in relation to consumer product design and industrial accidents, including failure analysis and testing.

Jeffrey D. Rupp, MSE – Engineering Associate Mr. Rupp has a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and a MS in systems engineering and engineering management from Wayne State University. Among his company affiliates is 26 years with Ford Motor Company and Volvo Car Corporation, where he was involved in crash development and crash sensing calibrations.

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• Publications Index

Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers, Second Edition

Mark R. Lehto & Steven J. Landry

Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers, Second Edition presents and integrates important methods and tools used in the fields of Industrial Engineering, Human Factors and Ergonomics to design and improve jobs, tasks and products. It presents these topics with a practical, applied orientation suitable for engineering undergraduate students.

Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers

Mark R. Lehto, Steven J. Landry & Jim Buck

Emphasizing customer oriented design and operation, Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers explores the behavioral, physical, and mathematical foundations of the discipline and how to apply them to improve the human, societal, and economic well being of systems and organizations.

Warnings: Fundamentals, Design and Evaluation Methodologies, Vol. 1

Mark R. Lehto & James M. Miller

Instructions and Warnings: The Annotated Bibliography

James M. Miller, Mark R. Lehto & J. Paul Frantz

Warnings & Safety Instructions: Annotated and Indexed

James M. Miller, Mark R. Lehto

Dr. C.J. Abraham, P.E. is a Licensed Professional Safety Engineer with over thirty five years of international experience consulting to insurance companies, municipalities, government agencies, and the legal profession. He provides consultation to International corporations in the areas of New Product Development, Manufacturing, Packaging, Warnings and Instructions.

Dr Abraham's services include Expert Witness Testimony for both Plaintiff and Defense in matters involving Personal Injury and Product Liability.

Areas of Expertise:

Construction Accidents
OSHA
ADA
Labor Law
Human Factors
Household / Industrial Products
Safety Engineering

Retail Store Safety
Industrial Hygiene
Textiles
Fires / Explosions / Flammable Fabrics
Slips / Falls
Recreational / Sports Accidents
Toxic Exposures

• View Dr. Abraham's Curriculum Vitae

• Patents & Products

• Presentations & Papers

• Prior Trial Results

9/15/2017 · Product Liability

A Viable Product vs. The Legal System

By: Dr. Carl J. Abraham

In the United States, the most litigious country in the world, a products liability action may be brought, under state law, for express or implied breach of warranty, misrepresentation and negligence. Under the theory of strict liability, a lawsuit may be initiated on the grounds of manufacturing and design defects as well as poor and inadequate warning instructions. The best defensive strategy for a company to avoid becoming involved in any of the above is to manufacture the safest product possible within parameters of economic feasibility. If said manufacturer can vouch for safety factors in the design, production, testing, inspection and evaluation of its product as well as attentiveness to consumer complaints, it will be more likely to avoid litigation or at least be able to prevail in the courtroom.

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Advantage Forensics Inc. is a multi-disciplinary forensic engineering firm based in Ontario with service across Canada and the U.S.

Our firm was VOTED #1 in Expert Witness Accident Investigation & Reconstruction in Canada. Our team of over 30 experts and consultants are ready to assist you with your litigation needs in the following areas:

Collision Reconstruction
Product Failure Liability
Personal Injury Investigation
Road Lighting Safety Assessment
Road Signage Assessment
Traffic Safety Assessment
Data Recorder Download & Analysis
Floor Safety, Friction Testing & Audits
Safety Hazard Assessment
Patent Infringement
Playground Safety Inspection & Compliance
Fraud Investigation
Product Safety Testing & Compliance
Product Warning Assessment
Fire Safety Assessment & Audits

President, Jason Young, B.E.Sc., M.A.Sc., P.Eng., is a licensed professional engineer with over 20 years of experience in Collision Reconstruction, Human Factors, Biomechanics, Patent Infringement, and Sports/Rec Accidents. Mr. Young has extensive trial experience during his career of over 2500 forensic cases, with great success for his clients. Mr. Young has a Masters in Biomedical Engineering and has lectured to fellow investigators, to academia and to the legal industry across North America over the past 15 years with numerous publications.

