January 2009 meeting in Austin, TX
Seminar Agenda:
Saturday, January 17, 2009
| 7:30 AM | Round Table Discussion (includes breakfast) |
| 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks and Introductions |
| Marvin M. Specter, P.E., L.S. (NAFE 001F) |
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| 9:00 AM | "FE Geotechnical Analysis of Florida Sink Holes" |
| D.S. "Sax" Saxena, P.E. (NAFE 586F) | |
| 9:30 AM | "FE Report: Parking Lot Pedestrian Casualties" |
| Normal L. Cooper, P.E. (NAFE 418F) | |
| 10:00 AM | "FE Investigation of Vehicle Wheel Separations" |
| John P. Leffler, P.E. (NAFE 709M) | |
| 10:30 AM | "FE Testimony in an Oil & Gas Industry Patent Case" |
| Gerald J. Hietpas, P.E. (NAFE C270) | |
| 11:00 AM | "FE Testing for Hydrogen Gas Ignition in Charging of Golf Cart Batteries" |
| Roger L. Owens, P.E. (NAFE 412F) | |
| 11:30 AM | "Report of NAFE Activities in Forensic Engineering" |
| 2008 President Thomas P. Shefchick, P.E. (NAFE 392S) | |
| 12:00 PM | Installation of 2009 Officers and Directors |
| By Past President Lindley Manning, P.E. (NAFE 064F) | |
| 12:15 PM | Round Table Discussion (includes Lunch) |
| 2:00 PM | "FE Investigation: Intentional Mis-calibration of Vehicle Odometers" |
| Michael D. Leshner, P.E. (NAFE 559F) | |
| 2:30 PM | "FE Investigation of Low Temperature Ignition of Wood" |
| Jerry R. Tindal, P.E. (NAFE 642M) | |
| Jeffery H. Warren, Ph.D., P.E. (NAFE 728F) | |
| 3:00 PM | "FE Investigation of High Voltage Powerline Contact" |
| Brad Shepherd, P.E. (NAFE 640F) | |
| 3:30 PM | "FE Investigation of Police Involved in a Collision" |
| George J. Hall, P.E., P.G. (NAFE 659S) | |
| 4:00 PM | "FE Analysis of Exploding Cigarette Lighters" |
| Bernd S. Givon, Ph.D.,P.E (NAFE 364F) | |
| 4:30 PM | "Reports of Round Table Discussion and Colloquium on Forensic Engineering Practices" |
| 2009 President Richard D. Brugger, P.E. | |
| 5:00 PM | Adjourn |
Sunday, January 18, 2009
| 7:30 AM | Breakfast (included in price of Seminar) |
| 8:00 AM | Registration |
| June Yaxley, NAFE staff | |
| 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks and Introductions |
| W.T. "Dusty" Yaxley, P.E. C.S.P. (NAFE F270) | |
| 8:45 AM | Evidence Gathering, Marking & Preserving |
| Richard "Dick" Brugger, P.E. (NAFE SM-189) | |
| 11:00 AM | Copyright or Copy Wrong, What Can I Copy? |
| Charles P. Reynolds, P.E. (NAFE LF-100) | |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch (included in price of Seminar) |
| 1:15 PM | Storage, Spoliation, Disposal & Evidence Ownership |
| Jesse A. Grantham, Ph.D., P.E. (NAFE M597) | |
| 2:45 PM | Challenges and Ethical Aspects of Documenting a Complex Building Collapse |
| William "Bill" Bracken, P.E. (NAFE SM-605) | |
| 5:00 PM | Closing Comments and Discussion |
| W.T. "Dusty" Yaxley, P.E. C.S.P. (NAFE F270) | |
| 5:30 PM | Adjourn |