Dr. Daniel Lieberman specializes in mechanical engineering and the analysis of thermal and flow processes. Dr. Lieberman applies his expertise to the investigation and prevention of failures in mechanical and electrical systems. He also conducts origin and cause investigations of fires and explosions. His research focuses on combustion, as well as fundamental issues involving fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and thermodynamic processes.
Dr. Lieberman has investigated a broad range of equipment failure and damages caused by blast waves and other impulsive loading including water hammer and supersonic flight. Dr. Lieberman has carried out research on synthetic gas production, oil and gas hazards, and industrial furnace operations, as well as fire origin and cause analyses in over 50 residential and industrial structures. Dr. Lieberman also has extensive experience with experimentation, flow visualization techniques, and pressure and temperature instrumentation.
Prior to joining ESi, Dr. Lieberman was a Managing Engineer at Colwell Consulting. Dr. Lieberman was previously a Managing Engineer at Exponent where he worked for 8 years. Dr. Lieberman has also held positions in the Explosion Dynamics Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology and as a part-time faculty member in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Southern California and at École des Métiers de l’Aérospatiale de Montréal – an aerospace trade school.
Areas of Expertise
Professional Associations
Publications
- An evaluation of perceptual experience of skiers using quantitative image processing, Journal of ASTM International, 2008, 5(4)., January 2008
- Detonation interaction with a diffuse interface and subsequent chemical reaction, Shock Waves, 16(6):421–429, January 2007
- Detonation interaction with an interface, Physics of Fluids, 2007 19, 096101, January 2007