Sandy Browne - Biomechanics, Automotive Passenger Restraint Systems
Ms. Browne served for 10 years as an Investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board and for ten years as a contract Investigator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Since 1992 she has been a independent consultant, primarily involved with litigation, in the areas of biomechanics, seatbelt safety, child restraint systems, air bags, motor vehicle conspicuity and accident reconstruction.

J. William Jones, Ph.D., P.E., FASME
Dr. Jones has extensive experience in mechanical engineering of complex systems, in stress analysis, and in the development and application of finite element computer programs.   His work includes thermal analysis, dynamic analysis, non-linear analysis and the design and fabrication of pressure vessels to ASME code.   He has provided his technical support and engineering consultation to many major companies, including Westinghouse, Hughes Aircraft, General Electric, Solar Turbines, BP-ARCO, Honeywell and Kodak.   

Dr. Jones has served as White House Fellow in the President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, primarily on Homeland Defense, and in recognition of his outstanding work in this area, has been awarded follow-on contracts to continue this work.   In recognition of the outstanding work that Dr. Jones has accomplished during his career, he has been elected a Fellow of both ASME and IAE.   He has extensive litigation experience in product liability and patent actions for both plaintiffs and defendants.

In the past ten years, Mr. Nester has focused on advancing the state-of-practice of earthquake-resistant structural design in both new and retrofit projects and has published internationally on his work.   He also has extensive experience as a consultant and expert witness for both plaintiffs and defendants.

In his own laboratory, he has available for himself and his clients a complete metallurgical evaluation facility featuring the largest scanning electron microscope chamber available West of the Mississippi.  He has extensive experience in the use of the electron microscope and other sophisticated analytical techniques that are required to obtain the data necessary for a thorough examination of product defect claims, and has done so for both plaintiffs and defendants.