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Congratulations to Principal Engineer, Neal Hanke, PE, DFE, on becoming a Board-Certified Diplomate in Forensic Engineering (DFE)! The certification is issued by the National Academy of Forensic Engineers - NAFE in accordance with the guidelines of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Board. The DFE title signifies experience in forensic investigations and testimony, as well as an ongoing commitment to ethical engineering practice and continuing education in the field of materials science. Neal says, thumbs up to that!

We're #hiring a new Materials Science Intern for summer 2025 in Plymouth, Minnesota. Apply today or share this post with your network.

New year, new equipment: DSC and TGA coming soon to MEE! #newyear #materials

The ASM International Handbook, Volume 12 has been thoroughly revised, and our new print copy of the 2024 edition has arrived! Congrats to our MEE engineers who served as authors and reviewers for this edition of Volume 12! Dan Grice, P.E., Ryan Haase, P.E., and Larry Hanke

We had the bright idea to post a fun microscope image today; it has been a while! This is a demonstration of the high dynamic range (HDR) function on our KEYENCE CORPORATION VHX-7000 digital microscope. The HDR function allows a wider range of bright and dark features to be captured and delineated in an image, perfect for taking a picture of this lit filament bulb!

Much of the ASM International Minnesota Chapter crew is now boarding our flight to head home from #IMAT2024 - except for those in this picture who recently moved away from MN. We had a great week!

I always enjoy the opportunity to speak at IMAT with my ASM International Failure Analysis Society colleagues! I felt some of my slides had a few too many words and needed some images…so you may notice I had a little bit of fun with some of the images I added. Always good to find a way to get a laugh or two. #IMAT2024

MEE Engineer Dan Grice, P.E. had an opportunity to present a case study on stress-corrosion cracking of high-zinc brass at ASM International IMAT 2024 today. Thanks to those in attendance!

MEE Engineers Dan Grice, P.E. and Larry Hanke are attending #IMAT2024 this week and had an opportunity to visit the ASM International headquarters and spend an evening under the dome! If you’re in Cleveland at IMAT, be sure to visit the failure analysis programming and say hi to Dan and Larry.

Early September means that MEE Engineer Neal Hanke, P.E. is harvesting hops to make some (hopefully) tasty beer. The yellow, powdery-looking substance in the hop cone (called lupulin) is responsible for producing the compounds that impart much of the characteristic flavor and aroma to beer. It also happens to look pretty cool at high magnification using a scanning electron microscope! Light microscope images (color) collected using a Keyence VHX-7000. Electron microscope images (black and white) collected using a JEOL JSM-6610LV in low-vacuum mode.