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2004

  • Condenser Tube Leaks in Super Tankers
    • Defective Condenser Tubes
    • Microbial-induced Corrosion
  • Cigarette Fire Safety Testing
  • Rocket Motors, Strain Gages, and Floods
    • Strain Gage Basics
  • Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
  • We're 70!
  • Coatings
    • Coil-Coated Steel Painted Failure
    • Coatings on Furnitur
  • Wood Stave Tank Collapse
2003
  • Bridges
    • Fremont Bridge
    • Broadway Bridge
    • Bull Run Watershed Bridges
    • I-5 Vancouver Interstate Bridge
    • St. Johns Bridge
    • Van Buren Street Bridge
  • Problem Solving
    • Pool Handrail Mystery
    • Microbial-Induced Corrosion
    • Plugged Filters
    • Nickel-Plated Fasteners
    • Plugged irrigation Equipment
  • Oregon Maritime Museum-Stearnwheeler Portland
  • Layers
  • APS Update
  • Hydrogen Damage
    • Scrubbing by Bubbles
    • Delayed Failure of Socket SetScrews
2002
  • Indian Peace Metal.
  • Highway Overpass Strain Gages
  • Fire Protection Sprinkler Problems.
  • Assesment of Paper Machine Nocode Dryers for Upgrade.
  • Studies in Decrepitude.
  • Lamp Analysis after Vehicle Accidents.
  • Lamp Filaments.
  • IMS-ASM Award Winner--Avalokitesvara Statue
2001
  • Protecting Protective Coatings.
  • Shipping and Storage Damage.
  • Bulges in Metal Structures.
  • Dr. Richard Garber Joins MEI-C Staff.
  • Ancient Chinese Cast-Iron Statue.
  • Tappi Digester Corrosion Meeting.
  • Electrical Testing and Evaluations.
  • Adhesion, Cohesion, and Bonding.
2000
  • Residual Stress Measurement.
  • Digital Photography.
  • Rotating Shaft Failures.
  • Broadcast Tower Elevator Inspection.
  • Plant Engineering Show.
  • Cavitation Damage in Ultrasonic Cleaner.
  • Passivation.
  • 2000 and Beyond.
  • No-clean Flux Residue Issues

1999

  • High-Nitrogen Alloying of Steels
  • American Product Safety Co. Update
Summer
  • Corrosion Challenges from the Animal Kingdom
  • Dr. John Simmons Joins MEI-C Staff
  • Biodegradation of Materials
Spring
  • A Ship without a Rudder
  • When Propellers, Rudders and Other Parts Fall Off
  • Investigation of Crystal Formation in Sulfur Dioxide Catalysts, Part II

Winter

  • Fractured Exhaust Pipe Causes Airplane Crash
  • Radiographic Evaluations
  • Investigation of Crystal Formation in Sulfur Dioxide Catalysts, Part I

1998

Fall

  • American Product Safety Co.
  • Specification Testing
    • Kitchen Cabinets
    • Slides, Hinges, and Casters

Summer

  • Material Problem Solving for Microelectronics Industries, Part II
  • Vacuum Furnace Cracking
  • Silicon Crystal Furnace Cooling Water Contamination
  • Strain Gage Analysis of Circuit Board Deflection
  • Third Party Verification of Clean Room Specification

Spring

  • Material Problem Solving for Microelectronics Industries, Part I
  • Cross Sectioning and Microexamination of Printed Circuit Boards
  • Circuit Board Standoff Spacer Fractures
  • Fire Retardant Induced Corrosion
  • Corrosion of Printed Circuit Boards

Winter

  • Centrifugal Compressor Failure
  • Chemical Permeation of Disposable Gloves, Part II

1997

Fall

  • Online Stress Monitoring of Batch Digester Cracks
  • Chemical Permeation of Disposable Gloves, Part I

Summer

  • High-Temperature Corrosion Problems II
  • Recovery Boiler Screen Tube Failures
    • Overheating Failure of Screen Tube
    • Weld Cracking Failure of Screen Tube
  • Oxide Surface Damage in a Plasma Environment
  • Chemical Reactor Leak

Spring

  • High-Temperature Corrosion Problems I
  • Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking in Carbon Steels
    • Low-Pressure Steam Line
    • Carbon Steel Heat Exchanger
  • Black Liquor Evaporator
  • Accelerated Aging

Winter

  • Construction Quality Assurance
  • Analysis and Testing of Rubber
  • Adhesives and Sealants
  • Polymeric Coatings

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