Materials Expert Witnesses
Materials expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on materials. The materials expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Accident Reconstruction, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Failure Analysis, and Mechanical Engineering.
Chris Scott, PhD
Material Answers LLC
Weston, Massachusetts
Chemical Engineering, Failure Analysis
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polymer, plastic, rubber, coating, materials, material science, material engineering, thermoplastic, thermoset, composite, design, manufacturing, adhesive, ink, automotive, medical device, aerospace, packaging, accident, defect
Dr. Chris E. Scott is President of Material Answers LLC. He specializes in material structure, properties, and processing. His work emphasizes thermoplastics, thermosets, blends, composites, and multicomponent formulations. He has extensive experience with manufacturing, product development, product design, and failure analysis. Systems investigated include plastics, composites, coatings, paints, adhesives, rubbers, fibers, suspensions, emulsions, and pastes. In particular, Dr. Scott has published extensively on the topics of polymer processing and structure relationships, compounding and mixing in multiphase polymer systems, and structure and morphology development during polymer processing. He is the inventor on 11 U.S. patents, author of more than 30 articles in peer reviewed journals, author of 40 conference proceedings, and has presented more than 50 seminars to industry and government organizations.
Dr. Scott has conducted failure analysis investigations and developed p...
Bradley E Layton, PhD PE MLE
Biomechanics and Biomedicine Expert - 30+ cases
Human Powered Future PLLC
Missoula, Montana
Accident Reconstruction, Biomedical Engineering
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accidents, biomechanics, diabetes, dynamics, energy, engineering, failure, forensics, imaging, injury, materials, mechanics, nanotechnology, neurology, neuropathy, patents, personal injury, physics, proteins, slip trip & fall
American Concrete Institute Member
ASME member
IEEE-EMBS Editor
Author - Molecular and Cellular Biomechanics
Associate Teaching Professor - Drexel University
Associate Professor - University of Montana
Elite Athlete - United States Rowing Team 1995 & 1997
Fire Protection Engineer - US Department of Energy - Savannah River Site
Founding Member - Insurance Engineering Blockchain Consortium
International Code Council Member
Inventor - AFM Nanomanipulation & Surgical Patents
Licensed Professional Engineer - CO, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, MI, MT, NV, PA, UT
Lunar Scientist - US Department of Energy - Office of Space
Machinist - Merlin Metalworks - titanium bicycle design & Stillwater - Kevlar boat design
Model Law Engineer
Oath of the Engineer - Engineer's equivalent of Hippocratic Oath
National Society of Professional Engineers
Post-doctoral Fellow - University of Michigan MRI laboratory
Recipient - Montana Governor's Innovator Award
Scientist - 100+ papers and abstracts
Scott J. Anson, Ph.D., P.E.
Forensic Engineer - University Professor
Anson Engineering, LLC
Harleton (Longview), Texas
Mechanical Engineering, Failure Analysis
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials, Failure Analysis, Forensic Engineering, Manufacturing, Design, Warnings - Marketing Defect, Oil & Gas, Metallurgy, Stress, Root Cause, Safety Hierarchy Application, Lab Analysis, Inspection, Firearms, Electronics, Field Investigation, Fracture, Golf Cart, ATVs/UTVs
Dr. Scott Anson has been practicing and teaching engineering for over 28 years. The first 8 years were in industry engineering roles involving process development and tooling design, as well as extensive laboratory failure analysis. During his over 20+yr. academic career he has held multiple industry appointments simultaneous with his academic role, in addition to his independent consulting work.
He provides forensic engineering services involving product design, manufacturing defects, and warnings/instructions (marketing defects).
He is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Texas and Louisiana and has an active NCEES record to facilitate licensing in other states.
Dr. Anson has complementary skills in four key dualities that uniquely enhance his effectiveness in forensic engineering and expert witness services.
1) He is formally trained and experienced in both Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering, which enables him to assess both mechanical overstress and ma...