VP Kyle Serkies, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., P.Eng., is a licensed professional engineer specializing in Motorcycle Collision Reconstruction, Material Failure & Product Failure. Mr. Serkies is a motorcycle safety instructor and a sought-out guest speaker in his areas of practice, with outstanding attention to detail in both his investigations and trial-ready reports.

VP Dr. Essam Dabbour, Ph.D., P.Eng., is a licensed professional engineer specializing in Road Design, Road Safety & Traffic Safety. Dr. Dabbour is a world-renowned expert in road design and traffic safety, and has published extensive research in these areas, with exceptional depth of analysis and clarity of findings in his investigations and trial-ready reports.

Our firm offers the option of GUARANTEED fixed quote rates per file or flat hourly rates at fair prices. Visit our website at www.aforensics.ca for more information regarding our firm, or email/call to discuss your specific needs. View Jason Young's Expert Witness Profile.

• Jason Young's Curriculum Vitae

• About Advantage Forensics

• Biographies

• Claims

• Safety

• Article: Collision Data Recorders - What Can Big Brother See?

• Article: The Changing World of Collision Fraud Investigation

• Article: Nighttime Collisions - The Dilemma of the Invisible Pedestrian

Dr. Adam K. Aleksander, PhD, PE, CSP, has over 40 years of experience in the areas of Mechanical Engineering, Human Factors, and Safety Engineering. His consulting services include industrial projects related to utility and heavy industrial plant events, equipment failures, combustion, STG, chlorine, and material handling systems. Principal at ALEKSANDER & Associates and VP of an Energy Services firm, Dr. Aleksander has been a practicing engineer since 1972, focusing his Manufacturing, Consulting and Forensic investigations on Problem Definition and Root Cause Analysis of complex problems in confidential issues.

Dr. Aleksander has performed extensive research in his field of expertise. The author of numerous publications on Mechanical Engineering, Human Factors, and Safety Engineering, he has delivered lectures and presented seminars to such entities as the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the International Academy of Forensic Sciences, and the National Academy of Forensic Engineers.

ALEKSANDER & Associates Services Include:

Investigative Engineering Accident / Incident Investigation Accident, Loss, & Exposure Evaluations Environmental Permitting & Reclamation Product Liability Risk Management & Safety	Preventive Engineering Accident / Incident Investigations Human - Machine Interaction & Ergonomics Research & Investigations RMP & PSM Work Site Evaluation
Safety / Ergonomics Industrial Ergonomics Risk Management, PSM, Loss Control Accident, Loss, & Exposure Evaluations	Consulting Engineering Engineering Design & Analysis OSHA & Regulatory Issues Industrial Forensics

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• View Dr. Aleksander's Curriculum Vitae

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Creative Product Solutions, LLC provides engineering consulting services to the Consumer Goods Industry, including various Appliance and Product Manufacturers. Their services are available to clients with specific projects or intermittent support for the same client as needs arise.

Creative Product Solutions offers GD&T and dimensioning schemes which are functionally focused to relate component dimensions directly to product performance. This strategy has demonstrated improved product performance and reduced field service incident rate significantly.

Consulting Services

Product Design and Development
Product Safety Testing
Product Approval Testing
Quality / Manufacturing Processes

Failure Analysis
Root Cause Analysis
Test Plans / Data Analytics
Product Field Investigations
Code Review

Robert C. Hoffman Jr, PE, CFEI, Principal at Creative Product Solutions, LLC, is a licensed Professional Engineer certified as a Fire and Explosion Investigator. With 30 years of experience, the primary focus of his knowledge is a deep understanding and application of all aspects of Product Safety for the Consumer Goods Industry.

Background Experience: For 27 years, Mr. Hoffman worked with the Whirlpool Corporation in various roles. He served the company as a Drum Sub-System Design/Development Engineer, a Laundry Product Approval Engineer, and Dryer Platform Structures Sub-System Leader and Engineer. His final position with the company before retirement was Principal Engineer, a position he served in for 8 years.

Mr. Hoffman's primary areas of specialization are Heat / Combustion Containment strategies, and Electrical System Design strategies in expected customer abnormal use. His involvement in field investigation evaluations and product liability support allow him to understand how products react in the field and produce both relevance safety tests and design solutions.

