Technical Program
Plan today to attend the 2027 Failure Analysis Summit — the premier technical gathering that unites leading experts and professionals across the global failure analysis community. This focused event offers in-depth technical programming, educational courses and an evening networking reception designed to foster meaningful connections and collaboration.
Thomas Ackerson
Technical Fellow
Blue Origin
Failure of an Additive Manufactured Heat Exchanger Due to Environmentally Assisted Nitridization
David Ahearn
Managing Director
Secretariat, Materials Science and Construction
Daniel P. Dennies
Consulting Metallurgical Engineer
DMS Inc.
Stress Corrosion Cracking in “Lead Free” Brass – Technical or Political Root Cause?
Satish Dixit
Director of Engineering / R&D
Plasma Technology
Failure Analysis and Prevention of Thermal Spray Coatings: Failure Mechanisms, Characterization, and Case Studies
Larry Hanke
Principal Engineer
Materials Evaluation and Engineering
Environmental Stress Cracking in Polymers – An Overview
Nikhil Kar
Senior Managing Consultant
Engineering Systems
A metallurgical analysis of a cracked Weld-Repaired High-Performance Wheel
Chris Misorski
Brunswick Fellow
Mercury Marine
Using Lab Based and Controlled Environmental Testing to Qualify Coating Systems For Demanding Consumer Products

David C. Riegner
Sr. Materials Analyst
SEA Ltd.
Testing and Assessment of Stress Corrosion Cracking in Yellow Brass: When an Environment Meets its Material
Craig Schroeder
Senior Principal Materials Engineer
EFI Global
Han Tsan
Metallurgical Engineer
Salt River Project
Closing the Loop: Integrating Metallurgical Failure Analysis into Flow Acceleration Corrosion Program Management
Amy M. Wells
Senior Polymer Scientist
Applied Technical Services (ATS)
How the Elements of Nature Influence the Failures of Plastics
Eric Weishaupt
Principal
Brush Engineering
Marc Zupan
Forencsics Engineer
University of Cambridge




