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Expert, P.E., D.WRE works in hydrology and water engineering. He helps to analyze flooding, dams, sewers and any water related field.

He is an expert in, and testifies on, the hydrology of flood events and the hydraulics of storm water, highway drainage or irrigation systems. We investigate floods, roadway vehicle accidents and drowning's.

He offers Surface Water Hydrology and Hydraulics consulting services, water resources engineering design services, and expert witness capabilities in many fields of expertise related to Surface Water Resources Engineering including: storm drain system analysis and design, FEMA floodplain investigations, stream channel and detention basin designs, sediment production and erosion control, and analysis of historic storm and flood events. We have municipal, commercial and professional clients internationally.
Fields of Expertise in Water Resources Engineering:

Watershed Hydrology
*Storm Events
*Historic Floods
*Dam and Reservoir Operations
*Meteorologic Storm Frequency Analysis
*Hydrologic Flood Frequency Analysis

Hydraulic Systems Analysis
*Floodplains
*Storm Drains
*Irrigation and Drainage
*Street and Highway

Forensic Modeling and Re-Creations
*Urban Storm Drain Floods
*Stream and River Flooding
*Reservoir Operations
*Drownings Occurances
*Vehicular Accidents / Highway Drainage

Design, Operation and Maintenance Standards
*Flood Control Systems
*Channel and Levee
*Dam and Reservoir
*Highway Drainage


New Years flood of 2005, Ross Valley, San Anselmo Creek - Marin County, California. The hydraulic impacts of 17 bridges and channel infringements along San Anselmo and Ross Creeks was determined using HEC-RAS. The individual and cumulative effects of the structures were quantified for the clients in this class action law suit.Testified in Court Trial on the Factors Involved in Flooding That Occurred in Downtown Redding, California. The storm's return frequency, the city storm drain system's design level of protection, and the impacts of watershed development were all discussed as they related to the level of flooding experienced at a downtown apartment complex.Provided Testimony in Jury Trial on Evaluation of Municipal Storm Drain System Improvements, Cumberland, Maryland. Established design factors of a storm drain system improvement project which induced greater flooding of downstream residents than would have occurred prior to its completion.3-D Animation of Roadway Drainage Patterns Presented to Jury as Part of Testimony on the Cause of a Fatal Mudslide, Mill Valley, California. The hydrology and hydraulics of how a section of roadway drained throughout a winter season were modeled, and the results graphically illustrated in 3-Dimensional space, as part of a PowerPoint presentation on the contributing factors leading to the mudslide. Expert Testimony Provided in Jury Trial on Whether Highway Drainage Conditions May Have Led to Fatal Auto Accident, Stockton, California. Highway drainage plans and high resolution laser survey of highway road surface were analyzed in connection with storm event rainfall data, indicating that the roadway had no anomalies or sheet flow conditions that could have created a potential for hydroplaning of the vehicle. No Dangerous Condition of the state highway was found to exist, 12-0, by the jury in the case.