Qualifications:

Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Michigan
Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI)
Master Certified in Design for Safety
Master Certified in Force Failure Testing
Certified Statistical Blackbelt
Member of the UL Standards Technical Panel for Appliance Codes related to Clothes Washers and Dryers

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• Robert C. Hoffman's Curriculum Vitae

Michael T. Motley, Ph.D. has over thirty-five years of experience in the field of Communication, with specialization in the areas of public-speaking anxiety (stage fright), interpersonal communication, meaning, and psycholinguistics. He has developed an approach to reducing public-speaking stage fright that has been proven in several clinical trials to be the most effective therapy available. The method is successful in about 95% of severe cases and 85% of moderate cases. Dr. Motley is a Professor of Communication with the University of California at Davis. He has authored almost 200 books, articles, and research papers in communication and psycholinguistics. He has won eighteen excellence awards for his research and was recognized as among the "Top 1%" of communication scholars of the 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's. Areas of Expertise:

Stage Fright Reduction
Interpersonal Communication Skills
Male / Female Misunderstandings
Communication of Sexual Consent

Services Offered:

Consultation and Advice in Above Areas
Therapy for Public-Speaking Anxiety (Stage Fright)

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• View Dr. Motley's Curriculum Vitae & List of Publications

6/19/2018 · Warnings & Labels

Criteria for Evaluating Warnings

By: Dr. Michael T. Motley

If you do work as an expert witness on warnings, you probably feel quite confident that you know a bad warning when you see one (and would know a good one if you ever saw one). Of course, backing up our opinion with some version of, "I just know" doesn't make for very strong testimony. Indeed, we can count on our criteria being challenged by opposing council even when we can articulate them.

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5/29/2012 · Warnings & Labels

Semantics in Court: Providing Opinions on likely Meanings of Messages

By: Dr. Michael T. Motley

My first expert witness case involved a man who was injured using a chinup bar designed to fit within a door frame. The bar has rubber suction cups at each end, and its length is adjusted by twisting its two sections together or apart for a telescoping effect.

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Forensic Communication: Application of Communication Research to Courtroom Litigation

Michael T. Motley, PhD

In this volume, recognized scholars discuss ways they have applied communication research to court cases as an expert witness or consultant in such areas as jury selection, pretrial publicity, sexual consent, warning adequacy, hindsight bias, jury decision making, document authorship identification, graphics and simulations and several others. For attorneys, the volume may provide an introduction to ways that communication scholarship can inform their future cases.

Studies in Applied Interpersonal Communication

Michael T. Motley, PhD

This book offers solutions for communication problems that erupt in our daily lives. By focusing on socially meaningful applied research in communication, this book offers a new direction for interpersonal communication studies. Featuring original studies that are practical and relevant, chapters provide readers with a balanced combination of rigorous research with pragmatic application.

Envista Forensics is a global leader in Forensic Engineering & Recovery Solutions. They provide Cause & Origin, Failure Analysis, Fire and Explosion Investigations, Accident Reconstruction, Damage Evaluations and Equipment Restoration Services following disasters of all kinds. Envista has offered Consulting Services to the insurance, legal and risk management industries, as well as businesses, public entities, and universities for over 25 years. Their Experts travel globally from 30 offices located across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K., Australia and Singapore.

Insurance Industry / Claims Professionals - Envista understands the need to save money and expedite the claim, to serve the insured and reduce uncertainty. They offer a menu of services that address insurers’ needs for timely, reliable information, as well as their need to satisfy the policyholders. Envista's insurance clients include Property Adjusters, Casualty and Liability Adjusters and Examiners, Boiler & Machinery Specialists, Inland and Ocean Marine Surveyors, Subrogation and Recovery Professionals, SIU (Special Investigation Units), Forensic Accountants, and Lloyd's & London Market.

Businesses - Envista understands that buildings, equipment, data and other assets are critical to the profitable operation of any business. They are proud to offer a variety of services that help businesses protect themselves when they need it most. Envista offers specialized expertise with all types of business, especially Manufacturers, Technology Companies, Food Processing, Hospitals, Medical / Dental Care, Laboratories, R&D (Research & Design), Schools and Universities, Law, Accounting, and other Professional Service Firms, Banking, Securities, Financial, Energy, Transportation, Retail, and Broadcast and Entertainment.

