Dr. David M. Cades has over 12 years of experience in Human Factors and Ergonomics. He earned his BS in Human Factors from Tufts University and his MA and his Ph.D. in Psychology and Human Factors and Applied Cognitive Psychology from George Mason University. Formerly, this expert served as a User Experience Consultant at User-Centric. He also worked as a Scientist, Senior Scientist, Managing Scientist, and Senior Managing Scientist at Exponent, Inc. Currently, he serves ...
Mr. Steven M. Hall has over 24 years of experience in the field of Human Factors and Product Liability and Safety. He earned his BSE in Engineering Physics and his MSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. Today, this expert is a Certified Product Safety Manager by the International Board for Certification Services and Management. Formerly, he served as an Instructional Assistant for Product and Occupational Safety Management courses ...
Ms. Joellen Gill has over 40 years of experience in the fields of Human Factors and Ergonomics. She earned her BS in Human Factors Engineering from Wright State University, her MBA from the University of Northern Colorado, and her MS in Environmental Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Today, this expert is a Certified Safety Professional by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, a Certified Human Factors Professional by the Board of Certification in ...
Dr. Joseph B. Sala has 16 years of experience in Human Factors and Ergonomics. He earned his BA in Psychology and his BS in Administration of Justice from Rutgers University. He also earned his MA in Psychological and Brain Sciences, as well as, his Ph.D. in Psychology from Johns Hopkins University. Formerly, this expert served as a Lecturer at Drexel University. Currently, this expert is the Corporate Vice President, Principal Scientist, and Practice Director of Human ...
Mr. John W. Spencer has more than 35 years of experience as an Industrial Hygienist. He earned his BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Maryland College Park. Today, he is a Certified Safety Professional by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals and a Certified Industrial Hygienist by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Formerly, this expert served as an Industrial Hygienist at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, as the ...
Ms. Anne C. Mathias has 17 years of experience in Engineering and Mechanics. She earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, her MSE in Mechanical Engineering, and her MS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Today, this expert is certified as an Ergonomics Assessment Specialist by The Back School of Atlanta and licensed as a Professional Engineer in the state of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, and Michigan. Formerly, this ...
Dr. David A. Krauss has 19 years of experience in the field of Human Factors and Ergonomics and Accident Reconstruction. He earned his BS in Biopsychology and Cognitive Science from the University of Michigan, and his MA and Ph.D. in Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of California Los Angeles. Formerly, he served as an Instructor and Lecturer of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Currently, he serves as a Principal Scientist of ...
This expert has over 40 years experience in communication messages and interpretation. He currently conducts research concerned with the interpersonal tactics and message strategies that individuals use in the context of problematic social interactions. He also specializes in communicative intention and the adequacy/inadequacy of messages. This includes the question of how people are most likely to interpret messages in particular warning labels, advertising, contracts, ...
This human factors and ergonomics expert has 20+ years of experience analyzing human performance and behavior. He specializes in warnings and risk perception, product safety, vehicle collisions, pedestrian falls, and related areas. The expert earned his Master's and his Ph.D. in Psychology and Ergonomics from North Carolina State University. He is Board Certified in Professional Ergonomics and is a member of several industry associations, including the American Society ...
This expert researches how people access and respond to safety and health risk information, examining the effectiveness of consumer product and industrial equipment warnings. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication from Kansas State University and both his Master's and doctoral degrees in Communication Studies from the University of Kansas. He has published his scholarly findings on the effectiveness of product warning labels and the communication of risk. ...
This case takes place in Minnesota and involves a man who was attending a football game on a day when there were multiple thunderstorm and meteorology advisories for the area. The football stadium did not publicize to the attendants. The game…
A design engineering expert witness advises on a case involving a pool filter explosion that caused severe brain injury to the plaintiff in Missouri. The plaintiff was tasked with replacing the pool filter. The filter is made up of two…
A human factors and safeguarding expert witness advises on a case involving a shopper who was poked near the eye by a rotating bag carousel in a grocery store. Plaintiff was a customer at defendant grocery store. When she was…
A human factors expert advises on a case involving a slip and fall at a service station. The plaintiff fueled his vehicle at defendant service station and went into the store to make a purchase and attempt to catch a…
A human factors expert witness advises on a case involving an infant who fractured his skull and suffered a brain injury in a fall from a floor-level child seat. The plaintiff is a mother who received a baby seat as…
Expert witnesses with specialties in human factors, consumer product safety and forensic chemistry advise on a case involving a worker who died as a result of chemical burns caused by mislabeled chemical containers. The decedent was a dye company worker from North Dakota who had…
A products liability/consumer product safety expert witness for the defense discusses a case involving a fast-food patron who was injured when a piece of artwork fell. The plaintiff was having coffee and eating yogurt at a restaurant owned and operated…
This case involves a ten-year-old boy who was playing at a construction site. A home was being built at the site and there was an excavation with mounds of dirt and a concrete flooring foundation that was visible. Several children…
This case involves a ten-year-old boy who was playing in the play area of a fast food hamburger restaurant. The boy was playing on the cross bars as though they were “monkey bars.” There were no safety precautions in the play…