CURRICULUM VITAE of
JEFFREY W. MUTTART, M. A., ACTAR #96
Last
updated:May 13, 2008
Accredited Traffic
Accident Reconstructionist #96 by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic
Accident Reconstruction, an organization founded by twelve professional
accident reconstruction associations and societies with international
representation that comply with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
recommendations. Expires March 2011.
Crash Data
Retrieval System Operator by and through the Vetronix Corporation.
Work Zone Safety
Specialist #ZZ90142, by the International Municipal Signal Association
whose program is contributed to by the Institute
of Transportation Engineers,
U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration and the
National Advisory Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Recognized as a specialist in highway work
zone safety.
Flagging and Traffic
Control Specialist Level I #GG060010, by the International Municipal Signal
Association. This certification is
recognized by 18 states as a minimum requirement for all work zone
flaggers. Recognized as a specialist in
standards for flagging at highway work zones.
Traffic Signal
Control Technician, Level I #AA90100 by the International Municipal Signal
Association. Recognized as specialist
in traffic control signal operation.
Inducted into Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology, March 27,
2000.
Recipient of the William S. &
Dorothy G. Wallace Memorial Award for graduate research. June 2001.
Graduate Research Award, May 2002, University
of Hartford
Recognized and testified as an expert in arbitrations,
Department of Motor Vehicle hearings and Superior Courts in Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Michigan,
Rhode Island, Vermont,
Florida, Nebraska,
Oregon, Texas,
Missouri, and Washington
on numerous occasions. My evidence has also been heard in Australia
and New Zealand.
Lectured and/or reconstructed collisions in 33 states, 2 Canadian Provinces,
Australia, New Zealand, England and Poland. Consulted on cases from other
Reconstructionists & legal counsel throughout the world.
PUBLICATIONS
Muttart, J. W., Fisher, D. L.,
Pollatsek, A., & Knodler, M.
(2007). Driving Simulator
Evaluation of Driver Performance during Hands-Free Cell Phone Operation in a
Work Zone: Driving without a Clue (Technical Paper No. 07-2873). Washington, DC:
Transportation Research Board and Texas
A&M Workzone Clearing House.
Messerschmitt, W., & Muttart, J. W. (2005).
Investigating Rear end collisions, First Contact: Newsletter for the Illinois
Accident Investigator, 10(2), 6-9.
Muttart, J. W. (2005). Quantifying Driver Response Times
Based upon Research and Real Life Data, 3rd International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver
Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, 3, 8-29.
Muttart, J. W. (2005). Factors that Influence Drivers’ Response Choice Decisions in
Video Recorded Crashes (Technical paper No.
2005-01-0426). Warrendale, PA:
Society of Automotive Engineers.
Muttart, J. W., Messerschmidtt, W.,
& Gillen, L. (2005). Relationship between Relative Velocity Detection and Driver
Response Times in Vehicle Following Situations (Technical
paper No. 2005-01-0427). Warrendale, PA:
Society of Automotive Engineers.
Muttart, J.
W. (2004). Estimating Driver Response Times, (2004).
Handbook of Human Factors in Litigation (Noy & Karkowski Ed.), (Ch.
14) Boca Raton, FL:
CRC Press (Taylor & Francis) 14-1 – 14-24.
Muttart, J.
W. (2004). Examining the Myth of Perceptual Tropism or the
Moth-to-flame Phenomena: Myth Busted! Impact, 13, 64-68.
Muttart, J. W. (2004). Problemy
rekonstrukcji wypadkow drogowych (Road Accident Reconstruction Problems), (Ch.
30) Driver response in various environments estimated empirically. Krakow,
PL: Institute of Forensic Research Publishers.
Muttart, J. W. (2004). Driver Response Choice: A Comparison
of Actual Responses to Decision Making Theory, Australasian &
South Pacific Association of Collision Investigators Biennial Conference
Proceedings, Auckland, New
Zealand.
Muttart, J. W. (2004). DRIVE3: A
Simplified method for estimating driver response, Australasian & South Pacific Association of
Collision Investigators Biennial Conference Proceedings, Auckland, New Zealand.
Muttart, J. W. (2003). Driver Response in
Various Environments Estimated Empirically (DRIVE3)
co-author computer program (10/2003) owned and sold by REC-TEC,
LLC.
Muttart, J. W. (2003). Evaluation of
Methods for Estimating Driver Response Times, Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators 2003 Conference
Proceedings, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
Muttart, J. W. (2003). Development and evaluation of driver perception-response
equations based upon meta-analysis, (Technical paper no. 2003-01-0885). Warrendale,
PA: Society of Automotive
Engineers.
Muttart,
J. W. (2004). Development and evaluation of driver
perception-response equations based upon meta-analysis, SAE 2003
Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems after being
judged by a panel of engineering experts to be among the most outstanding SAE
technical papers of 2003.