Universities & Public Entities - Risk Managers and Business Officers responsible for the operations of colleges, universities, local government and other entities have the challenging role of working to prevent financial exposure following disasters involving business-critical equipment, buildings/structures, data/networks, as well as safety. Envista engineers and technicians have over a quarter century’s worth of experience providing forensic consulting for college risk professionals, as well as the insurance carriers and legal professionals who serve them.

Consulting Services:

Equipment Damage Assessments
Forensic Engineering / Causation Analysis
Building & Structure Damage Assessments
Equipment Restoration & Preservation
Evaluation of Repair and Replacement
Project Management of Repair and Recovery Efforts Options
Data Recovery
Computer Forensics
Forensic Video Services
Cyber Incident Analysis

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2/18/2014 · Medical - Medicine

Pipe Ruptures Above Your CT Scanner - Now What?

By: Envista Forensics - Andrew Spetter and Mark Ewing

All is quiet at 10:30 pm until a nurse notices water on the 2nd floor hallway. Building maintenance is called and discovers a ruptured pipe fitting in a bathroom on the 2nd floor. The water is shut off at 10:45 pm but unfortunately the damage has been done. It is later discovered that water penetrated through perforations in the ceiling in the CT suite on the 1st floor exposing the 16-slice CT gantry and patient table to water.

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1/14/2014 · Machinery

After the Storm: Mitigating Losses Involving High-Technology Equipment Following a Flood

By: Envista Forensics - Bruce Swales

The role that water plays in our existence is well understood. Without it, most living things will rapidly wither and die. Equally catastrophic of course, are the consequences of too much water. Not only to living things, in terms of widespread flooding, but also in terms of damage to machinery and equipment from exposure to water.

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5/15/2013 · Electrical - Electrocution

Identifying the Source of a Power Surge

By: Envista Forensics

Is it possible to differentiate between lightning related surges and artificially generated electrical surges?

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4/17/2013 · Discovery & Electronic Discovery

An Introduction to the eDiscovery Process

By: Envista Forensics

E-Discovery is the process of collecting and exchanging electronically stored information (ESI) that is requested during the discovery phase in civil litigation.

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3/14/2013 · Corrosion

Preventative Restoration: Preserving your Options

By: Envista Forensics - Andrew Spetter

An ominous cloud of smoke continues to billow as the sprinklers rain water throughout the facility. The production manager's mechanical and electrical equipment is rapidly deteriorating, and within hours, the previously pristine equipment normally used to manufacture precision circuit boards will have a thin coating of flash rust with further damage forthcoming.

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1/25/2013 · Damages

Minimizing the Impact of Medical Equipment Losses

By: Envista Forensics - Andrew Spetter and Mark Ewing

Doctors and nurses need to make quick, educated decisions to minimize the impact of difficult situations. These decisions are based on the practitioner's years of experience, their education, the science and technology available, and with the assistance of critical analytical and diagnostic equipment.

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11/19/2012 · Damages

Investigating Equipment Damage Claims in Latin America

By: Envista Forensics - John Hicks

A water pipe breaks in a healthcare provider's facility, saturating an MRI control cabinet. The manufacturer is called in and spends $200,000 on attempted repairs. The unit still doesn't work. The manufacturer says the entire unit needs to be replaced, at a cost of $240,000.

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Eugene R. Camerota is a Professional Consulting Engineer. His consulting experience includes the analytical and experimental studies of Engineering problems dealing with Accident Reconstruction and Product Liability. His work includes the following specialties:

Automotive / Motorcycle Accident Reconstruction

Crash Data Retrieval

Seat Belt Restraint Analysis

Automotive Component Design Evaluation

Construction Equipment

Industrial / Portable Machinery

Consumer Product Evaluation

OSHA

Slip and Fall

Finity Engineering, LLC comprises highly-accomplished engineers and industrial practitioners that work alongside leading researchers to provide design, analysis, consulting, and litigation support services. Associates are subject-matter experts in the areas of Automation, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Consumer Products.

