California - Anaheim

Kars’ was established in Southern California in 1988. The facility is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, where our consultants perform inspections and tests using microscopy, computed tomography, mechanical testing, and material identification equipment. 

Our Anaheim staff is comprised of diverse engineers and investigators with advanced degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay), UC Berkeley, USC, UC Irvine, UCSD, and Cal State Long Beach. The team has over four decades of experience characterizing engineering materials including metals, rubbers, fibers (glass and carbon), ceramics, polymers, metal matrix composites, and polymer matrix composites. They are routinely involved in various fire and accident-related investigations. 

Capabilities include:

• In-house State-of-the-Art Instrumentation 
• Expert Witness Services
• Deposition and Trial Experience
• Medical Implant Failures
• 4K Borescope and Digital Light Microscopy 
• Failures of Metal / Plastic / Wood Chairs
• Automobile / Aerospace Accidents 
• Product Liability / Personal Injury Cases
• Construction Defects
• Paint, Stucco, and Coating Analysis
• Welding / Piping / Corrosion Failures 
• Polymers, Composites, and Fiberglass Failures 
• Identification of Foreign Particles in Food
• Electrical Failures
• Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fires 
• Fire & Explosion Origin and Cause 
• Custom Electrical and Mechanical Testing 
• Stress Analysis / Finite Element Modeling
• 2D / 3D X-ray CT Scanning 
• E-Cigarette / Lithium Battery Failures