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 […]
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 […]
Failure Analysis Seminar
Senior Materials Engineer, Dan Grice, P.E., presented a two day seminar on Fractography and Failure Analysis at the office of one of our industrial customers. The seminar covered technical information on fracture mechanisms and analysis through characterization of the macroscopic and microscopic fracture features. Dan’s presentation included multiple case studies to provide a practical understanding […]
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 […]