Leak Expert Witnesses
Leak expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on leak. The leak expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Environmental, Forensic Science, Hydrology, and Mechanical Engineering.
Timothy D Bechtel, PhD, PG Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Environmental, Hydrology
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sinkhole, groundwater, landslide, drilling, hydrogeology, rockfall, karst, vibration, blast, earthquake, contamination, pipeline, fracking, water, erosion, construction, stormwater, physics, leak, cave
Dr. Bechtel is geophysicist/geologist, and a world-renowned expert on sinkholes. But not just sinkholes; bedrock conditions, caves, water pollution, and all issues related to karst terranes. Dr. Bechtel has 25+ years of experience in the engineering/environmental industry, as well as faculty positions at Franklin & Marshall College, the University of Memphis and the University of Pennsylvania, and is an appointed member of the International Karst Commission. Dr. Bechtel has been an expert in dozens of sinkole or karst-related cases - often related to causes of sinkholes and/or water problems.
Dr. Bechtel also has expertise and courtroom experience in Unconventional Oil & Gas, hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and fracking-industry-related earthquakes, horizontal directional drilling (HDD), as well as all fields of seismology, seismic hazards, vibration monitoring and analysis, subsidence, soil creep, landslides, rockfalls, non-destructive evaluation of earthen dams and levees, subsu...
Johnie P. Spruiell, P.E. Integrity Forensics and Engineering, LLC
Sanger, Texas
Mechanical Engineering, Forensic Science
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Electrical Engineering, Energy, Equipment & Machinery, Failure Analysis, Fire, Laboratories & Testing, Oil and Gas, Products Liability, Product, Plumbing, Leak, Warnings & Labels, Guarding, CSST, Gas Explosions, Natural Gas, Propane, LPG, Forensic Engineering, Expert Witness
LICENSURE:
-Texas Professional Engineer License #57023
-Colorado Professional Engineer License #24555
-Mississippi Professional Engineer License #17888
-Alabama Professional Engineer License #35693
-North Carolina Professional Engineer License #049314
-South Carolina Professional Engineer License #37169
-Virginia Professional Engineer License #0402061315
-Michigan Professional Engineer License #6201069726
-Minnesota Professional Engineer License #58020
EDUCATION:
-BSME, University of Texas at Arlington, 1978
AFFILIATIONS:
-MEMBER, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
-SENIOR MEMBER, National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE)
-MEMBER, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
-MEMBER, National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
-MEMBER, Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE)
-Pi Tau Sigma
-Tau Beta Pi
PRIMARY AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
-Fire and Explosion Analysis
Fuel Gas Fires and Explosions
Residential, Commercial, Ind...
