ATA, NASA AND THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
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![]() Founder and CEO of ATA Associates, Mr. Swint spent 25 years with NASA JSC Space Programs, which included extensive work on the Apollo, Shuttle, and Space Station programs. His positions included Manager of Apollo Displays and Controls Subsystems, Shuttle Integrated Avionics System Integration Manager, and Space Station.Safety Manager. Mr. Swint has kept close ties with NASA and has agreements with NASA to utilize their engineering and test facilities. During his career as an accident investigator he has worked on over 6000 cases. |
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Mr. Fritsch is a licensed, professional engineer with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from |
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Mr. Vaughan has received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Wright State University with a focus in design engineering. Allen has developed proficiency analyzing accidents using engineering tools such as a the FARO 3D scanner, FARO Zone 3D, Context Capture and ArcGIS software, V-Box data collector and surveying equipment. |
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Ms. Yergin has been an accident investigator since 1994, when she went to study under forensic physicist Thomas L. Bohan, a past president of the Academy of Forensic Sciences. April has two degrees, one of which was a bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from Arizona State University. |
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Mr. Alexander has experience in a variety of disciplines which include military and civilian aircraft flight control systems, electrical and mechanical systems, industrial equipment control systems, OSHA electrical code compliance and general safety issues. Bob spent 20 years at NASA working in various positions on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs, as well as having worked at Lockheed Martin specializing in safety product assurance. Additionally, he is trained in accident investigation with a focus on failure and cause identification. |
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![]() Dr. Andre is a professor at James Madison University. His expertise centers on visual perception and human factors. He has been conducting vision research in university settings since 1988 and has over 20 publications and 55 conference presentations and invited addresses. Dr. Andre’s expert witness consulting activities provide him an opportunity to apply his research and interests in visual science and human factors to the legal community. |
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![]() Mr. Bonanti served as the Director for the Office of Hazardous Materials at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as Investigator-In-Charge (IIC) at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). While at FAA, his oversight included all Part 121 and 135 air carriers that transported hazardous materials, as well as Part 145 repair stations. As a federal investigator for the NTSB, Mr. Bonanti was instrumental in finding safety failures in the transportation industry that placed the traveling public in harms way. |
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![]() Dr. Goong Chen is Professor of Mathematics and a member of the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering at Texas A&M |
![]() Barry G. Dickey is the certified forensic expert for Audio Evidence Lab, a laboratory specializing in the analysis of audio/video evidence. With over 20 years of experience, Mr. Dickey has provided testimony in federal and state courts on issues involving audio, video, and voice identification. His responsibilities include audio/video authentication, digital enhancement/restoration, voice identification/elimination, speech/phonetic analysis, and transcription of evidentiary recordings. In association with The American College of Forensic Examiners, Mr. Dickey has served on the Executive Committees for both the Forensic Audio and Forensic Video Divisions of the American Board of Recorded Evidence. |
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![]() Ms. Julianne Fox is a Principal Scientist who specializes in providing human factors consultation with a focus upon human visual and auditory perception, cognition, attention, decision-making, memory, and learning. Her work has included the scientific study of the effects of stress, time pressure, inattention and distraction, spatial disorientation, workload, training, risk perception, fatigue, and age on human performance, including reaction type and time. Ms. Fox also has over 35 years of flight experience in both aircraft and simulators. For over the past fifteen years, she has investigated accidents, provided expert testimony in the court room, and has been solicited to provide interviews on the news after some of the most notable accidents of our time. |
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![]() William "Bill" Gossard has 48 years of experience as a consultant in transportation safety issues and has extensive background in the area of drone safety. Bill has worked for the Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation and the independent National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Additionally, Mr. Gossard has completed twelve national reports adopted by the five member NTSB Presidential Board - a task not equaled by any other staff member of the NTSB. |
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![]() Mr. James is an international Aviation Safety and Security Consultant. He has extensive experience in performing aircraft accident investigations, incident reconstruction and in providing expert witness testimony. Mr. james also has expertise in the development and implemention of business/corporate and commercial aviation flight safety and security programs, including crisis management, safety evaluations and compliance audits. He served more than 16 years with the FAA as an Air Safety Investigator working more than 900 high-profile aircraft accidents, incidents and occurrences; personally conducting the investigations of general aviation and commercial air carrier aircraft incidents and accidents that included the reconstruction of all pertinent facts, conditions and circumstances. |
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Dr. Lasseigne serves as the Chief Technical Officer of G2MT Laboratories. She has extensive experience in the fields of metallurgy, hydrogen, corrosion, and materials science and is a world renowned expert in hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion. |
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Richard A. Marquise retired as a Senior Executive in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after a 31-year career. He is an expert in
crisis and major case management having worked and later managed major federal criminal investigations around the globe. He led
the American task force created to investigate the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that involved
searching for aircraft debris and evidence in a crime scene of over 845 square miles. He is also an expert in international terrorism and
has provided training, often based on his “Lockerbie experience,” to police officers all over the world to assist them in developing the
skills to prevent terrorist attacks.
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PharmaFlight is a Hungarian aviation-based research and development
organization that has been doing human subject testing for over |
PHARMAFLIGHT STAFF EXPERTS GYULA GYŐRI – FOUNDER AND CO-OWNER OF PHARMAFLIGHT, HONORARY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT HEAD ![]()
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Mr. Shirey is an Analytical Chemist and the owner of Shirey Analytical Services. SAS is a material analysis consulting agency focusing on the compositional analysis of coatings/paint, elastomers, plastics and oils. |
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21st Century Forensic Animation is the oldest forensic animation firm in the nation and is one of the pioneers in the forensic animation field. They work in conjunction with experts across the globe to create sophisticated 3D computer visualization of their expert opinion. They have generated countless animations for cases involving motor vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles, trucking, motor coaches and trains. They also have extensive experience in cases involving maritime, aviation, construction, OSHA, FELA, product liability, maintenance, electricity, explosions, fires, environmental, oil & gas, roadway design, patents, floods, hurricanes, capital murder, death penalty, mass shootings, and even war crimes, plus many others. 21st Century utilizes the latest technologies such as UAV (drone), laser scanning and close-range photogrammetry to insure the accuracy and verifiability |
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Mr. Thurman retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) following a 20-year career as a forensics examiner of explosives and bombing investigator in the FBI Laboratory. He has extensive experience in the identification and reconstruction of Improvised Explosive Devices and determination of explosion effects on aircraft. He led the United States forensic investigation into the bombing of Pan American Flight 103 and contributed to other aviation investigations to resolve whether the aircraft crash was the result of a bomb or other causes. He is also completed an 18-year career as an academic professor who taught the nuances used in post blast investigations. |
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Soraya Wall is an international mentor and trainer in forensics and quality assurance to various ISO Standards. She is the former director of the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory.During her tenure with the West Virginia State Police, she gained >experience in serology, DNA analysis, microscopic hair examination, and crime scene investigation. Ms. Wall has worked with the International Forensic Strategic Alliance (IFSA) and its partners, Interpol and the UNODC, on developing minimum standards for emerging forensic laboratories. |
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![]() Mariusz Ziejewski, PhD, is a Professor in the College of Engineering at North Dakota State University where he is the director of the Impact Biomechanics Laboratory and the director of the Automotive Systems Laboratory. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the University Of North Dakota School Of Medicine. |
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