Accident Reconstructionist And Forensic Consultant
CurrentTraffic Accident Reconstructionist and Forensic Consultant specializing in trucking and vehicle accident reconstruction and mechanical systems analysis.Accident reconstruction experience includes analysis of accident causation, avoidance opportunity, visibility, conspicuity, heavy truck ECM, ABS and “black box” electronic data retrieval and interpretation, vehicle dynamics, vehicle orientation analysis, speed-time-distance analysis, occupant kinematics, damage energy analysis, perception and reaction analysis, light bulb filament analysis, photogrammetry, vehicle inspections, heavy vehicle brake inspections and low speed impact analysis. Casework has involved automobiles, tractor trailers, trucks, buses, forklift trucks, motorcycles, construction equipment, farm equipment and pedestrians.Traffic Accident SimulationAccident simulation experience includes creating virtual accidents which follow the laws of physics using three-dimensional model roadways, modeled exemplar accident sites, vehicles, pedestrians and other non-vehicle traffic hazards. Simulations can be rendered in high definition video from multiple perspectives. Casework has included heavy and light trucks, passenger vehicles, work vans, U.S. interstates, U.S. highways, state highways, city streets and rural roads.Two-Dimensional Scaled Scene DiagramsTwo-dimensional scaled diagram experience includes video, photography, photogrammetry and aerial drone photography of accident scenes and evidence to reproduce them as scaled diagrams to visually model vehicle placements at different times before, during and after an accident. Casework has included U.S. interstates, U.S. highways, state highways, city streets and rural roads.
