Review of: Forensic Engineering Part B
JK
07/02/2022
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This CE course was very informative and well written. Would recommend it to those interested in metallurgical failure mechanisms,
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Review of: Forensic Engineering Part B
David Simon
06/27/2022
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very interesting, thorough
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Review of: Forensic Engineering Part B
Daniel Sovar
06/07/2022
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Good information
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Review of: Forensic Engineering Part B
Jose Quinones
04/05/2022
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This was very useful and practical course. It was very well explained and a very good test worksheet.
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Review of: Forensic Engineering Part B
James McWithey
02/18/2022
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Exam questions are out of order with presentation of course content. Very difficult to read and answer test questions as you learn course material. What's the benefit of scrambling the order of the questions?
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Review of: Forensic Engineering Part B
The material is good, but the test questions are very oddly worded.
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Poorly organized, overly technical, too much jargon
Brent Powell
02/25/2021
Verified Buyer
Course is far too technical in nature and unhelpful to anyone who is not a metallurgist. Content is not organized or formatted well. Test questions are very poorly written and worded, some make no grammatical sense. Not recommended.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
This course provided intense learning which I appreciate. The test was tough since the questions did not following in sequence with the course as presented. This made the student actually review and LEARN. Thanks for your efforts.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Christopher Lane
07/11/2020
Verified Buyer
Intense subject handled very well. Presentation is well organized and written in in a manner that keeps your interest while covering a very dry subject.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Richard W. Job
06/29/2020
This course is a very good review of elements required in failure analysis.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
James Buffington
11/27/2019
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Richard Deremiah
10/10/2019
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A very thorough and detailed treatment of fatigue and corrosion phenomena.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Charles L Druesedow
09/10/2019
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Great course for learning and getting PE training credits.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Bill R
08/07/2019
Verified Buyer
Fairly comprehensive and easy to follow
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Robert Stafford
08/06/2019
Verified Buyer
This is a very complete tutorial on all portions of each metallurgical class of mechanical failures. I was especially impressed with the corrosion section.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
David M Cressler
03/06/2019
Verified Buyer
Not well written and the test is poor when combined with the text. Both are tedious and require too much time to ascertain knowledge. The course does not even fit into forensics in my personal definition. it is a materials science course for amateurs at best. Way too time consuming. Can be substantially improved with both rewriting the text and redesigning the test. The Test should cover specifics of the objective of learning what is intended in the course. Then, the text should be written to specifically clearly match verbatim the questions on the test.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Adam Crosby
12/28/2018
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harder than it should be
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Bruce Arey
12/23/2018
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PRIME AE
Great overview of metal failure mechanisms
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
H. William Mann
11/30/2018
Verified Buyer
This is a highly technical course. it is not for engineers who desire a general overview of corrosion processes and prevention.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Roger Cantrell
11/04/2018
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A very good course at an appropriate level of difficulty. I'm a metallurgist but I had to really think while taking the test. I like that.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
colvin mann
10/03/2018
Verified Buyer
Great detailed course to supplement by corrosion practice.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Brenda Moore
06/26/2018
Verified Buyer
Enjoyed this course. Not too hard but full of good info. A good refresher if you use this info in your daily work.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Very thorough
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Rich Stevens
12/27/2017
Verified Buyer
I took the three FE courses in rapid succession - 056, 057 and 284. This course left me better prepared to serve my customers, and as a bonus, was interesting. The courses progressed in difficulty, and the instructor responded promptly to my call, and shared insight on the citations and on other real world experience. I look forward to a related course on corrosion by Gerald Davis, #110.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
LJ
12/18/2017
Verified Buyer
Very good content but the questions are not sequenced with the material and you must read the material several times. Challenging Course.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Jon Heath
12/07/2017
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The text is organized okay, but the complexity of the subject leaves the reader feeling like the author is "rambling" at times. That made the exam a bit challenging, mostly because of the format of the questions, which were not at all obvious in many cases. But that forced me to really concentrate on the text, which isn't bad, and the resulting good score I was able to get on the first try was all the more satisfying.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
jerry Lee Hall
11/12/2017
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Excellent review of failure mechanisms!
