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 […]
Corrosion Conference
MEE engineers, Ryan Haase and Neal Hanke, will be attending the NACE International (National Association of Corrosion Engineers) Central Conference in Omaha on August 6-8. The technical program will include presentations on failure analysis and MIC, Microbiological Influenced Corrosion. The MEE staff specializes in root-cause failure analysis. Our experience encompasses many types of material behavior […]
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 […]
What’s New at Materials Evaluation and Engineering, Inc.
We’re still unpacking the newest addition to the MEE laboratory, a JEOL IT500HR Scanning Electron Microscope Once the boxes are out of the way and the microscope is fully installed we’ll share details on the advantages of this powerful and versatile analytical microscope.
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 […]
Electrochemical Corrosion Testing
MEE just added a new potentiostat/galvanostat instrument to our busy corrosion laboratory. The VersaSTAT 4 is an advanced and versatile instrument expanding on our electrochemical corrosion testing capabilities. Electrochemical corrosion experiments can provide a variety of data related to the pitting, crevice corrosion, and passivation behavior for specific sample/solution combinations. These data are useful in […]
Materials Characterization Seminar
Senior Scientist, Dieter Scholz and Materials Engineer, Neal Hanke will be speaking at the Minnesota chapter of ASM 2018 seminar in Brooklyn Park, MN on February 28. The Materials Characterization Seminar is an opportunity to learn about the most recent developments in advanced characterization techniques and their practical applications. Dieter will be speaking on Broad […]
Microscope as Symbol of the City of Minneapolis
We weren’t familiar with the Minneapolis city flag until just recently, but were pleasantly surprised to see one of the symbols on it is a microscope. That seems fitting to us! Microscopes are one of the most important tools we use at MEE to provide our clients in the medical device, industrial and electronics industries […]
Paper Published in Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention
Alkaline Carbonate SCC Failures at a Refinery, co-written by MEE staff engineers, Ryan Haase and Larry Hanke was recently published in the Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention ( First Online: January 16, 2018) A metallurgical evaluation was performed to investigate two failures from carbonate-containing sour water service at a refinery. The paper details the […]