deVries Engineering
Forensic Engineering
Formerly with Lapina & Associates, LLC, Forensic Engineers and Scientists of Cranberry Township, PA
Mechanical and Agricultural Engineer with extensive industry experience in machine design.
Capabilities in 3-D solid modeling for design layouts, testing, and analysis.
My Services
Accident reconstruction
Site Visits
Investigation of injury incidents
3-D Solid Modeling
Re-design of defective machines
Testing and Analysis
About
Located in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh area.
Currently Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
Sole proprietor of deVries Engineering – part time forensic and contract design engineering.
8 years with Lapina & Associates, LLC, including 3 depositions, 2 trial testimonies, 16 reports.
4 years Engineering Manager with J&J Truck Bodies and Trailers – dump trucks, transfer trailers, dump trailers, specialty off-road projects.
9 years Engineering Manager with Steiner Turf Equipment, Inc. – grounds maintenance equipment, lawn mowers, trencher, aerator, plow, auger, etc; agricultural equipment – sod harvesters and sod layers, fork lifts, etc. 6 Patents, 5 depositions on product liability cases.
6 years Design Engineer with Ford New Holland – Industrial Tractors, Tractor-Loaders, and Tractor-Loader-Backhoes.
3 years Design Engineer with Campbell Soup Company – food processing equipment.
Licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Lafayette College, 1981.
M.S. Agricultural Engineering, Cornell University, 1987, concentration in Power and Machinery, minor in Mechanical Engineering.
In addition to expert witness work for accident reconstruction, I have also consulted on patent issues.
Contact Me
Address:
494 W Patriot St
Somerset, PA 15501
USA
Email:
Phone:
7248135835