Engineering Standards for Forensic Application

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-12-813240-1
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 634 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 1940 g

Engineering Standards for Forensic Application presents the technologies and law precedents for the application of engineering standards to forensic opinions, discussing Fundamentals, Disciplines, Engineering Standards, The Basics and the Future of Forensics. The book explores the engineering standard and how it is used by experts to give opinions that are introduced into evidence, and how they are assumed to be the best evidence known on the topic at hand. Final sections include coverage of NFL Brain Injuries and the Flint Water Crisis. Examples of the use of engineering standards are shown and discussed throughout the work.

Zielgruppe

<p>Primary: Forensic Engineers, Forensic Scientists, Litigators, Trial Attorneys and Judges. </p> <p>Secondary: Students and instructors studying or teaching forensic engineering in forensic science programs, also law school libraries. </p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, Robert N.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Anderson, Robert N.
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.