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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

Sam Schmidt, Lab Manager
scmidsd@purdue.edu
765-494-9718

 

Casey Peters Safety Officer
peter878@purdue.edu
765-496-4174

 

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

Hours      Location

Graduate/Trained User Hours:  24/7
Staffed Hours:  Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm 

     Armstrong Hall
     701 W. Stadium Ave
     West Lafayette, IN 47907

Links and Resources

  1. Specimen Preparation Facilities 
  2. Optical Microscopy

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Tim VanMeter
Laboratory Technician VIII
 
765 496-3480
 
tcvanmet@purdue.edu
 
ARMS 2201-1
 
Sam Schmidt
Lab Manager
 
765-494-9718
 
schmidsd@purdue.edu
 
ARMS 2207
 
Casey Peters
Safety Officer
 
765-496-4174
 
peter878@purdue.edu
 
ARMS 2201-1