Director:

Dr. Nouari Saheb

​Email: nouari@kfupm.edu.sa

​Location: 75- Rooms-001

Tel: 013-(860) 2528/2469

 

Introduction to the Lab

Microscopy and Testing Lab is actively contributing in teaching and research activities in the Mechanical Engineering Department. Its main mission is to provide the latest educational/research facilities in materials characterization and testing for both students and researchers. It provides educational and research facilities at different levels to undergraduate, MS, and PhD students. Research capabilities include:

Microstructure characterization: metallography, scanning electron microscopy with x-ray energy dispersive spectrometer, x-ray diffraction, TGA, and DSC;

Metal analyzer for most elements required in the metal industry including traces of carbon, phosphorous, sulfur and nitrogen;

Mechanical testing including hardness, tensile, creep, fatigue, and impact testing;

Other capabilities: steel heat treatment furnaces, hardenability Jominy test, and various NDT methods.

Courses supported are:

Required course: ME 217/205; electives: ME474 and ME 478; graduate courses: ME 574, ME579

Design/Research Activities

Activities of the lab involve the tests required by teaching of courses ME 205/215, senior design project students, MS and PhD students, faculty and funded research.

EQUIPMENT for teaching and research:

 

Fatigue Machine

TQ fatigues machines model SM-1090.​

Creep machine

TQ creep machines model SM-1006.​

Impact machine

TQ impact machines model TQ-TE15.​

Tensile Machine

Instron tensile machines model 3367.​

Hardness testers

INNOVA hardness testers model 783-D.

Scanning Slectron Microscope (SEM):

JEOL SEM model JSM-6460 with EDS facility and JEOL Gold Sputter model JFC-1100.

Differential Scanning Calorimetry machine (DSC)

METTLER Toledo DSC machine model DSC-822E.