Dr. Scott Batterman, Ph.D., P.E.
Forensic Engineering Expert

Dr. Scott D. Batterman is a nationally recognized forensic engineering consultant and Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). He is a past chair of the Engineering Sciences Section (ESS, currently known as the Engineering and Applied Science (E&AS) Section) of the AAFS and has served on the Board of Directors of the Academy. He has also served as President, and on the Board of Directors, of the South Jersey Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Dr. Batterman earned his B.S.E. in Civil and Urban Engineering, his M.S.E. in Civil Engineering and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, all from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Batterman has held adjunct faculty appointments in the Mechanical Engineering departments at Villanova University and Temple University. As an adjunct professor at Temple University in the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 2010 – 2014 he taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in engineering mechanics. He also taught the first course in Forensic Engineering offered at Temple University. Dr. Batterman has lectured extensively on the subjects of forensic engineering, accident reconstruction and injury biomechanics, and has co-authored numerous publications in those fields. Dr. Batterman is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) and is the coauthor (co-inventor) of a United States patent developed at Batterman Engineering, LLC relating to the biomechanics of gait and the prediction of pedestrian slips and falls.