Areas of Expertise: Aircraft & Airplanes; Aircraft & Aviation; All Terrain Vehicles (ATV) & Carts; Failure Analysis; Motorcycles; Motorcycle; Product Liability; Railroads & Trains; Trains, Railroads, Subways; Trucks; Trucking Accidents & Safety; Petroleum; Oil & Gas; Vibration; Vibration Analysis; Aerospace Engineering; Automotive Engineering; Design Engineering; Food Processing; Industrial Engineering; Marine Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Transportation Engineering; Medical Devices; Biomedical Engineering; Autos; Boats, Ships, Marine; Construction & Farm Machinery; Cranes, Hoists & Lifts; Forklifts & Material Handling; Industrial Equipment & Machinery; Ladders & Scaffolds; Pipelines & Pressure Vessels; Recreational & Sporting Equipment; Tires, Wheels & Brakes; Turbines, Compressors & Pumps.
“If it bent or broke causing loss, injury or death, I can help explain the failure.”™
Steve Roensch is a mechanical engineering consultant with 44 years of professional experience. He has analyzed hundreds of product designs and has served as an expert witness in 92 cases, testifying 25 times at deposition, court or arbitration.
Mr. Roensch can be of assistance when a product fails in a physical manner, such as bending or fracturing, and the failure results in loss, injury or death. He will analyze the product design and the manufacture of the subject part, and determine what caused the failure. Typically, the product's stress distribution is compared to overload or fatigue failure criteria. Often, industry standards or a comparison to similar designs will help pinpoint the problem.
Mr. Roensch specializes in analyzing the physical stresses that arise in a product under various loading conditions, and in determining if the design is sufficient to survive such loads. He investigates product failures and accidents from a fundamental engineering perspective, often applying finite element analysis. He documents his efforts thoroughly from the start, for concise presentation to the legal team, other experts and the jury.
Complex engineering principles are explained using everyday concepts that everyone can understand. Color stress plots and animations are used whenever possible to convey complicated engineering results in an easy to understand visual format. C.V., case studies and white paper are available at SteveRoensch.com.
Qualifications:
ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
FAA Private Pilot
Master of Science in Engineering Mechanics, University of Wisconsin — Madison, Specialized in elasticity and stress analysis
Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics, Engineering and Physics with Honors, University of Wisconsin — Madison, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Graduated with Distinction, Trewartha Honors Undergraduate Research Fund Grant, Radtke Scholarship — University of Wisconsin Physics Department's Outstanding Senior, James F. Lincoln Foundation Engineering Award
Experience:
Mr. Roensch has taught engineering classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marquette University, IBM Research & Development, and at client locations. In addition to his very strong theoretical background, he is a hands-on engineer, performing maintenance and repairs on his own SUVs, boats and aircraft.
He has a robust background in engineering mechanics, physics and mathematics. He has served as an expert witness on 92 cases, and has testified 25 times. He has served as an engineering consultant on hundreds of mechanical designs, and performed thousands of engineering analyses. He has performed both defendant and plaintiff investigations, and has served as a product liability expert witness and as a personal injury expert witness.
Areas of experience include: Failure Analysis, Stress Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, Fatigue Analysis, Vibration Analysis, UTV, Utility Task Vehicles, ROV, Recreational Off-highway Vehicles, ATV, All Terrain Vehicles, Aircraft Engine Pistons, Aircraft Engine Cylinders, Aircraft Engine Crankshafts, Airliner Components, Military Truck Components, Military Trailer Components, Military Missile Loaders, Marine Outboard Crankshafts, Marine Outboard Cowlings & Castings, Marine Inboard Manifolds, Space Station Components, Wind Turbines, Oil Field Equipment, Industrial Robots, Robot Gantries, Hydraulic Motors, Electric Motors, High-Speed Motor Winding Equipment, Fuel Plant Piping, Boiler Components, Generator Enclosures, Automotive Radiators, Automotive Mirror Housings, Automotive Battery Housings, Automotive Steering Components, Automotive Drive Components, Automotive Seating, Crash & Rescue Vehicles, Recreational Vehicles, Commercial Trucks, Truck Racks, Motorcycle Components, Agricultural Vehicles, Earth Moving Equipment, Rock Crusher Components, Transmission Housings, Transmission Gears, Cranes, Chain Links, Man Lifts, Medical Diagnostic Equipment, Medical Beds and Lifts, Athletic Braces, Computer Disk Drive Components, HVAC Manifolds, Pneumatic Cartridges, Food Processing Equipment, High-Precision Machining Equipment, Concrete Vibrators, Plumbing Products, Commercial Windows, Distiller Housings, Plastic Gears