Muttart, J. W. (2002). Development and evaluation of driver perception-response
equations based upon prior experimental research, Master's Thesis, University
of Hartford.
Muttart, J. W. (2001). Evaluation of the
Influence of Several Variables upon Driver Perception Response Times, Institute
of Traffic Accident
Investigators 2001 Conference Proceedings. York,
England.
Muttart, J. W. (2000). The Influences of Age-Related
Development upon Child Pedestrian and Bicyclist Collisions, 2000. Accident
Reconstruction Journal, 11(1), 34-42.
Muttart, J. W. (2000). Effects of
Retroreflective Material upon Pedestrian Recognition at Night, Accident Reconstruction Journal, 11(1), 51-57. Also presented at the ASTM Subcommittee
Meeting on the establishment of Standards for Safety Clothing. Washington, DC: NHTSA, 1998.
Muttart, J. W. (1997). The Effects of Left Turn Lanes on
Driver Behavior and Accident Rates, New England Chronicle [New England
Section of the Institute
of Transportation
Engineers].
Muttart, J. W. (1996). "Vehicle
Acceleration: Observations and Test Results", Accident Investigation
Quarterly, Sp. 1996.
Muttart,
J. W. (1995). The Cognitive Abilities and Characteristics of Children Pedestrians
Involved in Accidents, Accident Investigation Quarterly.
Muttart, J. W. (1992). Area of Impact Determinations, The
Legal Investigator, November 1992.
Muttart, J. W. (1991). Post Impact Seat Belt Examination, The
Legal Investigator, Aug. 1991.
Muttart,
J. W. (1991). Post Impact Seat Belt Examination, Accident Reconstruction Journal,
May/June 1991.
Forward:
Bonnett, G. M. (2005). Pedestrian
Vaults: Humans Going Ballistic. Jacksonville,
FL: Institute
of Police Technology and
Management.
REVIEWER
The Surface Transportation
Technical Group (STTG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
45th Annual Meeting, held in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. October 2001.
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Society 46th Annual Meeting, held in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania September 2002.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th
Annual Meeting, held in Denver,
Colorado October 2003.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th
Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans,
LA, September 20-24, 2004.
The Safety Technical Group (STG) of the
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th
Annual Meeting, held in Denver,
Colorado October 2003.
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st
Annual Meeting, held in Baltimore,
Maryland, October 2007.
Society of Accident Reconstruction
Specialists (S. O. A. R.)
Peer Reviewer for February 2004
publication.
Society of Automotive Engineers
2004 Congress & Exposition, March
2004.
2005 Congress & Exposition, April
2005
2006 Congress & Exposition, April
2006
2007 Congress & Exposition, April
2007
Intelligent Transport Systems - ITS
12th World Congress on
Intelligent Transport Systems, November 2005, held in San
Francisco, CA
EXPERIENCE
Accident
Dynamics Research
Center, Uncasville, Connecticut.
May 1990 to Present. Analyze motor vehicle accidents and provide
testimony regarding my findings if necessary.
Provide services to various municipalities, corporations, insurance
companies and law firms who need to know how (or why) a collision
occurred. Conduct scientific research
into several aspects of traffic collision reconstruction and traffic
safety. Prepare computer generated
graphic presentations. Provide
training, assistance or lectured to the Police Officers, Insurance Claims
employees, engineers, accident reconstructionists, and private investigators
from the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Germany, Poland,
Ireland, Scotland, Wales and in England. Assisted in the development of Driver
Response in Various Environments Estimated Empirically (DRIVE3)
computer program that is being used in more than 9 countries and throughout the
US, and Canada.
University
of Massachusetts, Human
Performance Laboratory, October 2005 to
present. Research Assistant. Perform
research that measures driver performance involving novice drivers, highway
work zones, driver search patterns, temperature sensors to reduce black ice
crashes and cell phone usage. Research
entails programming and using a driving simulator and conducting on road
studies, as well as analyzing the data.
Current research involves collision warning devices (within the vehicle
and in the work zone). Examined the
behavior of drivers in head-on crash situations. The goal of which is to test the safety and usability of
many of the new technologies that will form the backbone of Intelligent
Transportation Systems, and interface between users and new and evolving
products such as traffic control plans (including road signs and variable
message signs), cellular phones, and collision avoidance systems.
Eastern
Connecticut State
University, Willimantic,
Connecticut. January 2003 to
present. Lecturer. Teach History and Systems of Psychology, General
Psychology (Intelligence, Learning, Motivation, Perception, Memory, Brain &
Behavior, life span development and Social behaviors) and Tests and Measures,
that involves statistics, reliability, validity, test development, forensic
psychology issues, research methods and assessment and testing tools used to
measure behavior.
