Virtual Materials Science Classroom
MEE provided a virtual 90 minute laboratory course on materials characterization and fracture analysis for students in the Materials Science and Engineering program at the University of St Thomas. For the past six years, we have hosted the students in our lab for this coursework but current recommendations for physical distancing required us to created […]
Materials Science and Failure Analysis Articles
Peer review is a trusted process for maintaining the high standards of a scientific profession. The professional engineers at MEE are dedicated to the advancement of scientific knowledge in their field by their active involvement in the peer review process of technical publications. Ryan Haase is an associate editor for the Journal of Failure Analysis […]
SEM Teleconferencing
MEE is committed to providing our clients with the required microscopy resources during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The MEE staff knows microscopy, but sometimes a client’s knowledge about the sample and examination objectives is required to conduct an efficient microscopy session. Traditionally, our clients have come into the laboratory to communicate face-to-face with the microscopist, such […]
MEE’s Response to Covoid 19
The Covoid-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented disruption to everyone’s sense of normal.Throughout the past few weeks, we have been continuously monitoring the news and CDC recommendations for protecting the health and safety of our staff and any visitors to the facility.We remain open at this time with strict cleaning and safety measures implemented at […]
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 […]
Microscope Monday
Twenty years ago, MEE Lab Manager, Kurt Schenk, figured out a way to capture the beauty of a freshly fallen snowflake with an SEM. Those images and hundreds of others taken over the years in our laboratory have been saved in a file on our network simply called “cool images”. Five years ago, we thought […]