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  1. Material and Process Engineering, Boeing, Huntington Beach, CA

    Daniel P. Dennies (Senior Principal Engineer/Scientist)

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Dennies, D.P. The organization of a failure investigation. Practical Failure Analysis 2, 11–16 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02719182

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