EDUCATION
Durant High School 1955
East Central University 1955-1958
RECONSTRUCTION TRAINING |
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Traffic Accident Investigator 28 years before Reconstruction School |
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Testified as Expert Investigation in District Court case in 1985, before attending Reconstruction School. 3 vehicle accident, including a 18 wheeler. |
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1985 through 1987 took classes in Scene Investigation, Technical Scene, Vehicle Dynamics and Traffic Accident Reconstruction at |
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Northwestern University Traffic Institute, Chicago. |
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Advanced Traffic Accident Reconstruction School, Northwestern University Traffic Institute, 1989 |
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Anti-Lock Brake Skid-test Seminar, Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators, California, 1989. |
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Advance Commercial Vehicle Accident Reconstruction School, Texas A & M 1990 |
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Computerized Reconstruction and Speed Calculation, Northwestern University Traffic Institute 1991. |
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Computerized Accident Simulation, Engineering Dynamics Corp, Portland State University, 1992. |
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Brake system and "brake system deficiencies" in Commercial Vehicles increasing stopping distance. Arkansas State University, taught by the by NTSB personnel, 1993. |
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Crash Test Seminar, Texas A & M, CRASH 98, 1998 |
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World Reconstruction Crash Test Seminar, WREX 2000, Texas A & M. |
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Texas Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists (TAARS) Seminar on Time & Distance Studies, Analysis for Alcohol & Drug Education Studies, North American Standard Truck Inspection Procedure and Scene Mapping Technologies 2001. |
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TAARS Seminar on Data-Sketch Symbols, Vetronics & EDR Technologies, Driving Simulator Demonstration and Railroad Grade Accident Investigation June 2002. |
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TAARS Seminar on Misuse of Child Safety Restraints & Bio-Dynamic Forces on Children and understanding Commercial Vehicle EDR"s (Electronic Control Module) in September 2002. |
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Advanced Computer analysis seminar by Engineering Dynamics Corp' 35 hours class time, Phoenix, AX, February 2006. |
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION |
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Accreditation as Traffic Accident Reconstructionist by testing by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstructionists in 1994, passed all day exam on first take.
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TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION EXPERIENCE |
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Field investigations of traffic accidents for 49 years, the last 22 of which included reconstruction and court testimony concerning traffic accidents. Testified in Court as an Expert Investigator in Spring 1985 before attending Reconstruction School.
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BOOKS and REPORTS WRITTEN |
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Traffic Accident Investigation by Physical Evidence in 1998 used in continuing Legal Education seminars which I conducted in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The book is approved by the Oklahoma and Arkansas Bar Associations for 6 hours of Continuing Legal Education credit.
Demonstration of Crush Measurement System and Current Validation of Ed Crash Computer program published in the WREX 2000 manual for the attendees of WREX 2000 Report on my measurement of the crush damage in the vehicles used in the Crash Test portion of WREX2000, published in the Final Report of WREX2000. WREX 2000 was a World Reconstruction Exposition that included high speed crash testing of vehicles. |
GUEST SPEAKER |
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Speaker on Oklahoma Bar Association CLE Seminar, on Traffic Accident Investigation by Physical Evidence, 1999.
At World Reconstruction Exposition, presented results of measuring crush damage from the crash tests during WREX2000, at the General Assembly of WREX2000. Speaker at Texas Association of Accident Reconstructionists Winter Seminar in 2001 on results of my crush measurements and analysis of the crash tests at WREX2000. At the Annual Convention of the Oklahoma Claim Association, gave a Power-Point presentation of traffic accident investigation by physical evidence and was the Reconstructionist in the afternoon Mock Trial at the convention in 2002. |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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Conducted and taught 29 Continuing Legal Education seminars from 1998 through 2008 in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The book Traffic Accident Investigation by Physical Evidence, which I wrote and used in these seminars, is approved by the Bar Associations in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Conducted and taught 15 Continuing Education seminars for Claims Representatives from 1998 through 2008. My book Traffic Accident Investigation by Physical Evidence is approved by the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner's office for 6 hours of Continuing Education credits. Taught and demonstrated crush depth measurement and analysis to reconstructionists and law enforcement officers at the World Reconstruction Exposition at Texas A & M on the vehicles which had been in the high speed crash tests of WREX2000. |
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS |
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Texas Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists, a multi-state, regional organization.
Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstructionists, PO Box 5436, Hudson, Florida 34674, 800-809-3818, www.actar.org. My registration number is 315. |
AREAS OF WORK |
| Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas, State and Federal Courts. Investigation, Consulting, Reconstruction and Court testimony. |
| Contact Info: 800-266-6142 On Call 24 hours a day. PO BOX 549, McAlester, OK. 74502 curtisco1@sbglobal.net |