SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES
Motor Vehicle Accident Investigation and Reconstruction:
- Commercial Vehicle, Automobile, Motorcycle, Bicycle and Pedestrian
- Post-Collision Vehicle Examination
- Vehicle Mechanical Fitness Assessment
- Vehicle Data Module Interrogation
- Analyses of Supplemental Restraint System Use and Performance
- Collision Scene Examination
- Visibility Assessment
- Assessment of Occupant Kinematics
- Collision Simulation
Product Failure:
- Analysis of Mechanical Failures
- Analysis of Engine Failures
- Design of Experiments to Recreate Mechanical Failures or Simulate Service Conditions
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Master of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering), University of Toronto, 2004
Thesis: Flame Propagation in Natural Gas Fueled Direct Injection Engines
Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours Mechanical Engineering), Mechatronics Option
Co-operative Education, University of Waterloo, 2002
Additional Courses
- CDR User’s Conference, 2008 – 2010
- SAE World Congress, 2006 - 2010
- PC Crash 8.1 Training Seminar, Toronto, 2009
- CDR Technician Course, Toronto, 2006
- CDR Data Analyst Course, Toronto, 2006
- Motorcycle Operator Training Course, Durham College, Oshawa, 2005
- Ontario Motorcycle License, Class M2, 2005
EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
Giffin Koerth Inc.
Forensic Engineer
2006 – Present, Toronto, ON
- Motor vehicle collision investigation through reconstruction, simulation, vehicle examination, and site assessment
- Investigation of mechanical product failures
ABC Air Management Systems Incorporated
Development Engineer Development Engineer
October 2005 – January 2006, Toronto, ON
Coordinating or performing noise, vibration, performance, and durability testing of air induction systems to ensure compliance with OEM specifications
Analysis of product failures, recommendation/evaluation of design changes
General Motors Canadian Regional Engineering Centre
Test Engineering
January 2005 – October 2005, Oshawa, ON
Designing and conducting bench-level noise, vibration, performance, and durability tests
Instrumentation of vehicles to conduct field-level testing of components
University of Toronto, Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Graduate Researcher
September 2002 – October 2004
Conducting experiments to investigate natural gas combustion in direct injection (diesel) engines
Teaching engineering fundamentals to students via tutorials and laboratory experiments
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada
Quality Control Intern
September 2001 – December 2001, Cambridge, ON
Conducting root cause investigations to address noise, vibration, handling, drivability, or quality problems and evaluate countermeasures
Paulstra CRC
Engineering Intern
January 2001 – April 2001, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Performing noise and vibration testing of various vehicles on the road and in the lab
Messier-Dowty Inc.
Stress Analysis Engineering Intern
September 1999 – December 1999, Ajax, ON
Performing strength, fatigue, buckling, and Finite Element Analysis of various aircraft landing gear components
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/ASSOCIATIONS
- Member, Professional Engineers of Ontario
- Member, Society of Automotive Engineers
- Member, Canadian Association of Technical Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists
PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Court & ADR Appearances
- Qualified as an expert witness in the field of mechanical engineering by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Publications
- “Ignition by Shielded Glow Plug in Natural Gas Fueled Direct Injection Engines”. Proceedings of ASME ICEF 2011, ICEF2011-60085, ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2011 Fall Technical Conference, October 2-5, 2011, Morgantown, West Virginia. Fabbroni, M. A., Wallace, J. S.
- “Flame Propagation in Natural Gas Fueled Direct Injection Enginers”. Proceedings of ASME ICEF 2010, ICEF2010-35182, ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2010 Fall Technical Conference, September 12-15, 2010, San Antonio, Texas. Fabbroni, M. A., Wallace, J. S.
- “An Optically-Accessible Combustion Apparatus for Direct-Injection Natural Gas Ignition Studies”. Proceedings of ASME ICEF 2007, ICEF2007-1763, ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2007 Fall Technical Conference, October 14-17, 2004, Charleston, South Carolina. Fabbroni, M. A., Cheng, S. X., Abate, V., Wallace, J. S.
- “Ask the Expert: Wouldn’t a Heavier Vehicle Take Longer to Stop”. Without Prejudice Vol. 71 No. 9 (May 2007): 30-31. Fabbroni, M. A.
- “Flame Propagation in Natural Gas Fueled Direct Injection Engines”. Fabbroni, M. A.
- Master’s Thesis, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto. Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, 2005. ISBN: 0612954897
