Bernard Ross
Dr. Ross specializes in heavy equipment failure analysis, crane, hoist and aerial devices accident investigation, mechanical and structural system assessment, machine design and guarding issues, product design review, and aviation accident reconstruction. His research expertise includes structural analysis, vibration and impact studies, fracture mechanics, explosion dynamics, and stability performance. Dr. Ross has drawn upon this background and experience to direct a variety of research projects and failure investigations dealing with agricultural, construction, industrial, and marine machinery problems; equipment control modeling; high-speed ground transportation studies; and ice-hydraulic structure interaction.
Prior to founding Failure Analysis Associates, Dr. Ross was employed as a mechanical-structural engineer in the aircraft industry by General Dynamics, Canadair, and McDonnell Douglas. He was also an engineering program manager at Stanford Research Institute from 1965-1970. Dr. Ross currently serves Stanford University as a Consulting Full Professor in the School of Engineering, where he teaches a successful graduate course titled, "Techniques of Failure Analysis." He travels internationally, lecturing on the topic of failure analysis and accident investigation. Dr. Ross has published more than 50 technical papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings. He has been invited to present more than 135 seminars, lectures, and talks before university audiences, trade groups. engineering society meetings, insurance and claims agents conferences, and attorney-state bar organizations.
Academic Credentials and Professional Honors
Ph.D., Aeronautical Engineering, Stanford University, 1965
Certificate, Vibrations and Applied Dynamics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Diploma, Control Systems, Ecole Nationale Superieure de L'Aeronautique, France
M.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, Stanford University, 1959
B.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1957
Certificate of Advanced Engineering Study (Mechanical Engineering) Cornell University; NSF
Post Graduate Program (Advanced Engineering Mechanics), Brown University, 1968
Research Fellow, Office National de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), Paris; Visiting
Professor, Graduate School of Civil Engineering, University of Santa Clara; Consulting
Professor, School of Engineering, Stanford University; Advanced Fracture Mechanics Short
Course, Etech, Pasadena, CA, 1995
Licenses and Certifications
Licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer, California, #ME15637
Licensed Professional Engineer, New York, #PE75184
Selected Professional Honors
Visiting Research Engineer, Concorde SST Program, ONERA (France)
Member, Outside Experts Group, ANSI A14 Ladder Safety Committee
Consultant, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D. C.
Certificate of Appreciation, ASME, Design Division
Member, International Advisory Board, Product Liability and Technical Insurance Conferences,
University of Vienna, 1986-Present
Presidential Appointment, Stanford University, School of Engineering, Advisory Council,
Listed, Who's Who in Aviation & Aerospace, 1983
Listed, Who's Who in Engineering Fifth edition, 1982, Ninth edition 1994 (AAES)
Listed, Who's Who in Engineering and Science, Third edition, 1996 (Marquis)
Listed, Who's Who in America, 51st edition, 1996 (Marquis)
Listed, Who's Who in the World, 15th edition, 1998 (Marquis)
President, International Society For Technology and Law, Vienna, Austria, 1996-99
French Government, NATO Exchange Scholar, ENSA, France, 1960
Committee Member, ASME, Design Division, Failure Analysis Group, 1975-1995
Certificate of Appreciation, Crane Inspection and Certification Bureau (CICB), 1987 and 1988
Invited Member, Engineering Applied Science and Mathematical Panel, National Research
Council and the National Academies (National Academy of Sciences and National Academy
of Engineering), 2000-2003
Member, Advisory Committee, International Colloquium on Ageing and Life Assessment of
Machinery and Structures, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, 2001
Dr. Ross specializes in heavy equipment failure analysis, crane, hoist and aerial devices accident investigation, mechanical and structural system assessment, machine design and guarding issues, product design review, and aviation accident reconstruction. His research expertise includes structural analysis, vibration and impact studies, fracture mechanics, explosion dynamics, and stability performance. Dr. Ross has drawn upon this background and experience to direct a variety of research projects and failure investigations dealing with agricultural, construction, industrial, and marine machinery problems; equipment control modeling; high-speed ground transportation studies; and ice-hydraulic structure interaction.
Prior to founding Failure Analysis Associates, Dr. Ross was employed as a mechanical-structural engineer in the aircraft industry by General Dynamics, Canadair, and McDonnell Douglas. He was also an engineering program manager at Stanford Research Institute from 1965-1970. Dr. Ross currently serves Stanford University as a Consulting Full Professor in the School of Engineering, where he teaches a successful graduate course titled, "Techniques of Failure Analysis." He travels internationally, lecturing on the topic of failure analysis and accident investigation. Dr. Ross has published more than 50 technical papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings. He has been invited to present more than 135 seminars, lectures, and talks before university audiences, trade groups. engineering society meetings, insurance and claims agents conferences, and attorney-state bar organizations.
Academic Credentials and Professional Honors
Ph.D., Aeronautical Engineering, Stanford University, 1965
Certificate, Vibrations and Applied Dynamics, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Diploma, Control Systems, Ecole Nationale Superieure de L'Aeronautique, France
M.Sc., Aeronautical Engineering, Stanford University, 1959
B.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1957
Certificate of Advanced Engineering Study (Mechanical Engineering) Cornell University; NSF
Post Graduate Program (Advanced Engineering Mechanics), Brown University, 1968
Research Fellow, Office National de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA), Paris; Visiting
Professor, Graduate School of Civil Engineering, University of Santa Clara; Consulting
Professor, School of Engineering, Stanford University; Advanced Fracture Mechanics Short
Course, Etech, Pasadena, CA, 1995
Licenses and Certifications
Licensed Professional Mechanical Engineer, California, #ME15637
Licensed Professional Engineer, New York, #PE75184
Selected Professional Honors
Visiting Research Engineer, Concorde SST Program, ONERA (France)
Member, Outside Experts Group, ANSI A14 Ladder Safety Committee
Consultant, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, D. C.
Certificate of Appreciation, ASME, Design Division
Member, International Advisory Board, Product Liability and Technical Insurance Conferences,
University of Vienna, 1986-Present
Presidential Appointment, Stanford University, School of Engineering, Advisory Council,
Listed, Who's Who in Aviation & Aerospace, 1983
Listed, Who's Who in Engineering Fifth edition, 1982, Ninth edition 1994 (AAES)
Listed, Who's Who in Engineering and Science, Third edition, 1996 (Marquis)
Listed, Who's Who in America, 51st edition, 1996 (Marquis)
Listed, Who's Who in the World, 15th edition, 1998 (Marquis)
President, International Society For Technology and Law, Vienna, Austria, 1996-99
French Government, NATO Exchange Scholar, ENSA, France, 1960
Committee Member, ASME, Design Division, Failure Analysis Group, 1975-1995
Certificate of Appreciation, Crane Inspection and Certification Bureau (CICB), 1987 and 1988
Invited Member, Engineering Applied Science and Mathematical Panel, National Research
Council and the National Academies (National Academy of Sciences and National Academy
of Engineering), 2000-2003
Member, Advisory Committee, International Colloquium on Ageing and Life Assessment of
Machinery and Structures, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, 2001
