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
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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
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| 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.
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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. |
James M.L. Miller, MS, PhD, EIT – Engineering Associate Dr. Miller is an Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at Trine University in Angola, Indiana. Dr. Miller graduated with a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering from Stanford University in 2021, advised by Dr. Thomas W. Kenny. At JMME he has applied his expertise to biomedical heat transfer problems and energy management in hydroelectric systems, solar arrays and portable battery usage.
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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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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.
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.
Mark R. Lehto & James M. Miller
James M. Miller, Mark R. Lehto & J. Paul Frantz
James M. Miller, Mark R. Lehto
Michael P. Lawler, MS, CSP, ASP, CHST, is a Construction Safety Expert with over 30 years of experience. He offers a unique combination of formal education and "project based" technical experience working on some of the largest construction projects in the United States. 
