Heat Treat Today recently unveiled its Heat Treat Consultants page in the October 2018 print edition (available in digital format here) and at FNA in Indianapolis, Indiana. We offer this comprehensive listing of heat treat industry consultants as part of our efforts to help minimize the effects of heat treat “brain drain.” With so many heat treat brains growing older, the expertise that once used to reside inside of manufacturing operations is dwindling. Where, then, do manufacturers with in-house heat treat departments go when they need heat treat answers?
Turn to Heat Treat Today and our comprehensive list of heat treat industry consultants, which we will introduce to you one by one in this occasional feature, “Meet the Consultants”. There is no more comprehensive list of heat treat consultants. Learn more about Debbie Aliya of Aliya Analytical Inc, and then click through to the page to read more details about each consultant. We are adding more regularly. Contact them directly, or call us and we’ll introduce you to them. Whether it’s a technical process question, a safety concern, a compliance issue, or a business related question, one of our heat treat consultants will be able to help. If you are a consultant and would like to be listed, please contact Doug Glenn.
Name: Debbie Aliya
Company Name: Aliya Analytical, Inc.
Location: Wyoming, Michigan
Years In Industry: 30+
Consulting Specialties:
- Metallurgy
- Failure & Root Cause Analysis
- Materials and Process Engineering
- Leadership & Business Development
Send an email | Website | Phone: 616-475-0059
Briefly:
Debbie brings 32 years of experience in development and use of applied critical and creating thinking skills in failure analysis, materials selection and characterization, and specification preparation for structural applications to the industry. She founded and serves as president of Aliya Analytical, Inc., which for almost 25 has served manufacturing clients in failure analysis and materials characterization, and education and training of manufacturing company employees. Debbie is a highly sought-after instructor, presenter, and author and editor of scholarly and non-scholarly works, including articles, journals, and industry handbooks and guides. In addition, she is a student and educator in interfaith and thinking skill optimization studies.
Publications or Significant Accomplishments:
- Founded, president of Aliya Analytical, Inc., in Grand Rapids (1994, incorporated 2004 to present)
- Adjunct Technology Faculty, Grand Rapids Community College (1990-1993); Montcalm Community College (1993-1996); Ferris State University (MI) (1994); Western Michigan University (2000); various math and physics courses, including basic metallurgy and materials science and formability of sheet metal
- Chair or Co-chair of various committees or proceedings, including, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Materials Solutions Conference/American Society for Metals (ASM International), Failure Analysis Committee/American Society for Metals (ASM International), Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology, Society of Automotive Engineers (West Michigan)
- Expert witness at depositions in local, state and federal trial proceedings
- Contributor to multiple industry journals, including Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention (and predecessor, Journal of Practical Failure Analysis), Lubrication and Fluid Power: Journal of Machinery, Industrial Heating, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance,
- A frequent lecturer, present at international, national, and regional conferences, including Society for Machinery Failure Prevention Technology Conference, ASMI/ASNT chapters, Materials Science & Tech Conference/American Society for Metals (ASM International), Minnesota Microscopy Society, ASMI Student Chapter at the Government Engineering College (Pune, India), Michigan Microscopy Society Conference, American Society for Nondestructive Testing
- Instructor, MEI faculty, ASM International, Failure Analysis and Prevention and Heat Treating of Steel (part-time)
- Founding Member, Root Cause Forum (Yahoo Group)
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, and its predecessor, Journal of Practical Failure Analysis, American Society for Metals (ASM International) (2001-2006)
- Co-Editor, Section 4, Metals Handbook Volume 11, American Society for Metals (ASM International), Authored: “The Failure Analysis Process: An Overview,” “Metals Chemical Analysis in Failure Analysis,” “Hydrogen Embrittlement of High Strength Steels” (from “Hydrogen Damage”); Co-compiler/Author of Volume Glossary (2002 edition)
- Author, “Sectioning of Metallurgical Specimens,” Co-author, “Physical Metallurgy in Metallography,” Metals Handbook Volume 9 (2004 edition), American Society for Metals (ASM International) (2004)
- Author, “Mechanisms and Causes of Failure in Heat Treated Steel Components,” chapter in Failure Analysis of Heat Treated Steel Components, Canale, Mesquite & Totten, published by ASM International (2008)
- Contributing columnist to “The Experts Speak”, Industrial Heating (2009-present)
- Experis contract with Cummins, Inc., in Columbus, Indiana, failure analysis consultant (2011-2012)
Links to Heat Treat Today or Other Online Resources
- “What Is a Quench Crack?” Industrial Heating, October 2017
- “The Importance of Materials Science in Understanding Failure,” Industrial Heating, January 2017
- “Modern Failure Analysis, Part 1,” “Part 2,” “Part 3,” “Part 4,” “Part 5,” “Part 6,” “Part 7,” and “Part 8,” Industrial Heating, January-August 2013
- “Root Cause Analysis, Part 1,” “Part 2,” “Part 3,” “Part 4,” and “Part 5,” Industrial Heating, September-December 2012
- “Microfractography Interpretation, Part 1,” “Part 2,” and “Part 3,” Industrial Heating, March/February/June 2010
- “Torsion: Part 1,” and “Part 2,” Industrial Heating, February 2009
- “A Method for Preparing Metal Specifications for Structural Components,” Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, April 2008
- “Cracking Tendencies in Fillet Welds,” Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, April 2008, with Julian Raphael
- “Assessing the Durability of Aluminum Castings,” ASM Failure Analysis Center, July 2004
- “Fractured Fare,” Journal of Practical Failure Analysis, December 2003, with Marc Pepi
- “Defining Objectives in Failure Analysis,” Journal of Practical Failure Analysis, August 2002
- “Ethical Concerns in Engineering Investigations,” Practical Failure Analysis, June 2002
References (partial list; more available upon request)
