Robert Gratzinger

Bob Gratzinger is the President and Principal Engineer of Gratzinger Engineering and Consulting in Irvine, California.

Bob has been an automotive safety engineer for over 30 years. He was employed by General Motors from 1973 – 1988. He was a test, research and design/development engineer at the Safety Research and Development Lab at the GM Proving Grounds and a staff analysis engineer at the Engineer Analysis Department at the GM Technical Center. From 1988 to 1994 he was employed by Nissan North America as a corporate manager of the Engineering Analysis Department.

He has considerable experience in vehicle crash testing, occupant kinematics, seat belts, air bags and vehicle structure design and development, crash dummy design and development, biomechanics and accident reconstruction.

His current work focuses principally on design analysis of vehicle crashworthiness components involved in automotive litigation. He provides legal testimony as an automotive safety engineering expert in both state and federal courts.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering, 1971
General Motors Institute, Flint Michigan
Master of Science – Engineering Mechanics, 1973
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Master of Business Administration, 1989
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Professional Associations

Society of Automotive Engineers
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Welding Society
American Management Association

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