Mentoring Materials Science Students
Last Thursday we hosted thirty high school students at MEE as part of a week-long Materials Science Camp sponsored by the MN Chapter of ASM International. Under the direction of industry and academic based “Materials Mentors”, students learned about the process of running a failure analysis investigation. MEE provided a space for the students to get hands […]
Electrochemical Corrosion Testing
MEE just added a new potentiostat/galvanostat instrument to our busy corrosion laboratory. The VersaSTAT 4 is an advanced and versatile instrument expanding on our electrochemical corrosion testing capabilities. Electrochemical corrosion experiments can provide a variety of data related to the pitting, crevice corrosion, and passivation behavior for specific sample/solution combinations. These data are useful in […]
Microscope as Symbol of the City of Minneapolis
We weren’t familiar with the Minneapolis city flag until just recently, but were pleasantly surprised to see one of the symbols on it is a microscope. That seems fitting to us! Microscopes are one of the most important tools we use at MEE to provide our clients in the medical device, industrial and electronics industries […]
Materials Science and Engineering
This week, MEE hosted 28 University of St Thomas Materials Science students in our laboratory. Staff gave tours of our metallography, corrosion and light microscopy labs and presented a brief introduction to scanning electron microscopy.
Medical Device and Manufacturing
Medical device development calls for innovation, precision and critical thinking – MEE matches your requirements with advanced materials characterization, analytical methods and experienced and informed materials strategies. Look for us in the exhibit hall of the upcoming MD&M event November 8-9 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Materials Evaluation and Engineering staff will be there to […]
New Engineer Added to MEE Staff
Welcome Jason Larson. Jason, who joined the MEE staff as a Senior Engineer, brings with him 10+ years of experience in failure analysis laboratories, supporting the electronics and medical device industries. His degree in computer engineering combined with project experience analyzing failure modes in microelectronic components expands on MEE’s capabilities and range of engineering expertise. […]
Materials Engineering Summer Intern
Welcome to our summer intern, Atte Kadoma. Atte just completed her freshman year at Iowa State University where she is working towards a degree in Materials Engineering. We first met Atte in 2014 when she attended ASM-MN Materials Camp as a high school student. MEE is a corporate sponsor of Materials Camp and the students spend a day here getting hands-on […]
Microbiologically-Influenced Corrosion
Senior Materials Engineer, Dan Grice, will be speaking at the Minnesota Microscopy Society Spring Symposium this Friday, May 5th on microbiologically-influenced corrosion. Although one of the least-known and least-understood corrosion mechanisms, microbiologically-influenced corrosion (MIC) is among the most damaging in terms of total cost to society. Recent estimates indicate that the annual cost of corrosion […]
Metallurgical Analysis for Fire and Explosion Investigation
MEE CEO and Principal Engineer, Larry Hanke, will be the keynote speaker at the UK Association of Fire Investigators summer training conference in London, England on July 3, 2017. Larry and MEE engineer, Neal Hanke, recently presented a similar session at the 2017 International Association of Arson Investigators training conference in Las Vegas. The following key concepts […]
Graphitic Corrosion Case Study
We were asked to determine the mechanism and possible causes of corrosion of a cast iron sanitary sewer pipe. Metallurgical testing and EDS analysis pointed to graphitic corrosion. With graphitic corrosion there is no reduction in the size or shape of the pipe but the strength of the material is severely reduced. The Vent Pipe case study explains […]