Dirk E. Smith, Ph.D.
Technical Expert
Vehicle Dynamics and Control
31+ Years of Experience
1-5 of Testimonies
Technical Expert
31+ Years of Experience
1-5 of Testimonies
Dr. Dirk E. Smith, Ph.D., P.E., ACTAR, is a Machine Design/Vehicle Dynamics Expert Witness and is a licensed professional engineer in 21 states and a Board Certified Forensic Engineer as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers.
Dr. Smith holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a focused research area on vehicle dynamics and control. Dr. Smith has taught courses in machine design, vibrations, and vehicle dynamics. Prior to pursuing his Ph.D., he worked for Hughes Aircraft Company designing satellite structures.
Dr. Smith’s research, engineering, and consulting backgrounds have provided him with experience in machine design, vibration analysis, vehicle dynamics, accident reconstruction (including cars, trucks, commercial vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians, and construction vehicles), and event data recorders.
Dr. Smith has reconstructed accidents involving commercial tractor/trailers, high-speed fatality collisions, daytime and nighttime pedestrian accidents, car-bicycle and car-motorcycle collisions, vehicle rollovers, and construction vehicles/machines.
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