DR. JEFFREY KETCHMAN, P.E.
EXPERTISE
Accident reconstruction; Amusement park and recreation ride accidents; Electrical power supplies, generators, motors; Elevators & escalators; Fire & explosion analysis; Glass/ceramic products; Lawnmowers; Ladders; Heavy equipment; Industrial vehicles, including forklifts; Machine design & guarding; Mechanical & metallurgical failure analysis; Power tools; Sports & exercise equipment; Tires, motorcycles, bicycles & recreational vehicles.
EDUCATION
1972 Dr. Eng. Sci. - Columbia University
1967 M.S.M.E - Ohio State University
1964 B.S.M.E. - CCNY
WORK HISTORY
Director of Mechanical & Safety Engineering at InterCity Testing & Consulting Corporation, Mineola, NY.
With more than 30 years of varied experience, he has been on the staff of world-class research and development organizations. His prior positions include: Lightolier, Inc. - V.P., Design Engineering & Research; Genlyte Group, Inc. - Director, Genlyte Technical Inst.; AMF, Inc. - Director of Engineering & Research; Bell Laboratories - Member of Technical Staff; Battelle Memorial Institute - Engineer, Nuclear Systems Group; Nash Metalware - Production Engineer.
ADDITIONAL SPECIALTIES
Apparel Stitching Equipment, Baking Machinery, Battery Explosions; Filter Housings & Media-Making Equipment; Oil Pipe Inspection, Coatings, Directional Drilling, Pipeline Pigs, Rigging; Woodworking & Metalworking Machinery; Sonar - Machinery, Hydraulic Systems, Signal Processing; Ski Bindings, Bowling, Sports Rackets, Pulse Monitors; Testing & Instrumentation of all types.
TEACHING & ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Adjunct Professor - Cooper Union School of Engineering; Teacher of in-company courses in finite-element analysis, strength and structural analysis, and human factors engineering. He has published on a variety of technical subjects in nationally recognized engineering journals and proceedings.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Safety Engineers, System Safety Society, Society of Automotive Engineers, National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists, American Ceramics Society, Institution of Diagnostic Engineers (U.K.), American Society of Testing and Materials, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association of Research Directors and New York Academy of Sciences.
ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS
He is an ACTAR accredited Traffic Accident Reconstructionist. He holds several patents and has been a licensed and registered Professional Engineer in the State of New York since 1994.
New York:
167 Willis Avenue
Mineola, NY 11501
T 516.747.8400
Outside NYS 800.822.1515
F 516.746.0111/21
California:
3550 Watt Avenue, Suite 5
Sacramento, CA 95821
T 916.481.3093
T 800.500.5561
F 916.481.3095
Florida:
P.O. Box 2819
Jupiter, FL 33468
T 561.745.7940
F 561.745.7939
Midwest
431 Gordon Avenue
Waverly, OH 45690
T 740 947-6149
F 740-947-1565