Key Fee Recharge Center

Overview of Services

A variety of equipment and consumables are available to prepare specimens for testing and characterization in the School of Materials Engineering 'Key Fee' labs. Access to the Key Fee Labs requires a flat, monthly user fee to cover costs of consumables used to cut, mount, polish, and/or analyze metal, polymer, ceramic, and composite specimens.

Leadership

Jameson Root, Lab Manager
jmroot@purdue.edu
765-496-2736

Shannon Heidrich, Safety and Mechanical Testing Technician
sheidric@purdue.edu
765-494-9718

Tim VanMeter, Lab Technician
tcvanmet@purdue.edu
765 496-3480

Getting Started

**For Purdue users: First-time users should click "Sign-up" in upper right.  Returning students will click "Login"

**For Non-Purdue users: Before you register, you must be assigned a Business Partner Number and given Purdue credentials to register/login.  

Please contact the center manager for further information.

Location and hours of operation

Links and Resources

1. Specimen Preparation Facilities 
2. Optical Microscopy

Contacts