HUMAN FACTORS / ERGONOMICS
EXPERT WITNESS / CONSULTANT

Ezra S. Krendel
211 Cornell Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
610-543-9107 (phone/fax)
610-331-2943 (cell)
ezra@krendel.org

PRODUCT LIABILITY; WORKPLACE, HIGHWAY, SPORTS ACCIDENTS; WARNINGS; SLIP AND FALL; VISUAL SEARCH AND PERFORMANCE; VEHICLE SAFETY

60% PLAINTIFF / 40% DEFENDANT OVER 35 YEARS

Experience
Consultant to the United States Departments of: Defense, Army, Navy, Air Force, Commerce, Justice and Transportation as well as to many industries and non-profit institutions; member of U.S. Government committees Highway Research Boards and the NASA Research Advisory Committee on Control, Guidance and Navigation; Arbitrator, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Created and taught the undergraduate and graduate programs in Human Factors Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science; NATO lecturer on Human Factors Engineering; contributed many articles to scientific and engineering journals and chapters to engineering reference books; referee for submissions to the international journal Accident Analysis and Prevention.

Background
Professor Operations Research and Statistics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1966 emeritus after 1995); Chairman, Board of Advisers (1969-1970), Director (1967-1969) Management and Behavioral Science Center, Wharton School; Research Engineer to Technical Director (1949-1966), Franklin Institute Research Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA.

Education: M.A. Social Relations, Harvard University, 1949; Sc.M. Physics, MIT, 1947; B.A. Physics, Brooklyn College, 1945.

Fellow: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Biography: American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in Finance and Business, Who's Who in American Education.

Rates: $150/hour + expenses; Retainer: $2,500.

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