Al Vangura Jr., M.S., CPSI

Al Vangura Jr. is a forensic biomechanics expert with nearly 40 years of experience in product design, development, manufacturing, and testing—including 25 years in medical devices and over 20 years in forensic biomechanics. He holds an M.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.S. in Biomechanics from Penn State. His industry background spans aerospace (NASA, Boeing, Sikorsky), medical devices (Respironics, Hill-Rom), and consumer products (Reebok, Adidas, U.S. Olympic Biathlon Team). He has been retained on 400+ cases split evenly between plaintiff and defense, qualified for testimony 29 times across 13 states, and holds multiple U.S. and international patents. His expert testimony was central to a $19 million jury verdict in a swimming pool injury case involving biomechanical analysis of product warnings and injury causation.