UW-Eau Claire joined the RM2N to take advantage of increased opportunities for collaboration with industry and access to a vast array of materials characterization infrastructure. The university has a strong tradition of faculty-student research and a new Materials Science and Engineering major. Its Materials Science and Engineering Center provides industry and other educational institutions access to instrumentation, expertise, and flexible services for materials characterization, analysis, custom method development, and cooperative R&D support.
2. Why UW-Eau Claire joined the RM2N
Increased Opportunity
Strong tradition of collaborations with industry
Strong tradition of Faculty-student research activity
Vast array of materials characterization infrastructure
in the Materials Science and Engineering Center
New Materials Science and Engineering major
3. Materials Science and Engineering Center
• Microscopy and Imaging
• Elemental and Chemical Analysis
• Physical and
Mechanical Properties
4. • Materials Characterization
• Custom Method Development
• Cooperative R&D Support
• Alloy Identification
• Failure Analysis
• Quality Assurance/Quality Control
(QA/QC)
• Distinguishing Product in
Market Segment
Materials Science and Engineering Center
• Confirmation of Material Certifications
• Comparison of Different Cost Basis Materi
• Production Troubleshooting
• RoHS – Restriction of Hazardous Substan
• WEEE – Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment Directive
Industrial Collaborations
New area: processing
5. Value Added
• Flexible Services
• Expert staff
• Rapid turn-around time
• Method Development
Materials Science and Engineering Center
Industrial Collaborations
• Access to capstone projects for
undergraduates
6. Materials Science and Engineering Center
Provides:
access to instrumentation and expertise
for industry and other educational
institutions.(now with access to the
resources of the network)
7. Contact person for answering questions:
Doug Dunham
Materials Science and Engineering Center Director
E-mail: dunhamdj@uwec.edu
Phone 715-836-5312
Campus Contacts