WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

• Degreed engineers who are new to failure analysis or seeking an update
• Technicians with at least five years of full-time experience in a failure analysis lab who can prepare and interpret microstructures and perform basic mechanical tests

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe general procedures, techniques, and precautions in failure analysis
• Recognize how stress systems relate to fracture of ductile and brittle materials
• Identify typical fatigue, wear, corrosion and elevated-temperature failure characteristics

COURSE OUTLINE:

1. General Procedures for Failure Analysis
2. Fatigue Failures
3. Wear Failures
4. Corrosion Failures

Continuing Education Units: 2.0

Pricing:

List Price:  $ 2,275.00

Member Pricing:  $ 2,075.00 
(Please make sure you use your membership email address when providing attendee information to receive your member discount.)

The book, Superalloys: A Technical Guide, by Matthew J. Donachie and Stephen J. Donachie, is provided with the course.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Engineers
• Managers
• Technical professionals who work with or make decisions involving high-performance materials

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Compare the properties of nickel, cobalt, and iron-based superalloys
• Analyze the corrosion behavior of superalloys
• Explain the process of coating for surface protection
• Apply knowledge of superalloy properties and behavior to material selection and design decisions

Continuing Education Units: 2.0

Pricing:

List Price:  $ 2,275.00

Member Pricing:  $ 2,075.00
(Please make sure you use your membership email address when providing attendee information to receive your member discount.)

The book, Superalloys: A Technical Guide, by Matthew J. Donachie and Stephen J. Donachie, is provided with the course.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Engineers
• Managers
• Technical professionals who work with or make decisions involving high-performance materials

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Compare the properties of nickel, cobalt, and iron-based superalloys
• Analyze the corrosion behavior of superalloys
• Explain the process of coating for surface protection
• Apply knowledge of superalloy properties and behavior to material selection and design decisions

COURSE OUTLINE:

1. Superalloys for high temperatures
2. Selection of superalloys
3. Understanding superalloy metallurgy
4. Melting and conversion
5. Investment casting
6. Forging and forming
7. Powder Metallurgy
8. Heat treating
9. Joining technology and practice
10. Machining
11. Cleaning and finishing
12. Structure and property relationships
13. Corrosion and protection of superalloys
14. Failure and refurbishment
15. Retrospect and future prospects of superalloys

Continuing Education Units: 2.0

Pricing:

List Price:  $ 2,275.00

Member Pricing:  $ 2,075.00
(Please make sure you use your membership email address when providing attendee information to receive your member discount.)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Those new to metallurgy
• Those in need of a solid overview of metallurgical lab practices
• Purchasing, sales, or other non-technical professionals

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Identify the steps required to prepare a metallographic sample
• Operate a metallographic microscope to observe and document the microstructure
• Compare Scanning Electron Microscopy to optical microscopy and describe the strengths and limitations of each

This course satisfies one of the requirements for the Certificate of Achievement in Metallography.

Endorsed by:

IACET CEU’s will be awarded for successful completion of the course requirements.

Continuing Education Units: 1.5

Pricing:

List Price:  $ 2,275.00

Member Pricing:  $ 2,075.00 
(Please make sure you use your membership email address when providing attendee information to receive your member discount.)

4-Day Virtual Course, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 AM-11:45 AM

This virtual only lecture course examines the analysis and control of microstructure and properties in steels, critical for many industries and applications. Microstructure identification and interpretation techniques are delivered via live online instruction, allowing students to build essential knowledge from anywhere. The course focuses specifically on metallographic preparation of steels to reveal microstructure accurately and provides practical skills for interpreting steel microstructures in real-world scenarios.

Students will learn to determine prior austenitic grain size and predict how cooling rates affect resulting microstructure—skills that apply directly to production and quality control challenges. Course content includes identification of Austenite, Ferrite, Pearlite, Bainite (upper and lower), and Martensite (lath and plate), along with explaining their formation and growth mechanisms. Video footage from Lehigh University’s hot stage microscope demonstrates several phase transformations common to steels, providing valuable visual insights in real time.

Students will have direct access to the instructor through question and answer forums for personalized guidance and support.

