Andrew Smith

Dr. Smith is a mechanical engineer with expertise in investigating the mechanical design and performance of manufacturing equipment and consumer products. This expertise is brought to bear in the context of both industrial incident/accident investigations and intellectual property litigation.

Leveraging his experience in investigating machinery failures in both the industrial and consumer product sectors, Dr. Smith regularly assists clients by synthesizing complex sources of information, physical evidence, and regulatory requirements yielding valuable insights into accident causation, prevention, and relevant standards of care.

Dr. Smith has also qualified in many engagements  as a  testifying expert for intellectual property disputes across a diverse set of mechanical and electro-mechanical technologies. His work has supported district court litigation, IPR proceedings, and ITC investigations, with experience in presenting and defending his positions in both deposition and trial testimony.

Dr. Smith has extensive experience communicating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences through his former faculty appointments at Northwestern University, University of Utah, and University of Maryland, where he taught both technical and non-technical students in physics at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. Smith worked at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, designing sensor systems for astrophysics applications. Dr. Smith has been invited to present lectures on a wide variety of topics in physics at conferences and workshops in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has served as both a primary and contributing author on over 50 peer reviewed articles in the physical sciences.