FORENSIC ENGINEERING - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Contract Forensic Engineer

Dr. Bosch has had over 35 years of experience in a combination of forensic engineering, mechanical engineering, materials engineering and automotive technical and building construction fields. His background includes 9 years of forensic engineering, 10 years of industrial experience, and 35 years as an ASE Certified Master Technician ... read more about David Bosch, PH.D., Contract Forensic Engineer Dr. Bosch has provided more than 9 years of forensic engineering support to the legal and insurance industries, including expert testimony for numerous aspects of product liability, personal injury and criminal cases including but not limited to the following: Specialization in Construction Defects, Motorcycles, and Light, Medium and Heavy Trucks Natural Gas and LPG Systems, Fires and Explosions Mechanical, Electrical and Controls Analysis for Failure and Defects Construction Safety, Defects and Accidents Crash Reconstruction Building Safety; Slip, Trip & Fall Fire Origin and Causation; Explosions Electrical Arcs, Shorts, Thermal Effects Lighting and Associated Engineering Assessments Codes, Standards and Specifications Dr. Bosch has testified on behalf of plaintiff and defendant for insurance companies, private attorneys and manufacturing companies. He has acted as a forensic engineering consultant on over 125 cases. He has been deposed over 20 times and has testified in trial. Dr. Bosch's industrial experience included research and development with a focus on the manufacturing and testing of discrete and embedded microelectronics and Micro-Electrical-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) including pressure and acceleration sensors for applications in the automotive industry. His industrial experience also included extensive experience with product manufacturing equipment; equipment controls systems, manufacturing processes, safety systems and protocols, process and quality control systems and protocols. Dr. Bosch currently provides engineered designs to several local metal fabrication businesses and LPG gas fired systems designs to a firm that fabricates custom equipment for fire fighter training. Dr. Bosch's technical background is unique. Dr. Bosch's family owned and operated for more than 50 years an International Truck Dealership in South Dakota. Dr. Bosch began working in the shop at 9 years of age. He eventually worked his way up to ASE Master Technician certification and International Harvester's Tech Star certification. Dr. Bosch was responsible for all aspects of vehicle repair. During his tenure at the dealership he participated in motorcycle and automobile racing, constructing his own equipment including fuel systems, chassis, suspensions, engines, drive trains and body components. After graduating from high school, Dr. Bosch worked for a general contractor where he learned the building trade. His education in the construction trades included learning concrete work, erection of steel structures, carpentry and cabinetry, drywall finishing, and many other types of work. He worked his way up to a supervisory position before returning to work with his parents at the truck dealership. Before beginning college, Dr. Bosch also worked at a motorcycle dealership where he was responsible for motorcycle, snowmobile and boat diagnostics and repair. Dr. Bosch has ridden motorcycles in excess of 1 million miles.

Job Titles:

• Forensic Engineer
• Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Arizona State University

Dr. Jacobson has had over 40 years of experience in Materials, Mechanical and Design Engineering in both industry and university. Dr. Jacobson was a professor of Materials and Mechanical Engineering for nearly 30 years where he taught and did research in the technical areas of forensic consulting. Dr. Jacobson has testified on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants for insurance companies, private attorneys, and manufacturing companies since 1973. He has acted as a forensic engineering consulting expert on over 1,700 cases. He has been deposed over 390 times and has testified in over 110 trials ... read more about Dean Jacobson, PH.D., Forensic Engineer Dr. Jacobson is Professor Emeritus of Engineering at Arizona State University. He attained the status of Full Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, as well as Chemical, Bio and Materials Science Engineering. Dr. Jacobson taught Mechanical and Materials Engineering courses including basic materials science involving metals, plastics, ceramics, semiconductors and composites. Other courses included mechanical metallurgy, physical metallurgy, failure analysis, corrosions, physics and other courses. He taught design in many courses as well as the senior capstone design course which he was in charge of developing for several years. Dr. Jacobson has published 134 papers in scientific and engineering proceedings and journals. He has consulted in engineering design, failure analysis and testing of structures and materials for entities such as United States Air Force, Department of Energy, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Naval Research Lab, General Atomics, Xerox Electro-Optical Systems, Loral, AFOSR and various commercial enterprises. At the M.S. level Dr. Jacobson worked for Bendix in the brake division designing polymer-metal components materials for vehicles and aircraft. At the Ph.D. level, he worked for Aerojet General in the rocket engine area developing bimetal technology for liquid metals. He also worked at Xerox Electro Optical systems in the aerospace area developing lasers, night vision devices, heat pipes, high intensity arc lamps, thermionic energy conversion (the conversion of heat to direct current electricity) and worked on Xerox Copier developments. The projects which he worked on as an engineer, faculty member and consultant have involved design, failure analysis, fabrication, mechanical, thermal and chemical testing and product development. The hundreds of forensic engineering cases have largely involved those areas attributed to his formal education, but infinitely extended by the learning process during the many years of teaching, research and consulting. Dr. Jacobson has an extensive background in conducting forensic cases involving structural failures, automobile and truck rollover and collisions, accidents, vehicular component failures including but not limited to brakes, engines, suspensions, axles, wheels and body structures. Other areas include electrical malfunctions, fires, propane and gas explosions, corrosions failures, furniture failures, playground equipment failures, farm equipment failures, ladder failures, slip, trip and fall events and numerous other product design and manufacturing defects.

