Part 1 Fundamentals 1. Case Studies in Engineering Evidence 2.
Assessing Scientific Methodology of Engineering Experts 3. The
Breadth of Engineering Standards 4. Engineering Standards in
Forensic Education 5. An Environmental Engineering Case Study
Part 2 Disciplines 6. Engineering Standards in Electric Shock 7.
HVAC and Building Envelope Litigation 8. Architectural Standards in
Slip, Trip, and Fall Litigation 9. Engineering Standards in
Construction Litigation 10. Engineering Standards in Transportation
Litigation 11. Engineering Standards in Fire Investigation 12.
Engineering Standards in Electrical Fire Investigations 13.
Engineering Standards in Geotechnical Engineering Litigation 14.
Engineering Standards in Welding Failure 15. Highway Design
Litigation
Part 3 De Facto Engineering Standards 16. De Facto Engineering
Design Standards 17. Industry Standards in Computing Litigation 18.
Electric Power Industry Standards 19. De Facto Standards in Tire
Friction 20. A U.S. Patent Acting as a De Facto Standard in Tire
Failure 21. Forensic Economics 22. De Facto Standards in Accident
Reconstruction
Part 4 Basic Sciences/Basic Engineering 23. Engineering Standards
in Biomechanics 24. Engineering Standards in Human Factors 25.
Standards in Human Vibration Litigation 26. Products Liability
Part 5 Engineering Standards – The Forensic Future 27. The Future
of Forensic Methods 28. NFL Brain Injury 29. Forensic
Odontology 30. Flint Water Crisis
Dr. McLay is retired. He is the past president of STARK rxp, Inc.,
a forensic engineering consulting corporation that specialized in
the development of restraint systems for motor vehicles, structural
analysis of the human body, software development in: biomechanics,
structural analysis of vehicles, vehicle dynamics, forensic
animation, and vision and perception in human factors.
His expertise is the analysis of vehicles and the human body in the
related environments of vehicle accidents and crashes of all
types.
Dr. McLay’s experience includes simulation in accident analysis and
design failures. He is a consultant in his specialty areas and a
testifying expert witness in accident reconstruction, with over 40
years of experience serving courts in the United States.
Dr. McLay holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Mechanics
with a related B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University
of Wisconsin.
He has published in the areas of forensic animation; accident
reconstruction; perception, reaction, and conspicuity; engineering
evidence and lay testimony; forensic air bag analysis methods, the
use and misuse of engineering standards; this forthcoming book:
Engineering Standards for Forensic Application, and a series of
papers on biomechanics.
He has both plaintiff and defense experience in civil and criminal
cases. He has worked for the State of Vermont in accident
reconstruction cases. He has worked pro bono on cases of indigent
defendants. He has designed and led seminars and workshops on
forensic methods for both engineers and attorneys.
Dr. McLay is:
? A current faculty member of Biomedical Engineering at the
University of Iowa.
? Past member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
? A Fellow of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers.
? A holder of the patent: “Target Standoff Sensor for Shaped Charge
Warhead,“ U.S. Patent No. 4567829.
In the community of Essex Junction, Vermont, he is a past member of
the Planning Commission.
Dr. McLay and his wife of 58 years have resided in South
Burlington, Vermont since 2006. His wife, Daren, a medical
technologist, has been the business manager for the forensic work,
beginning in 1990. Dr. Anderson is president of RNA Consulting,
Inc., a forensic engineering consulting corporation that
specializes in materials engineering and sciences.
His expertise is the analysis of the behavior of materials, such as
metals, plastics, glass, wood, and ceramics, in their related
environments.
Dr. Anderson’s experience includes accident analysis including
industrial equipment, industrial materials applications, design
failures, corrosion issues, and water systems failures. He is a
consultant in his specialty areas, and a testifying expert witness
in materials and metallurgical engineering, with 30+ years of
experience serving courts in the U.S., and Canada.
Dr. Anderson holds a Ph.D. in Metallurgy from Stanford University,
M.S. degrees in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from UC
Berkeley, and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of San
Francisco.
He has published in the areas of thermodynamics, corrosion, surface
chemistry, fire analysis, and understandings of archeological
materials. He is a diplomate and immediate Past President of the
Board of Directors of the International Board of Forensic
Engineering Sciences (IBFES) - the IBFES board certifies
engineering sciences forensic experts.
He has both plaintiff and defense experience in civil and criminal
matters; he is experienced as a court appointed expert. He has
designed and led workshops in presentation of evidence to the
jury.
Dr. Anderson is:
• Past member of the Board of the American Academy of Forensic
Sciences (AAFS).
• An elected fellow /past president of the National Academy of
Forensic Engineers (NAFE).
• A founding member/past president of the Society of Forensic
Engineers and Scientists (SFES).
• Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Materials Engineering, San Jose
State University, San Jose, CA.
In the community of Los Altos Hills, he is the immediate Past
President of the board of directors of the Purissima Hills Water
District, (PHWD), and on the board of the Bay Area Water Supply and
Conservation Agency (BAWSCA), which serves the agencies who
subscribe to the Hetch Hetchy water system of the SFPUC.
Dr. Anderson and his family have resided in Los Altos Hills since
1986, and previously lived in Palo Alto. His wife, Dru, is a
consultant in life cycle process management and communications, and
she is vice president of business and technical operations of their
company, RNA Consulting, Inc.
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