Laboratory Expertise

Our technical staff has experience with metals from aluminum to zinc, as well as polymers and ceramics. Whether carbide cutting tools, soft solders, injection molded plastics or microscopic laser welds, the MEE laboratory staff know how to properly prepare and examine samples to obtain the optimum materials characterization data.

• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
• Field Emission SEM (FESEM)
• Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS)
• Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
• Broad-Beam Ion Milling
• Light Microscopy
• Microsectioning (Precision Cross Sections)
• Metallography
• Corrosion Testing
• Rockwell Hardness Testing
• Brinell Hardness Testing
• Microhardness Testing
• Durometer Hardness Testing
• Tension/Compression Testing
• Custom Test Design
• Testing to Industry Standards