Fractography and Fracture Analysis Webinar
Join MEE Engineers Dan Grice, P.E. and Larry Hanke P.E. next Tuesday, July 28th, for an ASM International webinar discussing the history of fractography and fracture analysis. Register today! The study of fractures over the years has had an important role in materials engineering to improve product performance and reliability. This presentation will review the […]
MEE Staff Development
Congratulations to MEE Associate Engineer, Henry Ahrenholtz, who recently passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam certifying him as an Engineer in Training (E.I.T.). The FE exam is the first of two exams required for obtaining a Professional Engineer license. Prior to taking the second exam, E.I.T’s must complete four years of qualifying engineering experience […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Another Way to Look at Things…
We just purchased a research grade Olympus SZX16 stereo microscope equipped with a super high resolution, digital, micro-imaging camera. This is an excellent addition to our light microscopy laboratory. With easy shifting from macro-view to micro-view, it is a specialized and powerful tool for fracture examination, corrosion studies and general failure analysis. We’re looking forward to putting our newest […]
Sample Handling and Fracture Analysis
Drop a ceramic vase at home and what is the first thing you do with the pieces? You try to put them back together. In the world of fracture analysis, do not try to fit the two fracture halves together as this will damage critical surface features, even fractures of hard or high strength metals. […]