EXPERT RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Complete Traffic Accident Reconstruction Service

                 Christopher A. Gayner

 

                                     Curriculum Vitae

EMPLOYMENT

 

EXPERT RECONSTRUCTION COMPANY, San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara, CA

President / Owner / Senior Consultant

1999 to Present

Traffic Accident Reconstruction Service for attorneys, insurance companies,

government agencies, and research organizations.  Manual and computer-aided accident reconstructions, speed/time/position analysis, occupant dynamics and restraint system (seat belts & airbags) analyses, product defect investigation and testing, forensic analysis, vehicle dynamics, accident scene and vehicle crush damage assessments, photographic documentation and interpretation, technical reports, court exhibit preparation, expert witness testimony, neutral expert mediation services.

 

AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY RESEARCH Inc., Santa Barbara, CA

Vice President / Accident Reconstruction Specialist

1987 to 1999

More than 600 Accident Reconstructions performed over a twelve-year period.    Restraint system and occupant protection system evaluations, including: seat belts, airbags, and vehicle interior design.  Airbag tank testing.  Speed and Delta-V analyses, computer reconstructions, occupant kinematics analyses, product defect investigations, accident scene and vehicle damage documentation & assessments,  expert witness testimony.  Extensive courtroom and deposition experience. 

 

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara, CA

Graduate Teaching Assistant

1986-1987

Teaching Assistant for engineering courses: Engineering Mechanics (Statics and Dynamics), Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing

 

EDUCATION

 

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara, CA

Master of Science Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 1988

Master’s Thesis: Occupant Kinematics and Dynamics in Automobile Collisions

 

MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Bozeman, MT

Bachelor of Science Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 1986

Outstanding Engineering Senior Award

 

SPECIAL TRAINING

 

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY TRAFFIC INSTITUTE:

Traffic Accident Reconstruction I

Traffic Accident Reconstruction II

 

ENGINEERING DYNAMICS CORPORATION:

EDC Reconstruction (EDVAP/EDCRASH)

EDC Simulations (EDSMAC/EDSVS/EDVTS)

 

SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS:

Product Liability and the Engineer

Injuries, Anatomy, Biomechanics, and Federal Regulations

Automobile Vehicle Dynamics

Sensor Design for Automobile Air Bag Systems

Air Bag Design and Performance

Photogrammetry in Accident Reconstruction

Accident Reconstruction: State of the Art

 

SOCIETY OF ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTIONISTS:

Annual Conference, Seminars, and Staged Crash Tests

 

SOUTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION OF TECHNICAL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS:

Annual Conference, Seminars, and Staged Crash Tests

 

UCSD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE:

Accidental Injury: Biomechanics and Prevention

 

STAPP CAR CRASH CONFERENCE

 

BH₂VK CRASH TESTING PROJECT

 

RESEARCH

 

"A Computer Graphics Program for Simulating Occupant Kinematics and Dynamics in

Automobile Collisions"

Master's Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCSB, 1988

 

"Review of Methods for Crush Analysis of Automobile Structures"

Research Paper, Special Topics in Finite Element Analysis, UCSB, 1988

 

"Anatomy, Dynamic Behavior, and Injury Mechanisms of the Neck and Cervical Spine

(With an Emphasis on Motor Vehicle Accidents)"

Seminar Presentation, Physiological Basis in Biomedical Engineering, UCSB, 1988

 

PROFESSIONAL and HONOR SOCIETIES

 

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Society of Accident Reconstructionists (SOAR)

Pi Tau Sigma, Mechanical Engineering Honor Society

Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society

Phi Kappa Phi, University-wide Honor Society