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Presentations and Publications
John Moore presented Trucking Company Documents: Record Keeping in the Digital Age at the Litigating Truck Collision Cases seminar sponsored by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) in Atlanta in October, 2009. Mr. Moore is a commercial vehicle management specialist and a Certified Director of Safety.
James A. Bragdon, Jr.,M.S., P.E spoke recently at the Fatigued Truckers Seminar sponsored by Associaton of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (APITLA) in Las Vegas, NV; his presentation was entitled Truck Drivers + Fatigue + Work Zones = Crashes Mr. Bragdon is a traffic engineer with Ruhl Forensic specializing in temporary traffic control zones.
Dwayne Owen spoke, by invitation, at the European Conference for Accident Reconstructionists in Wildhaus, Switzerland on June 12, 2009. His presentation was entitled An Evaluation of Vehicle Deceleration Rates on a Common Surface and was based upon his independent research. The conference also included crash testing of pedestrian models, bicycles and motorcycles with passenger vehicles. European insurance and car companies cooperated with engineering firms to present this highly technical and sophisticated testing. Mr. Owen is a certified accident reconstructionist with Ruhl Forensic.
Awards and Honors
A team of engineering students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who were advised by Dr. Mark Strauss was awarded 1st place in the Whirlpool Student Design Competition. They were given the task of trying to design a green washing machine; the goal was to use less energy and / or less water and / or fewer materials and / or make it recyclable. The specifics of the designs are confidential.
Dr. Thomas F. Conry, a mechanical engineer with Ruhl Forensic, has been awarded the prestigious Edmond E. Bisson award by the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) for the best written contribution published by the Society in the preceding year. The award winning paper is entitled Tribological Studies on Scuffing Due to the Influence of Carbon Dioxide Used as a Refrigerant in Compressors.
Professional Development
Ed Sebak attended the Clemson University 24th Annual Tire Industry Conference in Hilton Head, SC. Mr. Sebak is a staff engineer specializing in the analysis of tires and wheels.
Peter Philbrick and John Moore completed an Air Brake and Air Brake Systems Seminar offered by Bendix. They also attended a 2009 Regulatory Roundup Workshop offered by the Arizona Trucking Association which discussed changes in and rulings on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
Dwayne Owen and Scott Duvall attended the Vextronic / Bosch Crash Data Retrieval Analyst and Technician courses. They are Certified Crash Data Retrieval System Operators, meaning they have been industry trained in the correct procedures for downloading and analyzing data from the air bag and powertrain control modules of vehicles that have been involved in a crash.
Research and Testing
Dr. Strauss is continuing his research into the accuracy of the ability of the typical adult to view, then estimate distances along a roadway. An article based upon his research entitled Distance Estimation Error in a Roadway Setting has been accepted for publication in the Police Journal.
Dwayne Owen continues his research into the deceleration rates of motorcycles, passenger cars, light duty pickup trucks, and tractor-trailers of various configurations on a common surface. He is being assisted in this testing by Scott Duvall and Ed Sebak.
Please feel free to call us at any time at 800-355-7800 or 800-235-2808 with questions regarding the work we do.
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