Background
Along with a B.S. and an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mr. Adam Hall is a registered professional engineer in 33 states.
He has extensive industry experience in product design and testing and manufacturing. He has over 18 years of experience with off-road construction equipment, on-road trucks, and machine-shop equipment.
His experience and industry knowledge include roll-over protective structures, earth-moving equipment, horizontal directional drills, hydraulics, and drivetrains. He is also familiar with forklifts, manlifts, tractors and agricultural equipment, elevators, heating and air conditioning systems, fire protection systems, sheet metal forming, welding, machine tools including saws, lathes, mills, drills, presses, and grinders, and woodworking tools including saws, jointers, plainers, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, drills, and mortisers. Mr. Hall is versed in lockout/tagout (LOTO) requirements for industrial machines and guarding of machinery. Mr. Hall is listed as the inventor on three U.S. patents.
Mr. Hall has testified in matters involving on-road vehicles, including vehicle collisions, vehicular damage, and seatbelts. He has testified about off-road mobile equipment, including road planers, manlifts, concrete pumpers, excavators, and forklifts. In addition, he has testified about fire suppression systems, plumbing systems, attic ladders, saws, presses, carwashes, and small engines.
Mr. Hall is also an accomplished gunsmith. As a hobbyist in this field, he has repaired, rebuilt, and fabricated firearms, both modern and antique. He fabricates and reloads modern and obsolete cartridges. To aid in this hobby, he is a skilled machinist and woodworker.
Education and Certifications
- Mechanical Engineering, B.S.: University of Tulsa (1995)
- Mechanical Engineering, M.S.: Purdue University (1997)
- Registered Professional Engineer: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming
- Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator
- Certified Vehicle Fire Investigator
- Universal Refrigerant Handling Card: Environmental Protection Agency
- Mechanical Engineering Industrial Advisory Board: University of Tulsa
- CDR Tool Technician: Bosch
- Certified XL Tribometrist (expired)
- Range Safety Officer
- Instructor, Certified Handgun, Certified Rifle, Certified Shotgun, Certified Muzzle Loader
- OSHA: Man Lift Training; Forklift Training