Richard Collins |
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Engineering Mechanical Engineering ProfessorAppointed: 2004 Biomechanics International Litigation support - Personal Injury Cases Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering President & CEOAppointed: 1989 |  |
Mailing Address440 Monmouth Drive Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania 16066-5756United States | Contact InformationPhone: (724) 742-0414 Fax: (724) 742-0414 richardc@connecttime.net http://riccollins.googlepages.com/litigationsupport-personalinjurycases |
Qualifications
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Aeronautical Sciences/Mechanical Engineering, 1966.
M.Sc., University of Toronto, Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering, 1961.
B.Sc., University of Toronto, Engineering Physics, 1959.
Expertise and Research Interests
Legal Medicine: Expert witness services/ Litigation support in Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice
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Fields of Research: Aerospace, Mechanical, Biomedical Engineering, and Health Physics
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Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Applied Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Applied Mathematics: Environmental and military applications of fluid penetration in non uniform layered media, density- and concentration-driven fluid and particle transport, heat transfer processes, boundary layer phenomena, mathematical modeling and numerical solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations governing fluid flows and heat transfer processes under dynamic highly non-stationary conditions with particle transport and deposition. Gas dynamics, shock and blast wave loading of underwater structures (Euler-Lagrangian finite-difference computer codes and graphics).
Bioengineering/Biomechanics, Physiological Fluid Dynamics: biomedical device development, environmental and toxicological impact of chemical uptake by the body, mathematical modeling and numerical computer-based predictions of physiological response to a wide variety of underlying complex physiological mechanisms, physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling, uptake of volatile toxicant vapors by the inhalatory tract and the skin, risk analysis of toxicant exposures, impact biophysics (high strain-rate response of biological tissues), cardiovascular and pulmonary hemodynamics, blood flow transport to the brain, eyes, biomedical instrumentation, rheology of biological tissues, flow dynamics in collapsible vessels, lubrication of articular joints and design of articular prostheses, macromolecular transport in the arterial wall, fluid dynamics of the eye, cardiac mechanics, particle deposition in the pulmonary airways, subcutaneous circulation, aerospace medicine: cardiovascular response to G-stress in both microgravity (space environment) and hypergravity (aviation physiology), inhalation toxicology, transdermal drug transport, biomolecular transport dynamics, controlled-release drug delivery.
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Fields of Research: Aerospace, Mechanical, Biomedical Engineering, and Health Physics
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Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Applied Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Applied Mathematics: Environmental and military applications of fluid penetration in non uniform layered media, density- and concentration-driven fluid and particle transport, heat transfer processes, boundary layer phenomena, mathematical modeling and numerical solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations governing fluid flows and heat transfer processes under dynamic highly non-stationary conditions with particle transport and deposition. Gas dynamics, shock and blast wave loading of underwater structures (Euler-Lagrangian finite-difference computer codes and graphics).
Bioengineering/Biomechanics, Physiological Fluid Dynamics: biomedical device development, environmental and toxicological impact of chemical uptake by the body, mathematical modeling and numerical computer-based predictions of physiological response to a wide variety of underlying complex physiological mechanisms, physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling, uptake of volatile toxicant vapors by the inhalatory tract and the skin, risk analysis of toxicant exposures, impact biophysics (high strain-rate response of biological tissues), cardiovascular and pulmonary hemodynamics, blood flow transport to the brain, eyes, biomedical instrumentation, rheology of biological tissues, flow dynamics in collapsible vessels, lubrication of articular joints and design of articular prostheses, macromolecular transport in the arterial wall, fluid dynamics of the eye, cardiac mechanics, particle deposition in the pulmonary airways, subcutaneous circulation, aerospace medicine: cardiovascular response to G-stress in both microgravity (space environment) and hypergravity (aviation physiology), inhalation toxicology, transdermal drug transport, biomolecular transport dynamics, controlled-release drug delivery.
