Engineering Standards for Forensic Application

Engineering Standards for Forensic Application presents the technologies and law precedents for the application of engineering standards to forensic opinions, discussing Fundamentals, Disciplines, Engineering Standards, The Basics and the Future of Forensics. The book explores the engineering standard and how it is used by experts to give opinions that are introduced into evidence, and how they are assumed to be the best evidence known on the topic at hand. Final sections include coverage of NFL Brain Injuries and the Flint Water Crisis. Examples of the use of engineering standards are shown and discussed throughout the work.

Addresses a wide variety of forensic engineering areas, including relevant lawProvides a new approach of study that includes the work of both engineers and litigatorsContains contributions from over 40 experts, offering the reader examples of general forensic methods that are based on reliable engineering practice

Part 1 Fundamentals 1. Case Studies in Engineering Evidence 2. Assessing Scientific Methodology of Engineering Experts 3. The Breadth of Engineering Standards 4. Engineering Standards in Forensic Education 5. An Environmental Engineering Case Study

Part 2 Disciplines 6. Engineering Standards in Electric Shock 7. HVAC and Building Envelope Litigation 8. Architectural Standards in Slip, Trip, and Fall Litigation 9. Engineering Standards in Construction Litigation 10. Engineering Standards in Transportation Litigation 11. Engineering Standards in Fire Investigation 12. Engineering Standards in Electrical Fire Investigations 13. Engineering Standards in Geotechnical Engineering Litigation 14. Engineering Standards in Welding Failure 15. Highway Design Litigation

Part 3 De Facto Engineering Standards 16. De Facto Engineering Design Standards 17. Industry Standards in Computing Litigation 18. Electric Power Industry Standards 19. De Facto Standards in Tire Friction 20. A U.S. Patent Acting as a De Facto Standard in Tire Failure 21. Forensic Economics 22. De Facto Standards in Accident Reconstruction

Part 4 Basic Sciences/Basic Engineering 23. Engineering Standards in Biomechanics 24. Engineering Standards in Human Factors 25. Standards in Human Vibration Litigation 26. Products Liability

Part 5 Engineering Standards – The Forensic Future 27. The Future of Forensic Methods 28. NFL Brain Injury 29. Forensic Odontology 30. Flint Water Crisis