Prefer Hands-on Learning? An in-person course with full lab experience is also available, including sample preparation, heat treatment, and hands-on metallographic analysis. See the Steel Metallography lecture and lab course, June 1-4, 2026.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

This course is ideal for professionals who need to prepare, interpret, and evaluate steel microstructures:

• Metallographers
• Laboratory Technicians
• Heat Treaters and Process Engineers
• Materials and Manufacturing Engineers
• Quality Control Personnel
• Failure Analysis Professionals
• Production Supervisors and Managers

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Analyze a wide range of ferrous microstructures: dual phase, carburized, decarburized, cold rolled, recrystallized, and others
• Correlate microstructure to mechanical properties
• Predict the effect of cooling rates and carbon content on microstructure
• Select the proper etchant for various applications

COURSE OUTLINE:

1. Sample preparation techniques and best practices
2. Identifying and interpreting ferrous microstructures
3. Heat treatment processes and their effects on microstructure
4. Recognizing cooling rate effects on hardness and microstructure
5. Microstructure analysis using case studies and example microstructure

Continuing Education Units: 1.5

Pricing:

List Price:  $ 1,875.00

Member Pricing:  $ 1,675.00 (Please make sure you use your membership email address when providing attendee information to receive your member discount.)

Your instructor will give you a comprehensive overview of technology, science, and key concepts for the entire course. The sessions and discussions are very interactive and create an environment where questions are always welcome.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS CLASS?

• Component designers
• Operators
• Technicians
• Manufacturers
• Engineers
• Management
• Anyone with an interest in metallurgy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe how metals behave and why, including why and how they can be formed
• Recognize how metals can be strengthened by alloying, cold-working, and heat treatment
• Identify how metals can be shaped by casting, forging, forming, machining, or welding, and how these processes can alter properties
• Recognize why metals and alloys are not behaving as expected and how they can be made to behave as needed
• Identify what metal or alloy to use for specific combinations of properties

COURSE OUTLINE

1. History of Metals
2. Extractive Metallurgy
3. Solidification of Metals
4. Metal Forming
5. Mechanical Properties and Their Measurement
6. Steels and Cast Irons: Applications and Metallurgy
7. Heat Treatment of Steel
8. Case Hardening of Steel
9. Strengthening Mechanisms
10. Nonferrous Metals
11. Joining
12. Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention
13. Quality Control and Failure Analysis
14. Materials Characterization and the Selection Process

Continuing Education Units: 3.0

Pricing:

List Price:  $ 3,075.00

Member Pricing:  $ 2,875.00 (discount will be applied during the cart check-out process)

Your instructor will give you a comprehensive overview of technology, science, and key concepts for the entire course. The sessions and discussions are very interactive and create an environment where questions are always welcome.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS CLASS?

• Component designers
• Operators
• Technicians
• Manufacturers
• Engineers
• Management
• Anyone with an interest in metallurgy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe how metals behave and why, including why and how they can be formed
• Recognize how metals can be strengthened by alloying, cold-working, and heat treatment
• Identify how metals can be shaped by casting, forging, forming, machining, or welding, and how these processes can alter properties
• Recognize why metals and alloys are not behaving as expected and how they can be made to behave as needed
• Identify what metal or alloy to use for specific combinations of properties

COURSE OUTLINE

1. History of Metals
2. Extractive Metallurgy
3. Solidification of Metals
4. Metal Forming
5. Mechanical Properties and Their Measurement
6. Steels and Cast Irons: Applications and Metallurgy
7. Heat Treatment of Steel
8. Case Hardening of Steel
9. Strengthening Mechanisms
10. Nonferrous Metals
11. Joining
12. Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention
13. Quality Control and Failure Analysis
14. Materials Characterization and the Selection Process

Continuing Education Units: 3.0

Pricing:

List Price:  $ 3,075.00

Member Pricing:  $ 2,875.00 (discount will be applied during the cart check-out process)

The unique properties of the shape memory alloy Nitinol have led to many transformational medical device innovations, including self-expanding stents, percutaneous delivered heart valves, kink resistant guide wires, and self-locking orthopedic devices. Its superelastic qualities allow the alloy to withstand large amounts of recoverable strain, and its potential for excellent biocompatibility and fatigue resistance make it the material of choice for some of the most demanding medical device applications. However, Nitinol’s unique properties are very dependent upon alloy composition and processing.

