Failure analysis is a technical discipline — but every investigation has a backstory. Organizational pressure. Contested evidence. Inconvenient conclusions. These are the cases: what the data showed, what it couldn't show, and what it cost to say so.
Case Files
FA-003 · Wireless Device · Personal Injury
Do Not Microwave
Severe thermal damage, no conventional energy source, a burned hand, and a hypothesis nobody wanted to say out loud. Replicated in twenty seconds.
FA-002 · Mechanical Switch · Consumer Hardware
The Dent
Seven teams, one switch, and a fracture pattern too consistent to be random. The answer was in the assembly. The argument continued anyway.
FA-001 · Micro USB · Consumer Electronics
The Adapter Nobody Blamed
Three labs, one damaged connector, and a foldback curve nobody thought to measure. The connector was the victim. The investigation almost missed what wasn't.