Mr. VanDeWege is a Senior Electrical Engineer whose practice centers on engineering analysis of electrical systems and products, including their performance, safety, and failures. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Utah, and holds certifications as a Product Safety Engineer and as a Fire and Explosion Investigator.
Mr. VanDeWege has been published multiple times and is the named inventor on a U.S. patent that was also filed internationally, reflecting contributions to product design and innovation in his field. He has presented multiple times at the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society Symposium. In 2014, Governor Jay Inslee appointed Mr. VanDeWege to the Washington Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, where he served for ten years, providing regulatory oversight and guidance for the engineering profession in the state.
Mr. VanDeWege’s career has emphasized the full life cycle of engineering systems, from working with design teams during product development and evaluating systems for regulatory and industry-standard compliance to conducting field failure analysis. He currently assists clients with engineering failure analysis, litigation support, engineering system analysis, product design, and support of fire investigations, including technical analysis in support of origin-and-cause work. His project work has included numerous fire-related assignments encompassing evaluation of a wide range of electrical products including battery powered products.
Mr. VanDeWege’s U.S. patent was for a filter system that reduces leakage current and therefore reduces the chance of electrical shock from an electrical product. He has also presented at the IEEE Product Safety Symposium on electric shock. Mr. VanDeWege is well versed in the evaluation of electric shock and electrocution projects.