Finity Engineering professionals have served scores of industry-leading companies and research institutes, and have developed and provided technical oversight for the implementation of hundreds of robotic, automation, and controls systems deployed within the facilities of high-profile end users. Collectively, Finity Engineering professionals are named inventors on over 60 patents and have founded dozens of successful entrepreneurial ventures, demonstrating pragmatic and marketable engineering innovation.

Clients Include: Alcoa, Apple, BMW, Boeing, Cargill, Caterpillar, Chernobyl, Cummins, Ford Motors, Fukushima, General Motors, Gestamp, Google, Honda, Hundai, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Johnson Controls, Kia Motors, Lockheed Martin, and many more.

Design, Analysis & Business Consulting Specialties:

Additive Manufacturing
Aerospace Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Consumer Product Design
Control Systems
Cranes
Design Methodology
Dynamics
Electrical Engineering
Failure Analysis
Fluid Power / Hydraulics
Haptics
Hazard Analysis
Image Processing
Industrial Control Systems
Industrial Design

Machine Design
Machine Learning
Machine Vision
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics
Motion Control
Optics
Photogrammetry
Product Design
Rapid Prototyping
Robotics
Signal Processing
Traction Control & Wheel Slip
Vibrations
Warnings

Founder, Khalid Sorensen, PhD, is a highly accomplished technology leader in Automation, Mechatronics, Motion Control, Manufacturing, Machine Vision, and Human-Machine Interaction. He has over 20 years of experience developing and deploying world class, mechatronic, motion control, and automation solutions.

Dr. Sorensen has directed the development and implementation of 100s of complex, multi-disciplinary mechatronic systems for high-profile industry leaders including Toyota, Ford, Alcoa, Caterpillar, Boeing, NuScale, and many others, and high-profile facilities including Fukushima and Chernobyl.

Previously, Dr. Sorensen Founded a technology company where he invented and was the Chief Architect of Expertoperator^TM, Safemove^TM, Automove^TM, and Cranevision^TM – technology known within the primary metals, automotive, and heavy-equipment sectors for enhancing crane safety, productivity, and ease-of-use; Developed state-of-the-art, on-line, time-optimal trajectory synthesis software for Cartesian machines - key drivers in the acquisition of his company 5 years after inception by a global leader in automation.

View Dr. Khalid Sorensen's Expert Witness Profile.

• Dr. Khalid Sorensen's Curriculum Vitae

• About Finity Engineering, LLC

• Design, Analysis, & Consulting Services

Dr. Kevin A. Rider, PhD, PE, CPE of Forensic Human Factors, LLC., providing investigations and expert testimony regarding predictable human behavior, particularly as it relates to motor vehicle and pedestrian collisions, premises liability, and slips, trips and falls, the design and use of products, and adequacy of warnings/instructions. His work focuses on identifying the Human Factors Elements that lead to unfortunate incidents, and what should have been done to prevent them.

Dr. Rider is a Licensed Professional Engineer and Certified Professional Ergonomist, and has studied human movements and behavior, and served as a human factors consultant since 1999, including five years teaching industrial engineering and occupational safety courses at West Virginia University. He has presented at professional conferences, both nationally and abroad, and his research is published and cited in a number of peer-reviewed journals. He continues to serve as a reviewer for conference and journal manuscripts.

Dr. Rider has testified over 100 times, and excels at educating attorneys and jurors. His services are available to attorneys for both Plaintiff and Defense.

Areas of Expertise:

Driver Behavior - Cell Phone Use and other In-Vehicle Distractions
Product Liability - Design, Guards, Warnings, Adequacy of Instructions
Premises Liability - Sidewalks, Shopping Centers, Community Parks, Retail Displays
Slips, Trips, and Falls
Visibility and Lighting - Illumination and Conspicuity of Objects
Workplace Safety - Defective Products, Gross Negligence or Misconduct, Third Party Actions on Worksites
Machine Guarding

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• Dr. Rider's Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Expertise:

Accident Reconstruction
Biomechanics
Human Factors
Safety
Accident Prevention
Adequacy of Warnings
Building Codes
Coefficient of Friction
Construction Defect
3D Scans
Failure Analysis

