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Dr. Troy A. Hayes in a Managing Engineer in Exponent’s Mechanical Engineering and Materials/Metallurgy practice. Dr. Hayes utilizes his background in mechanical and metallurgical engineering to perform failure analyses and accident reconstruction. He specializes in failure analysis materials science metallurgy creep and fatigue.
Dr. Hayes has served as a failure analysis consultant on cases involving failures of metals plastics and glasses in consumer products such as automobile and bicycle parts furniture and personal protective equipment. He has performed accident reconstruction for automobile train motorcycle and bicycle accidents. Dr. Hayes routinely performs root cause analyses of portable consumer products involving battery failures. He has conducted numerous on-site audits of battery manufacturers as part of failure investigations and new product qualifications.
Before joining Exponent Dr. Hayes served as a Senior Scientist with The Institute of Risk & Safety Analyses in Woodland Hills California. He has successfully qualified and testified as an expert in trials depositions and arbitrations in California and Nevada. | 