Other Expertise
Academic Experience:described in: http://riccollins.googlepages.com/home
Honors Cited in:
International Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement 1984
Who's Who in the World, Sixth Edition 1982-1983
Men of Achievement, Ninth Edition 1982
Who's Who in the World, Fifth Edition 1980-1981
Who's Who inWestern Europe 1978-1979
NATO-AGARD Scientific Consultant (Europe) 1972-1973
American Men of Science 1969
Scientific Reviewer:
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Applied Mechanics Reviews
Canadian Heart Foundation Applications
Mathematical and Computer Modeling - An International Journal
International Journal of Pharmaceutics
International bilateral agreements on technical cooperation organized, negotiated, edited and signed with:
1. Protocol for Collaborative Research between the MedizinischeHochschule Hannover Abteilung Krankheiten der Bewegungsorgane und des Stoffwechsels and the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Halifax (Canada) in Hannover (F.R.Germany).
2. A Collaborative Project on Mathematical Modeling of the Active and Passive Control of the Cardiovascular System between the Institute of Mechanics and Biomechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia and the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax (Canada) signed in Sofia (Bulgaria).
3. Agreement for the development of detailed cooperative research programs between the Sichuan Institute of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering of the People's Republic of China and the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax (Canada),signed in Zigong, Sichuan (P.R. China).
4. Agreement on Cultural, Educational and Scientific Cooperation between the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax (Canada) and Chengdu University of Science and Technology (CUST), P. R. China in Chengdu, Sichuan (P.R.China).
5. Agreement on Cultural, Educational and Scientific Cooperation between the Technical University of Nova Scotia (Halifax, Canada) and Sichuan Institute of Industry, P. R. China in Chengdu Western Suburbs, Sichuan (P.R. China).
6. Memorandum of Understanding for technical cooperation between the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. - in preparation.
Business Experience:
President and CEO, Biomechanics International.
Board Memberships:
Member, Editorial Board: Applied Microgravity Technology
Associate Editor: Annales Françaises de Chronométrie et Microtechnique
Scientific Committee: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM)
International Activities:
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Société Française des Microtechniques et de Chronométrie (1981-86) France.
- International Research Program in Orthopaedics, organized between France and Canada, under NATO sponsorship.
- International research program in cardiology organized between France and the United States, under the Sponsorship of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- Organization of and participation in Franco-Indian Exchange Program for Biomedical Research under the direct auspices of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian Institute of Technology and the All Indian Institutes of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Honors Cited in:
International Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement 1984
Who's Who in the World, Sixth Edition 1982-1983
Men of Achievement, Ninth Edition 1982
Who's Who in the World, Fifth Edition 1980-1981
Who's Who inWestern Europe 1978-1979
NATO-AGARD Scientific Consultant (Europe) 1972-1973
American Men of Science 1969
Scientific Reviewer:
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Applied Mechanics Reviews
Canadian Heart Foundation Applications
Mathematical and Computer Modeling - An International Journal
International Journal of Pharmaceutics
International bilateral agreements on technical cooperation organized, negotiated, edited and signed with:
1. Protocol for Collaborative Research between the MedizinischeHochschule Hannover Abteilung Krankheiten der Bewegungsorgane und des Stoffwechsels and the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Halifax (Canada) in Hannover (F.R.Germany).
2. A Collaborative Project on Mathematical Modeling of the Active and Passive Control of the Cardiovascular System between the Institute of Mechanics and Biomechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia and the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax (Canada) signed in Sofia (Bulgaria).
3. Agreement for the development of detailed cooperative research programs between the Sichuan Institute of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering of the People's Republic of China and the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax (Canada),signed in Zigong, Sichuan (P.R. China).
4. Agreement on Cultural, Educational and Scientific Cooperation between the Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax (Canada) and Chengdu University of Science and Technology (CUST), P. R. China in Chengdu, Sichuan (P.R.China).
5. Agreement on Cultural, Educational and Scientific Cooperation between the Technical University of Nova Scotia (Halifax, Canada) and Sichuan Institute of Industry, P. R. China in Chengdu Western Suburbs, Sichuan (P.R. China).
6. Memorandum of Understanding for technical cooperation between the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. - in preparation.
Business Experience:
President and CEO, Biomechanics International.
Board Memberships:
Member, Editorial Board: Applied Microgravity Technology
Associate Editor: Annales Françaises de Chronométrie et Microtechnique
Scientific Committee: International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM)
International Activities:
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Société Française des Microtechniques et de Chronométrie (1981-86) France.
