Consulting Meteorologist Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 413

Wisconsin

EDUCATION

MS Meteorology, San Jose State University, May 1992. GPA. 3.9/4.O.
Courses Included:
Numerical Modeling, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Research Methods.
Master’s Thesis "Implementation of a Mesoscale Boundary Layer Wind Model in the San Francisco Bay Area. Alumni Association scholarship, SJSU, April 1988.

BS Meteorology, San Jose State University, May 1987, with honors. GPA (major):3.6/4.0
Courses included:
FORTRAN, IBM PC. Senior
Thesis: "Sounding Analysis Technique for Prediction of clear Air Turbulence." Dean's Scholar, School of Science, SJSU, 1986-87.

Department of Meteorology (SJSU): Gary Quinby Award for Service (May 1987)

EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Faculty:
12 years' experience teaching entry-level meteorology courses, as well as aviation meteorology, climatology and computers in meteorology, at San Jose State University (Departments of Meteorology.  Geology and Biology), 1988-98.

Foothill and De Anza Community Colleges, 1991-98. Cabrillo Community College, 1992-98.

San Jose State summer courses for National weather Service forecasters, 1987-92

RESEARCH AND CONSULTING

A complete list available upon request

EXPERT WITNESS

• Analysis of fog and moisture conditions pertaining to personal   injury litigation (1998).
• Determination of weather conditions for vehicular accident case (1997).
• Rainfall data research for various personal injury cases (1993, 1997).
• Wind modeling and data acquisition for Richmond toxic cloud incident (1993-94), for Unocal Oil Refinery 1ong-term releases (1994-1996), and for Tosco oil refinery releases (1996-97).
• Court testimony, research of weather conditions and satellite imagery (1992)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Meteorological Society, member since 1985
• San Jose State University student AMS Chapter: President 1986-87, Sec./Treas. 1985-86

KEYWORDS

meteorology expert witness, weather expert witness, wind expert witness