Failure Analysis
“The greatest teacher, failure is.” Yoda This line from the latest Star Wars movie caught our ear. Any product failure can have serious consequences – from financial loss and/or personal safety perspectives. The expertise of the MEE engineering and technical staff encompasses a fundamental understanding of material behavior and a broad range of experience with […]
Nanostructures Imaging
These images are of a selective area of AlGaN (aluminum gallium nitride) nanostructures on graphene. Images were captured using the Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, FESEM, at MEE in support of a project partnership between CrayoNano AS of Norway and Agnitron Technology of Eden Prairie, MN USA. The FESEM is an advanced microscope offering increased […]
Materials Science and Engineering
This week, MEE hosted 28 University of St Thomas Materials Science students in our laboratory. Staff gave tours of our metallography, corrosion and light microscopy labs and presented a brief introduction to scanning electron microscopy.
Medical Device and Manufacturing
Medical device development calls for innovation, precision and critical thinking – MEE matches your requirements with advanced materials characterization, analytical methods and experienced and informed materials strategies. Look for us in the exhibit hall of the upcoming MD&M event November 8-9 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Materials Evaluation and Engineering staff will be there to […]
New Engineer Added to MEE Staff
Welcome Jason Larson. Jason, who joined the MEE staff as a Senior Engineer, brings with him 10+ years of experience in failure analysis laboratories, supporting the electronics and medical device industries. His degree in computer engineering combined with project experience analyzing failure modes in microelectronic components expands on MEE’s capabilities and range of engineering expertise. […]
Materials Science Camp 2017
Last Friday we had 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 education based “Materials Mentors”, students got some real world experience solving a materials failure analysis project. Three of our staff, Larry Hanke, Kurt Schenk and Neal Hanke, […]
Forensic Materials Engineering Presentation
Larry Hanke just returned from a visit to the Ottawa Chapter of ASM International. As a member of the ASM Board of Trustees, Larry has been invited to visit many local chapters. These visits are an important way to keep local chapters updated on what is going on in the organization at the national level and […]
Materials Engineering Summer Intern
Welcome to our summer intern, Atte Kadoma. Atte just completed her freshman year at Iowa State University where she is working towards a degree in Materials Engineering. We first met Atte in 2014 when she attended ASM-MN Materials Camp as a high school student. MEE is a corporate sponsor of Materials Camp and the students spend a day here getting hands-on […]
Microbiologically-Influenced Corrosion
Senior Materials Engineer, Dan Grice, will be speaking at the Minnesota Microscopy Society Spring Symposium this Friday, May 5th on microbiologically-influenced corrosion. Although one of the least-known and least-understood corrosion mechanisms, microbiologically-influenced corrosion (MIC) is among the most damaging in terms of total cost to society. Recent estimates indicate that the annual cost of corrosion […]
Metallurgical Analysis for Fire and Explosion Investigation
MEE CEO and Principal Engineer, Larry Hanke, will be the keynote speaker at the UK Association of Fire Investigators summer training conference in London, England on July 3, 2017. Larry and MEE engineer, Neal Hanke, recently presented a similar session at the 2017 International Association of Arson Investigators training conference in Las Vegas. The following key concepts […]