Northeastern Accident Cause Analysis, a division of D. P. Jetmore and Associates, Inc., New
London, Connecticut.
June 1989 to May 1990. Reconstructed
motor vehicle accidents, prepared animations of vehicle and body movements,
testified as an expert in the field.
Assisted in private investigation tasks.
Three Rivers
Community Technical
College, Norwich, Connecticut.
June 1988 to April 1990. Adjunct Faculty and Guest Lecturer,
Criminal Justice degree program, "Motor Vehicle Accident Investigation."
Taught techniques of advanced accident investigation, including technical
instruction in the field of vehicle dynamics, speed determination, occupant
kinetics/kinematics, seat belt examination, measuring and scale diagramming,
vehicle damage analysis, collection of evidence at the scene and interpretation
of that evidence, photography, time and distance calculations, vehicle examination,
lamp analysis and tire damage analysis in a class entitled Motor Vehicle
Accident Investigation. Conducted
field-testing regarding surface friction and speed analysis.
Muttart Accident
Reconstruction Service, Uncasville,
Connecticut. December 1987 to June
1989. Reconstructed motor vehicle accidents for law firms in Connecticut
and Rhode Island. Author of "Acci-Tech", a computer
program for accident reconstructionists that was used by several police
departments in Southeastern Connecticut for
several years. Full time March 1989 to
June 1989 (did not receive compensation for services until March 1989).
Groton Town Police
Department, Groton,
Connecticut. June 1983 to April
1989. Patrol Officer assigned as Accident Investigative
Reconstructionist in 1985 for a 65 man department that protected a 50 square
mile area. Senior member and initiator
of the Accident Reconstruction Unit. State Certified Police Instructor in the
fields of Accident Investigation and Traffic Control. Responsible for investigating, or assisting in the investigation,
of all motor vehicle accidents involving serious injuries, unknown cause, or
death. Also assigned to re-investigate
several accidents in which a party involved may have contested the cause.
President of police
union 1985-1986.
June 1996 to April
1997. Train accident investigators and reconstructionists for the Town of
Groton; assist
accident reconstruction unit in their investigations.
TRAINING & EDUCATION
University of Massachusetts. Amherst,
MA. Ph.D. candidate. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Department, majoring in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research. 2005 to present.
- Human factors in
Engineering & Design.
[Detection, reaction time, decision-making and attention.]
- Economics of Decision
making [Evaluation of benefits and costs, utility functions, optimization,
applying mathematical models to decision making]
- Linear Programming
[using mathematical models and matrices to determine, predict or optimize
performance].
- Mechanical & Industrial
Engineering Seminars [Attend weekly seminars by authors in the field].
University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, Master of Arts in
Experimental Psychology concentration in Human Factors. 2002. 3.94 out of
4.0 grade point average. Inducted into the National Honor Society.
·
Human Factors. [Detection, Recognition, Pattern recognition,
decision-making, and learning. Human
psychological and physiological response to visual, tactile and audible
stimuli, Expectation, Habituation, Motivation]
·
Experimental
Design and Advanced Research Methods.
·
Cognitive Basis
of Behavior. [Visual attention
and performance; Perception; Decision-making; and Cognition]
·
Learning. [Conditioning; reinforcement; motivation; motor
learning; memory and decision-making.]
·
Physiological
Psychology and Sensory Processes. [Physiology of the perception, reaction,
body movement and the brain. Vision, hearing and tactile response and
awareness. Examination techniques
including MRI, EEG, CT, PET and Evoke Potentials (P300 waves)].
·
Related research: Cognitive abilities of
children pedestrians, visual attention, Alcohol on detection-response,
Physiological differences between surprised and alerted Response,
Detection-response of drivers, Interaction of occupants to vehicle interiors in
accidents; Road topography on driver & pedestrian behavior; and Speed
choice; Chromatic and contrast variations on recognition; Visual constancy;
Retroreflection, Effects of stress (workload) on driving behavior.
Masters Thesis: Developed & tested a series of mathematical equations that
predicted driver response times within 3/4 second, 90% of the time. Predict mean response time for given
scenarios within 0.4 sec 100% of time.
Three Rivers Community
Technical College,
Norwich, Connecticut
1988. Associates of Science, General Studies.
Certificate: Law Enforcement.
High Honors. Spring 1987 - Fall 1994.
Related courses in, Computer aided drafting, Criminology, Court procedures,
Statistics, Heat, light & sound, Calculus, Mechanics & statics and
Material Science.
University
of New Haven, West
Haven, Connecticut 1997. Growth & Development - Elementary
School Years. Graduate course in
education. (To better my understanding of children pedestrians; see related
research). (Also classes in Computer aided drafting with the Henry C. Lee
Institute, see below).
