Fay Engineering Corporation

Fay Engineering Corporation, based in Denver, Colorado, provides Accident Investigation, Computer Graphics, Testing and Expert Witness Testimony for the legal and insurance professions since 1971.

We specialize in, but are not limited to Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Structural Engineering and Civil Engineering, as well as Fire and Gas Explosion investigations. We also provide risk management tools through our interactive vehicle safety training programs.

Fay Engineering Corporation started in 1971 as an outside activity for Richard Fay. He was a full time faculty member at the University of Denver in the Mechanical Engineering Department. By 1975, the consulting work became his principal activity although he continued to teach part-time. By 1980, his travel schedule made it impractical for him to meet classes on a regular basis.

Fay Engineering pioneered the use of aerial photos in vehicle accident reconstruction and is believed to be the first to use video animation to present the results of a vehicle accident reconstruction.

The animation techniques used at Fay Engineering have evolved from the use of solid models in the '70s to computer animations in the early '90s.

In 1995, Richard Fay began modeling vehicle accidents in 3D computer simulations using HVE (Human,Vehicle, Environment), a product of Engineering Dynamics Corp. while it was still under development. He has had an influence on the development of the program, which has recently been released to the general public. Fay Engineering uses 3DS Max in connection with HVE for analysis and for presenting the results of vehicle accident reconstructions.