Dr. James has taught several graduate-level fracture mechanics and failure analysis courses at Stanford and Santa Clara Universities. He has also taught several courses for The American Society for Materials (ASM International) involving failure analysis, design, and life prediction/validation of medical devices, and has been a Visiting Lecturer at San Jose State University. Prior to joining Exponent, Dr. James was employed as a Research Engineer, Materials Performance Division, at the Babcock and Wilcox R&D Center.