Troy A. Hayes, Ph.D., P.E.
General Manager, Exponent Science and Technology Consulting Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou)
thayes@exponent.com
Telephone (Local): 011-86-571-2802-1727
Telephone (US): 650-688-7127
Dr. Troy A. Hayes is Exponent Science and Technology Consulting Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou)’s General Manager and a registered professional Metallurgical Engineer. Dr. Hayes utilizes his background in mechanical and metallurgical engineering to perform failure analyses and accident reconstruction. He specializes in failure analysis, materials science, metallurgy, creep, and fatigue. Dr. Hayes has served as a failure analysis consultant on cases involving failures of metals, plastics, and glasses in consumer products such as automobile and bicycle parts, furniture, and personal protective equipment. He has performed accident reconstruction for automobile, train, motorcycle, and bicycle accidents. Dr. Hayes routinely performs root cause analyses of portable consumer products involving battery failures. He has conducted numerous on-site audits of battery manufacturers as part of failure investigations and new product qualifications.