Editor’s Choice 2020: Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention
The Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention editorial team recently announced this year’s Editor’s Choice articles, showcasing six of the high-quality articles that were published in the journal in 2020. One of these top articles was authored by former MEE intern, Reid Schur. Reid interned with us in 2016 and is currently a Materials Science […]
On-site Testing and Analysis of Steel Tanks
Sometimes projects involve samples or artifacts too large or too valuable to remove or cut for evaluation in MEE’s laboratories. In these cases, in situ evaluation is required. For this project, MEE was asked to evaluate the functional integrity of large steel tanks that had been exposed to elevated temperatures from a fire. Associate […]
Fractography and Fracture Analysis Webinar
Join MEE Engineers Dan Grice, P.E. and Larry Hanke P.E. next Tuesday, July 28th, for an ASM International webinar discussing the history of fractography and fracture analysis. Register today! The study of fractures over the years has had an important role in materials engineering to improve product performance and reliability. This presentation will review the […]
ASM Board Appointment
MEE’s CEO/Senior Engineer, Larry Hanke, was just appointed to the Board of the ASM International Metallographic Society (IMS). The Metallographic Society is a professional organization serving those involved in the examination, analysis, characterization, structure and evaluation of materials. Service on the IMS Board of Directors involves planning and driving the future strategy of the […]
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 […]
Materials Science Classroom at MEE
MEE recently played host to engineering students from the University of St Thomas School of Engineering for instructional tours of our laboratories. The students spent time with members of our engineering staff in our SEM and the Visual Inspection Labs. We have been providing these mini-classroom opportunities in collaboration with School of Engineering’s faculty member, Dr […]