Experience:
4/04 - Present: President, Raymond P. Smith and Associates - Denver, Colorado
- Accident Investigation and Reconstruction
- Occupant Kinematics/Injury Mechanisms
- Biomechanics
1/03 - 4/04: Battalion Commander, US Army Corps of Engineers - Baghdad, Iraq, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Ft. Carson, CO
- Civil Engineering (Civilian and Military Infrastructure).
- Water Distribution, Power Generation, Power Distribution, Roadway Repair/Improvement/Development, Irrigation Systems, Sewage & Sanitation Systems, School Renovation, etc.
- Force Protection, Soldier Quality of Life
- Command and Control
12/91 - 1/03: Engineer/President, Raymond P. Smith and Associates - Denver, Colorado
- Accident Investigation and Reconstruction
- Occupant Kinematics/Injury Mechanisms
- Biomechanics
7/91 - 7/92: Program Manager
10/87 - 5/89: ESL Inc. - Sunnyvale, California Participated in engineering programs in the following areas:
- Remote Sensing
- Advanced Computer Technology
- Communications
- Digital Image Processing
6/89 - 7/91: Program Manager GTE Government Systems - Mountain View, California Participated in engineering programs in the following areas:
- Artificial intelligence
- Geographic Information Systems
- Communications
- Systems Engineering
12/81 - Present: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Current Rank of COL
Present Military experience includes the following areas:
- Civil Engineering
- Military Construction
- Terrain Analysis
- Geodetic Surveying
- Photogrammetry
Education:
- Masters Degree - Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA 2008
- M.S. - Biomechanical Trauma, Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL. 2000
- M.S. - Electrical Engineering: University of Santa Clara, CA. 1991
- B.S. - Geophysical Engineering: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO. 1983
- U.S. Army War College
- U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course
- U.S. Army Combined Arms Staff Support School
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Officer Advanced & Basic Courses
- Defense Mapping Agency, Mapping, Charting & Geodesy Officer Course
- Reserve Component Multifunctional Combat Service Support Course (90A)
- Ordinance Officer Branch Qualification Course
Professional Organizations:
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- Society of American Military Engineers
- IEEE - Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Remote Sensing Society
- Society of Automotive Engineers
- Accident Investigation and Reconstruction Practices Standards Committee
- Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
- The Army Engineer Association
- Veterans of Foreign Wars
- American Legion
- Disabled American Veterans
- Member of the Editorial Board:Journal of Whiplash & Related Disorders
Continuing Education
- 1992 Stapp Car Crash Conference
- 1993 SAE Conference
- 1993 21st International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research
- 1993 Child Occupant Protection Symposium
- 1993 Stapp Car Crash Conference
- 1993 Head & Neck Injury Symposium (SAE)
- 1994 SAE Conference
- 1994 Rear Impact Symposium (SAE)
- 1994 22nd International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research
- 1994 Stapp Car Crash Conference
- 1995 SAE Conference
- 1995 23rd International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research
- 1995 Stapp Car Crash Conference
- 1995 Accidental Injury: Biomechanics & Prevention, University of California, San Diego,
Office of Continuing Medical Education
- 1996 SAE Conference
- 1996 Biomechanics of Accidents, Texas A&M University System
- 1996 AIP Crash Tests
- 1996 AAAM Conference
- 1996 24th International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research
- 1996 Stapp Car Crash Conference
- 1996 Impact Head Injury; Responses, Mechanisms, Tolerance, Treatment & Countermeasures (NATO)
- 1997 SAE Conference
- 1997 Airbag Design and Performance TOPTEC (SAE)
- 1997 Perception-Reaction-Conspicuity Seminar, University of Iowa
- 1997 AAAM Conference
- 1997 Child Occupant Protection Second Symposium
- 1997 Stapp Car Crash Conference
- 1997 25th International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research
- 1998 SAE Conference
- 1998 Photogrammetry in Accident Reconstruction
- 1998 AAAM Conference
- 1998 26th International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research
- 1998 Stapp Car Crash Conference
- 1998 Whiplash Symposium
- 1999 SAE Conference
- 1999 Current Issues in Using Crash Injury Data
- 1999 Introduction to Biomechanical Trauma
- 1999 Ergonomics
- 1999 Applied Research Methods
- 1999 Directed Research
- 1999 Health Care Management and Administration
- 1999 27th International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research
- 1999 Stapp Car Crash Conference
- 1999 3rd Annual Crash Injury Research & Engineering Network Conference
- 1999 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care Administration
- 1999 Biomechanics of Hard and Soft Tissue Injuries
- 1999 Directed Research II
- 2000 SAE Conference
- 2000 Biomechanics of Motor Vehicle Accidents
- 2000 Directed Research III
- 2000 Neurology I
- 2000 Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation of the Spine and Upper Extremities
- 2000 Biomechanics of the Spine and Upper Extremities
- 2000 Directed Research IV
- 2000 Neurology II
- 2000 Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation of the Lower Extremities and Sports Injuries
- 2000 Biomechanics of the Lower Extremities and Sports Injuries
- 2000 Directed Research V
- 2001 SAE Conference
- 2001 29th International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research
- 2001 Stapp Car Crash Conference
- 2002 SAE Conference
- 2002 AAAM Conference
- 2002 30th International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research
- 2002 Stapp Car Crash Conference
- 2005 International Whiplash Trauma Congress
- 2005 SAE Conference
- 2006 International Whiplash Trauma Congress
- 2007 Composite Risk Management Basic Course
- 2007 Accident Avoidance Course for Army Motor Vehicle Drivers
- 2007 International Whiplash Trauma Congress
- 2008 SAE Conference
- 2009 SAE Conference
- 2010 SAE Conference
- 2010 Humvee Rollover Egress training
- 2011 SAE Conference
Articles
- The Physics, Biomechanics and Statistics of Automobile Rear Impact Collisions, CTLA, 1993
- Damage Only Doesn't Work - Minor Damage Doesn't Mean No injury, CTLA, 1997
- An Analysis of 72 Real World Rear Impacts: An Initial Investigation into In jury and Complaint Factors, SAE Paper Number 1999-01-0640, Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA.
