Dr. Michelle Kuykendal

Biography

Dr. Kuykendal's expertise is in failure analysis and safety design reviews of electrical and electronic systems. She has expertise in evaluating consumer products, automotive electronics, and household appliances for safety including recall-related investigations and product liability issues. Her focus includes the analysis of complex control systems, lithium-ion batteries coupled with their charging and protection circuitry, device construction quality, and complete system functionality. Dr. Kuykendal has performed numerous on-site and laboratory incident inspections and fire investigations relating to both home and industrial claims.

Dr. Kuykendal works extensively on evaluating the safety of automotive electronics by performing component and system-level design reviews coupled with electrical testing and on-site inspections. Her experience includes analyses of electronically controlled throttle actuation, automatic braking, electric vehicle battery systems, adaptive cruise control, airbag control systems, and numerous other embedded systems with application in both traditional and autonomous vehicles.

Additionally, Dr. Kuykendal has expertise with high-throughput testing of products for accelerated aging of electrical systems and components. She has expertise in the evaluation of medical devices for FDA compliance, magnetic resonance imaging compatibility, and insurance code application. She is proficient in performing due diligence investigations for assessing biomedical technology and intellectual property, including market and technology research into current wearable technologies.

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