Expertise

MAI provides the benefit of our decades of proficiency and experience in materials engineering to legal and insurance firms.  Our expertise in supporting litigation, and evaluating insurance claims provides our clients with concise, definitive analyses supported by meticulous scientific analysis and documentation.

MAI engineers convey demonstrated credibility, Professional Engineer (P.E.) credentials, and multi-discipline certification.  Precise analysis protocols are developed and submitted at the initiation of the investigation.   Internationally recognized standards, defined by ASTM International, are applied to sample preparation and examination (ASTM E 860), collection and preservation of samples and data (ASTM E 1188), and handling of evidence (ASTM E 1492). Our documented "Chain of Evidence" procedure and locked legal evidence storage assure the integrity of evidential samples.

Resources

MAI applies extensive in-house analytical instrumentation and techniques to determine the specific cause and sequence of events responsible for product failures.  These resources include Scanning Electron Microscopy, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, Glow Discharge Spectroscopy, and a comprehensive range of other material analysis assets. 

MAI engineers provide coordination of third party testing procedures for our clients when outside testing laboratories are mandated or agreed by the litigating parties or insurance company.  In cases of opposing council receiving authorization to perform analyses at a laboratory of their choosing, our engineers are available on-site to monitor conformance of test procedures to protocol and engineering standards, verify the validity of test procedures, and interpret results for our client attorney's and insurance investigators on the spot.

Application

MAI provides litigation and insurance investigation expertise on a wide range of products and materials.  Our expertise includes, but is not limited to: