William R. Neuman
Professional Engineer and Consultant

19 Spinner Point Court
Sacramento, California 95831

Home: (916) 421-1050
FAX: (916) 391-5980

Description: Professional Engineer, providing consulting and expert witness services in traffic and related safety matters since 1963.
Emeritus Professor of Engineering, California State University, Sacramento 1997 to present. Full time 9/62 through 8/92, half time 9/92 through 8/97. Full Professor since 1971.
 
Education: BSCE with honors, CSU, Sacramento - 1961.
MS in Civil Engineering, Stanford University - 1962.
Various short courses/seminars - 1961 to present.
 
Licenses: Civil Engineer - California (1966), Nevada (1980).
 
Memberships: American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE.
ASTM F-13 Committee on Safety and Traction for Footwear.
Institute of Transportation Engineers - Local Section.
Society of Automotive Engineers.
The Society of Forensic Engineers and Scientists.
 
Professional Service: Society of Forensic Engineers and Scientists, Secretary 1989-1996, President 1996 to present.
California Safety Belt Coalition - Chairman 1985.
Past Chairman, Academic Senate, CSU, Sacramento.
Past President, Sacramento Section, past National Director American Society of Civil Engineers and chair of national committees - Conferences, Publications and Scholarships.
 
Honors and Awards: Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society).
Outstanding Service to the Engineering Profession Award - Engineering Council of Sacramento Valley 1988.
CSUS Outstanding Faculty Award 1992.
 
Experience: Consulting, Research and Testimony emphasis is in Traffic Safety:
  1. Highway Traffic Safety - roadway geometric design and traffic engineering.
  2. Accident analysis and reconstruction - crash behavior of vehicles and occupants, highway features and design, and occupants use or non-use of seat belts.
  3. Premises safety as it relates to pedestrians – slipping and tripping mechanics, code compliance or standards. International Safety Academy Certification for English XL Variable Incidence Tribometer.
  4. Premises safety regarding hydraulics or hydrology.
  5. Consulting relative to injury accident reconstruction involving general engineering principles.

Consulting and research since 1963 focused on injury and damage claims related to litigation for individuals, businesses, local, state and federal government and includes testimony in over 300 trials and over 1,000 depositions.

Professor in University courses in engineering. Teaching emphasis: analysis and design courses related to or deriving from engineering mechanics and behavior of solids and fluids. Courses at upper division and graduate level including Infrastructure Engineering. Research related to the above.
 
Veteran: U.S. Army - Honorable Discharge.

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Employment Status: Consultant
Posted: May 31, 1999
Last Updated: March 29, 2001