Cambridge, June 2006

Granta Supports NASA Award-Winners

Granta technology has supported the MAPTIS II development team, recently awarded a 'One NASA' award for their work in providing NASA, NASA contractors, and NASA-associated organizations with a single-point source and access to materials information.

The team of engineers from the materials and process laboratory at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, led by Michael Mitchell, has created a web-based application that revises and expands the original MAPTIS database. MAPTIS consisted primarily of space environmental data generated by NASA test organizations, along with documentation on materials certification for space applications. MAPTIS-II adds mechanical, physical, thermal, thermophysical, and thermal protection system materials properties. Data has been included from tests conducted at NASA/MSFC (4 test groups), NASA/JSC’s White Sands Test Facility, NASA/KSC, NASA/GSFC, and NASA/JPL. Links were also established to external data sources such as ASM International and MMPDS.

Through NASA's membership of the Material Data Management Consortium, GRANTA MI has been deployed as a key enabling technology for the MAPTIS project. The project and award illustrate the value of effective materials information management to a world-leading engineering organization.

More information (external links correct at date of publication):

NASA award: www.onenasa.nasa.gov/TRIBUTES/center_awards/maptis.htm
GRANTA MI: www.grantadesign.com/products/mi/
MDMC: www.mdmc.net