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He also worked for 10 years in the aerospace industry at
Hughes Aircraft in El Segundo, where he was responsible for
designing and supporting the manufacture of advanced satellite
and radar subsystems. He obtained the Doctorate in Mechanical
Engineering and Computer Science in 1995 from California
Institute of Technology.
Frank
caught the entrepreneurial bug while in
Southern California
and was involved in numerous start-up endeavors.
Some “better mousetraps” that have resulted from this
activity include electronic dimming ballasts for streetlights
and interactive intelligence toys.
Other projects were inspired by work in forensic
engineering and included 1) automobile black boxes, 2)
deposition summarization software, and 3) perspicuity and human
factors image analysis.
Forensic projects in which Frank has been involved since joining
the firm include evaluating the effectiveness at night of
retroreflectors on big rigs.
He also recently teamed up with fellow Cal Tech alumnus,
Professor Shepherd of TWA Flight 800 fame, to evaluate and test
the “explosion” of gasoline containers.
Forensic work assignments received by
Boster, Kobayashi &
Associates have also taken Frank back home.
In 1998, he returned to
Guam, after a 17-year absence, en route to an assignment on the
nearby
Island
of Tinian. He was surprised
by the changes that 17 years had wrought on Guam - as
if Las Vegas
had sprouted from the sandy beaches.
Since then, he has represented the firm in cases on Guam
and nearby islands of Micronesia, which include Saipan, Ponhpei, and
Palau.
Frank says he enjoys the opportunity of discussing cases with
other forensic engineers at Boster, Kobayashi and Associates,
because their interests and past experience are so varied. |