Dr. Iliescu's specialty is in pathology and he has served as a medical examiner in Florida, Arizona, and Washington State and has completed over 1900 autopsies. He has testified in federal, state and county courts. Dr. Iliescu is able to address wrongful death, child abuse and vehicular homicide cases from a medical examiner perspective. Furthermore, Dr. Iliescu is also able to provide the attorney client with medical opinion assisting the attorney with information regarding death investigation and the medical examiner system. Dr. Iliescu is also available to perform toxicology analysis and autopsy examinations. Dr. Iliescu is able to provide preliminary medical opinion in other cases and help guide attorney clients to the appropriate medical specialist in cases outside the specialty of forensic pathology

Hannon Biomechanics Analysis is a Phoenix area based Arizona Corporation, providing consulting services and expert witness testimony in: detailed biomechanics forensics functional human anatomy neurosciences human factors biological and medical simulations medical analyses Dr. Hannon has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Department of Defense. Dr. Hannon was a tenured professor at Northern Arizona University, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Dept. of Biology. In May of 2008, he retired from the University and now devotes all his time to Hannon Biomechanics Analysis. Dr. Hannon has addressed hundreds of injury biomechanics and functional anatomy injury issues and has testified in civil and criminal cases in county, state and federal courts over the past twenty-two years. Dr. Hannon has co-authored the first textbook published in the United States in forensic biomechanics, entitled Forensic Biomechanics, (2006; 2008) Lawyers and Judges Publishing. Additionally he serves on the Board of Associate Editors for the new international journal entitled Journal of Forensic Biomechanics

Job Titles:

• Forensic Engineer

Mr. Anderson obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering with the emphasis of his study in Solid Mechanics and Materials Science from Arizona State University in 2007. Mr. Anderson was at the top of his class in Computer Aided Engineering. He has 6 years of experience providing forensic engineering support in over 130 personal injury/product liability cases. Mr. Anderson has been deposed, and has provided direct support for other experts in trial and depositions ... read more about Scott Anderson, M.S.M.E., Forensic Engineer Mr. Anderson specializes in stress analysis where the conditions necessary to cause a part to fail can be simulated. A computer model of a failed part or assembly is created from measurements, photographs, Faro arm digitization, or laser scanning. The properties of the materials that the part or assembly is made of are determined by testing or obtained through research or the discovery process. Through computer finite element modeling the part is subjected to a static or dynamic load, an impact, heat, or vibration. Questions can be answered such as: What is the load that would cause failure? How degraded would the material properties have to be for a known load to cause failure? Was the loading placed on the part to high? Was the material strength too low? The probability of different failure scenarios can be investigated and design modifications which would have prevented the failure can be determined. Mr. Anderson's simulations, technical animations and graphics have assisted in winning and favorably settling many cases. He has written dozens of reports and provided peer review of many others. He has also created structural and other technical drawings which have been used in job proposals, manufacturing, and fulfilling government project requirements. Mr. Anderson has completed all courses necessary to obtain a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering and is currently writing a Master's thesis on the mechanics of fatigue crack growth in ductile alloys.