Industrial / Recreational / Structural

OSHA Compliance

Premises Liability

Product Integrity / Testing

Computer Animation and stimulations

Defense and Plaintiff Cases

Civil & Criminal

Educational Seminars

Litigation and Non-litigation

Mediation / Arbitration Services

Court Testimony over 2000 x's

Auto • Airbag • Bicycle • Boating • Bus • Chair Design / Safety / Failure • Diving and Drowning • Electrocution and Shock • Elevator • Escalator • Fires and Explosions • Forklift • Gate • Golf Cart • Highway Design and Safety • Ladder • Law Enforcement • Lighting & Illumination • Loading Dock • Metallurgy • Motorcycle • Paintgun • Playground Safety • Press • Ramps • Rollercoaster • Safety Guards • Scaffolding • Seatbelts • Slip / Trip and Fall • Spas • Stairs • Swimming Pool Design and Safety • Tractors • Trailers • Trucks • 3D Scans

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3/26/2014 · Warnings & Labels

Warnings: When Do They Help, When Do They Hurt?

By: Dr. Kenneth Solomon

In essence, to warn is to place someone on advance notice of a danger or a potential danger. To warn requires that the person or people giving the warning have a superior knowledge of the harm or potential harm compared to the person or people exposed. Further, the person or the people who are warning must also have a superior knowledge of the means of reducing either the likelihood and/or the magnitude of the harm or potential harm as compared with the person or people exposed.

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2/13/2014 · Accident Prevention & Safety

Air Bag Deployment Criteria

By: Dr. Kenneth Solomon

Air bag control modules utilize complex algorithms to make air bag deployment decisions based on crash severity related to the change in vehicle speed or deceleration over time. Due to the proprietary nature of air bag deployment algorithms, the velocity, acceleration, or displacement thresholds for air bag deployment during a collision are not easily obtained; however, a range of frontal barrier impact speeds and corresponding deceleration and displacement threshold values for air bag deployment can be approximated using known vehicle stiffness-to-weight ratios.

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6/28/2013 · Medical - Medicine

Ankle Injury Mechanisms and Integrative Medicine Therapies

By: Dr. Kenneth Solomon

The purpose of this article is to show the relationship between the mechanism of an ankle injury (inversion, eversion, etc.) and the most likely result of the injury (sprain, fracture, etc.).

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5/22/2006 · Injury

Types of Knee Injuries & How They Occur

By: Kenneth Solomon, PhD, PE, et al

The purpose of this article is to distinguish the mechanism of knee injury (e.g., forward fall while foot is trapped, impact of knee on dashboard, chronic injury due to repetitive twisting, etc.) from the type of injury (e.g., torn meniscus, ruptured ACL, bursitis, etc

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Meyer R. Rosen FRSC, FAIC, CPC, CChE is a leading creative consultant for the Legal Profession, Specialty Chemical / Personal Care Industries. He is Founder & President of Interactive Consulting, Inc. (www.chemicalconsult.com).

Meyer is a Forensic Litigation expert for both plaintiff and defense in hazardous chemicals, products liability, personal injury, fires and explosions, intellectual property and trade secret cases. He also provides Technical Marketing, New Business Development, Technical Consulting and Professional Editing services internationally to the Specialty Chemical, Personal Care, Cosmetic, Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Allied Industries.

Meyer also has 15 years experience as a Professor of Fire Technology at Westchester Community College. Mr. Rosen is Editor- in- Chief of Harry’s Cosmeticology, 9th Ed. A 2,600 page trilogy on all aspects of the cosmetic industry (www.harryscosmeticology.com)’ as well as being Editor-in-Chief for EuroCosmetics magazine (Germany).

Technology Expertise (Intellectual Property/Chemical Industry): Mr. Rosen provides consultation and litigation support in patent infringement, trade secret issues and licensing matters. His scientific areas of expertise include, but are not limited to:

Organosilicones: Surfactants, Emulsions, Foams, Antifoams, Silane Coupling Agents
Water Soluble Polymers, Poly(ethylene oxide), Polyethylene Glycol, and Poly (acrylamide) and Water Insoluble Polymers
Colloid and Surface Chemistry: Stability of Dispersions, Wetting & Spreading Phenomena, Suspensions & Emulsions, Clays, Paint & Coatings, Personal Care, Cosmetics
Flocculating and Coagulating Agents
Applied Rheology, Rheology Modification of Aqueous & Non-Aqueous Media