Eastern Connecticut State
College, Willimantic,
Connecticut. 1982. Bachelor of Arts, Economics (Qualitative
study of human behavior). Related course work in Physiology, Psychology
of motor learning, Physical Science, Natural Science, Quantitative analysis,
and Calculus & analytic geometry, Microeconomics.
Connecticut
College, New
London, Connecticut
2005. Linear Algebra.
Canadian Association of
Technical Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists - Annual Meeting, Police
College, Aylmer, Ontario, August 20-24, 2007. Excel for accident
reconstruction, documentation and evaluation of the data from multiple impact
crashes and a pole crash (resulting in a roll over). Interpretation of
collision data recorder downloads. Skid and yaw testing with stability
systems. Driver response research: Night time identification of
pedestrians of various contrasts, intoxicated driver response, response to roadside
lights, driver glances in right and left turns, response inertia (leg movement
and braking times). (Lectured on the 23rd).
ARC-CSI 2007
Conference, Las Vegas,
Nevada. June 3 – 7, 2005. Seat Belt Effectiveness and Injury
Correlation, Mechanism of Air Bag Injury, Accident
Reconstruction at Traffic Signal Intersections, European Accident
Reconstruction and Crash Testing techniques, Nighttime pedestrian collision
reconstruction factors, The Effects of Sample Rates and Averaging
Methods on Accelerometer Based Skid Testing In Accident Reconstruction. (See Lectures).
Transportation Engineering Applied
Academics Mentoring [TEAAM] Panel Discussion, UMASS-Amherst, October 17, 2006. Federal
Highway Administration functions, Practical driver training research (by Dr. Donald
Fisher), developing safe traffic plans (William Scully) and Lane deviation
warning systems (by Dr. Bruce Wilson of the Volpe
National Transportation
Systems Center).
F3T2 Expo - Factors, Formulate,
Forensics, Technology and Training. Houston,
TX. September 17 - 21, 2006. Nighttime photography, Analysis of crash
test results (I also gave a lecture, conducted research and presented the
preliminary findings).
7th
Annual New England Institute of Transportation
Engineers/UMASS Technical Day. July 20, 2006. University
of Massachusetts, Amherst,
MA. Low cost safety improvements, using multiple databases for
traffic safety and understanding emergency response. (Also gave a presentation and presented a poster).
CITI Course
in The Protection of Human Research Subjects, May 27 - 28, 2006, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Biomedical Research Investigators and Key Personnel, History and Ethical Principles, Basic
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Regulations, Informed Consent, Social and
Behavioral Research for Biomedical Researchers, Records-Based Research, Genetic
Research in Human Populations, Vulnerable Subjects - Research Involving Minors,
Group Harms: Research With Culturally or Medically Vulnerable Groups,
FDA-Regulated Research, HIPAA and Human Subjects Research and Workers as
Research Subjects-A Vulnerable Population.
SAS Workshop, Office of Information Technology, University
of Massachusetts, May
24-25, 2006. Training in the use of the statistical analysis software.
Human Participants
Protection Education for Research Teams, Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. May 2006.
Advanced diagramming and
animation, Visual Statement. Manchester,
NH, October 10-13, 2005. Training
in the use of all components of Vista Fx software.
Pennsylvania
State Police Accident Reconstruction
Conference, State College, PA.
September 27, 28, 2005. Pictometry, Using fingerprint powder in
pedestrian crashes. TESTING: Acceleration and coast downs of several vehicles. (See
lectures).
7th Annual Southeast
Collision Reconstruction Conference 2004 by S.C.A.R.S. - Se. A. R. S. – S.O.A.R
and SCHP. Charleston,
South Carolina, July 25 - 28,
2005. Nighttime driver response, the application of collision data
recorder technology and momentum analysis in test crashes. Conducted
driver response research. (Lectured on the 26th and 28th).
3rd
International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training
and Vehicle Design. Rockport,
Maine. June 28-30, 2005. Simulator
Users Group. June 27, 2005.
Driver distraction and workload, aging and cognition, driver fatigue and
impairment, visual performance and driving, collision avoidance, driver
characteristics and behavior. Analysis of real life driver behavior.
ARC-CSI 2005 Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. June 6 – 10, 2005. CDR and ECM downloading and event recording, pedestrian crashes,
child seat use and crash safety, yaw tests results. TEST CRASHES: Two car into pedestrian, a head on crash, two
multiple impact crashes, two trailer under-rides and a lower speed crash
involving push bumpers. (See Lectures).
Blue Line Conference & CATAIR: Canadian
Association of Technical Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists 2005, Markham, Ontario. April 27, 2005. Downloading and interpreting data from Event data recorders (Also
see Lectures).
Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale,
Pennsylvania.
1987 S. A. E. Annual Congress and Exposition, Detroit,
Michigan. February 1987. Computer speed
from crush; Car and truck braking; Night visibility; Alcohol Involvement;
Motorcycle accidents; Pedestrian accidents; Occupant kinematics/kinetics;
Perception-reaction times of drivers.
