Metallurgy Expert Witnesses in Colorado

Engineering, Metallurgy - Failure Analysis, Accident Reconstruction, Slip trip & fall, Trip & Fall, Products Liability, Human Factors, Intellectual Property, Forensic Science, Fire, Equipment & Machinery, Electricity, Biomechanics, Premises Liability

Jahan Rasty, PhD, PE, MBA is a tenured full professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University (since 1988) where he also serves as the Director of newly established post-graduate Forensic Engineering Certificate Program, as well as the director of Materials Performance Characterization and Failure Analysis Laboratory. Dr. Rasty is also the founding president of Real-World Forensic Engineering, LLC, which is a boutique-style engineering consulting firm. He is an experienced engineering expert and has successfully testified in more than 250 cases and has conducted over 1,000 engineering investigations in the areas of consumer products and industrial machinery failures involving design, manufacturing and marketing defect issues. Professor Rasty is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas, and holds various forensic certifications in the fields of fire and explosion investigation (CFEI, CFII), as well as vehicle Crash Data Retrieval (CDR). He received his BS,...

Montrose, Colorado

Mining, Chemical Engineering - Metallurgy, Mineral Processing, Mineral Appraisal, Mineral Valuation, Feasibility Studies, Project Management, Project Development, Certified Mineral Appraiser, Extractive Metallurgy, Electrowinning, Solvent Extraction, Ion Exchange, Gravity Separation, Grinding, Crushing, Flotation, Thickening, Filtration, Sampling, Geostatistics

Richard W. Jolk, Ph.D., P.E., E.M., CMA (Emeritus), is an internationally experienced Engineer of Mines, metallurgical engineer, and Certified Mineral Appraiser with more than 45 years of consulting experience on four continents. His career has encompassed a wide range of mineral deposits, surface and underground mining operations, mineral processing facilities, and pyrometallurgical operations. He is frequently retained to evaluate technically complex mining projects and assist in resolving complex engineering disputes worldwide. Dr. Jolk's experience spans the entire mining project life cycle, from exploration and mine development through engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, mineral processing, extractive metallurgy, project feasibility, mineral economics, and mineral property valuation. During his career, he has provided consulting and engineering services to major mining companies including Newmont, Freeport-McMoRan, Climax Molybdenum, Grupo México, Fluor Daniel...