- "The Effect of Head Rotation on Pain Location in Delayed Recovery Subjects", 29th International Workshop on Injury Biomechanics Research, National Transportation Biomechanics Research Center, NHTSA, DOT 2001, Washington D.C.
- The Truth About Low Speed Impacts: Injuries Can and Do Occur, ATLA, July 2002
- Correlation Between Vehicle Damage and Impact Speed in Low to Moderate Speed Rear-End Crash Tests. P. Alexander, D. Payne, J. Smith, R. Smith; American Academy of Forensic Sciences, AAFS Annual Meeting Feb. 11-16, 2002 (Abstract)
- Is This A Case of Prosecutorial Misconduct? P. Alexander & John Smith; Proceedings American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Feb. 17- 22, 2003
- Rebuilding Iraq, John Smith, The Officer Sept 2004
- The Proper Application of Vehicle Damage to Refute Injury, Proceedings of the 2005 International Whiplash Trauma Congress, February 2005
- Weaknesses of the Numerical Models Used in Accident Reconstruction Programs, Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 2005
- Common Errors in Determining Impact Speed and Occupant Injury Propensity in Low Speed Rear End Collisions, Smith JJ, Journal of Whiplash and Related Disorders, Vol 5 No. 1, 2006, The Haworth Medical Press
- Limitations of Computer Models Used in Accident Reconstruction Programs, Proceedings of the 2006 International Whiplash Trauma Congress, June 2006
- The Role of the Seat Belt in Major Automobile Injury and Death Cases, Chapter 31, Litigating Major Automobile Injury and Death Cases, ATLA Press, 2006
- The Lack of Correlation Between Spinal Injuries and Change in Velocity in Rear Impacts - An Evaluation of Spinal Strain, Proceedings of the 2007 International Whiplash Trauma Congress, October 2007
- Advances in the Understanding of Rear Impact Collision - Updating Physics, Biomechanics and Statistics, CTLA, 2009
Presentations
- Advanced Accident Investigation and Reconstruction (No date)
- The Physics of Head Injuries, March 10, 1995
- Biomechanics, February 2, 1996
- Biomechanics and Accident Reconstruction, UNK, 1996
- Principles of Accident Investigation and Reconstruction, September 1996 *
- Seat Belts, Facts and Fiction, August 1997
- Misapplication of Accident Reconstruction Data, August 1997
- Accident Investigation and Reconstruction; Sources of Data, Common Errors, 1997
- Accident Investigation and Reconstruction, March 5, 1998
- Understanding Injury Causation in Motor Vehicle Collisions: Physics, Thresholds and Databases, March 6, 1998
- Principles of Accident Reconstruction: Physics and Biomechanics, May 14, 1998
- Countering the Opposition's Biomechanical Expert, June 15, 1998 Biomechanics of Motor Vehicle Accidents, Instructor Lynn University, Masters of Science in Biomechanical Trauma 2000
- Understanding Injury Causation in Motor Vehicle Collisions: Physics, Thresholds and Databases, November 29, 2000
- Understanding Injury Causation in Motor Vehicle Collisions: Physics, Thresholds and Databases, August 9 - 10, 2001
- Accident Investigation and Reconstruction; Sources of Data, Common Errors, October 2001
- The Effect of Head Rotation on Pain Location in Delayed Recovery Subjects, November 2001
- Seat Belts, Facts and Fiction and Common Errors in Accident Reconstruction, December 2001
- Understanding Injury Causation in Motor Vehicle Collisions: Physics, Thresholds and Databases, January 11, 2002
- The Truth About Low Speed Impacts: Injuries Can and Do Occur, July 21, 2002
- Accident Reconstruction and the Biomechanics of Head Injuries, August 9, 2002
- Biomechanics and Accident Reconstruction, November 7, 2002
- Actual Applied Biomechanics: Most of What You Have Heard is False, May 22, 2004
- Engineering in Iraq (Numerous times)
- The Proper Application of Vehicle Damage to Refute Injury, Proceedings of the 2005 International Whiplash Trauma Congress, February 2005
- Weaknesses of the Numerical Models Used in Accident Reconstruction Programs, Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, February 2005
- Limitations of Computer Models Used in Accident Reconstruction Programs, Proceedings of the 2006 International Whiplash Trauma Congress, June 2006
- Principles of Impact Analysis & the Associated Biomechanics, AFTL, July 2006
- Leadership and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines March 20, 2007
- The Lack of Correlation Between Spinal Injuries and Change in Velocity in Rear Impacts - An Evaluation of Spinal Strain, Proceedings of the 2007 International Whiplash Trauma Congress, October 2007
- Applied Biomechanics, April 10, 2008
- The Basics of Accident Investigation/Reconstruction, April 11, 2008
- The Science of Injury Causation, May 2009
- The Biomechanics of Head and Brain Injuries, November 20, 2009
- The Principles of Accident Reconstruction, October 2010
- The Science of Injury Causation, October 2010
- The Science, Physics and Biomechanics of Low-Damage Crash Injuries, November 4, 2010
- Accident Investigation, Reconstruction and Biomechanics, December 1, 2010
- What the Attorney Needs to Know About Airbags, January 28, 2011
US States Where John Smith Has Been Recognized by Courts as an Expert
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kansas
- Louisiana*
- Missouri
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Texas
- South Dakota
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- * Federal Court
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