As an alumnus of the Metallurgical Engineering program (now Materials Science and Engineering department) at Iowa State University, CEO Larry Hanke has maintained a close relationship with the department and a keen interest in the education of future Materials Engineers. For almost 10 years, Larry has been invited back to campus once a year to present a lecture to junior and senior engineering students on various topics related to his 30-plus years of experience as a Consulting Engineer and Small Business owner. He lectured remotely last year, but was back on campus in March to present a lecture on Engineering Ethics for the Materials Engineering Professional Planning course and another on Fracture Analysis for a Failure Analysis course. He enjoys the questions and feedback from the students as he connects their textbook studies to his real world experiences.

 

The newly revised ASM Handbook Volume 11 – Failure Analysis and Prevention has been released.  MEE Professional Engineers, Larry Hanke, Ryan Haase and Neal Hanke all contributed to this latest release.  Larry Hanke, P.E. co-authored two articles, Scanning Electron Microscopy for Failure Analysis and X-Ray Spectroscopy in Failure Analysis and was Division Editor for the section on Tools and Techniques in Failure Analysis. Ryan and Neal were editors and reviewers for multiple articles within the handbook including the Chemical Analysis section.

ASM Handbooks are a comprehensive multi-volume reference work covering every area of materials specialization. The staff at MEE recognizes that contributing to their professional organization benefits not just their personal career goals but the overall engineering and scientific community.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are celebrating 25+ years at MEE.  Sometime in our first year we were given a small potted plant for our lobby.  Twenty six years, three facilities expansions and one re-potting later, MEE and the schefflera are going strong!

 

 

 

Congratulations to former MEE intern, Reid Schur, on the publication of his paper Fractographic Analysis of Additvely Manufactured Ti6A14V by Electron Beam Melting: Effects of Powder Reuse in the June 2020 issue of the Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention.
Reid was a senior in Mechanical Engineering at Washington University in St Louis when he interned with us in 2016. Currently he is a PhD candidate in the University of Washington Materials Science and Engineering Program.

And, congratulations to 2017 MEE summer intern Atte Kadoma as she pursues her PhD in Engineering Sciences at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.  We first met Atte as a high school student in 2014 when she attended ASM Materials Camp. She kept in touch with us while attending Iowa State University where as a student in the Materials Science program she won a Goldwater Scholarship, the nation’s premier undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering.

 

We always enjoy following the career paths of our summer interns especially when we see the paths have lead them to Materials Science Engineering research.

MEE staff, Larry Hanke, Dieter Scholz and Dan Grice recently presented webinars for ASM International. Both webinars are now available to view for free from the ASM International website. You will need to fill out a registration form before being directed to the webinar.

Advance Specimen Preparation for Metallography

Fractography and Fracture Analysis: History and Development

A few comments from attendees of the Fractography and Fracture Analysis Webinar:

“A great overview of historic fractures. Well worth my attendance.”

“Please convey my sincere Congratulations to Dan & Larry for their superb professional presentation

“Highly systematic historical information regarding Fracture Analysis. Excellent user-friendly Presentation. Job Well Done”

 

 

 

MEE Senior Materials Engineer, Dan Grice P.E., was awarded the 2020 ASM International Bronze Medal.  Established in 2014, the honor of Bronze Medal of the Society recognizes ASM members who are in early-career positions, typically, 0 to 10 years of experience, for their significant contributions in the field of materials science & engineering through technical content and service to ASM and the materials science profession.  Grice was recognized “For enduring contributions to ASM International through the Emerging Professionals Committee and the Failure Analysis Society, and the enthusiastic promulgation of materials engineering technology.”

Congratulations Dan!