Steven J. Murray

Biography

 Dr. Murray's areas of expertise include failure analysis of electrical and mechanical systems, metallurgy, and the mechanical and electrical properties of materials. Dr. Murray also specializes in the areas of shape memory alloys, magnetism, and magnetic materials. Dr. Murray provides electrical and mechanical materials consulting services to a variety of industries. Engineering systems investigated include appliances, computers and consumer electronics, biomedical devices and medical electronics, pipelines, cranes, plumbing, heat exchangers, and large electrical generators and motors. These investigations have involved understanding and analysis of complex electrical and electronic systems, fracture and fractography, risk assessment, environmental effects, electrical and magnetic modeling, and materials defects. Dr. Murray has also conducted multiple investigations related to potential product recalls. Dr. Murray held an appointment as a Consulting Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University where he taught the course Techniques of Failure Analysis from 2006–2015.

Research Interest

 Electrical and Mechanical Engineering