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 […]
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 […]
Location, Location, Location
In a recent Twin Cities Business Magazine article, Plymouth MN was described as a Med-Tech Mecca. We recognized this almost 25 years ago when we chose to locate our company here. Materials Evaluation and Engineering, Inc. was founded to fill a local need for an independent, high-quality, materials characterization laboratory for advanced materials and critical […]
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 […]
MD&M 2019 | Medtech Show
MEE will be in the Exhibit Hall of MD&M (Medical Design and Manufacturing) at the Minneapolis Convention Center Oct 23-24. This is our 20th year attending the event. Please stop by and say hello to the MEE staff. We have a prime corner booth location (#2210) so it should be easy to find us. We […]
MEE Staff Presenting at MS&T Conference
Dan Grice, P.E. and Larry Hanke, P.E. will be presenting technical sessions at the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) Conference, held in Portland, Oregon on September 29 – October 3. Dan’s presentation, Hydrogen Embrittlement: Contributions from Material Processing, will provide an overview of material processing operations that contribute to the hydrogen embrittlement failure mechanism and […]
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 […]
A Second Intern Joins the MEE Team
This summer we were fortunate to be able to offer two internship opportunities to materials science students. Samiha Khan is working with us part time while taking classes at the University of MN in the Materials Science Engineering program. Samiha didn’t start out as a materials science student but after talking with students already in […]
Summer Intern at MEE
Welcome to our 2019 summer intern, Jordan Cornelius. Jordan will be graduating later this year from Iowa State University with a degree in Materials Science Engineering with specializations in metals and ceramics. Jordan is specifically interested in gaining experience with materials testing and characterization and failure analysis. He sees his time at MEE as a […]