Forensic Electrical Engineering: Engineering , Medical , and Legal Aspects

"Forensic Electrical Engineering: Engineering , Medical , and Legal Aspects"

The talk will be presented by Robert E. Nabours and Paul F. Hill

An outstanding tutorial that will be available to you in Seattle. The title of the tutorial is Forensic Electrical Engineering: Engineering, Medical and Legal Aspects. It will be presented by Robert E. Nabours, consultant and Paul F. Hill, attorney. These gentlemen are two of the three authors of a text of the same title, so you know that the presenters are highly qualified. The date is Sunday, October 3, the place is The Westin Hotel, and the price is $110. We believe that this tutorial (with CEU credit if you need it) is too good to pass up.

Abstract

A forensic electrical engineering presentation to cover the functions of an EE, as an investigator and expert witness will be presented. An explanation of the relationship between attorneys and engineers, legal terminology, voluntary and obligatory standards, electrical codes and regulations will be given.

The effects of electrical energy on humans, electrical products and failures, electrical fires, illumination and lightning will be discussed.

Case studies illustrating the forensic electrical engineering process will be given.

Legal principles involved with electricity, product liability and strict liability as viewed by various legal jurisdictions will be covered.

Electric utility liability for PQ will be illustrated with case studies.

IAS web-site link: http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/ias/ias2004/tutorials.htm

The Seattle Chapter of IEEE Industry Applications Society is one of our strongest chapters in Seattle Section, and also one of the most active in IAS. (Incidentally, our Section provided some seed money for this conference and will share in the conference surplus.) Erling Hesla chairs the local committee for the IEEE/IAS Annual Meeting and Conference, sponsor for this tutorial. However, not everyone in Seattle is interested in attending the entire conference, so Erling made arrangements for any Seattle IEEE member or any interested local person to attend tutorials at the conference price without having to register for the conference.

If you are interested in learning more about the conference itself, go to www.ieee.org/ias2004, but skip that registration form and use the one with this letter.

(The website form includes a registration fee for the conference, and you don’t need to pay that.)

If you would like more information or if you run into problems, contact Erling at e.hesla@ieee.org.

Tutorial registration required, see registration form.

Note:Conference Registration is not required, but it is necessary to register for the tutorial session(i.e., $110 for early registration). 

For more information, contact:

• John M. Reid mailto:jmreid@u.washington.edu