Dr Rechnitzer specialises in the application of the engineering sciences to safety in many areas including road safety, crashworthiness of all vehicle types, occupational health and safety, incident investigation, analysis and reconstruction; countermeasure development for injury prevention, and has published widely in this area.
Dr Rechnitzer is one of the most experienced Safety and Forensic Engineers in Australia, and has provided litigation support and high quality expert reports in major jurisdictions across Australia for hundreds of cases relating to fatal and injury incidents in the workplace, and transport related activities, over 30 years.