Van Calhoun P.E. CSP PURPOSE and EXPERIENCE: As a Registered Professional Engineer and Certified Safety Professional, I support and assist my clients by answering questions and addressing issues of fact regarding accidents, injuries, and property damage. My experience includes a varied background in industry and over 20 years in forensic engineering, accident reconstruction and safety analysis. My work includes motor vehicle, industrial, agricultural and consumer accident reconstruction and safety analysis, product failure analysis, and fire cause and origin investigation. My files include car, truck, motorcycle, bus, bicycle, and ATV accidents, machine guarding and machine design, slip/trip/fall accidents, electrical shock and electrocution, residential, commercial, and vehicle fires, material handling, conveyors and forklift accidents. EDUCATION: I have degrees in Engineering, B.E., Vanderbilt University, Cum Laude, 1970, and Law, J.D., Southern Methodist University, 1977, and have taken various courses, seminars, etc. in various areas of my work. CAPABILITIES: One of my most important assets is 16 years of experience in helping clients find answers to their questions and helping them deal with important issues. This experience is important in all phases of my work. Data Collection: Devices and instruments for collecting information include: Conventional and digital photography and videography, laser scene mapping, Crash Data Recorder data collection, light meters, friction testers, vehicle accelerometers, sound level meter, stereo zoom microscopy, volt-ohm meters, gas samplers, and a host of other devices for measuring the physical world. Data Analysis: Analysis methodologies and equipment include: Manual mathematical analysis, computer assisted motor vehicle accident analysis including HVE, Edsmac, Edcrash, etc., computer graphics, computer assisted and manual photogrammetry, a personal library with thousands of items including standards, texts and other references, and the world of information available via high speed internet connection. Presentation of Findings: Verbal descriptions and representations, fixed graphics on display type boards, 3d solid models, computer based animations, photographic enlargements, computer assisted presentations via LCD projection as with Power Point, which may include still and moving graphics, etc. Associations: In support of my client’s needs, I consult, work with, and/or refer clients to other professionals with whom I have established relationships during my years of experience. Van's Email - van@enginv.com