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Nathan McKelvey, BFA

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Nathan McKelvey joined J.S. Held in July of 2021 as part of J.S. Held's acquisition of Kineticorp.

Nathan specializes in visualizations for accident reconstruction and visibility cases. He has extensive experience documenting nighttime and low-visibility cases and the views available to drivers, pedestrians, and witnesses. He combines his experience and research in 3D animation, photography, videography, and licenses in SUAS and CDL to analyze numerous accidents involving commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and pedestrians.

Mr. McKelvey is a Visual Analyst who manages accident reconstruction, computer visualization, and nighttime and daytime visibility cases. He is actively involved in research and has published peer-reviewed technical papers in these areas.

Key Expertise

  • SUAS (Drone) Pilot
  • Commercial Vehicle Driver
  • Forensic Animation
  • Lighting & Visibility
  • Photogrammetry
  • 3D Modeling
  • Nighttime Visualization
  • Videography
  • Photography

Professional Affiliations/Memberships/Licenses/Training

  • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)
  • STEM (Engineering) Program Advisory Committee, Colorado Early Colleges Aurora
  • Transportation (Aviation) Program Advisory Committee, Colorado Early Colleges Aurora
  • Remote Pilot Small Unmanned Aerial Systems, Federal Aviation Administration
  • Commercial Driver License - School Bus, Commercial Vehicle Training Center
  • Commercial Driver License - Class A, CDL College
  • Digital Photography, The Denver School of Photography
  • Forensic Analysis and Authentication of Digital Images, National Center for Media Forensics

Insights by Nathan McKelvey

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Accuracy of Aerial Photoscanning with Real-Time Kinematic Technology
Photoscanning photogrammetry is a method for obtaining and preserving three-dimensional site data from photographs. This photogrammetric method is commonly associated...
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Aerial Photoscanning with Ground Control Points from USGS LiDAR
This paper presents a methodology for utilizing publicly available LiDAR data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in combination...