• Reconstruction of vehicular & industrial accidents
• Analysis of vehicle collisions & vehicle response to operator input
• Soil mechanics & foundation engineering
• Tire research & design
• Dynamics, impact, & vibration
• Finite element & finite difference analysis of solids & fluids
• Design optimization & numerical analysis
  

• Ph.D. Applied Mechanics with a minor in Computer Science, Stanford University, 1975
• M.S. Applied Mechanics, Stanford University, 1973
• B.S. Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, with highest honors, University of Illinois, 1970

• Amador Newtonian Engineering (1994- ) Principal Engineer
• Modeling & Computing Services (1992-1994) Senior Mechanical Engineer, Design Optimization
• Failure Analysis Associates (1989-1992) Senior Engineer, Accident Reconstruction
• PEDA Corporation (1986-1989) Staff Scientist, Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Exxon Production Research (1977-1986) Senior Researcher, Offshore Structure Foundations
• Uniroyal Research Center (1976-1977) Research Engineer, Tire Mechanics
• Lockheed Missiles & Space (1970-1973) Engineer, Structural Dynamics

• Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer, California #M-27482
• Member:
  
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers;
  • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • SAE Accident Investigation / Reconstruction Practices Committee;
    
  • Society of Forensic Engineers & Scientists
  • Sigma Xi (scientific research society)
  • Tire Society
• Former chapter president, Sigma Tau (honorary engineering society)

• Fluent in Spanish
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Illinois Department of Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, 1996

• "Analysis of Multi-vehicle Rear End Accidents"
  Society of Automotive Engineers - (To be published)
  
  
• "Stiffness Parameters for Vehicle Collision Analysis, an Update" Paper #2001-01-0502, Society of Automotive Engineers, March 2001. ***
  
  
• "Application of the NHTSA Crash Database to Pole Impact Predictions," Paper #920605, Society of Automotive Engineers, February 1992 (with G. Kost).
  
  
• "Stiffness Parameters for Vehicle Collision Analysis," Paper #910119, Society of Automotive Engineers, February 1991 (with G. Kost & S. M. Werner) ***
  
  
• "A Two-Dimensional Model of a alling' Vehicle"
  Paper #910124, Society of Automotive Engineers, February 1991 (with G. Kost et al)
  
  
• "Dynamics of Aero-Driven Bodies with Collisions & Sliding Contact," Paper #AIAA-91-2938, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Flight Simulation Technologies Conference, August 1991 (with D. T. Wang & C. K. Lombard).
  
  
• "Combined Use of Upper Bound Theorems & Available Lower Bound Information," 20th Structures, Structural Dynamics, & Materials Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Paper #79-0785, April 1979.
  
  
• "Structural Analysis & Design for Energy Absorption in Impact," Prepared for the U.S. Department of Transportation, Report #DOT-TST-76-44, Stanford University, December 1975 (with E. H. Lee & R. L. Mallett).
  
  
• "Combined Bounds Analysis of the Deformation of Plastic Structures Under Impact," Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University, Department of Applied Mechanics, December 1975.
  
  
• "Methods of Estimating Impact Duration & Final Deformation on Collisions," SUDAM Report 75-3, Stanford University, March 1975 (with T. C. T. Ting et al.).

*** Paper specially honored by the Society of Automotive Engineers by publication in the SAE Transactions. They were judged to be among the most outstanding technical research papers published during the year.

• "A New Three-Step Move Limit Strategy for Non-Hierarchic Multidisciplinary System Optimization", Paper #AIAA-94-4331, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 5th Multidisciplinary Optimization Symposium, September 1994 (with E. D. Eason et al.).
  
  
• "Non-Hierarchic Multidisciplinary Design of a Commercial Aircraft", Paper #AIAA-94-4302, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 5th Multidisciplinary Optimization Symposium, September 1994 (with E. D. Eason et al.).
  
  
• "Robustness Testing of Non-Hierarchic System Optimization Software", Paper #AIAA-94-4335, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 5th Multidisciplinary Optimization Symposium, September 1994 (with E. D. Eason et al.).

• "Complex Wedge Cavity Solutions Using a Multi-Grid Multi-Patch Approach," 25th Joint Propulsion Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Paper #AIAA 89-2672, July 1989 (with C. K. Lombard).
  
  
• "Simulation of 3-D Jet-Interaction Flowfields with CSCM on Multiple Grids," 25th Joint Propulsion Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Paper #AIAA-89-2552, July 1989 (with S. K. Hong et al.).
  
  
• "Asynchronous Concurrent Implicit CFD Algorithms," 4th Conference on Hypercubes, Concurrent Computers, & Applications, March 1989 (with C. K. Lombard et al.).
  
  
• "Application of the CSCM Method to the Design of Wedge Cavities," 19th Fluid Dynamics, Plasma Dynamics, & Lasers Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Paper #AIAA-87-1317, June 1987 (with E. Venkatapathy et al.).
  
  
• "CSCM Methodology for Slot Injection Cooled Cavity Flow Design in a High Enthalpic Stream," 25th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Paper #AIAA-87-0518, January 1987 (with J. Bardina et al.).

• "Effect of Lateral Soil Movement on Subsequent Axial Pile Capacity: A Finite-Strain Analysis," 6th International Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering Symposium, March 1987.
  
  
• "Finite-Strain Axial Analysis of Piles in Clay," invited paper, Analysis & Design of Pile Foundation Symposium, American Society of Civil Engineers, October 1984.
  
  
• "The Use of Soil Mechanics Capabilities in a General Purpose Finite Element Program," Sedimentation Consolidation Models - Prediction & Validation Symposium, American Society of Civil Engineers, October 1984.
  
  
• "Sedimentation/Consolidation Models: Theory, General Report #2," Sedimentation Consolidation Models - Prediction & Validation Symposium, American Society of Civil Engineers, October 1984.
  
  
• "Long-Term Settlement of a Spudcan in Soft Clay: Field Tests & Boundary Value Analyses," International Conference on Constitutive Laws for Engineering Materials, January 1983.
  
  
• "The Analysis of Subsidence Associated with Geothermal Development," National Science Foundation, Research Applied to National Needs, Systems Control Inc., 3 Volumes, Report #5139, September 1976 (with R. W. Atherton et al.).