Accident Reconstruction,
Lecture by Dr. I. Oljavo of University
of Bridgeport.
Reconstructing Motor Vehicle Accidents, Lecture by Dr. Raymond Hagglund PE. of Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
December 2, 1986.
Visual Effects of Driving at Night, Lecture by Paul Niemi, SAE International. March 1993. Factors that
affect visual detection; physiology of the eye; Effects of winter and nighttime
driving.
39th Stapp Car Crash Conference, Coronado, California,
November 1995. Biomechanics of injury; Air bag injuries; Restraint systems; Low
speed impacts; Testing methodology; Field testing of side air bags.
2003 SAE Annual Congress & Exposition, Detroit,
Michigan. March 3-6,
2003. Human factors in traffic collisions (driver response to mirrors and
nighttime visibility issues), Biomechanics in traffic collisions.
Reconstructing pedestrian and low speed collisions. Event data recorders,
yaw speed calculations, determining road friction, computerized accident
reconstruction, bulb examination, Monte Carlo
analysis, and photogrammatical measuring. (See presentations
& publications)
2005 SAE Annual Congress & Exposition, Detroit,
Michigan. April 11-14, 2005. Human factors, headlight output and design, steering response,
critical speed, EDR accuracy, low speed biomechanics, deceleration rates during
post impact spin out, watercraft steering, acceleration & deceleration.
(See presentations & publications)
Graphics Press, LLC. Presenting Data and Information, Boston,
MA. March 30, 2005.
University
of North Florida, Institute
of Police Technology and Management, Jacksonville,
FL.
Special Problems in Traffic Accident Reconstruction, April 2008. Traffic safety Audits.
Crash tests; Broadside impacts into vehicle towing Jet Ski and
trailer. Also testing involving
pedestrian friction. (Also See Lectures).
Crash Data
Recorder Training, March 21-23,
2005, Retrieval and interpretation of information from event data
recorders in motor vehicles.
Special Problems
in Traffic Accident Reconstruction, April 2001. Tire Forensics, vehicle occupant evidence, traffic
engineering, bicycle dynamics, post collision drag from spin, black box
technology, uncertainty study, Crash tests: rear-end collision. (Also see
Lectures).
Advanced Accident Investigation, June 1985. First in Class.
Mathematical collision speed analysis; Time and distance calculations;
Vehicle dynamics; Photogrammetry; Tire damage evaluation; Lamp examinations;
Vehicle damage evaluation; Evidence interpretation; Measuring and diagramming;
Human factors; Kinetics/Kinematics; Field testing of skidding and yawing
vehicles.
Traffic Accident Reconstruction, October 1985. First in Class.
Mathematical collision speed analysis; Derivation of formulas; Time and
distance calculations; perception-reaction; Dynamics of commercial and passenger
vehicles; Kinetics; Evidence; Field testing of vaulting vehicle; Skidding of
tractor-trailer, motorcycle and passenger car.
Tire Forensics for Accident Reconstructionists, April 1986.
Special Problems for Accident Reconstructionists, St.
Augustine, FL. April 1986. Train accidents; Seat belt
analysis and failure; Altered vehicles; Photography; Computerized
speed from Crush; Field testing ABS braking; Drag factor; Pedestrian accident
investigation and Photogrammetry
Advanced Traffic Accident Reconstruction with Microcomputers, Jacksonville,
FL. August 1997. Vector analysis, Using
computer programs to determine collision speed and change in velocity, Kinetic
Energy, Collision damage analysis, Examination of crash test results and their
bearing upon accident reconstruction, and tire forces involved in a collision.
Advanced Crash
Zone Training Course, October
15-18, 2004. Henry C. Lee Forensic Institute, University
of New Haven, West
Haven, CT. Taught
by CAD ZONE. Use of the computer aided drafting program for crash
diagrams and forensic mapping. Use of the program to depict 3D
environments and animations.
Problemy rekonstrukcji wypadkow drogowych IX Conference (Road Accident Reconstruction Problems), October
7 - 9, 2004. Damage to cars from thrown objects, investigating fraudulent car
collision claims, deceleration and deflection of vehicles during braking under
different loads, rear end collisions, psychological evaluation of witness
testimony, abbreviated injury scale, occupant motion in rollovers, the use of
medical examinations in pedestrian crashes, determining the driver using injury
patterns, air bags injuries, motorcycle air bags (Lectured on the 9th).
Applications of Collision
Prediction and Simulation with WinSMAC, Chippewa
Valley Technical
College, Eau
Claire, Wisconsin,
August 18-20, 2004. Taught by the Trantech Corporation, developers of the
program. Taught the use of WinSMAC for pre and post impact trajectory
analysis, as a predictive tool and for estimating crash speeds.
