| Description |
Address |
| ASM
International (Free) |
http://www.asm-intl.org/ |
Advanced
Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (ALCOM)
Liquid crystal investigators, research,
short courses, and conferences (Free) |
http://alcom.kent.edu/ |
Advanced
Materials & Processes Technology Information
Analysis Center (AMPTIAC)
Materials & processing products (books and
databooks), technical inquiries, consulting,
upcoming conferences, and library services
(document location, bibliographies, and
referrals) (Free) |
http://amptiac.alionscience.com/ |
Alfred
University - School for Ceramic Engineering
& Materials Science
Faculty, ceramic & glass research areas,
facilities, and CEMS newsletter (Free) |
http://nyscc.alfred.edu/cems/index.html |
American
Foundry Society (AFS)
Society overview, metalcasting related news,
metalcasting related books and publications,
metalcasting training videos |
http://www.afsinc.org |
American
Institute of Chemical Engineers
Searches of AIChE related journals and publications
(Free) |
http://www.aiche.com |
American
Iron & Steel Institute - Steel Works
News, steel links, statistics, markets &
applications, and publications (Free) |
http://www.steel.org/ |
American
National Standards Institute (ANSI)
ANSI information, news, upcoming events,
and engineering links (Free) |
http://www.ansi.org/ |
American
Society of Testing & Materials (ASTM)
Membership, publications, search for ASTM
standards and publications, and laboratory
directory (Free) |
http://www.astm.org/ |
American
Welding Society
Membership, seminars, publications, events,
welding links (Free) |
http://www.aws.org/ |
Ames
Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy
General information, educational programs,
technical services (Free) |
http://www.external.ameslab.gov |
Applied
Research Lab at Penn State
Materials science research, hydrodynamics,
manufacturing technology, acoustics & vibration
control (Free) |
http://www.arl.psu.edu/index.html |
Army
Research Laboratory (ARL)
Organization information, public affairs,
technical directorates, research facilities
and ARL phonebook (Free) |
http://www.arl.army.mil/main/Main/default.cfm |
Association
of Iron and Steel Engineers
Upcoming conferences, publications, member
services |
http://www.aise.org |
Automotive
Steels
Steelmakers, publications, glossary, events,
and related links (Free) |
http://www.autosteel.org/ |
CASI
TRS (RECONselect)
Searchable database containing bibliographic
citations & abstracts for publicly available
aerospace documents, conference proceedings,
and journal articles (Free) |
http://www.sti.nasa.gov/RECONselect.html |
CS
ChemFinder Chemical Information Server-Cambridge
Soft
Chemical database covering physical properties
and 2-D chemical structures (Free) |
http://chemfinder.camsoft.com/ |
Cambridge
Scientific Abstracts
Bibliographic database covering the world's
literature on metals, materials (Free trial
membership, then fee charged) |
http://www.csa.com |
Carderock
Division; Naval Surface Warfare Center
General Division information, description
of facilities, area of expertise |
http://www.dt.navy.mil |
Carnegie
Mellon University-Center for Iron & Steel
Research
Industry members, faculty, research, publications,
and steel related links |
http://neon.mems.cmu.edu/cisr/cisr.html |
Case
Western Reserve University-Polymers & Liquid
Crystals
Virtual textbook of polymers & liquid crystals
(general background, applications, and preparation)
and links to liquid crystal sites (Free) |
http://plc.cwru.edu |
Center
for Non-Destructive Evaluation at Iowa State
University
Newsletter, NDE links, Engine Titanium Consortium
(Free) |
http://www.cnde.iastate.edu/ |
Ceramic
& Industrial Minerals
Links to suppliers, manufacturers, and consultants
in the ceramic industry (Free) |
http://www.ceramics.com |
Clarkson
University - Center for Advanced Materials
Processing (CAMP)
Background information, faculty, newsletters,
research areas (colloidal particles/surface
technologies, thin films, and supporting
technology) (Free) |
http://www.clarkson.edu/camp/ |
Composite
Fabricators Association (CFA)
Membership, publications, meetings, seminars,
technical services, and links (Free) |
http://www.cfa-hq.org/ |
Composite
Materials Handbook Website
Up-to-date overview on the field of composite
(MMC, CMC, PMC) technology and engineering)
(Free, books cots) WWW links to other composite
materials web sites. |
http://www.mil17.org/ |
Defense
Technical Information Center (DTIC) Home
Page
Organization information, conferences, phone
numbers, registration and ordering information
(document, databases, reference tools, training
aids) (Free, searches and documents cost) |
http://www.dtic.mil/ |
Drexel
University-Fibrous Materials Research Center
(FMRC)
Fibrous Materials Research Center overview,
capabilities, and services provided to industry
(Free) |
http://www.materials.drexel.edu/FMRL/fmrc.html |
Edinburgh
Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL)
Databases of engineering/materials resources
(Free searches) |
http://eevl.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ |
Electronic
Selected Current Aerospace Notices (E-SCAN)
Searchable database of recently issued report
& journal articles dealing with a wide range
