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Saad (Sid) A. Nassar,
Ph.D., P.Eng.
Walters Forensic Engineering
800-277 Wellington Street, West, Toronto, Ontario M5V 3H2
Tel: (416)
971-8900, 1-800-387-1950 Fax: (416) 971-6319
E-mail:
snassar@waltersforensic.com
SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
- Transportation
Safety
- Motor Vehicle Accident
Reconstruction
- Accident Scene and Vehicle
Examination
- Road Design
Assessment
- 3D Scientific
Animation
- Structural Failure
Analysis
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
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Ph.D. in Civil
Engineering (Transportation), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, May,
1996.
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M.A.Sc. Civil Engineering (Transportation),
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, May, 1992.
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B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of
Arizona, U.S.A., May, 1984.
ADDITIONAL COURSES & SEMINARS
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SAE International
Courses and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 1998.
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IPTM, Motorcycle
Accident Investigation, University of North Florida, September 1997.
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SAE International
Courses and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 1997.
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EDC Reconstruction
(EDCRASH), University of Miami, October 1996.
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IPTM, Traffic
Accident Reconstruction, University of North Florida, October 1996.
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Annual Meeting of
the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 1993.
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Bridge Design,
Technical University of Nova Scotia, Winter 1990.
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Pavement Design,
Technical University of Nova Scotia, Fall 1989.
EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
Walters Forensic
Engineering
Consulting Engineer, 1996 to Present
University of Waterloo (Waterloo)
Research Assistant, Department of Civil
Engineering, January 1993 - April 1996.
University of Waterloo
(Waterloo)
Transportation Risk Assessment, Institute for
Risk Research,
December 1993 - April, 1994.
University of Waterloo (Waterloo)
Research
Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, January 1991 - April 1992.
Whitman Benn and Associates Limited (Halifax)
Construction Site Engineer, December 1988 - August
1989.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
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Member of the Professional Engineers of
Ontario (PEO).
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Associate Member of the Institute of
Transportation Engineers (ITE).
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Member of the Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE).
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Member of the Canadian Society of Forensic
Science (CSFS).
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Member of the Institute for Risk Research
(IRR) - University of Waterloo.
LECTURES AND COMMITTEES
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S.A. Nassar, J.H. Shortreed, "Personal Injury
Severity in Road Accidents", Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research
Board, January 1993, Washington, D.C.
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S.A. Nassar, "Road Accident Analysis", Annual
Conference of the Highway Safety Research Grants Program, Ministry of
Transportation of Ontario, Toronto, May 1992.
PAPERS AND
ARTICLES
Referred Journal
Publications
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F.F. Saccomanno, K.C. Chong and S.A. Nassar,
"Establishing a GIS Platform for Road Accident Risk Modelling",
Transportation Research Record,1997.
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F.F. Saccomanno, S.A. Nassar and J.H.
Shortreed, "Reliability of Statistical Road Accident Injury Severity Models",
Transportation Research Record, 1542,
14-23, 1996.
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F.F. Saccomanno
and S.A. Nassar, "Assessing the Statistical Reliability of Personal Injury Road
Accident Models", International Vehicle Design Journal (Invited paper for
Special Issue), 1996
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S.A. Nassar,
F.F. Saccomanno and J.H. Shortreed, "Selection of Model Structure for Road
Accident Severity", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 22, No.
5, 1995.
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S.A. Nassar,
F.F. Saccomanno and J.H. Shortreed, "Road Accident Severity Analysis: A Micro
Level Approach", Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 21, No. 5,
1994.
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S.A. Nassar,
F.F. Saccomanno and J.H. Shortreed, "Disaggregate Analysis of Road Accident
Severity", International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol 15, No. 6,
1994.
Referred
Conference Proceedings - (Full Paper Review)
(in print of
accepted)
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J.H. Shortreed, S. Ramsay, F.F. Saccomanno, M.
Hilbert and S.A. Nassar, "Risk Assessement of Waste Transport to Swan Hills,
Alberta Treatment Plant", Annual Conference of the Society of Risk Analysis,
European Section, Gilford, England, June 1996.
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S.A. Nassar, F.F. Saccomanno and J.H.
Shortreed, "Statistical Concerns in the Analysis of Road Accident Severity",
Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual
Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June, 1994. Vol. I, pp. 546-556.
Conference Papers (Abstract
Review)
(in print of accepted)
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S.A. Nassar, F.F. Saccomanno J.H. Shortreed,
"Reliability of Road Accident Prediction Models", Invited paper ORSA/TIMS
Annual Meeting, October, 1994.
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S.A. Nassar, F.F. Saccomanno J.H. Shortreed,
"Disaggregate Model of Road Accident Severities", Paper presented at the 4th
International Conference on Structural Failure, Product Liability and Technical
Insurance, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, July 6-9,
1992.
Major Technical Reports
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J.H. Shortreed (et al). "Transportation Risk
Assessment for the Alberta Special Waste Treatment Centre", Report to
National Resources Conservation Board of Alberta, Institute for Risk
Research, University of Waterloo, March, 1994, 150 pages.
Articles
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S.A Nassar, F.F. Saccomanno and J.H.
Shortreed. "Sear Belts Always Protect", News Release, October 1991,
Institute for Risk Research, University of Waterloo.
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S.A. Nassar, "The Effectiveness of Seat Belts
in Road Accidents", Without Prejudice, Vol. 62, No. 8, April
1998.
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