Government Agencies & Research Labs

Highlights

• Access authoritative materials information for research or design
• Publish materials data for regulatory or standards purposes
• Manage your data from testing, design, or simulation and share it with collaborators
• Analyze data to inform materials selection, substitution, or design

Government agencies, laboratories, and other research projects may have widely differing requirements for materials information management and analysis, depending on their focus and responsibilities. However, a number of critical issues are likely to recur:

The need to access or publish reference information—you might need to get up-to-date data on materials and processes. Or you may work for a regulatory authority that needs to collate, analyze, approve, and publish such data. In either case, you face the difficulties of distributing and using complex materials information efficiently across many users.

The need to manage materials knowledge—whether your data relates to materials testing, modeling, simulation, or design, you will need to capture it, facilitate analysis, make it available across research groups or project teams, and make sure that it is retained so that it can be accessed by future projects.

The need to share information securely with collaborators—similar issues are faced in collaborative environments, for example, within large organizations such as a National Labs, or within government/industry collaborative projects. There is often a need to control access to data that may be commercially sensitive or even relate to national security.

The need to use materials data—scientists and engineers use materials information to inform design and decision making. For example, you may be looking for guidance in developing an advanced composite material, or analyzing the environmental impact of products with a view to developing guidelines on materials retirement or substitution.

Granta can help.

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