Dr. Lanning is a Senior Engineer at ARCCA specializing in the forensic analysis of mechanical failures and material degradation, such as fracture surface analysis, metal corrosion, polymer oxidation and degradation, weld and fastener failures and plumbing system material failures. He conducts site inspections and laboratory examinations of evidence to investigate injuries, property damage, fires, and more.

Dr. Lanning also investigates accidents involving consumer products and industrial equipment to determine what roles product design, manufacturing, use, maintenance, and warnings/instructions played in the accident.

Dr. Lanning is experienced in cases involving industrial and laboratory safety, machine design and safeguarding, and manufacturing and material processing. Dr. Lanning conducts forensic investigations into suspected material defects, damage, contamination, foreign objects, etc.

Dr. Lanning holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Boise State University, a Master of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Penn State University, and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. While pursuing his degrees, he discovered a novel residual stress strengthening mechanism in multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and wrote software for motion tracking, optical strain measurement, colorimetry, robotics, and laboratory information management.