Steve P. Virostek is a Mechanical Engineer with Fire Cause Analysis. He has conducted hundreds of engineering investigations for Fire Cause Analysis. In addition, he has testified on many occasions as a Forensic Engineering expert witness in trial, deposition, and mediation. He has testified on many occasions as a Forensic Engineering expert witness in trial, deposition and mediation. Steve has conducted numerical modeling of structure fires using public domain fire simulation software and has performed structural, dynamic and thermal finite element analyses of numerous complex mechanical systems.

Steve has developed concepts and oversaw the design, fabrication, installation, and testing of hardware. Instituted detailed procedures, schedules and budgets and compiled documentation for hardware design projects at two national labs along with supervising the work of engineers, designers and technicians.