6th Annual Southeast
Collision Reconstruction Conference 2004 by S.C.A.R.S. - Se. A. R. S. also in
Conjunction with I.A.A.R.S. Biloxi,
Mississippi, July 26-29,
2004. Crash data recorders - update. Relative velocity detection
thresholds, mapping headlight beams, and the use of Vericom for driver response
research. Conducted driver response research. (Lectured on the 28th).
National Association of Traffic Accident Reconstructionists &
Investigators [NATARI] Conference. Conshohocken, PA.
March 22, 2004. Determining who was the driver, use of Excel in crush
speed, pedestrian impacts and sensitivity analysis. (See presentations).
Crash Zone Training Course, March 15-18, 2004. Henry C. Lee Forensic Institute, University
of New Haven, West
Haven, CT. Taught
by CAD ZONE. Use of the computer aided drafting program for crash
diagrams and forensic mapping. Use of the program to depict 3D
environments and animations.
Australasian & South Pacific Association of Collision Investigators
2004 Biennial Conference,
March 1 - 3, 2004. Auckland,
New Zealand.
Road friction testing (including contaminated roads, accelerometer testing,
skid resistance, and testing methodology), trajectory throws, rollovers, human
factors, calculating speed from vaulting and pitch rotation in a vault.
Conducted tests with vaulting vehicles and rollovers to verify speed
calculation methods. (See presentations and publications).
Institute of Traffic
Accident Investigators and A I R I L (Accident Investigation, Reconstruction,
Interpretation and the Law) 2003 Conference, Stratford-upon
Avon, England,
September 27-29, 2003. Calculating speed in pedestrian and bicycle
collision, calculating speed with CCTV, sideswipe collision analysis (highway
lane changes), precision and accuracy in traffic accident reconstruction,
photogrammetry, ABS braking systems, and estimating impact using indirect
methods. (See presentations and publications).
Canadian Association of
Technical Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists - Annual Meeting,
Burlington,
August 19-24, 2003. Excel for accident reconstruction, documentation and
evaluation of the data from two vaults, one that ended in a crash.
Interpretation of collision data recorder downloads. Skid testing of a
Fire Truck. Driver response research relative to contrast, lighting,
expectation and context. (Lectured on the 21st in the morning and in the
evening).
5th Annual Southeast
Collision Reconstruction Conference 2003 by S.C.A.R.S. - Se. A. R. S.
Charleston, South
Carolina, July 28-31, 2003. Documentation and
interpretation of scene evidence, collision damage analysis, vehicle
processing, brakes & steering, digital photography, using the internet to
obtain research, using Excel for accident reconstruction, traffic signal sequence
interpretation, documentation and evaluation of the data from two on site test
crashes and one vehicle vault. Interpretation of collision data recorder
downloads. (Lectured on the 28th).
2nd International Driving
Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design.
Park City, Utah.
July 21-24, 2003.
Assessment for driver
impairment, distraction and workload, aging and cognition, driver fatigue and
impairment, visual performance and driving, collision avoidance, driver
characteristics and behavior.
Rocky Mountain Crash
Conference, Colorado
State University
& the Colorado DOT, Denver, CO. May 6-7, 2003. Pedestrian collisions,
event data recorders, supplemental restraint systems, physics for accident
reconstruction, & failure analysis (Lectured on the 6th).
Collision Safety
Institute, Crash Data Retrieval Training, Bergen
County Police
Academy, Mahwah,
NJ. April 10-11, 2003.
Retrieval and interpretation of information from diagnostic and sensing modules
(sometimes inappropriately called "Black boxes") in motor vehicles.
Vericom Training Class,
Meriden, CT.
March 17 - 18, 2003. Vehicle and driver testing using the Vericom
accelerometer. Conducted test skids, turns, yaws, grade assessments,
driver response tests and leg movement assessment research.
Illinois
Association of Technical Accident Investigators 16th Annual Conference, Rockford,
IL. September 17-20,
2002. Pole & tree impacts, crash testing, evidence collection,
pathology of traffic victims, breakaway fractures & legal considerations
for physical evidence. Conducted 3 pole crashes and 4 vehicle-to-vehicle
crash tests from 5 to 30.5 mph. (Lectured on the 18th).
International Association
of Accident Reconstruction Specialists & the Midwest Association of
Technical Accident Investigators Joint Conference, Minneapolis,
Minnesota. June 12-13,
2002. Human Factors in Accident Reconstruction (Lectured on the 12th).
Institute
of Traffic Accident Investigators 2001
Conference, York, England,
November 17-18, 2001. Expert reports, 3D LASER scans, eyewitness
testimony, horn use, calculating passing distance, calculating speed in
pedestrian and bicycle collision, event data recorders, motorcycle crash
investigation, momentum speed analysis, computer speed calculations, driver reaction
times, relationship of injuries and airbags, vehicle compatibility in crashes.
