Richard W McLayDr. McLay is retired. He is the past president of STARK rxp, Inc., a forensic engineering consulting corporation that specialized in the development of restraint systems for motor vehicles, structural analysis of the human body, software development n: biomechanics, structural analysis of vehicles, vehicle dynamics, forensic animation, and vision and perception in human factors.

His expertise is the analysis of vehicles and the human body in the related environments of vehicle accidents and crashes of all types.

Dr. McLay's experience includes simulation in accident analysis and design failures. He is a consultant in his specialty areas and a testifying expert witness in accident reconstruction, with over 40 years of experience serving courts in the United States.

Dr. McLay holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering Mechanics with a related B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

He has published in the areas of forensic animation; accident reconstruction; perception, reaction, and conspicuity; engineering evidence and lay testimony; forensic air bag analysis methods, the use and misuse of engineering standards; this forthcoming book: Engineering Standards for Forensic Application, and a series of papers on biomechanics.

He has both plaintiff and defense experience in civil and criminal cases. He has worked for the State of Vermont in accident reconstruction cases. He has worked pro bono on cases of indigent defendants. He has designed and led seminars and workshops on forensic methods for both engineers and attorneys.

Dr. McLay is:

? A current faculty member of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Iowa.
? Past member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
? A Fellow of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers.
? A holder of the patent: "Target Standoff Sensor for Shaped Charge Warhead," U.S. Patent No. 4567829.

In the community of Essex Junction, Vermont, he is a past member of the Planning Commission.

Dr. McLay and his wife of 58 years have resided in South Burlington, Vermont since 2006. His wife, Daren, a medical technologist, has been the business manager for the forensic work, beginning in 1990. Read More Read Less