Lighting Electrical Engineer Roadway Outdoor Lighting Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1003

Education

BSEE University of Texas at Austin, 1988.

Many management development courses, technical continuing education courses and military education.

Graduated from Westlake High School, Austin, Texas 1974.

Professional Memberships, Societies and Committees

Registered Professional Engineer in Texas

Chairman, American Association of State Highway Transportation Official’s (AASHTO) Task Force for Highway Lighting, currently re-writing Roadway Lighting Design Guide and including the Master Lighting Plan.

Co-Chairman Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)/AASHTO International Scan of Highway Lighting Technologies.

Chairman, National Transportation Communications Interoperability Protocol (NTCIP) Work Group on Electrical and Lighting Management Systems.

Member and Past-President, Capitol Section, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA)

Member, IESNA Roadway Lighting Committee, Standard Practice Subcommittee, Interchange Subcommittee, and Tunnel Lighting Subcommittee, Chairman of Electrical and Lighting Management Subcommittee.

Member, National Academy of Sciences, Panel of lighting experts. (Two projects: Sign Visibility, and Lighting for Work Zones and Roadways in Construction Areas

Director of The Following State Funded Research Projects

Evaluation of Roadway Lighting Systems Designed by Small Target Visibility Methods
Fiber Optic Applications for Traffic Signals and Roadway Illumination Systems
Evaluation of Structural Strength Characteristics for Light Pole Transformer Bases (2 projects)
Tightening Procedures for Large-Diameter Anchor Bolts
Preliminary Analysis of Transformer Bases
Development of Automated Illumination Test Equipment
Wind Loading: High Mast Area Floodlights
Wind Load and Noise Evaluation of High Mast Lighting Systems

Experience

Senior Lighting Design Engineer, Texas Department of Transportation.

Roadway lighting design and secondary electrical distribution design group, Manager since January 1989. My major function is the development and implementation of policy, design guidelines, design standards and specifications for outdoor lighting systems and secondary electrical distribution systems. I work independently and am responsible for planning, budgeting and managing a group of technical personnel and technical programs; for developing and implementing short term and long term plans using the Total Quality Management and Continuous Improvement techniques; for research supervision and implementation; for design and design oversight of lighting and electrical plans. This work is regulated by the National Electrical Code, the Texas MUTCD, AASHTO design guidelines, Texas State law, FHWA policies, and department policies. I write and update design training manuals and training courses.

I have designed conventional lighting systems, high mast lighting, tunnel lighting, decorative bridge lighting, building façade lighting, landscape lighting, parking lot lighting, swing bridge controls, electrical and lighting management systems, motor controls, pump station electrical systems, building electrical systems, lightning protection systems and more.

I have represented the Department on numerous public forums including the Texas State Legislature, Committees and Sub-committees of AASHTO, IESNA, NTCIP, the National Academy of Sciences, and numerous State, national, and international conferences as a guest speaker. I have provided affidavits, expert opinions, depositions, and court room testimonies on numerous lighting and electrical matters coordinated through the Attorney General’s Office.

I have participated in conducting research, providing peer review of research, writing research problems statements, reviewing proposals and selecting project researchers (state and NCHRP), participated in the European Scan Tour, writing research reports and other documents, managing research budgets, making presentations on research results, and implementing research.

Texas Department of Transportation. Building Maintenance Section.

I became supervisor in April of 1984. I supervised HVAC and electrical personnel engaged in the maintenance of a large office complex (300,000+ sq. ft.) including a large main-frame computer facility equipped with 400 Hz. Power generation equipment.

US Navy. Nuclear Power Plant Electrical Operator and Interior Communications Electrician.

I reached the rank of Petty Officer 2nd Class. Majority of duty was in the Submarine Service on board the USS George Bancroft (SSBN 643). Honorably discharged.