Steve Roensch

name Steve Roensch is a mechanical engineer with 23 years of professional experience in failure analysis and litigation consulting. He has analyzed hundreds of product designs and has provided expert witness services across many industries, including giving depositions and court testimony.

Mr. Roensch has provided litigation consulting in the energy, construction, industrial, transportation, commercial, utility and residential industries. He has supplied legal team technical support, and has given depositions and testified in court and arbitration hearings.

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.

Learn more about mechanical engineer expert witness services at www.FiniteElement.com.

Legal

Courtroom FEA: Why did it fail?

17th April 2008
The Courtroom FEA Newsletter discusses the use of Finite Element Analysis in the courtroom, and serves thousands of product liability and personal injury attorneys in 26 countries. __________________________________________________ Courtroom FEA: Why... Read >
Technology

Finite Element Analysis: Introduction

09th January 2006
The following four-article series was published in a newsletter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). It serves as an introduction to the recent analysis discipline known as the finite element method. The author is an engineering consult... Read >
Technology

Finite Element Analysis: Pre-processing

09th January 2006
The following four-article series was published in a newsletter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). It serves as an introduction to the recent analysis discipline known as the finite element method. The author is an engineering consult... Read >
Technology

Finite Element Analysis: Solution

09th January 2006
The following four-article series was published in a newsletter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). It serves as an introduction to the recent analysis discipline known as the finite element method. The author is an engineering consult... Read >
Technology

Finite Element Analysis: Post-processing

09th January 2006
The following four-article series was published in a newsletter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). It serves as an introduction to the recent analysis discipline known as the finite element method. The author is an engineering consult... Read >
Legal

Courtroom FEA: FEA = Finite Element Analysis

30th December 2005
As a product liability professional, it is important that you know what Finite Element Analysis (FEA) can do for you. If you don't, your adversary might. Whether you serve plaintiffs, defendants or both, you're probably already familiar with FEA. Simpl... Read >
Legal

Courtroom FEA: But my expert has hand calculations

30th December 2005
Hand calculations are good. It is very important that design engineers do hand calculations. It is very important that engineering expert witnesses do hand calculations. For everything but the simplest of part geometries, hand calculations of stress... Read >
Legal

Courtroom FEA: But how does FEA work?

30th December 2005
Many legal professionals are exposed to Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in the courtroom. Having a fundamental understanding of how the method works can help an attorney (i) recognize when FEA can strengthen a case, (ii) choose a capable expert and (iii) de... Read >
Legal

Courtroom FEA: Does FEA apply to my case?

30th December 2005
Many attorneys hire metallurgists to study failures across many industries. Similarly, finite element analysis is regularly applied to a vast array of products. As discussed in previous issues of Courtroom FEA, FEA applies when something bending or breaki... Read >