Michael Hill

About Michael Hill

Biomechanical Engineer with over 20 years of experience, including over 6 years investigating, analyzing, and professing matters involving a variety of forensic engineering issues. Licensed Professional Engineer (NCEES record) in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Expertise in Vehicle Accident Reconstruction, experimental, theoretical, and computational tissue Biomechanics, with a focus on injury mechanisms and human tissue damage mechanics. Strong record in analysis of human body movements in motor vehicle accidents, premises issues such as slip and falls, and in leading engineering teams to develop custom biomechanical materials testing solutions. Collaborated with cardiovascular and orthopedic surgeons, engineers, and scientists in the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom on various medical research projects. Lectured in the field of biomechanics and numerical methods. Presented research findings at over 40 international and national scientific conferences and published in 17 academic articles with over citations. Serves as a peer reviewer for Biomedical Engineering and Biomechanics journals and conferences.

Experience

1. Biomechanical Engineer

   Quality Forensic Engineering, Llc

   Sep 2023 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Providing forensic services nationwide in:o Biomechanical Analysiso Accident Reconstructiono Injury Consistencyo Mechanisms of Injury Analysiso Computational Dynamicso Occupant & Pedestrian Kinematicso Extensive trial and deposition testimony experience as an expert witness Specializing in complex motor vehicle and tractor-trailer collisions, biomechanics of brain injury, slip and falls, product and machinery failure analysis.

Education

• University of Alabama at Birmingham

  M.S., Biomedical Engineering

  2004 — 2006

• Mississippi State University

  B.S., Biological Engineering

  1999 — 2004

• University of Pittsburgh

  Ph.D., Bioengineering

  2006 — 2011

Skills

• Biomaterials
• Imagej
• Tissue Engineering
• Fluorescence Microscopy
• C++
• Stem Cells
• Afm
• Microscopy
• Cell Culture
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Matlab
• Medical Devices
• Finite Element Analysis
• Biomedical Engineering
• Regenerative Medicine
• Experimentation
• Design of Experiments
• Cad
• Microsoft Office
• Image Processing
• Confocal Microscopy
• Bioengineering
• Mathcad
• Ansys
• Solidworks
• Immunohistochemistry
• Latex
• Statistics
• Biomechanics
• Abaqus
• Labview
• In Vitro
• Mechanical Testing
• Characterization