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Explore new topics every month with Knott Laboratory's Blog on recent industry updates, ongoing projects, the latest events, and helpful insight from our renowned team.


Knott Laboratory’s Blog is a collaborative school of thought from our expert team of engineers who have worked on over 20,000 failure analysis cases nationwide for the legal and insurance industries, as well as for local and national businesses.


Forensic Engineering Investigations and Changing Fire Patterns


Fire patterns are the identifiable shapes formed and left behind on the remnants of a fire

How to Reconstruct an Accident Using Video Footage


Knott Laboratory analyzes accidents captured on video using matchmoving or "camera tracking".

Freeze Losses – Using a Thermal Analysis


Winter this year seemed to take its time getting here, but it looks like it is finally upon us. With winter comes insurance…