Description
A biomechanical engineering consultant with more than 14 years of experience conducting analyses for sports, military, vehicle, and industrial applications. Areas of expertise include injury causation, accident reconstruction, vehicle collision analysis, injury tolerance, and mechanisms of injury to the human body.
Education and Certifications Background
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering 2009
Virginia Tech – Wake Forest School of Biomedical
Engineering and Sciences
Research focus: Facial Biomechanics
M.S. Mechanical Engineering with Biomedical 2003
Engineering Option
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Research focus: Thoracic Biomechanics
B.S. Mechanical Engineering 2001
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Continuing Education
Machine Learning Foundations 2019
University of Washington on Coursera
Applied Machine Learning in Python 2017
University of Michigan on Coursera
Crash Data Retrieval CDR User’s Summit 2012
Houston, Texas
ARAS360 2011
Advanced 3D Computer Diagramming and Animation for
Incident Reconstruction
San Antonio, Texas
EDSMAC – Simulations Training Course 2011
Engineering Dynamics Corporation
ARC-CSI Crash Conference 2010
Las Vegas, NV
Brain Injury Symposium 2007
NHTSA Docket # 26249
Current Issues in Using Crash Injury Data 2006
SAE Professional Development Program, Detroit MI
Automotive Safety and Injury Biomechanics 2005
Blacksburg Virginia
Applied Nonlinear Statistical Methods 2005
San Antonio American Statistical Association
Traffic Accident Reconstruction I & II 2003
Northwestern University Traffic Institute, Evanston, Illinois
Professional Experience
Senior Research Scientist 2016-Present
BIOCORE
Charlottesville, Virginia
Consultant 2009-2017
Biodynamic Research Corporation
San Antonio, Texas
Technical Director 2003-2009
Biodynamic Research Corporation
San Antonio, Texas
Graduate Research Assistant 2001-2003
Impact Biomechanics Laboratory
Virginia Tech
Research Assistant 2000
Psychology Department
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Research Assistant 1999-2000
Environmental Engineering Department
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Appointments
Adjunct Assistant Professor 2012 – 2016
Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at San Antonio
Adjunct Assistant Professor 2010 – Present
School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Virginia Tech – Wake Forest
Clinical Faculty 2010 – 2016
United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine
Graduate Medical Education
Professional Activities
Licensed Professional Engineer
Texas No. 104932 2009 – Present
Virginia No. 0402056752 2018 – Present
Accredited Traffic Accident Reconstructionist #2170 2009 – 2019
Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction
Reviewer:
Accident Analysis and Prevention
Journal of Biomechanics
Annals of Biomedical Engineering
Society of Automotive Engineers
Traffic Injury Prevention
Professional Societies
Biomedical Engineering Society 2010-Present
Association for the Advancement of Automotive 2002-Present
Medicine
Society of Automotive Engineers 2002-Present
Honors and Awards
Award of Appreciation 2010
Resident in Aerospace Medicine – United States Air Force
School of Aerospace Medicine
Paul E. Torgerson Research Excellence Award: 2003
Master’s Category in Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Tech
Impact Biomechanics Lab Outstanding Research Award 2002-2003
Virginia Tech
Center for Biomedical Engineering Symposium: 2001-2002
Outstanding Researcher Award
Virginia Tech
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 1998-2001
Honor Roll & Counselor’s Choice Scholarship