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
Viner
10/28/2017
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Good informative course
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B - Four Classes of Metallurgical and Mechanical Failures
05/01/2017
Verified Buyer
Comprehensive. Met expectations. Hard to read. Could have been edited for clarity.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B
Ellis Higginbotham
03/07/2017
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A good review course in corrosion and fatigue.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B
Carlos Rollan
02/26/2017
Verified Buyer
I am not usually involved in forensic engineering, although I have had many opportunities to contribute to colleagues that specialize in this field.
I found the course to be an excellent review.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B
Anon
01/20/2017
Verified Buyer
The material covered is very useful for any mechanical engineer. The wording of the exam questions (and the course material) make some of them difficult to understand what is being asked (taught).
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B
Webster Owen
01/11/2017
Verified Buyer
A very different approach to correlating test to text. Challenging but thoughtful. Thanks for a good exercise.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B
Nick Halbrook
12/11/2016
Verified Buyer
One of the better SunCam PE pdh courses. Course is focused heavily on the metallurgical component aspect of Forensic Engineering to the exclusion of all other Forensic Engineering considerations. Over 40 pages of technical reading. Course took about 6-7 hours to read and do test.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B
Forensics Engineering
12/07/2016
Excellent course! I have worked on Forensic Engineering cases in the past and one of the cases had a failure associated with crevice attack which is covered in this course. I wish that I had taken your course before the case because I would have saved a few hours of research. Thanks for a great course. I would really enjoy reading real-world examples of these material failures if you had any that could be included with the course.
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B
George Kip Barkley
12/03/2016
Verified Buyer
A thorough overview of a topic at the peripheral world as an EE
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057-Forensic Engineering Part B
Rick Doran
10/24/2016
Verified Buyer
If you really want to learn a lot about fatigue and corrosion - excellent !!!
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The course was clearlyl written and very comprehensive.
The only thing that would improve the course would be one or two examples of real-life cases to illustrate how the (most likely!) complicated forensic investigation(s) were done. For instance, many years ago I and a corrosion expert colleague looked into why a horizontal rectangular stainless- steel duct in a cement plant was failing; carbon steel stiffeners had been welded to the outside, scale had accumulated on the inside walls, over time several inches of "sand" had fallen from the humid air stream and collected in the bottom and vibrations from the connected fan were not dampened in any way so the duct continuously shook. Needless to say, several mechanisms were "at work", including stress concentration at the mid-level of the duct due to the sand-loading.
Overall, this is a very worthwhile and very well written course!
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Forensic Engineering Part B
James T McCarter
02/25/2015
A very difficult course for anyone who is not a metallurgist. Also, the name is misleading. You need to chnage it to Metallurgial Engineering. I take Froensic Engineering to be investigations in ligation cases and for insurance claims.
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Both Part A and Part B of the Forensic Engineering are excellent courses. Very detailed and very well explained in the documentation. The test questions are very well thought out for the material presented. I like that the questions that I missed are marked up with reference back to the document for my further review. SunCam, very well done!
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Charles Allred
01/26/2015
Good course. Gives a useful overview of modes of failure and tools at an engineer,s disposal for a meaningful analysis.
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Excellent introduction AND review
In-depth coverage of failure mechanisms, both for metallurgists, and non-metallurgist engineers. Highly recommended.
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Low or High Cycle Fatigue ?
Rework Question #4 and/or the associated text
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Questions are not clear! Such as Questions #2 and #11, etc. Poor Course!
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OK but not great
Cliff Vogelsberg
08/14/2012
1. Disappointed with test grading.
SunCam response: This reviewer challenged the answers to questions 4, 13 and 24. We cannot publish his comments because they reveal the answers to those questions.
Thanks for the feedback. The author has now revised the course document and the test questions to improve the clarity
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a few of the questions werent clearly answered in the text
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Good, quick review of failure mechanisms in metals, especially corrosion. Clearly written.
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Very good comprehensive overview of metal failure mechanismss and practical guidelines for improved resistance.
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P.E.
Very good discussions about metals, and types of material failures
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