Structures Expert Witnesses
Structures 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 structures. The structures expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Aviation & Aerospace, Civil Engineering, Engineering, and Structural Engineering.
Prof. Ron Barrett, Ph.D., NAI Fellow, AIAA Asc. Fellow
Aviation Flight Safety, Liability & Patent Expert
Barrett Aerospace Technologies
Lawrence, Kansas
Aviation & Aerospace, Engineering
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Aerospace, Aviation, Engineering, Patent Litigation, Flight Safety, Structures, Aircraft Design, Stability and Control, Propulsion, UAV, UAM and UAS, Drone, Missile, Munition, Helicopter, Electric Flight, Flying Toys, Flight Testing, Aircraft Crashworthiness, Cost Analysis
• Full Professor of Aerospace Engineering
• Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Winner of the Discover Magazine Award for Aerospace and Aviation
• Led more award winning American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aircraft and Missile Design teams than any other in the world
• Listed by Stanford/Elsevier as one of the world’s top 2% most cited Technologists
• Most cited member of the AIAA Aircraft Design Technical Committee
• Published more than 400 professional works
• Holder of 23 patents
• Worked on projects for all of the branches of the US DoD, NASA, NSF, DARPA, all major US aerospace corporations and many minor.
I am the only NAI Fellow and AIAA Associate Fellow listed on SEAK.
These distinctions make me exceptionally resistant to Daubert motions in my areas of expertise and would give your side "one up" on adverse parties.
I have worked in many corners of aerospace techn...
John Hlinka, PE, M. ASCE
Benton, Kentucky
Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering
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civil, railroad, accident, cranes, failures, foundations, structures, drainage, culverts, washouts, hydrology, concrete pump trucks, corrosion, chemical, industrial, building codes, inspections, construction, OSHA Compliance, swimming pools
Mr. Hlinka has worked over 40 years in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management market with experience in numerous industries: Chemical, Oil Refinery, Pulp & Paper, Adhesives, Nuclear Power Generation, Nuclear Feed Stock, and Steel. His work has overlapped with residential and commercial industries. Throughout his career he has engineered and managed a myriad of projects in these industries and has provided leadership to the various companies in the capacities of: Site Manager, Design Manager, Project Manager, Construction Supervisor, and currently as President. Design engineering, analysis, and inspection experience includes structural steel, reinforced concrete, stone, masonry, wood, and stormwater drainage.
