Dick Kielty
It is with deep sadness that we share the news that friend and past employee of MEE, Dick Kielty, passed away this week. For nearly his entire career, Dick worked Twin City Testing (now Element) providing metallurgical engineering consulting services to local industries. He retired from Element but was he was not the retiring kind […]
Nitinol Seminar
Kurt Schenk and Neal Hanke attended a one day seminar about Nitinol and how its unique properties apply to medical devices and designs. The primary topics for the seminar included structure, processing, mechanical properties, corrosion behavior, and fatigue life of Nitinol. MEE has been helping medical device manufacturers to successfully use Nitinol in their products […]
Metallurgical Engineering Intern
Welcome to MEE’s new intern, Kelsy Holtgrewe. Kelsy received her Bachelor’s in Metallurgical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology in December. She’ll be starting work toward a Master’s at Colorado School of Mines this fall. She has previous work experience in the materials labs of two large industrial companies so she is familiar […]
MEE Staff Development
Congratulations to MEE Associate Engineer, Henry Ahrenholtz, who recently passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam certifying him as an Engineer in Training (E.I.T.). The FE exam is the first of two exams required for obtaining a Professional Engineer license. Prior to taking the second exam, E.I.T’s must complete four years of qualifying engineering experience […]
MEE Presentation on the The Science of Fractography
Larry Hanke and Dan Grice will be presenting a talk on A Historical Perspective of Fracture Analysis at the February 19 ASM Symposium at Hennepin Technical College. The theme of the symposium is “Materials Retrospect: 100 Years of Advancement” in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the MN chapter of ASM International. Other presentations at […]
Forensic Engineering
Larry Hanke, P.E. is currently attending the NAFE 2020 conference in San Diego. NAFE, The National Academy of Forensic Engineers, brings together professional engineers having qualifications and expertise as practicing forensic engineers to further their continuing education and promote high standards of professional ethics and excellence of practice. Materials engineering is often an integral aspect […]
Newest Microscope adds to MEE Capabilities
Senior Engineer, Dan Grice is seen here completing the installation of the newest microscope in our inspection lab, a Keyence 7000 series digital light microscope. This is the world’s first 4K ultra-high accuracy microscope. Compared to our current model the expanded features of the 7000 series include 20x greater depth of field, measurement tools allowing […]
Failure Analysis Seminar
Senior Materials Engineer, Dan Grice, P.E., presented a two day seminar on Fractography and Failure Analysis at the office of one of our industrial customers. The seminar covered technical information on fracture mechanisms and analysis through characterization of the macroscopic and microscopic fracture features. Dan’s presentation included multiple case studies to provide a practical understanding […]
New Associate Engineer Joins MEE Staff
Materials Evaluation and Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce that Henry Ahrenholtz has joined our staff as an Associate Engineer. We hired Henry to support MEE’s busy materials characterization laboratory. He has rapidly become skilled in nondestructive testing methods, visual examination, metallographic sample preparation, microstructure examination, and mechanical testing. He has already been involved in […]
Materials Science Camp
This was MEE’s 13th year as a sponsor of ASM International Materials Science Camp for high school students. ASM Materials Camp utilizes hands-on learning principles of applied math and science for a truly unique, team-based problem solving experience that explores materials science and engineering principles. The students are assigned a failure analysis project on the first […]