Forensic engineering has been defined as "the investigation of failures—ranging from serviceability to catastrophic—which may lead to legal activity, including both civil and criminal". The forensic engineering field is very broad in terms of the many disciplines that it covers, investigations that use forensic engineering are case of environmental damages to structures, system failures of machines, explosions, electrical, fire point of origin, vehicle failures and many more.
Broken gear teeth on a piece of machinery
Failed fuel pipe at right from a road traffic accident.
Close-up of the broken fuel pipe from a road traffic accident.
Close-up of the broken fuel pipe.
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries.
A diamond cuboctahedron showing seven crystallographic planes, imaged with scanning electron microscopy
A late Bronze Age sword or dagger blade
Crystal structure of a perovskite with a chemical formula ABX3
Microstructure of pearlite