Description
Biomechanical engineer with over 20 years of experience as a researcher and consultant. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the fields of biomedical and mechanical engineering and accredited as a traffic accident expert. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers in the areas of biomechanics, accident investigations, and injury risk analysis with a focus on amusement park rides, automobile safety and sports biomechanics.
EDUCATION
PhD Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia 2000
Charlottesville, Virginia
MSE Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia 1997
Charlottesville, Virginia
BSE Biomedical Engineering, Duke University 1995
Durham, North Carolina
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Consultant 2022– Present
RTI Group, LLC
Stevensville, Maryland
Senior Consultant 2014 – Present
Biocore LLC
Charlottesville, Virginia
Laboratory and Research Specialist 2014 – 2016
Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Consultant 2006 – 2013
Technical Director 2002 – 2006
Biodynamic Research Corporation San Antonio, Texas
Research Scientist 2000 – 2002
Automobile Safety Laboratory, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Graduate Research Assistant 1997 – 2000
Automobile Safety Laboratory, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Graduate Research Assistant 1995 – 1997
Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Undergraduate Fellow 1994 – 1995
National Science Foundation/Engineering Research Center Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Licensed Professional Engineer
Texas P.E. #104623 2009 – Present
Virginia P.E. #0402053704 2014 – Present
Adjunct Faculty Member, Biomedical Engineering 2010 – Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering 2004 – 2010
Virginia Tech – Wake Forest Center for Injury Biomechanics
Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
Leadership Team Member 2020 – 2022
Consensus Head Acceleration Measurement Practices (CHAMP) Group
Scientific Coordinator
Head, Neck, and Spine Engineering Subcommittee 2014 – 2017
Engineering Committee 2017 – Present
National Football League
Visiting Research Scientist 2009 – Present
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Clinical Faculty, Graduate Medical Education 2008 – 2013
United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
Scientific Program Committee Member 2008 – 2013
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
Course Organizer, Biomechanics of Injury 2007
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
Accredited Traffic Accident Reconstructionist (#1705) 2006 – 2021
Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction
Affiliate Member, ASTM International
Committee F24 on Amusement Rides and Devices
Reviewer
Accident Analysis & Prevention
American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2005 – Present
American Journal of Sports Medicine Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Clinical Anatomy
Clinical Biomechanics
Journal of Applied Biomechanics
Journal of Biomechanics
Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems
Society of Automotive Engineers
Sports Biomechanics
Traffic Injury Prevention