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Mr. Jackson specializes in analysis and reconstruction of complex accident events involving on-road, industrial, construction, and agricultural vehicles, and equipment and their control systems. Military, agricultural, and other specialized experiences in his background contribute to his practical analyses and clear conclusions of scientific and engineering concepts. Mr. Jackson’s consulting experience includes vehicle and industrial accident reconstruction, unintended vehicle movement analysis, vehicle testing, component analysis, machine dynamics, intellectual property, and GPS data analysis. He is skilled in non-destructive testing, data acquisition and instrumentation, digital imagery, photogrammetry, and spatial geometric relationships. He is also skilled in computer simulations of complex mechanisms and has experience as a computing systems manager, software programmer, and computer hardware integrator. His practical background and computer simulation skills led to his becoming an early technical computer animator. This combination of skills provides him the ability to perform analyses of vehicle and industrial equipment situations and to provide easily understandable visual interpretations of their results. Mr. Jackson attained the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army. He trained on and was licensed to operate a variety of military vehicles including heavy trucks and construction equipment. During his military research assignments, simulations of on and off road military systems were developed. He holds a patent related to vehicle simulation and testing. Mr. Jackson holds professional engineering licenses in nine states.
Jackson G, Funk C, Jacuzzi E. GPS in accident reconstruction. Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC) e-Newsletter, September 2012. Jackson G. The application of virtual reality to accident reconstruction. Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (MDTC) e-Newsletter, November 2010. Paper republished in The Update, Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (OACTA) 2010 Winter Newsletter. Heckman GM, Jackson GW, Keefer RE, Ray R, Harley EM, Young DE. Mechanisms of automatic transmission console shift selection and driver egress. Society of Automotive Engineers 2009 World Congress, April 2009. Paper judged to be among the most outstanding SAE Technical Papers of 2009 and thus further published in the SAE International Journal of Engines, Volume 2, September 15, 2009. Jackson GW, Henry AC. Visual communication of engineering and scientific data in the courtroom. OE/Fibers ‘92, September 1992. Jackson GW, Henry AC, McMillan DG. Application of Wavefront software in the simulator and real-time visual simulation market. Applied Visual Computing Technical Report, Los Angeles, CA, December 1990. Jackson GW. Soldier/machine interaction dynamics via TACOM’s motion base simulators. American Association for the Advancement of Science 1990 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February 1990. Jackson GW, Zywiol Jr. H. Motion base simulator control via analytical based motion prediction. Proceedings, Army Science Conference, Ft. Monroe, VA, October 1988. Jackson GW. Dynamic simulation in military vehicle development. Regional Applied Dynamics International Users Society for Central/Northeastern Areas, Ann Arbor, MI, October 1987. Jackson GW. TACOM’s animation of simulation capability. Invited presentation to Technical Management Committee of the NATO Reference Mobility Model, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, June 1986. Jackson GW. Animation, an insight to simulation. North American Meeting of the International Society for Terrain Vehicle Systems Conference, Tucson, AZ, February 1986. Jackson GW, Ricketts MK. Interfacing CAD to Dynamic Simulation and Analysis. CAD/CAM, Robotics and Automation Conference, Tucson, AZ, February 1985. Beck RR, Jackson GW. Dynamics and controls in design and development. Institute of Environmental Sciences, May 1984. Haug EJ, Jackson GW, Beck RR. Computer aided analysis of large scale, constrained, mechanical systems. 4th Meeting of Coordinating Group on Modern Control Theory, Rochester, Michigan, October 1981.
- Vice President and Co-Founder, Animated Technologies, Inc., 1990
- Research Experimental Engineer, Systems Simulation & Technology Division, U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command, 1987–1990
- Deputy Director, U.S. Army Captain, Systems Simulation & Technology Division, U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command, 1985–1986
- Deputy Director, U.S. Army First Lieutenant & Captain, Survivability Research Division, U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command, 1983–1985
- Commander, U.S. Army Reserve Center, Muscatine, Iowa, 1981–1982
- Society of Automotive Engineers
- Engineering Society of Detroit
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- Michigan Society of Professional Engineers
- American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
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- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Iowa, 1982
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Iowa, 1981
- Pi Tau Sigma
- U.S. Army Commander’s Award for Civilian Service Medal, U.S. Army Meritorious Service Medal, U.S. Army Commendation Medal; U.S. Army Achievement Medal; U.S. Army Humanitarian Service Medal
- District Governor, July 2006–June 2007, Rotary International District 6380, Southeastern Michigan, USA and Southwestern Ontario, Canada
- Licensed Professional Engineer, Alabama, #28057
- Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer, Arizona, #45493
- Registered Professional Engineer, Arkansas, #12648
- Licensed Professional Engineer, Illinois, #062.059627
- Licensed Professional Engineer, Iowa, #17739
- Licensed Professional Engineer, Michigan, #52564
- Licensed Professional Engineer, New York, #084631
- Licensed Professional Engineer, North Carolina, #037577
- Licensed Professional Engineer, Texas, #99689
Patent 4,689,998: Wheeled Vehicle Test Fixture Connector, September 1987 (with D.S. Rohweder).
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