In this course, you will learn the variables that affect Nitinol’s properties, how to control them, and how its unique properties can be applied in medical devices.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, you can successfully:

• Identify the reasons for Nitinol’s unique properties
• Describe how Nitinol performs in a variety of conditions
• Describe basic Nitinol device manufacturing principles
• Recognize how to apply the benefits of Nitinol’s properties to real world applications

WHO SHOULD ENROLL:

• Manufacturing Engineers
• Quality Engineers
• Device Designers
• Biomedical Engineers
• Technicians
• Test Engineers who are working with Nitinol in Industry, Government or Academia.
• Individuals new to the industry
• Individuals with new roles/responsibilities that require a fundamental understanding of Nitinol’s application in medical device design.

COURSE OUTLINE:

Fundamentals of Shape Memory

1. History
2. Shape Memory and Superelasticity
3. Thermal and Mechanical Properties
4. ASTM Standards

Nitinol Processing

1. Melting
2. Hot and Cold Working
3. Shape Setting
4. Machining and Joining

Design and Application

1. Where is Nitinol Used?
2. Medical Device Characteristics
3. Design Case Studies

Environmental Effects

Continuing Education Units: 2.0

Pricing:

List Price:  $ 2,275.00

Member Pricing:  $ 2,075.00 (discount will be applied during the cart check-out process)

The unique properties of the shape memory alloy Nitinol have led to many transformational medical device innovations, including self-expanding stents, percutaneous delivered heart valves, kink resistant guide wires, and self-locking orthopedic devices. Its superelastic qualities allow the alloy to withstand large amounts of recoverable strain, and its potential for excellent biocompatibility and fatigue resistance make it the material of choice for some of the most demanding medical device applications. However, Nitinol’s unique properties are very dependent upon alloy composition and processing.

In this course, you will learn the variables that affect Nitinol’s properties, how to control them, and how its unique properties can be applied in medical devices.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, you can successfully:

• Identify the reasons for Nitinol’s unique properties
• Describe how Nitinol performs in a variety of conditions
• Describe basic Nitinol device manufacturing principles
• Recognize how to apply the benefits of Nitinol’s properties to real world applications

WHO SHOULD ENROLL:

• Manufacturing Engineers
• Quality Engineers
• Device Designers
• Biomedical Engineers
• Technicians
• Test Engineers who are working with Nitinol in Industry, Government or Academia.
• Individuals new to the industry
• Individuals with new roles/responsibilities that require a fundamental understanding of Nitinol’s application in medical device design.

COURSE OUTLINE:

Fundamentals of Shape Memory

1. History
2. Shape Memory and Superelasticity
3. Thermal and Mechanical Properties
4. ASTM Standards

Nitinol Processing

1. Melting
2. Hot and Cold Working
3. Shape Setting
4. Machining and Joining

Design and Application

1. Where is Nitinol Used?
2. Medical Device Characteristics
3. Design Case Studies

Environmental Effects

Continuing Education Units: 2.0

Pricing:

List Price:  $ 2,275.00

Member Pricing:  $ 2,075.00  (discount will be applied during the cart check-out process)

Your instructor will give you a comprehensive overview of technology, science, and key concepts for the entire course. The sessions and discussions are very interactive and create an environment where questions are always welcome.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS CLASS?

• Component designers
• Operators
• Technicians
• Manufacturers
• Engineers
• Management
• Anyone with an interest in metallurgy

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe how metals behave and why, including why and how they can be formed
• Recognize how metals can be strengthened by alloying, cold-working, and heat treatment
• Identify how metals can be shaped by casting, forging, forming, machining, or welding, and how these processes can alter properties
• Recognize why metals and alloys are not behaving as expected and how they can be made to behave as needed
• Identify what metal or alloy to use for specific combinations of properties

COURSE OUTLINE

1. History of Metals
2. Extractive Metallurgy
3. Solidification of Metals
4. Metal Forming
5. Mechanical Properties and Their Measurement
6. Steels and Cast Irons: Applications and Metallurgy
7. Heat Treatment of Steel
8. Case Hardening of Steel
9. Strengthening Mechanisms
10. Nonferrous Metals
11. Joining
12. Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention
13. Quality Control and Failure Analysis
14. Materials Characterization and the Selection Process

Continuing Education Units: 3.0

Pricing:

List Price:  $ 3,075.00

Member Pricing:  $ 2,875.00  (discount will be applied during the cart check-out process)