Acoustics & Vibrations Engineering Expert Witnesses

Durand R. Begault received a PhD in Computer Audio from UC San Diego in 1988 and an MFA from Mills College in 1981. He has been associated with the Audio Forensic Center and Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc. since 1996 and has worked as an expert witness, legal consultant, and acoustical consultant on a variety of audio-related cases since 1988. Dr. Begault also holds a research position at NASA Ames Research Center and is an adjunct faculty member at McGill University. He is the author of several U.S. patents and is qualified as an expert witness in both Federal and State Courts. Dr. Begault has testified in over 40 cases on a variety of audio technology and forensic audio-related cases.

Areas of Expertise:

• Audio Technology Patent / Intellectual Property Analyses
• Forensic Audio and Video Tape Examination / Authentication
• Analysis of Speech, Alarms, Warning Signal Audibility
• Voice Identification and Elimination
• Analysis of ‘Ear Witness’ Testimony
• Enhancement of Speech from Noisy Audio / Video Tape Recordings
• Music Copyright Infringement and Musicological Analysis
• Gunshots
• Acoustical Test and Measurement - Environmental Sound
• Noise Exposure
• Software / Hardware Black Box Testing for Infringement
• Videotape Image Enhancement
• Analysis of Digital Recordings

Please contact the Marketing Department at Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc./Audio Forensic Center for Dr. Begault’s current CV.

View Consulting Profile.

CSTI Acoustics offers professional consulting services in acoustics and noise and vibration control to engineering firms, industrial companies, developers, architects, churches, private owners, attorneys, and government entities.

Both graduates of MIT, Arno Bommer and Bob Bruce have been working together since the early 1980s. Projects have been performed throughout the US including Alaska and Hawaii, and in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Trinidad, Argentina, Chile, Puerto Rico, England, Scotland, Germany, and Qatar.

Norman Dotti, PE, PP, INCE, is a graduate Mechanical Engineer, a Registered Professional Engineer, and a Licensed Professional Planner. As a practicing Acoustical Engineer since 1971, Mr. Dotti has over 40 years of direct experience with Sound and Vibration Measurement, Analysis, Control, and Engineering Project Management. He has worked with clients from industry, all levels of government, associations, military, as well as private individuals, and community groups.

Mr. Dotti has applied over two decades of electronics, instrumentation and computer programming experience to designing and supplying systems and software for sound and vibration measurement and analysis. As part of his work he has conducted hundreds of on-site studies of environmental, architectural and industrial sound and vibration problems; started, developed and managed a group of consulting engineers specializing in noise and vibration control; designed, programmed and built automated sound and vibration measurement systems for environmental and industrial clients.

Litigation Support - Mr. Dotti has testified as an Forensic Acoustic Engineering expert witness in planning hearings and local, State and Federal courts. His cases involve Worker's compensation cases and noise exposures in the workplace. Mr. Dotti's expertise is available to plaintiff and defendant and his services include site review, written reports, depositions, and trial testimony as needed.

Areas of Expertise:

Acoustical Engineering Acoustic Analysis Noise Abatement Noise Pollution Audio Authenticity Audio Enhancements Audio Tape Enhancement

Digital Audio Enhancement Environmental Acoustics / Noise Highway / Street Noise Maritime Noise Pollution Vibration Measurement Noise Impact / Measurement Airport / Railroad Noise Pollution

View Norman Dotti's Consulting Profile.