Active in creative and innovative vehicle design for fifty years, he has been responsible for the design, development and testing of six original vehicles, as well as alternative occupant protection and crashworthiness modifications for 13 production cars*. He is proudest of his work on the Sidewinder missile, the Lunar Rover, the Minicars Research Safety Vehicle, air bags, offset frontal impact and rollover occupant safety, and his most recent efforts in human safety research. He has authored over 60 technical papers on these subjects and the government has published over fifty of his research contract reports.

In the last 14 years he has consulted and testified in over four hundred product liability litigations, integrating accident reconstruction, occupant kinematics, injury mechanisms, vehicle and restraint design, as well as computer analysis, simulation and validation of alternate injury mitigation means. He spawned the Liability Research Group with whom he still works, and consults in special cases with his son, Keith, at Friedman Research Corporation. He is primarily working on rollover research at Xprts, LLC. His consulting is limited, but he loves a challenge.

ACADEMIC:
Vanderbilt University - Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1948

EXPERIENCE:
Avion Division of ACF Industries, Inc. (1949 - 1960) Developed the Sidewinder Infrared Seeker and the Nautilus periscope.

General Motors Research Laboratories (1960 - 1968)
Directed research and advanced development of off-road, Lunar and electric vehicles, passive passenger protection, separation control and steering driver aids

MCR / LRI, Inc. (formerly Minicars, Inc.) (1968 - Present)
Responsible for $30 million in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration research and development contracts from 1968 to 1986. Principal technical vehicle design expert in over 400 product liability litigations since 1984. Has testified in over 40 State and Federal Courts regarding dangerous conditions in many models and model years of many manufacturers, in frontal, side, rear and rollover accidents.

Xprts, LLC (1999-Present)
Founding partner of an automotive systems analysis firm. Conducted systems analysis on over 300 rollover accidents in both passenger cars, SUV's, vans and light trucks. Trained and supervises a team of PhD engineers in systems analysis to research and understand the mechanisms and dynamics of rollover accidents.

PATENTS:
Infant Car Seat and Carrier #4,804,230 and 4,934,004 (1989) Automated Car Rental and Shared Use System # 3.624,608; 3,665,397 and 3,754,122 (1973) Electric Drive System # 3,323,032 (1963)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Tau Beta Pi Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Society of Automotive Engineers Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Trial Lawyers for Public Justice