About
Debbie Aliya is the owner of Aliya Analytical, Inc., an engineering consulting company which was founded in 1994 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Aliya specializes in failure analysis of physical things and training of engineering, quality, and manufacturing company staff. She has been working to develop a thinking skill curriculum for working adults for over 25 years. Her failure analysis book, focusing on integration of critical thinking for people who like to think they already know, was published in March of 2024. Creative Critical Thinking for the Passionate: A Twelve Week Workbook was published in April of 2025, and is available on Lulu.
She has wide-ranging interests, including gardening, mushroom hunting, star gazing, reading ancient history and science fiction, and studying the history of the evolution of religion and spirituality. She has presented on Critical and Creative Thinking at various professional society conferences. She has also written a science fiction novel which promotes the benefits of cultivating clear thinking.
Featured Work
Creative Critical Thinking for the Passionate: A Twelve Week Workbook
Using a methodological approach and a series of reflective exercises, Creative Critical Thinking for the Passionate: A 12-Week Workbook will guide readers in practical ways to identify and correct mistakes, transform thought patterns, communicate effectively, build lifelong critical thinking skills, and save time to become the best versions of themselves. Includes a foreword by Dr. David A. Levy, author of Tools of Critical Thinking.
Other Works
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Constructing Competence in Failure Analysis: a technical and human factors guide
2024