- International Research Program in Orthopaedics, organized between France and Canada, under NATO sponsorship.
- International research program in cardiology organized between France and the United States, under the Sponsorship of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- Organization of and participation in Franco-Indian Exchange Program for Biomedical Research under the direct auspices of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Indian Institute of Technology and the All Indian Institutes of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Future Research
Areas of Specialization as described in: http://riccollins.googlepages.com/litigationsupport-personalinjurycases
- Qualified as an expert witness in civil and criminal courts.
- Injury biomechanics.
- Accident reconstruction and failure analysis for litigation involving product liability, personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice.
- Internationally recognized engineering and medical expertise.
- Analyses involving motor vehicle accidents, trains, forklifts, aircraft; slips, trips and falls; sports injuries, product liability in industrial, recreation and safety equipment; industrial injuries, ergonomics and repetitive stress syndromes; and medical malpractice.
- Extensively published.
- Qualified as an expert witness in civil and criminal courts.
- Injury biomechanics.
- Accident reconstruction and failure analysis for litigation involving product liability, personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice.
- Internationally recognized engineering and medical expertise.
- Analyses involving motor vehicle accidents, trains, forklifts, aircraft; slips, trips and falls; sports injuries, product liability in industrial, recreation and safety equipment; industrial injuries, ergonomics and repetitive stress syndromes; and medical malpractice.
- Extensively published.
Industrial Relevance
Availability
Available nationwide and internationally for presentations, consultations and qualified expert witness case assignments in litigation support in biomechanics
Notice
A fully detailed Curriculum Vitae containing publications and presentations shall be made available upon request or at: http://riccollins.googlepages.com/home
Available nationwide and internationally for presentations, consultations and qualified expert witness case assignments in litigation support in biomechanics
Notice
A fully detailed Curriculum Vitae containing publications and presentations shall be made available upon request or at: http://riccollins.googlepages.com/home
Keywords
COS Keywords:
Aerospace Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Boundary Layers, Fluid Mechanics, Health Physics, Mathematical Modeling, Mathematical Modeling (Medical), Mechanical Engineering, Numerical Analysis, Physiological Controls and Systems, Physiology, Solid Mechanics.Additional Terms:
Biomedical Engineering, Complex Physiological Mechanisms, Computer-based Predictions, Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Analysis, Physiological Response.Languages
(Reading, Writing, Speaking)
French: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
German: (Functional, Basic, Functional)
Russian: (Basic, Basic, Functional)
Memberships
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Bioengineering Division
IEEE - Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
Previous Positions
1999-2000, Visiting Professor,
Wright State University,
Science and Mathematics,
Mathematics and Statistics
1996-1997, Senior Consultant,
US Air Force Armstrong Laboratory,
Wright-Patterson AFB,
Vulnerability Assessment Branch, Human Systems Directorate
1995-1998, Research Professor,
Wright State University,
Engineering and Computer Science,
Biomedical and Human Factors Engineering
1994-2001, Visiting Professor,
Wright State University,
Engineering and Computer Science,
Biomedical and Human Factors Engineering
1989-2008, President & CEO,
Biomechanics International,
Pittsburgh, PA
1985-1989, Endowed Professor,
Technical University of Nova Scotia,
Mechanical Engineering,
Biomedical Engineering
1983-1985, Senior Physicist,
Physics International Company,
San Leandro
1980-1982, Professor,
Université de Besançon,
Faculté de Médecine,
Service de Dermatologie
1979-1982, Professor,
Université de Toulouse III,
Physics, Chemistry, and Automation
1975-1978, Professor,
Université Technologique de Compiègne,
Génie Biologique et Médical
1972-1975, Associate Professor,
Université de Paris VI,