Intelligent Transportation
Systems Mid America
Conference, Ohio DOT, Columbus,
Ohio, November 8, 2001.
Driver distractions, traveler information services, intelligent transportation
systems, changeable message signs. Also gave a presentation (See
lectures).
Washington
Association of Technical Accident Reconstructionists, Bremerton,
Washington. October 10 &
11, 2001. Testing regarding the effects of topography, distraction,
contrast, number of stimuli, glare night versus day, left versus right &
movement upon the response time of drivers. Also gave presentation (See
lectures).
Southeast
Coast Collision Conference, Coco
Beach, Florida. August
8-10, 2001. Sponsored by DCCI & SARS. The Algorithms of CRASH and
Understanding and Applying the Principle Direction of Force (PDOF). Gave
presentation regarding Driver Response Behavior.
L&J Accident Reconstruction
and Litigation Seminar, Sponsored
by Lawyers & Judges Publishing, Anaheim,
CA. February 16 -17,
2001. Human Factors in Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Effects of Drugs
& Alcohol on Driving, Inducing error & Injury: Distractions, Reactions
and the Brain, Human Factors & Emergency Vehicles. Collision analysis
and scene documentation, Crash Data Retrieval Systems, Vehicle Crush
Applications and Occupant Kinematics, Dynamics & Biomechanics.
World Reconstruction
Exposition – WREX 2000, Sponsored by several accident reconstruction
organizations, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas. September 23-29, 2000.
Photogrammetry, LASER measuring with LTI, Event data recorders, Critical speed,
crash protocol, vehicle suspension and steering. Conducted 3 high speed car-to-car crash tests, 17 motorcycle test
crashes, numerous tests skids on wet and dry pavement for various tires,
vehicles, speeds, and air pressures.
Conducted vehicle sliding on their side’s tests with various sized
vehicles. Conducted lamp examination
studies. Gave presentation on Factors that
Effects Driver's perception-response time.
International Assoc. Accident
Reconstruction Specialists
1998 Conference: State of the Art in Accident Reconstruction,
Boston, Massachusetts. July 13-16, 1998. The accident reconstructionist in the legal system; Biomechanics
of Low Speed Collisions; Fraud Claims; Elderly Driving Issues; Driver awareness
and behavior in response to traffic control devices; conducted numerous low and
moderate speed test crashes.
American Society for Testing
Materials [ASTM]
Subcommittee for the design of personal safety standards, at NHTSA headquarters
in McLean, VA.
VISCON '98, April 22, 1998. Effects of size, color, distance
and angle of fluorescent and retroreflective material for detection and
recognition. Conducted detection
research in day, dusk and dark.
University of Iowa, Iowa
City, IA. Perception,
Reaction, Conspicuity In Accident Reconstruction. November 1997.
Perception, electromyography of Reaction, Illumination, Conspicuity and the use
of the Driving Simulator. The effects
of driving experience, alcohol and slow moving vehicles on driving response.
International Municipal Signal
Association, Newark,
New York.
Work Zone Traffic Control Safety Course, September 13-14, 1995.
Traffic control devices (TCD); guidelines for use of TCD at highway work
zones.
Flagger I Training Course, September 13, 1995.
Position, equipment; stopping distances; procedures; channelization; and
signing
Technical Conference, Cromwell,
CT. September 14-15, 1995. Traffic
signal design and timing.
Traffic Signal Technician, Level. April 24-25, 1996, & April
23-24, 1997.
University
of California, San
Diego, School of Medicine, San
Diego, California.
Accidental Injury: Biomechanics & Prevention, San
Diego, CA. November 1995. Sport (bicycle) injuries;
Head, neck and back injuries; Injury analysis (MRI, CT, X-ray); Examination of
exaggerated injuries; Roll over accidents; Low speed impacts.
Texas
A&M University, College
Station, Texas.
Low Speed Collision Analysis, San Diego, CA. September 1996.Automobile occupant
protection & restraint; Laws of physics relative to low speed impacts;
Biomechanics and anatomy of claimed injuries; Occupant movements; Vehicle
damage assessment; Potential causes of injury; Identification of injury
mechanisms. Conducted 8 test crashes at
speeds between 5 and 12 miles per hour.
Commercial Vehicle Inspection & Accident Investigation, Houston,
TX. March 1997.
Performance & dynamics of commercial vehicles; Suspension components,
braking systems, and evidence analysis.
Test skidding and inspection of commercial vehicles.
Biomechanics for Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Columbia,
SC., July 1997. Conservation of Momentum, Conservation of energy,
Occupant kinematics, Kinetics, Injury patterns, Medical investigation,
Occupants protection systems, Human anatomy.
