IRVING U. OJALVO 
Structures, Biomechanics and Safety Expert, Retired Senior Scientist, Columbia University
Qualifications
Licensed Professional Engineer, New York, Connecticut and Florida.
Bullard Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bridgeport (1983-1990).
Author of over 90 technical papers for leading national and international engineering journals.
Court testimony as an expert witness in numerous cases involving biomechanics industrial and automobile accidents and consumer products liability.
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Speakers Bureau on Products Liability and Roadway and Accident Reconstruction.
Developed state-of-the-art structural dynamics computer program under contract with U. S. Government. Space shuttle consultant & lecturer to NASA engineers.
Safety Committee, Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
Safety Council, Institute of Transportation Engineers
Consultant to industry in areas of Industrial and Roadway Safety and Human Factors Engineering
Design of Warnings used in automated industrial equipment
Associate Editor of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Journal.
Member of ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Ladder Safety Committee
EDUCATION
B.M.E. ............. C.C.N.Y. ............. 1956
M.S. .............. M.I.T. ............. 1957
Sc.D. .............. N.Y.U. ............. 1962
EXPERIENCE
1961-1966 Structural Engineering Specialist, Republic Aviation
1966-1968 Engineering Consultant, Harry Belock Associates
1968-1983 Manager & Project Engineer at Grumman & Perkin-Elmer Corp.
1966-Present Private Consultant to numerous industries & law firms
AWARDS
M.I.T. Assistantship, 1956-1957.
U.S. Fulbright Scholar in the Netherlands, 1960-1961.
N.Y.U. Founders Day Award, 1962.
NASA Certificate of Recognition, 1973
Hofstra University Certificate of Appreciation, 1979 & 1980.
Bullard Chair of Engineering, 1983-1990.
Elected a Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, 1986.
Listed in Who's Who and American Men and Women of Science.
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