Farrel L. Krall
Summary
Senior Mechanical/Safety Engineer with experience in truck engineering design & testing, safety research and regulations, truck accident analysis, and government- industry liaison. Has provided technical counsel in the following truck design & performance areas: brakes, cab crashworthiness/rollover, cab ingress/egress, driver environment/ergonomics, driver direct and indirect visibility, fuel system integrity, lighting/conspicuity, rear/side underride, cargo retention, truck size/weight regulations, and analysis of U.S. work-zone accident experience.
Has provided testimony as to findings to the U.S. Congress, governmental agencies, International technical/policy forums, and various trucking industry forums.
Academic Background
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Indiana Institute of Technology, 1960
- Numerous safety seminars & accredited courses, 1966-2005
Professional Experience
- U.S. Associate, Woodrooffe & Associates; Ontario, Canada 1998-2003
- Vice President Engineering, Truck Wheels ‘n Motion, Inc., 1998-2003
- Principal, Truck Research Services, Inc., 1996-present
- Manager of Technical Legislation, Navistar International Transportation Corp., Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 1979-1996
- Staff Engineer/Safety Research and Regulation, Navistar International Transportation Corp., Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 1966-1979
- Design/Test and Development Engineer, Navistar International Transportation Corp., Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 1960-1966
Licenses and Certifications
- Emergency Medical Technician (formerly certified in the State of Ohio)
- Private Pilots License
- Commercial Vehicle Drivers License (Class-A w/Ohio School Bus Endorsement)
Organizations and Committees
- Alabama Trucking Association
- Ohio Trucking Association
- American Bar Association (associate member 2003-present)
- Tort Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS)
- Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee (CTLC)
- NHTSA Motor Vehicle Safety Research Advisory Committee
- Charter Member 1987-1998
- Charter Member MVSRAC’s Heavy Truck Subcommittee
- Charter Member & Chairman HTS Tire Research Task Force
- FHWA Highway/Commercial Vehicle Interaction Study Panel, North America and European Scanning Tour, 1994-1996
(Highway Commercial Vehicle Interaction Final Report, December 1966)
- Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), Member, 1966-present
- Truck and Bus Council Committee, 1994-1997
- Cab Occupant and Environment Committee, Charter Member, 1978-present
- Truck Crashworthiness Subcommittee, Charter Member, 1980-present
- Truck Crashworthiness Task Force, 1993-1998
- Fuel Systems Task Force, Charter Member, 1990-present
- Truck Tire Characterization Subcommittee, Charter Member and Chairman, 1991- 1998
- Tire Research Task Force, Ex-Officio Member, 1991 - 1998
- Intelligent Transportation Systems/Commercial Vehicle Operations, Charter Member, 1992-present and Chairman, 1992-1996
- Automotive Safety Committee, 1968-1972
- Vehicle Research Institute/Safety Research Advisory Committee, Member, 1971-1974
- 1972 SAE Williamsburg Conference on Highway Safety Research:
- Session Chairman – Truck, Bus and Multi-Purpose Vehicle Safety
- Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (MVMA), Member, 1966-1992
- Motor Truck Manufacturers Policy Committee
- Motor Truck Research Committee, 1972-1992, Chairman 1977-1986
- Engineering Policy Committee
- Vehicle Engineering & Safety Standards Committee
- Vehicle Safety Development Committee-Trucks
- Engineering Research Subcommittee
- Accident Data Collection and Coordination Subcommittee
- Transportation Committee
- International Standards Liaison Committee
- Truck Manufacturers Association (TMA)
- Steering/Organizational Task Force, 1993-1995
- TMA Operating Committee, 1995-1996
- Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Science
- Motor Vehicle Size and Weight Committee, 1992-1998
- Research Subcommittee, Charter Member/Chairman, 1994-1998
- ITS-IDEA Technical Review Panel, 1997-2001
- Project Technical Advisor to Penn State University TRB Project ITS-51 title
Mitigating Litigation Barriers for Deployment of AHS and ETTM Innovations, 1997-98
- Intelligent Transportation Society of America, CVO Technical Committee, 1993-1996
- ITS Ohio Executive Committee, 1994-1996
- U.S. DOT Truck Safety Summit, Kansas City, MO, March 1995
- International Symposium on Motor Carrier Transportation, Williamsburg, VA, June 1993; 1) TRB Steering Committee, and 2) Workshop Chairman “Advanced Concept Vehicles…Designs for More Efficient Trucks”
- 1994 First Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress, Steering Committee Member and co-author of CVO technical paper, Paris, France
- FHWA Mobility 2000 CVO Committee - Forerunner to formation of ITS-America
- Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (former member)
- American Trucking Associations, 1997-2000
- ATA Blue Ribbon Brake Panel (NTSB Field Study Program) 1992-1994
Selected Publications
- Four Decades of Truck Safety Progress American Bar Assoc. 2006 Winter Quarterly
- Legislative Impact on the Design and Operational Safety of Large Trucks in the United States, International Truck & Bus Safety Research & Policy Symposium April 3-5, 2002 Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Truck Crashworthiness in the United States…A Historical Perspective, SAE TOPTEC Heavy Vehicle Rollover - Vancouver, Canada July 12-13, 2000
- Truck Manufacturers Pioneering Development of Accident Data Programs, SAE Truck & Bus Meeting October 1996
- The Decade of Declining Heavy Truck Fatalities…A Tribute to the Cooperative Process, SAE Technical Paper Series No. 933058, November 1993
- U.S. Experience with Intelligent Transportation Systems Commercial Vehicle Operations; The Road to Development, Proceedings of the First World Congress on Applications of Transport Telematics and Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems, Paris, France, November/December 1994
- Truck Research Priorities for the ‘90’s, Proceedings of the Transportation Research Forum, St. Louis, Missouri, October 1992
- Driver Fatigue Considerations in Truck & Bus Design, Proceedings of the Federal Highway Administration Symposium on Truck and Bus Driver Fatigue, Washington, DC, November 1988
- Heavy Truck Safety…The Need to Know, American Association for Automotive Medicine, October 1980, and ENO Foundation for Transportation Traffic Quarterly, January 1981
Patents
Print Version of Curriculum Vitae
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