Ride Your Bike to Work Day at MEE
Materials Evaluation and Engineering’s first annual Ride Your Bike to Work Day! Our MEE staff bike commuters are: Neal Hanke, Henry Ahrenholtz, Dan Grice, Larry Hanke, Roberta Rott and Ryan Haase.
Microscopy Spring Symposium
MEE staff to attend Microscopy Spring Symposium Dieter Scholz and Jason Larson will be attending the Minnesota Microscopy Society’s Annual Spring Symposium on Friday May 3 in St Paul. The topic of this year’s symposium is Non-Traditional and Emerging Microscopy Techniques. MEE is a corporate sponsor of the MN Microscopy Society and will have a […]
Materials Science Education
This week, MEE hosted University of St Thomas Materials Science students in our laboratory. Students toured our metallography and light microscopy labs and were presented a brief introduction to scanning electron microscopy.
Laboratory Work While Under Construction
From our previous blog post: “We are expecting minimal interruption of our work flow during construction.” Installation of new flooring in two of our labs required us to temporarily move all testing equipment out of those rooms. MEE staff has demonstrated a lot of flexibility and innovative thinking to make sure our work continues […]
MEE Expansion Project – Part II
This week, phase one of MEE’s facilities expansion is finishing up. We are added another 1800 sq ft for a new reception area, offices, break room and larger artifact storage area. Phase two of the project will be the expansion and redesign of the metallographic laboratory. We are expecting minimal interruption of our work flow […]
The What’s and Why a Metallurgical Engineer
Larry Hanke,P.E. and Neal Hanke, P.E. will be presenting a talk on the role of the metallurgical engineer in fire investigations at an October 12 educational seminar in Lakeville, MN. The seminar is directed at fire investigators, insurance professionals and lawyers to highlight the importance of laboratory testing of artifacts in a successful investigation. Larry […]
Corrosion and Failure Analysis
The NACE International (National Association of Corrosion Engineers) Central Conference in Omaha is just wrapping up. MEE staff engineers Ryan Haase and Neal Hanke have been taking turns attending technical presentations and talking to colleagues at the MEE booth in the exhibit hall. This year’s conference location in Omaha, just a few hours drive from […]
MEE Expansion Project
This summer we will be starting work on the latest expansion of our laboratory and office space. The design includes a much needed expansion of the metallographic lab, project inspection area and administrative space. We have designed the new inspection are for easier access between the inspection room, SEM (scanning electron microscope) lab, light microscopy […]
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 […]
Pinpointing Microscopic Targets
To allow more consistent metallographic section preparation of very small targets, MEE has added a Leica EM/TXP to our selection of sectioning tools. The Leica EM/TXP is specifically designed for more precise and efficient targeting of points of interest in very small specimens. A combination mill/grinder/polisher and stereomicroscope, the Leica EM/TXP, allows the technician to […]