Canadian Association of
Technical Accident Investigators & Reconstructionists, Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
1996 General Annual
Seminar. Halifax, Nova
Scotia, August 23-24, 1996. Pedestrian/bike collisions;
Restraint systems, Occupant protection; Statement analysis; Human factors;
Rollover accidents; Heavy truck reconstruction; measuring techniques, and Test
crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists
Institute
of Transportation Engineers, Washington,
D.C.
Advance Traffic Signal Control
Technology Seminar, Gardner,
MA. September 1994.
Technical Program, Cromwell,
CT. March 1995. Traffic
Impact Studies-at CDOT.
Technical Program, Falmouth,
MA. May 1995. I-95 corridor; AHS;
Traffic Signal operations.
Georgia Institute of Technology
(Georgia Tech.), Atlanta,
Georgia, March
1994. Traffic
Engineering Short Course. Traffic
signal design and timing; Highway and intersection design; Work zones; Human
factors; Traffic studies; Highway capacity and Traffic software.
Northwestern University, Traffic
Institute, Evanston,
Illinois.
Motor Vehicle Accident Investigation, December 1984. Time and distance calculations; Vehicle dynamics; Tire damage
evaluation; Lamp examinations; Vehicle damage evaluation; Measuring and
diagramming; Human factors; Scene examinations; Interpretation of scene
evidence; Field testing of skidding vehicles.
Computerized Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Engineering Dynamics August 1993. Speed from collision damage and linear
momentum; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle collision properties; Tire friction: Test
crash results and Capabilities of computerized accident reconstruction programs.
Traffic Signal Timing Workshop, Falmouth, MA. May 1995.
National Association of Traffic
Accident Reconstructionists and Investigators, King
of Prussia, Maryland.
Advanced Accident
Investigation Techniques IV, Philadelphia,
PA. October 1992. [Collection of blood evidence; Night visibility; Using Crush computer
programs; Heavy braking systems; Field testing of commercial vehicle braking
systems]
Ryerson
University, Road Safety Research
Centre, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
Forensic Animation of Motor Vehicle Collisions, April 1993. Acceleration, vehicle dynamics, graphic
accident reconstruction.
Municipal Police Training
Council and In-Service
training with the Law Enforcement Council of Southeastern Connecticut
pertaining to Accident Investigation. Meriden,
Connecticut.
Accident Investigation, M. V. law
and Traffic Control (~80 hrs). Oct - Dec. 1983.
In-Service training in accident investigation. 1988.
States Attorney Training Course by John Kelley, Esquire. February - April 1986.
Doppler radar training.
National Seminars Group.
Several one and two day training seminars in the use of MS Excel, MS
Word, MS Access and MS PowerPoint.
INVITED LECTURES or TRAINING CLASSES
TAUGHT
Driver Response Time. Institute of Police technology &
Management, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL. April 21 and 23 (three lectures). History of
reaction time research, limitations to perception-response time and how driver
response times changes for certain situations.
Human Factors for Traffic Accident Reconstruction. Sponsored by the
Midwest Association of Technical Accident Investigators. St. Paul, MN. January 14 - 18,
2008. Driver detection & response time and response
choice, search patterns, gap acceptance and traffic signal response.
Human Factors for Traffic Accident Reconstruction. for the Delaware
State Police (and PA State Police).
Dover, DE. January 7 - 11, 2008.
Driver detection & response time and response choice, search patterns, gap
acceptance and traffic signal response.
Canadian
Association of Technical Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists - Annual
Meeting, Police
College, Aylmer, Ontario, August 20-24, 2007.
Human Factors for Traffic Accident Reconstruction. held at the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. June 11 - 15,
2007. Driver response time and response choice, search
patterns, gap acceptance and traffic signal response.
ARC-CSI 2007
Conference, Las Vegas,
Nevada. June 4 – 7, 2005.
Traffic
Crash Reconstruction, University
of Massachusetts, Guest lecturer
in traffic engineering department class.
May 10, 2007.
Driving Simulator Evaluation of Driver
Performance during Hands-Free Cell Phone Operation in a Work Zone: Driving
without a Clue. Transportation Research Board, Washington
DC. January 22, 2007. Presentation by D. Fisher and J. Muttart.
Driver Response and Situational Awareness
During a hands-Free Communication Task, F3T2 Expo - Factors, Formulate, Forensics, Technology and
Training. Houston, TX. September 18, 2006 – Conference Research Results (pedestrian identification at
night, visibility versus discernability, driver eye glances during turns &
depth perception at night), September 21, 2006.
Developing
Coalitions between the Private, Public and Academic Sectors for Transportation
Research. & Poster Presentation: Driver Response and
Situational Awareness During a hands-Free Communication Task, 7th Annual New England Institute
of Transportation Engineers/UMASS Technical Day. July 20, 2006. University
of Massachusetts, Am