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Personnel
Our Experience
The core of RDA's solid reputation is its collective breadth of technical knowledge and experience, and it's depth of talent in a broad array of engineering disciplines.
Hugh Davidson Hugh L. Davidson
P.E., Ph.D., Civil Engineering, President

Hugh Davidson, with more than 35 years of engineering practice, is recognized for his research contributions and field testing of new approaches to foundation design.

RDA Specialization: Failure Analysis, soil mechanics, foundation and structural engineering, soil structure interaction phenomena, foundation testing, traffic accident reconstruction, highway design and product design.

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Richard Bragg Richard A. Bragg
P.E., Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Principal

Richard Bragg, with more than 30 years experience, has directed large design projects for industrial and commercial facilities as well as research projects to develop state of the art foundation design practice.

RDA Specialization: Traffic accident reconstruction, traffic engineering and highway design, product design, soil mechanics and foundation engineering, soil-structure interaction, slope stability analysis, stability of earth and concrete dams, failure analysis and foundation testing.

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David J. Bizzak David J. Bizzak
P.E., Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Principal

David Bizzak has more than 20 years of experience as a consulting engineer in reliability and failure analysis, risk assessment and human-machine interface.

RDA Specialization: Machine and consumer product design and manufacturing defects, automotive defects, system failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), system design and reliability, slip-and-fall accidents, design and performance of
experimental tests and traffic accident reconstruction.

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Irving J. Oppenheim Irving J. Oppenheim
P.E., Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Principal

Irving Oppenheim is Professor of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, where he teaches structural mechanics and structural design.

RDA Specialization: Structural design (in steel, concrete, masonry, and timber), construction collapse, wind and snow loads, impact effects, building code requirements, architectural materials, friction testing and stair design.

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James S. Foster James S. Foster
P.E., Ph.D., Metallurgical Engineering

James Foster has more than 40 years of teaching, research, and consulting experience in materials science and metallurgical engineering.

RDA Specialization: Failure analysis involving materials with mechanical, chemical, thermal, and design issues. Reconstruction of accidents involving consumer products, machines, vehicles, devices, etc., with emphasis on examining and interpreting physical and chemical items of evidence.

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Bert N. Davis Bert N. Davis
P.E., Ph.D., C.F.E.I., LEED AP

Bert Davis has more than 20 years of design and consulting experience related to mechanical, electrical and building envelope systems for commercial, industrial, medical and institutional buildings.

RDA Specialization: Failure analysis, indoor air quality, construction and
industrial accidents, heating ventilation and air conditioning systems, life safety systems, plumbing-electrical-lighting systems, slip-and-fall accidents, construction claims, explosions, building fires and code compliance.

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Associates

James A. Warren - Electrical Engineer
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Stephen R. Lee - Architect
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Robert A. Nocivelli - Automotive & Truck Mechanic
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