January 4 - 6, 2019
Wyndham Grande Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek
Orlando, Florida
Program and Schedule
Friday, January 4
7:00 Registration (Bonnet Creek Ballroom Foyer)
8:30 Board Welcome and Orientation (Bonnet Creek Ballroom)
9:00 NAFE Board of Directors Meeting - Morning Session
12:00 Lunch break (on your own)
1:30 NAFE Board of Directors Meeting - Afternoon Session (Board Business)
4:30 ASTM E58 Forensic Engineering Technical Committee meeting
6:00 to 7:00 pm NAFE Reception (cash bar)
7:00 to 9:00 pm Dinner at the hotel (tickets required) The Inaugural NAFE President’s Distinguished Service Award will be presented
Saturday, January 5 - Morning Track - General Topics (7 CPDs) (Abstracts and Author Bios)
7:00 Registration (Bonnet Creek Ballroom Foyer)
7:00 am Round Table Discussion (includes breakfast - Deep Blu Seafood Grille)
8:15 am Opening Remarks and Introductions – Martin Gordon PE, 2018 NAFE President (Bonnet Creek Ballroom)
9:00-9:40 William Jones, PhD, PE and Jared Giroux, Esq – “A Forensic Analysis that Revealed an Attempted Fraud”
9:40-10:20 Michael Stall, PE – “Resolving Schedule Delay Claims with Forensic Analysis”
10:20-11:00 Helmut Brosz, PEng – “Electrocutions and Downed Power Lines”
11:00-11:40 C.J. Abraham, PhD, PE – “The Kaprun Ski Train: A Disaster Waiting to Happen”
11:40 Membership Meeting, BOD Activities Report, Induction of 2019 Board of Directors – Jeffrey Armstrong, PE (outgoing Past President)
12:30 Round Table Discussion (includes lunch - Deep Blu Seafood Grille)
AFTERNOON TRACK 1 — GENERAL TOPICS (Bonnet Creek Ballroom - Lobby Level) (Abstracts and Author Bios)
2:00-2:40 Rogerio de Medeiros Tocantins – “Chemical Incident Analysis Involving Storage of Fertilizer Product”
2:40-3:20 Donald Fournier, PE and Edward George, PE – “Forensic Engineering Investigation and Analysis of Crack Formation in Acetyl Resin Nuts used for Water Supply Lines”
3:20-4:00 Elizabeth Buc, PhD, PE – “Gary Presswood, ScD, PE – “A Forensic Engineering Analysis of Pedestrian Trips and Falls Subject to Wheelstops in Parking Lots”
AFTERNOON TRACK 2 — FIRE INVESTIGATION (Expedition - Lower Level) (Abstracts and Author Bios)
2:00-2:40 David Icove, PhD, PE, Elizabeth Buc, PhD, PE, Mark Goodson, PE, and Thomas May, JD – “The Status of Arc Mapping”
2:40-3:20 Jason McPherson, PE – “Forensic Engineering Use of Arc Fault Circuit Analysis/Arc Mapping in a Residential Kitchen Fire Investigation”
3:20-4:00 Curt Freedman, PE – “Solar Fires, Melted Vinyl Siding and Other Ramifications from Concentrated Reflected Sunlight from Low-E Glass Windows, Skylights and Atrium Glass”
4:00-4:40 Michael D. Leshner, PE – “Pinched Power Cord is Latent Defect Causing Fire When Appliance is Not in Use”
4:40-5:00 Follow-up Q & A Session for Technical Presentations
5:00 Adjourn
6:00 Cocktails (Cash Bar) Tesoro Commons/Cove - Pool Deck
7:00 Dinner on your own
7:00 Registration (Bonnet Creek Ballroom Foyer)
7:00 Networking Breakfast (Deep Blu Seafood Grille)
8:15 Opening Remarks: John Certuse, PE – 2019 NAFE President (Bonnet Creek Ballroom)
9:00 “2019 Update on Ethics, Law and Public Policy Affecting Forensic Engineers” - Arthur Schwartz, JD, CAE and Samuel G. Sudler, P.E., IntPE, CFEI, CVFI
10:30 " Come Sit By My Bonfire: Insurance Fundamentals for Forensic Engineers" - Thomas May, JD
12:00 Round Table Discussion (includes lunch - Deep Blu Seafood Grille)
1:30 Special - Mock Forensic Engineering Deposition Session - Jeffrey DiPalma, Esq. (Defense Atty.), Julie Jordan, Esq. (Plaintiffs Atty.) and L. Damien Costanza, Esq.
3:30 Open Q&A Session - All Speakers – All Topics - Moderator: Robin Davies, PE
4:30 Adjourn