The expert
We found an expert who was a metallurgical engineer with over 25 years of experience in product testing and analysis. A Professor in the Mechanical and civil engineering, chemistry and physics departments, his expertise was in the analysis of thermal and mechanical systems. His background included extensive experience with thermal materials, including insulating polymers and high heat capacity alloys used to transmit small amounts of energy. Finally, he had served as an expert witness on numerous product liability cases, been deposed 12 times and testified several times.