Kevin Rudd is a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in the UK & is the only member in the British Cement Industry who has achieved this status • With ~20 years' experience, including: • Expert witness • Due diligence • Cement plant feasibility studies • Green or brown field cement plant project management • Technical & financial evaluation of equipment • Factory acceptance testing • Cement plant operations • Cement industry insurance claim investigations • Troubleshooting for cement kilns & mills

Principal Consultant of structural analysis for a major consultancy operating worldwide • Over nearly 30 years my particular fields of expertise are: • Stress analysis • Structural design, analysis, engineering & integrity • Finite element analysis • Fatigue • Fracture mechanics • Creep • Crack growth • Failure analysis • Dynamics • Vibration • Shock • Non-destructive testing • Design code assessments • Pipewhip • Missiles • Jet loadings • Blast • Safety cases • Risk

A senior manager of structures & design within an engineering consultancy (established over 40 years) • Over 30 years' experience, with specialist knowledge of the following: • The roll-over of heavy goods vehicles • Structural analysis • Computational structural analysis • Design • Structural design

Building services engineering, mechanical & electrical • Commercial vehicles • Mechanical components & machinery failure investigations • Engineering design

I discovered Heat & Mass Transfer whilst a student marine engineer. It set me on a career dedicated to thermal systems analysis, design and construction. I was first retained by the Department of Energy, then by the DTI Design Advisory Service and the Production Engineering Research Association (PERA). I have since undertaken 50 plant design and build projects alongside 60 process consultancies, and have successfully completed more than 20 expert witness instructions. I am a Chartered Mechanical Engineer (MIMechE), Member of the Institution of Engineering Designers (MIED), and of t...

Automotive and Commercial Vehicle design, Transport design and Mobility Vehicle design • Design registration infringements and disputes • Design and relevant trademarks infringements and disputes • Design: Trade Dress (US) infringements and disputes • Provision of expert opinion on all legal and technical aspects of vehicle design • Evaluation of all aspects of 2-D and 3-D vehicle, transport or mobility design • Legal and technical reports • Public inquiry and court attendance I was first selected to...

Cement plant maintenance specialist • Kiln & mill specialist • Cement plant technical investigations • Due diligence of cement plants • Cement plant reliability specialist

Structural engineering • Civil engineering • Engineering design • Steelwork • Reinforced concrete • Masonry • Buildings • Basements • Movement • Cracking • Failure • Collapse • Waterproofing • Water ingress • Roofs • Floor slabs • Foundations • Piling • Underpinning • Retaining walls • Deep basements • Diaphragm walls • Heave • Subsidence • Ground movement • Deflection • Vibration • Railway stations • Underground stations •

Mechanical engineering • Mechanical failure • Product failure • Pneumatic engineering • Hydraulic engineering • Automotive engineering • Personal protective equipment • Classic vehicles • Accident investigation: agriculture; agricultural machinery and vehicles; construction sites; mechanical; factories; falls, trips and slips; footpaths, pavements, pedestrian; forklift trucks; HGVs; industry; ladders; leisure industry and sports; lifting equipment; lifting; machinery; manufacturing industry; occupational; plant engineering; play areas and playgro...

Geotechnical engineering • Geotechnical analysis • Geotechnical design • Desk study • Ground investigation • Geotechnical asset management • Foundations • Shallow foundations • Deep foundations • Bored piles • Driven piles • Retaining structures • Reinforced earth walls • Gravity retaining walls • Gabion walls • Concrete walls • Modular block walls • Embedded retaining walls • Contiguous piles • Secant piles • Sheet piles • Hybrid retaining walls • Earthworks R...

Health & safety • Occupational diseases (asbestos, noise, hand-arm vibration) • Risk assessments • Personal Protective Equipment • Working at height • Safe systems of work • Legionnaires disease • Investigation of industrial accidents, personal injuries and fatalities • Investigations of fire and explosions • Mechanical engineering design • Investigation of defective engineering design and plant mal-performance

Vehicle, plant & machinery fires • Escape of water (water leak) investigation • Mechanical failure investigation • Personal injury • Road traffic collisions

I have been a Chartered Mechanical, Electrical and Building Services Engineer for 40 years. I have a wide experience of mining, process industries, power generation, construction and mechanical and electrical engineering. I have been instructed on a broad range of matters, ranging from pressure vessels to electronic controls. Most engineers know how systems should work, and how to interpret standards. My speciality is in understanding, and explaining to laymen, why engineering systems do not work as expected, and in devising and implementing proportionate remedial measures. I have a good ...

Michael John Lynch is a Chartered Engineer and seasoned technology expert with over 15 years of experience in wearable technology, electronics and electrical engineering. He specialises in the design, development and testing of advanced hardware and software systems. Michael John offers comprehensive expert advice, consultancy and expert witness services, frequently supporting due diligence efforts and intellectual property development. Expertise Wearable Technology & Smart Textiles • Smart fabrics and E-textiles