Engineering Failure Analysis
As experts in the field of failure analysis and prevention, MME’s team can provide rapid
response and conclusions regarding failures such as industrial incidents, quality control
issues, and major catastrophic events. Regardless of the size or scope of the engineering
problem, count on MME to deliver the solution you need promptly and accurately.
Our failure analysis instrumentation includes a state-of-the-art laboratory facility, housing a
forensic SEM, qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis instruments, a full metallurgical
laboratory, and a complete mechanical testing facility. Couple these facilities with a
multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists, and you have a technical arsenal
capable of deformulating the most complex failures.
Members of MME’s failure analysis team are prepared to deliver deposition and trial testimony, in conjunction with case review and trial exhibit preparation, during the course of legal proceedings. Our experience is diverse; past cases have involved several thousands of dollars to over one hundred million dollars.
With more than sixty years of combined experience in the field of engineering failure analysis and more than 1000 completed investigations to our credit, MME’s Failure Analysis team is positioned to provide solutions to virtually any catastrophe. Our credentials speak for themselves. MME’s technical staff is widely published in the failure analysis arena. In addition, members of the staff have appointments to industry-wide panels and review boards.
MME’s approach to forensic investigations features cutting edge processes that ensure
complete and accurate results every time, without exception. By combining traditional
failure analysis techniques with quantitative methods such as fracture mechanics, fatigue
analysis, and finite element modeling, MME’s technical solutions are unparalleled.
This multidisciplinary approach to failure analysis allows us to provide you with the cause and time line information that you need, in a manner that is easily understood and is suitable for presentation in industrial settings as well as in the courtroom.