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Brian Haygood, P.E.

Consulting and Forensic Mechanical Engineer

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QUALIFICATIONS

• Mechanical Design and Analysis • Finite Element Analysis (FEA) • Vehicle Systems and Dynamics • Fuel Systems and Fuel Contamination • Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) and Analysis • Off-road and On-road Racing Vehicle Design and Analysis
• Conspicuity • Accident Investigation, Reconstruction and testing for Oil Field, Automotive, Trucking, Boating, Aviation, ATVs, UTVs, Side-by-Sides, and Personal Watercraft (PWC) • Residential and Commercial Construction Analysis • Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) • Solid Modeling and Visualization • Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Operator

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003 – Present, Consulting Forensic Engineer, System Engineering And Laboratories

2002 – 2002, Application Engineer, Algor Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
ALGOR Inc. is the world’s leading finite element analysis software company, providing static and dynamic analysis for solids, fluids, electrical and heat currents. Responsibilities included assisting domestic and German speaking ALGOR users in producing models in various CAD packages, converting them to F.E.A. models, and devising practical strategies for accomplishing analysis goals.

2000 – 2000, Staff Engineer, Automotive Design & Composites, Ltd.,
San Antonio, Texas.
Responsibilities included Computer Aided Design (using Pro/Engineer) and Finite Element Analysis (using Pro/Mechanica) of vehicle frame and chassis components.

1999 – 2000, Staff Engineer, Inno Tech Engineering Services, San Antonio, Texas.
Responsibilities included Vehicle distortion and trajectory analysis, computer aided drafting using AutoCAD, programming in Excel; site surveying, incident investigation, witness interviews and formal report writing.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Mechanical design and analysis
  • Failure Element Analysis (FEA)
  • Vehicle systems and dynamics
  • Fuel systems and contamination
  • Crash data retrieval (CDR) and analysis
  • Off-road and on-road racing vehicle design and analysis
  • Accident investigation and/or reconstruction for oil-field, automotive, trucking, boating, aviation, ATV, UTV, Side by Side, and PWC.
  • Residential and commericial construction analysis
  • Computer aided design and drafting (CADD)
  • Solid modeling and visualization
  • Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) operator

EDUCATION

Rice University, Bachelor of Arts, Biology and Psychology, 1997
University of Pittsburgh, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 2001
HVE Forum, San Antonio, Texas, 2007
Crash Data Retrieval Technician and Analysts, Fort Worth, Texas, 2006
ARAS 360E Advanced 3D Computer Diagramming for Crash Reconstruction, Conroe, Texas, 2011
SAE Heavy Vehicle Event Data Retrieval and Analysis

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