The right specialist isn’t always local: When a case requires a forensic expert in slips, trips and falls, nighttime visibility, or metallurgy/failure analysis, our senior engineers and researchers Dennis Chimich, Kurt Ising and Mark Bailey will gladly make the trip.
Indeed, Dennis, Kurt and Mark travel regularly to Wild Rose Country, and all 3 have been qualified and testified as experts in Alberta. In this webinar, they will present the sought-after skill set that makes them an invaluable resource in cases of slips, trips & falls, nighttime accidents, and failure analysis. We hope you will join us.
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| April 27th, 2022 | 9:00 AM Mountain Time | On Zoom |
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Alberta lawyers can include this course as a CPD learning activity in their annual Continuing Professional Development Plan.
Our presenters are also certified continuing education providers by the California State Bar, and our courses are accredited by the Law Societies of British Columbia and Ontario.
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The presenters – Alberta Webinar
Dennis Chimich, MSc PEng
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Dennis Chimich has cheered for both the UofA Golden Bears and the UofC Dinos, having obtained his Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering at the University of Alberta, and his Master’s in civil engineering (biomechanics) at the University of Calgary. Since then, he has worked on thousands of cases during his forensic career and testified as an expert witness in court on multiple occasions. He is currently studying the accuracy of tribometers, used to measure surface friction when investigating slip and fall incidents. This work contributes to improving the tools used by experts in fall investigations. He has also been involved in research on the impact performance of helmets, whiplash, occupant kinematics, and knee injury biomechanics. Read Dennis' full bio. |
Dennis' presentation:
- Introduction to Gait
- Injury Biomechanics
- Measuring slip resistance
Kurt Ising, MASc PEng
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Kurt Ising leads the firm’s research into how drivers, riders and pedestrians detect, perceive, and respond to hazards. Kurt’s interest in human factors started with research into how far away drivers can see pedestrians at night: He developed a method for measuring light levels at an accident location and objectively assessing driver visual performance. Since then, he has published peer-reviewed research on nighttime visibility, perception-response time and the effects of driver distraction. His connection with Alberta transcends his professional engagements: he got married at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton.
Read Kurt's full bio. |
Kurt's presentation:
- Nighttime vs daytime visibility
- The effect of distance and lighting conditions on pedestrian conspicuity
- Detection distance for drivers
Mark Bailey, MASc PEng
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Mark Bailey leads both our Aviation and Failure Analysis groups in Vancouver. He has investigated thousands of accidents, failures, and losses over the last 30 years, determining root and contributing causes of failures in aircraft, vehicles, industrial equipment, building components, and consumer products. His background in mechanical and metallurgical engineering and his expertise in a range of techniques such as microscopy, metallography, fractography, stress analysis, and simulation make Mark a key asset in product liability cases. As far as we know, Mark is the first (and only?) to ever be qualified as an aviation crash expert in the Provincial Court of Alberta in Didsbury. Read Mark's full bio |
Mark's presentation:
- Overview of the wide range of failure analysis cases: from broken tools, to explosions, to plane crashes
- The tools at our disposal in failure cases
- Combining mechanics and metallurgy expertise in failure investigation
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