L. Daniel Metz, Ph.D., P.E.

Educational Data:

Roger Bacon High School, Cincinnati, OH, 1955-59
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (BSME) 1960-65
University of Detroit, Detroit, MI (MSME), 1965-67
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (PhD), 1967-70

Automobile
Motorcycle Vehicle Dynamics
Aerodynamics
Accident Reconstruction

Consultant in the areas of automobile and motorcycle vehicle dynamics and aerodynamics, and in accident reconstruction, for more than 40 years. Clients have included nearly every manufacturer, insurance company, and racing organization in the World, as well as numerous engineering and legal firms. Activities involving legal consulting work are currently ~ 80% defense/20% plaintiff. Past and current Clients include the Illinois State Police, Indiana State Police, California Highway Patrol, Wisconsin State Patrol, The City of Chicago, the Illinois, California, Wisconsin and Michigan Departments of Transportation (IDOT, CAL-TRANS, MDOT, WDOT), the County of Los Angeles, the U. S. Department of Justice, the Transportation Re-search Board, the National Academy of Engineering, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Illinois Central Railroad, Amtrak, NOVA television series, the United States Auto Club (USAC), Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. (CART), the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile (FIA), Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Penske Racing, Inc., Team Green Racing, Inc., the Indy Racing League (IRL), the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), McKinney Corp., Jim Russell Racing Driver’s School, Jim Hall Kart Racing School, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Company, Daimler-Chrysler, Toyota Motor Corp., Yamaha Motor Corp. USA, Nissan Motors, ITT-Automotive, Continental General Tire Co., the Electronic Stability Control Coalition, many CART, IRL and Formula 1 teams, and numerous other Clients throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Western Europe.

Developer and Instructor of three-day seminar in Automobile Vehicle Dynamics presented under the sponsorship of SAE at various company sites (e.g., Allied Signal, TRW, Bendix, ITT Automotive, GM, Ford, Continental General Tire, Inc., Daimler-Chrysler, etc.). Developer and Instructor of Vehicle Dynamics Seminar with Engineering Dynamics Corporation (EDC), world leader in accident reconstruction software (us-ing the EDC-developed HVE-3D software). Chief vehicle dynamics consultant for design of the Walt Disney World Indy Racing League one-mile oval racing facility, Orlando, FL and Grand Prix of the United States at In-dianapolis Motor Speedway Formula 1 course, Indianapolis, IN