Certifications:

Chartered Chemist and Fellow: Royal Society of Chemistry – London
Nationally Certified Professional Chemist and Professional Chemical Engineer
Fire and Explosion Expert (Advanced Training)
Fellow: American College of Forensic Examiners
Fellow: American Institute of Chemists
Diplomate: American Board of Forensic Examiners
Diplomate: American Board of Forensic Engineering and Technology

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• View List of Publications: Books, Technical Articles, Conference Presentations

• 9th Edition of Harry's Cosmeticology Launched - Meyer Rosen Interview

• More on the Harry's Cosmeticology website

• Oct. 2017 Seminar Announcement: The age-defying paradigm

• Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Edition

• Meyer Rosen's Interview with Lawyer Monthly

3/13/2020 · Product Liability

Approaching Product Liability as an Expert Witness

By: Meyer Rosen

The successful attorney-chemical expert “dyad” is, in my opinion, critically dependent on creating a trusting, workable, two-way communication. The expert must be able to educate the attorney in the complexities of the subject case, so that the attorney is comfortable in mediation or court procedures.

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10/9/2012 · Chemical Industry

Intelligent Delivery Systems for Enhancing the Performance of Active Ingredients in Skin Care Formulations

By: Meyer Rosen

The skin is a miraculous organ and the cosmetic & personal care industry continues to make improvements on how to maintain the health and beauty of this organ, the largest in the body. Much of the radiant youthful glow on the skin is often achieved through the delivery of advanced, active skin care products.

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9/12/2012 · Chemical Industry

Improving Cosmetic Formulation Quality Through Innovative Processing Technology: Preparation of MicroDroplet/Particle Master Batches through Innovative Compounding Techniques

By: Meyer Rosen

The intimate, uniform and lump-free mixing of a formulation containing two or more fluid components, one being lipophilic and the other hydrophilic, with or without the addition of powdered solids, to form a stable emulsion is a complex process.

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Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Edition 3 Volume Set

Meyer R. Rosen

The 9th edition has been doubled in size over the 8th edition and is available in both hard copy and e-book versions as well as eight shorter “Focus Books” taken from the full encyclopedic three volume edition.” All of the Focus Books are coordinated with educational presentations being conducted during the InCosmetics N.A. conference and exhibition.”

Rheology Modifiers Handbook: Practical Use and Application (Materials and Processing Technology)

Meyer R. Rosen

This is the first single-volume handbook with the information a researcher needs to select the best rheology modifiers for his/her project. Information on 20 different types of rheology modifiers manufactured by 26 companies worldwide is described. These range from Acrylic Polymers to Xanthan Gum. This handbook was written because, in the authors' experience, the selection of a rheology modifier for specific applications is an arduous task.

"Delivery System Handbook for Personal Care & Cosmetic Products: Technology, Applications and Formulations." Series Editor: Personal Care & Cosmetic Products

Meyer R. Rosen

Novel delivery systems designed to facilitate the use of fountain of youth and other functional actives is an idea whose time has come...This must have book has been carefully designed for training, development and synergistic technology transfer across the personal care, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.

Summary

Stephen (Steve) T. Hopper, PE, is Founder and Principal of Inviscid Consulting. Over more than three decades, Steve has helped hundreds of clients plan and streamline their warehousing, logistics, manufacturing, and distribution operations by driving down operating costs, boosting capacity, improving service levels, mitigating risk, implementing effective supply chain solutions, emphasizing safety, and enhancing the performance of their supply chain resources: people, processes, inventory, facilities, equipment, material handling systems, transportation assets, and supply chain information technology (IT). He has worked with clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations.

Steve earned a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE) degree from The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and is a board-certified, licensed, registered Professional Engineer (PE). He has served as an expert witness on dozens of cases involving supply chain operations in the US, Canada, and Australia and has advised private equity and venture capital investors. He has also been interviewed by the supply chain industry media, authored articles for industry publications, and spoken at industry events.

