Firm Profile: Established in 1996, Global Technology Experts, Inc. (GTE) specializes in providing multi-disciplinary engineering and scientific consulting, product testing, safety and forensic engineering services to manufacturers, defense and plaintiff attorneys, and to the insurance claims industry. Our professional staff includes engineers, scientists, and technical specialists who have years of experience and excel as experts in wide range of disciplines. GTE has investigated more then 350+ failure cases that include: Machinery/Equipment, Slip and Fall, Accident Reconstruction, Vehicle Rollover, Lift trucks, Bicycle, Generator/Battery, Tree stand, Construction Defects, Pump/Boiler/Chiller, Engine/Transmission, Weld joints, Corrosion, Fatigue, Polymers, Ceramics and Composite materials. GTE also specializes in Life assessment and durability analysis of prototype components etc.
Areas of Expertise:
| Electrical FailuresMotor/Generator FailuresBattery FailuresAccident ReconstructionTire Defects Machinery & Equipment FailuresConstruction Equipment Failure | Aircraft Engine/Structural Failure Structural Engineering Mechanical Metallurgy/Materials Failure Fatigue & CorrosionProduct Failure Analysis Bicycle, Ladder, Slip/trip & fallBuilding Construction & Defect Analysis |
Education: We have highly experienced and qualified staff:
PhD, Engineering Science & Materials, Virginia TechPhD, Electrical Engineering, Georgia TechPhD, Mechanical Engineering, Auburn UniversityBS, Civil and Construction Engineering, Kansas State UniversityBS, Mechanical Engineering, S.U.N.Y., Buffalo, NYMBA, Technology Management, Florida Institute of Technology
Certifications:PE – Registered Professional EngineersCMfgE – Certified Manufacture Engineer
Professional Affiliations:Southern Law AssociationAtlanta Claims AssociationAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer American Society of Civil Engineers American Society of Materials American Society of Nondestructive testing American Welding SocietyAmerican Society of Testing Materials Society of Aerospace, Materials and Process Engineers
Principals:Dr. Ash Thakker, PhD, PE, FASM,FSME, CMfgE (Structures, Materials, Fatigue, Fracture, Composites, Damage Tolerance)Mr. George Kremer, BSME, AAS (Metallurgy, Corrosion, Coatings and Mechanical Failures)Dr. Nicholas Propes, PhD (Electrical Machinery Failures, Maintenance Systems, Testing and Analysis)Dr. Freeman Rufus, PhD (Battery/Motor/Generator Failure)Dr. Jyoti Ajitsaria, PhD (Mechanical Failures)Mr. Mike Healy, BS (Civil, Construction Engineering, Buildings)Mr. Ralph Cunningham, BS (Physical Testing, Accident Reconstruction)
A "slip and fall" or "trip and fall" is the generic term for an injury which occurs when someone slips, trips or falls as a result of a dangerous or hazardous condition on someone else's property. It includes falls as a result of water, ice or snow, as well as abrupt changes in flooring, poor lighting, or a hidden hazard, such as a gap or hard to see hole in the ground
