S. Melville McCarthy, P.E.

Registered Professional Engineer

417 Audubon Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32312-1633

Telephone (850) 893-5845

Fax (850) 893-8018

E-mail smmcpe@machineexpert.com

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Formal Education

Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia

Bachelor of Science, 1959

Major: Physics and Pre-Engineering

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering, High Honors, 1968

Major: Machine Design

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Graduate Courses in Mechanical Engineering, 1969

Major: Machine Design

 

Professional Experience

Forensic Consultant, 1980-Present

S. Melville McCarthy, Professional Engineer, Tallahassee, Florida

General Manager, 1978-1979

Wayne H. Coloney Company, Incorporated, Tallahassee, Florida

General Manager, 1978

Coloney Company Consulting Engineers, Incorporated, Tallahassee, Florida

Director, Consulting Engineering, 1977-78

Manager, Legal Engineering Division, 1974-77

Wayne H. Coloney Company, Incorporated, Tallahassee, Florida

Liability Consulting Engineer, 1972-1974

Mechanical Engineer, 1969-1972

Tampa Bay Engineering Company, St. Petersburg, Florida

 

Professional Registrations

Florida Professional Engineer, 13675, 1973-present

Georgia Professional Engineer, 10101, 1975-present

Alabama Professional Engineer, 13823, 1982-present

 

Publications

Chapter 31, Machine Guarding (except annotations), Volume Two, pp. 31-1–99, Attorney’s Guide to Engineering, Ira S. Kuperstein, Ph.D. P.E. and Neil L. Salters, Esq., Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., New York, NY, 1986

 

Honors

National Honorary Engineering Fraternity, Tau Beta Pi

National Honorary Mechanical Engineering Fraternity, Pi Tau Sigma

 

Technical Courses and Seminars

Fire Cause Analysis

Fire and Arson Investigation, 1988, Albany, Georgia

International Association of Arson Investigators

Fire Cause Analysis, 1981, 1989, Madison Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin

Gas Appliance Fires, 1980, Birmingham, Alabama

University of Alabama

Arson Detection and Investigation, 1975, Ocala, Florida

Florida State Fire College

Product Safety

Programmable Logic Controllers, 2005, Orlando, Florida

National Technology Transfer, Inc.

Machine Safeguarding, 1999, Rockford, Illinois

Rockford Systems, Incorporated

Applied System Safety, 1988, Orlando, Florida

American Society of Safety Engineers

Machine Guarding, 1985, Orlando, Florida

Robinson & McCarthy

Human Factors, 1983, Atlanta, Georgia

Anacapa Sciences, Incorporated

Product Safety Warnings, 1982, Madison, Wisconsin, 1998, Orlando, Florida

University of Wisconsin

Power Press Safety, 1981, Tampa, Florida

 

National Safety Council and American Society of Safety Engineers

Automotive Accident Reconstruction

Pedestrian Accidents and Human Factors, 1994, Tallahassee, Florida

University of North Florida, Institute of Police and Traffic Management (IPTM)

Pedestrian Facilities Design, 1992, 1991, Tallahassee, Florida

Florida Department of Transportation

Commercial Vehicle Accident Reconstruction, 1991, Tallahassee, Florida

University of North Florida, Institute of Police and Traffic Management (IPTM)

 

Brakes: Design and Safety, 1988, Orlando, Florida

Society of Automotive Engineers

Functional Requirements of Highway Safety Devices, 1987, Tallahassee, Florida

 

University of Florida, Florida Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration

Human Factors in Highway Design and Traffic Control, 1987, Tallahassee, Florida

Federal Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration

Truck Brakes, 1987, Jacksonville, Florida

 

Seat Belts, 1987, Tallahassee, Florida

Univ. of North Florida, Institute of Police and Traffic Management (IPTM)

Special Problems in Accident Reconstruction, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, Jacksonville, Florida

University of North Florida, Institute of Police and Traffic Management (IPTM)

Miscellaneous

Pumps, 1990, Jacksonville, Florida

Techpro

 

Affiliations

 National Safety Council (NSC)

 

Previous Affiliations

     American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)

National Safety Council, Northwest Florida Branch (NSC)

National Society of Professional Engineers, (NSPE)

Florida Engineering Society (FES)

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Incorporated (AAFS)

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

International Association of Arson Investigators, Incorporated, Florida Chapter (IAAI)

American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRE)

 

Military

United States Navy, Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia

      Ensign, 1959-1961

      Lieutenant Junior Grade, 1962

       Technical Officer, Surface-to-Air Guided Missile Program

 

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Rev: June 2006

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