5/17/2011· Failure Analysis
Plumbing Failure Analysis: Stress Corrosion Cracking of Yellow Brass
By: Dr. Thomas Read
A plumbing failure analysis was performed to determine why a cold water supply line to a bathroom sink had failed after only one year of service.
7/23/2005· Appraisal & Valuation
Problems in the QMDM and Comparison to Economic Components Model...
It seems to me that healthy dialogue among practitioners is a useful tool in facilitating our growth as a profession. It is in that spirit that I wish to respond to my colleague, Chris Mercer’s recent article,[Citation Omitted] wherein he asserts that my misunderstanding of his Quantitative Marketability Discount Model (QMDM) explains the disparity in my results and his in calculating the discount for lack of marketability (DLOM). Accordingly, in this article I will
11/15/2002· Professional Skills
Power Up Your Image - Strike A Profile For Profit
By: Sherry Maysonave
Are you earning the income that you desire to earn or believe that you are capable of earning? Do you want to win raises and promotions? If so, it is essential that you pay attention to your workplace image. In today's dressed-down business environment, millions are suffering from the Casual Confusion Syndrome
11/12/2004· Computer Forensics
The Evolving Legal Landscape of Electronic Discovery
It is estimated that over 90% of all documents are now created electronically, although most of them are never printed; therefore, legal professionals are being challenged by a drastic increase in electronic evidence
5/2/2014· Corrosion
Classic Methods of Corrosion Control - Summarized
By: Gerald Davis
Material selection entails picking an engineering material - either metal alloy or non-metal - that is inherently resistant to the particular corrosive environment and also meets other criteria. Variables that will affect corrosion are established along with materials that may provide suitable resistance for those conditions. Obviously other requirements such as cost and mechanical properties of the potential materials must be considered.
8/4/2004· Computers
Recognizing Early The Signature Of Dispro - The IT Disaster Project
I spent much of a whole year recently investigating why a major IT outsourcing deal broke down, and had given rise to the largest software contract dispute yet seen in the English High Court
8/7/2012· Failure Analysis
Failure Analysis: Metal Fatigue of Automatic Machinery - Wafer Test Station
By: Dr. Thomas Read
During normal operation, the arm on an automatic wafer test station failed. Root cause failure analysis determined that the drive shaft on the right angle gear motor used to raise and lower the manipulator arm had failed first.
11/26/2013· Engineering
Ethical Responsibilities of a Professional Engineer as an Expert Witness
By: Gerald Davis
A licensed professional engineer (P.E.) is required to adhere to a Code of Ethics for Engineers in all work he undertakes. However, there are some special criteria when employed as an expert witness.
12/30/2004· Finance
If You Are Searching For Answers
By: Andrea Joyce Wagner, Coletta L. Dorado
AS AN INVESTOR, you too may have experienced that uncomfortable feeling of not knowing how to read your monthly statement showing activity and positions or other documents sent to you by your brokerage firm
2/18/2005· Finance
Beginning with The Bank Holding Act of 1956 that exempted Industrial Loan Companies from federal banking regulations except for keeping them eligible for government- sponsored FDIC insurance, these secondary lenders were a valuable source of high interest loans to a public segment otherwise unbankable. A financial stranglehold has proliferated on all citizens, however, because of misusing an otherwise well conceived statute
