Materials Knowledge Base

A team of scientists, engineers, and developers from AFRL and RJ Lee Group, Inc., recently completed functional prototype development of the Materials Knowledge Base (MKB), an object-based data repository for laboratory materials characterization information. Constructed as part of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract, MKB demonstrates enormous potential to affect the way data collection, processing, storage, and sharing occurs. The prototype knowledge base and data management system supports AFRL's aerospace materials research and development efforts, paving the way for unprecedented project collaboration and data accessibility that the development team believes will revolutionize the way AFRL scientists and engineers collect, process, store, and share materialsrelated data.