Berkeley Materials Research conducts contract research and consultation services on a range of topics related to materials processing, characterization, and mathematical modeling for various material systems, including steels, superalloys, titanium alloys, nickel alloys, and composites The areas Berkeley Materials Research has working experience include: Materials processing assisted by high energy laser (Laser Shot Peening, Laser cladding) Induction surface hardening (technology development, mathematical modeling) Inverse heat transfer calculations (quenching, heating, error by thermocouples) Microstructural transformations (austenitization, dilatometry) and HOTPOINT - The Heat Treating Workplace