Dr. Ramesh Kar’s consulting experience spans areas of failure analysis, materials selection, product liability, and development. He has been a principal investigator in over 3000 failure investigations including turbine/heat exchanger failures, glass failures, metal, wood, and plastic chair failures, composite poles, ski boots, chains, seatbelts, ladder failures; ladder cases, automotive & airplane component failures, ABS piping/construction defect cases. He has provided testimony in over 500 civil and criminal investigations (plaintiff and defense) in the states of California and Nevada.
Areas of Expertise
Publications
- Over 50 presentations at national/international meetings, , January 0001
- Over 35 publications in international journals, , January 0001
- Editor of 3 Technical Books, ASM International, , January 0001
- Editor, Composites Failure Analysis Handbooks (US Air Force/Fed. Aviation Administration), , January 0001