Robert N. Anderson, Ph.D., P.E., P.I., is a forensic consultant and president of RNA Consulting, Inc., a forensic engineering consulting corporation that specializes in materials engineering and sciences. His expertise is the analysis of the behavior of materials, such as metals, plastics, glass, and ceramics in their related environments.
Dr. Anderson’s experience includes accident analysis, industrial materials applications, design failures, and corrosion issues and water systems failures
He is an expert witness in his specialty areas and testifies in cases throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Dr. Anderson holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University, and degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering from UC Berkeley and University of San Francisco. He publishes in the areas of thermodynamics, surface chemistry, fire analysis, and understandings of archeological materials.
He is an elected member of the board of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS); a diplomat and elected member of the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Forensic Engineering Sciences (IIFES); the IIFES board certifies engineering science experts.
Bob is an elected fellow and past president of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE), a founder and past president of the Society of Forensic Engineers and Scientists (SFES), and a member of the Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA).
He is emeritus professor of Materials Engineering, San Jose State University.
Bob Anderson and his family have resided in Los Altos Hills for 20 years, and prior, lived in Palo Alto. His wife, Dru, is a consultant in life cycle process management and communications, and is a retired HP e-marketing manager. She is vice president of their company and chair of the Los Altos Hills Emergency Communications Committee. Their son, Scott and his wife live in Palo Alto; their son, Todd and his wife live in Minneapolis, MN.
The Anderson family is frequently seen walking the Saddle Mountain neighborhood with their two retrievers, Duke and Winchester. Both Bob and Dru are actively involved in the town of Los Altos Hills emergency response systems and are members of the town’s Emergency Preparedness Committee.
In their “spare” time, they enjoy traveling to the California mountains and desert to hike, and have visited, with their sons, the majority of the world’s continents and cultures.
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