The Flint Water Crisis:
An Engineering Failure Analyst's View
Bring your family and friends. Limited Seating!
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2016
Time: 5:30 pm Social Hour: Fellowship and Networking
6:15 pm Dinner 7:00 pm Brief Presentation from Social Sponsor 7:15 Main Presentation
RESERVE WITH MEAL CHOICE BY NOON ON MONDAY 11/14/16
to DaAliya@itothen.com or 616-475-0059
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Place: HOLIDAY INN DOWNTOWN GRAND RAPIDS
310 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Tel: (616) 235-1995
Cost: Members and Non-‐members: $25.00 Payment: by cash or check at the door. Students, retirees, and unemployed: $12.00
Speaker: Debbie Aliya, Aliya Analytical, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI
Menu: Choice of Smothered Chicken or Roasted Pork Loin. All meals include salad, accompaniment, rolls, coffee or tea or lemonade, and chocolate cake.
FEATURE PRESENTATION: The timeline, contributing factors, and costs of this complex web of technical, political, and educational failures will be outlined. We'll look at the roles of various parties who contributed to the investigation, including: Michigan Radio, The American Civil Liberties Union, Pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna- Attisha, and a team of water experts from Virginia Tech hired by a citizens' group. Was the root cause really a simple failure to meet specifications? The Flint crisis has brought to light the fact that many other cities have lead drinking water pipes in current use. This presentation is based on author's presentation for the Materials Science and Technology Conference in Salt Lake City, UT, at the end of this October, in the Failure Analysis Symposium.
Debbie Aliya is the owner of Aliya Analytical, Inc, which specializes in failure analysis and prevention. Debbie has a BS in Metallurgy and Materials Science from Carnegie-Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) and an MS in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). She has served several times as Chair of the ASM International Failure Analysis Committee, and contributed several articles and participated in the editorial duties for the 2002 Metals Handbook volume on Failure Analysis. She also has a few articles in the 2004 edition of Volume 9 on Metallography. She has wide ranging interests, and has presented on Thinking Skill Optimization at various ASM International, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers, and Machinery Failure Prevention Technology Society events. She has also written a science fiction novel which promotes the cultivation of clear thinking. Beta reader volunteers needed, if interested.
Next Meeting: Engineers' Week Dinner at Western Michigan University, Kazoo, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017