Forensic Engineering International
Uncover the Cause
Services Overview
Forensic Engineering International is a multi-discipline forensic metallurgy and materials engineering consulting firm specializing in failure analysis (fractures, failures, damage, corrosion) of metals and non-metals and cause/origin determinations for fires and explosions.
Our metallurgists and investigators have testified before U.S. Senate committees, been recognized with national awards and been featured on numerous televised news segments.
Unsurpassed Experience
Forensic Engineering International principals and associates include university professors in corrosion, mechanical engineering, statistics, metallurgy and materials science, former NTSB aviation and railroad crash investigators, and former head of forensic metallurgy operations for the FBI Laboratory.
Expert Witness Testimonies
States
Excludes Congressional testimonies and grand juries
Experience
Notable Cases
Specializing in failure analysis and corrosion, we have identified root-cause and origin in many of the nation’s most high profile incidents and disasters.
TWA 800
Mid-air explosion aviation disaster
Sago Coal Mine
Complex material interaction and explosion
Olympic Park Bombing
Pipe bomb explosion
Blackwater
Seventeen Iraqi civilian fatalities in Baghdad
USS Iowa
Explosion resulting in 47 fatalities
Unabomber
Sixteen package bombs
Metallurgy Services
The firm specializes in metallurgical failure analysis of products and components from the most simple ‘system’ such as a step ladder or a hunter’s tree stand, to complex ones, including missile guidance systems and corrosion at a new utility plant in Cali, Colombia.
Failure Analysis & Liability
The inability of a system, product, or component to reliably perform the function for which it was designed constitutes failure.
Contributory Causes
Contributory causes range from design deficiency and material selection to improper service usage and human performance.
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