Equipment, Machinery, Automation & Robotics

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

William S. Howard, PhD is a Machine Design Engineer who specializes in industrial equipment and automation devices. With a background in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Software Development, as well as 30+ years of experience working with machines, equipment, and automation, Dr. Howard is a specialist in electro-mechanical equipment -- any type of machine, industrial device or automation equipment. William S. Howard, PhD is a machine expert who has designed and developed equipment for manufacturing factories and plants across the United States. These machines include conveyors, automation devices, robots and robotic machines, cartoners, hi-speed machines, stacking & sorting machines, and packaging equipment. William S. Howard, PhD is a manufacturing expert with 30+ years experience with OSHA regulations, ANSI standards, and CE regulations. He has designed and developed hundreds of machines -- over $100 million in total value -- which are currently operating around the world, in over 30 countries. Much of his career has been spent actually inside manufacturing factories designing and developing machines and electromechanical automation devices while working at an industrial manufacturing site. In a given year, he may work with 5-20 different manufacturing factories consulting in many different manufacturing areas. William S. Howard, PhD has 20+ years of expert witness experience, and has testified in a wide variety of trials (14+) and depositions (45+) in cases that involve intellectual property, patents, tort, and contract disputes with a very high rate of success.