Industry Experience

3PL / Outsourced distribution and fulfillment
Apparel / Footwear
Building materials
Consumer goods
Direct-to-consumer / Ecommerce / Catalog
Food / Beverage / Grocery
Furniture
High-tech / Electronics
Industrial / Automotive / Aerospace
Mining / Drilling
Pharmaceutical / Health and life sciences
Rentals
Retail
Reverse logistics / Returns
Wholesale / General distribution

Supply Chain Solutions Expertise

Warehouse management systems (WMS)
Warehouse control systems (WCS)
Warehouse execution systems (WES)
Slotting and order picking systems
Transportation management systems (TMS)
Labor management systems (LMS)
Order management systems (OMS)
Voice and automatic identification systems
Equipment, automation, robotics, and software used for handling, packaging, storing, and transporting materials
Logistics network design & optimization software tools

Education, Certifications, and Associations

Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE), The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
Board-certified, licensed, registered Professional Engineer (PE)

• Steve Hopper's Curriculum Vitae (CV)

• About Inviscid Consulting, LLC

• Services

mdi Consultants, Inc - Experts in FDA regulatory affairs, quality assurance and ISO 9000 certification. With 6 years in the FDA and 26 years consulting to the industry, mdi Consultants, Inc. has been an invited Speaker worldwide on FDA regulations and policies and has obtained FDA expert status as third party auditors.

OUR APPROACH

We utilize the following three part approach to providing high quality services to our clients:

Unsurpassed consultant experience – we identify and recruit only top quality consultants with deep industry knowledge to provide the most complete and insightful advice to our clients

Up-to-date systems and processes – we have highly defined systems (e.g. manuals, training programs, technical files) and processes (e.g. audit methodologies, 510(k) submission, validations) that are constantly refined and kept current across the ever changing regulatory environment

Involvement in regulation development – we stay ahead of policies by participating in the development of regulation (e.g. HACCP, Scientific Advisor to U.S. Congressmen)

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Packaging Technology & Research LLC provides Food Packaging Consulting, Tailored Packaging Science, and Value Chain Solutions that improve packaging in the Food and Beverage Industry.

Science-Based Consulting:

Problem Solving and Technical Consulting - Help uncover and shine a spotlight on what’s working and what is NOT to help our clients take bold steps rooted in science-based packaging expertise.

Sustainable Packaging - Unlock the optimal blend of food and packaging science, value chain experience, and consumer insights to achieve more sustainable packaging for clients. This includes food packaging system, flexible packaging, and packaging materials that support food packaging sustainability.

Increase Shelf Life and Prevent Food Waste - Empower clients with packaging solutions to prevent food waste, meet bold commitments on addressing UNSDGs, food justice, hunger, and GHG. reduction. F

Strategy and Roadmaps - Steer clients’ futures by developing science-based, systems-thinking strategies and roadmaps to ensure both an intelligent plan and a strong business case. From food packaging for frozen food to edible packaging and pet food packaging

Clients: Food Companies, Produce Companies, Frozen Food Manufactures, Meal Kit Delivery Companies, Food and Packaging Wholesaler, Restaurant Chains, Industry Associations, Packaging Companies, Bakeries, Pet Food Companies, Packaging Manufacturers, Quick Service Restaurants, Environmental Advocacy Groups, Chemical Companies, Dairy Farms, Butchers, Copackers, Meat Delivery Companies, Restaurants.

Claire K. Sand, PhD, is a Global Packaging Technology Leader with over 35 years of Food Science and Packaging experience. Dr. Sand's background includes working with Total Quality Marketing, Nestle, General Mills, Kraft Heinz, Safeway, and academia, as well as in basic research, development market research, and marketing in Germany, Colombia, and Thailand.

Dr. Sand is the owner and founder of Packaging Technology and Research, LLC, as well as Gazelle Mobile Packaging Inc. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Michigan State University and CalPoly. She is an IFT Fellow, the Riester-Davis-Brody Lifetime Achievement in Food Packaging Award recipient, a member of numerous Editorial Boards, the author of the Packaging Value Chain, and the co-chair of pacfoodwaste. Dr. Sand received her doctorate in Food Science and Nutrition from the University of Minnesota, as well as master's and bachelor's degrees in packaging from Michigan State University.

View Dr. Claire K. Sand's Expert Witness Profile.

• Dr. Claire K. Sand's Curriclum Vitae

• Biography

• Services