UER de Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée
1966-1975, Assistant Professor,
University of California, Los Angeles,
School of Engineering and Applied Science,
Applied Mechanics and Structures
Publications
- Gemci T., V. Ponyavin, Y-T. Chen, and R. Collins (2008) Computational Model of Airflow in upper 17 Generations of Human Respiratory Tract, Journal of Biomechanics, 41 (9), 2047-2054
- Gemci, T., V. Ponyavin, Y. Chen, H. Chen and R. Collins (2007) CFD Simulation of Airflow in a 17-Generation Digital Reference Model of the Human Bronchial Tree, Series on Biomechanics, 23 (1), 5-18
- Gemci, T., V. Ponyavin, Y. Chen and R. Collins (2005) Oscillatory Flow in an Anatomically Realistic 17-Generation Human Bronchial Airway Model, 10th Jubilee National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Proceedings Volume II, 107-119
- Wasuwanich S., N. Jinuntuya, P. Petpirom and R. Collins, Diffusional release of a dispersed solute from a polymeric matrix: approximation of the exact solutions using finite region continuity, Proceedings of Dynamic Systems and Applications, vol 4, pp 55-59, 2003
- R. Collins, N. Jinuntuya, J. Menart and S. Wasuwanich, Analysis of Controlled Release of Drug from an Erodible Matrix, Medical Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures, eds. M. Singh, S. Radhakrishnan, K.M. Patil and M.R.S. Reddy, 266-276, 2000
- Collins, R., Mathematical modeling of controlled-release from implanted drug-impregnated monoliths, Pharmaceutical Science & Technology Today, Elsevier Science, 1(6), 269-276, 1998
- Collins, R., N. Jinuntuya, P. Petpirom and S. Wasuwanich, Mathematical model for controlled diffusional release of dispersed solute drugs from monolithic implants, In: Biotransport: Heat and Mass Transfer in Living Systems, (ed. K. R. Diller), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 858, 116-126, 1998
- Collins, R., G.W. McCarthy, I. Kaleps, F.S. Knox, Review of Major Injuries and Fatalities in USAF Ejections, 1981-1995, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, 33, 350-353, 1997
- Collins, R., Z. Paul, D.B. Reynolds, R.F. Short and S. Wasuwanich, Controlled diffusional release of dispersed solute drugs from biodegradable implants of various geometries, Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, 33, 137-142, 1997
- Collins, R. and S. Wasuwanich, A mathematical model for controlled-release drug delivery, Proc. First Congress on Mathematical Models and Methods Appl, 98, 1997
- Wasuwanich, S., N. Jinuntuya, P. Petpirom and R. Collins, Applications of the theory of mass transfer to the design of controlled drug delivery systems, Proc. 23rd Congress on Science and Technology of Thailand, 136-137, 1997
- Jinuntuya, N., R. Collins, P. Petpirom and S. Wasuwanich, Applications of the Theory of Mass Transfer to Controlled-Release of Therapeutic Drugs from Implanted Ceramic Capsules, Proc. 4th International Conference on Computational Physics, 1997
- Collins, R., Pharmacokinetic Models for Uptake of Vapors, Advances in Physiological Fluid Dynamics, 165-176, 1996
- Collins, R., Overview of modeling of dynamic pulmonary ventilation and uptake by inhalation of chemical toxicants, Proc. International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, 1-23, 1995
- Collins, R., Improvements in Modeling of Pulmonary Uptake of Toxicants, U.S. Air Force Technical Report, AL/OE-TR-1994-0150, Wright-Pa, 29, 1994
- Collins, R., Overview of Space Life Sciences: In Synthesis of Panel Discussion on Microgravity Fluid Mechanics, Microgravity Fluid Mechanics, 592-595, 1992
- Collins, R. and E. Mateeva, Cardiovascular response to varying gravitational stresses - Application to microgravity and hypergravity environments, Physiological Fluid Dynamics III, 1-13, 1992
- Collins, R., Cardiovascular response in microgravity environments - An overview, IUTAM (International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechan, 583-597, 1992
- Collins, R. and E. Mateeva, Assessment of physiological requirements for protection of the human cardiovascular system against high sustained gravitational stresses, NATO/AGARD publication AGARD-CP-516, 18-1 to 18-12, 1991
- Stoytchev, S., E. Mateeva, R. Collins, Mechanics of the left ventricle based on a confocal ellipsoidal model, Proc. First World Conference of Biomechanics, San Diego, Cal, 1990
- Zhou, S.H., E. Mateeva, R. Collins, Coronary Blood Flow, Biofluid Mechanics (ed. D.W. Liepsch), 463-470, 1990
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