of engineering & science topics (Free) |
http://gopher.sti.nasa.gov/scan/scan.html |
Environmental
Science Center Databases
Databases on physical properties, solvents,
toxic substances, atmospheric oxidation,
compilation of ozone depletion potentials,
and environmental fate. |
http://www.syrres.com/esc/databases.htm |
European
Commission-Information Service
Links to databases and web sites offering
information on materials and science related
issues in countries belonging to the European
Union (Free) |
http://publications.eu.int/index_en.html |
Federal
Acquisition Jump Station
Links to federal government acquisitions
on the internet |
http://nais.nasa.gov/fedproc/home.html |
Georgia
Tech-Materials Science & Engineering Research
Research centers, faculty contacts, and
research areas (ceramic coatings, composites,
corrosion, high performance materials, electronic
assemblies reliability...) (Free) |
http://www.mse.gatech.edu/ |
Illinois
Institute of Technology-Mechanical,
Materials & Aerospace Engineering
Faculty and research (powder materials &
fluid dynamics (Free) |
http://mmae.iit.edu/ |
Institute
for Scientific Information (ISI)
Science Citation Index and Journal Tracker
(Fee charged, can order CD-ROM, magnetic
tape, print, or online format) |
http://www.isinet.com |
International
Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS)
Membership (Cost) Meetings, and liquid crystal
links (Free) |
http://scorpio.kent.edu/ILCS/ |
International
Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Information about ISO, meetings, links to
world-wide standard organizations (Free) |
http://www.iso.ch/ |
Iron
& Steel Society (ISS)
Meetings, membership, and publications (Free) |
http://www.iss.org/ |
LSU's
Libraries' US Federal Government Agencies
Page
Links to government web sites (agencies,
bureaus, branches, commissions, labs, departments,
and organizations) (Free) |
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html |
Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory
General information about Lawrence Livermore
Laboratory, many scientific and government
links |
http://www.llnl.gov |
Los
Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
News, organization information, and research
areas (Free) |
http://www.lanl.gov/external/index.html |
MEMS
Material Database
Material properties of interest to microelectro
mechanical systems researchers (Free) |
http://www.memsnet.org/material/ |
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology - Department of
Materials Science & Engine
Faculty, research areas, and research groups
(Free) |
http:www-dmse.mit.edu/ |
MatWeb
- The Online Materials Database
Material properties database (Free) |
http://www.matweb.com |
Materials
Properties Handbooks Operation
Distributes The Aerospace Structural Metals
Handbook, The Sructural Alloys Handbook,
The Damage Tolerant Design Handbook, and
The Composite Failure Analysis Handbook |
https://engineering.purdue.edu/IIES/MPHO/CRDA_Handbooks/ |
Metal
Suppliers Online
Metals database (Search for materials properties,
supplier of a specific grade & product,
or supplier information) (Fee charged) |
http://www.suppliersonline.com |
MicroPatent
- Patent & Trademark Information
Patents, trademarks, and patent pending
searches (Fee charged) |
http://www.micropat.com/ |
Modern
Plastics & Modern Plastics International
Articles, world tradeshows, tradename directory,
plastics and current news (Free) |
http://www.modplas.com/ |
NACE
International
Corrosion publications, conferences,
standards, and corrosion links (Free) |
http://www.nace.org/ |
NIST
Atomic Spectroscopic Database
Database of atomic energy levels, wavelengths,
transition probabilities (Free) |
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/ASD1/nist_atomic_spectra.html |
NIST
Center for Theoretical and Computational
Materials Science
archives, software, project descriptions |
http://www.ctcms.nist.gov |
National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Virtual Library
Online library catalog and other fee bases
services (Free online library catalog search,
other search services are fee based) |
http://nvl.nist.gov |
National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Physics Laboratory
Materials Database containing physical constants,
atomic spectroscopic data, x-ray and gamma
data, nuclear physics data, and other NIST
data (Free) |
http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/contents.html |
Naval
Research Laboratory (NRL)
Organizational directory, laboratory directory,
publications, and research sites (Free) |
http://www.nrl.navy.mil/ |
Oak
Ridge National Lab - Modeling of Weld Microstructure
Development
TTT & CCT prediction program, ferrite number
predictions, and diffusional growth movie |
http://engm01.ms.ornl.gov/ |
Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) - Metals
& Ceramics Division
Overview, research sections, research programs,
and facilities (Free) |
http://www.ms.ornl.gov/mchome.htm |
Penn
State University - Graduate Program in Acoustics
Areas of research, faculty, conferences,
list of theses from 1967-present, and acoustics
links (Free) |
http://www.acs.psu.edu/ |
PlasticNews
News stories, searchable listings of commercial
data, contacts for over 1,500 companies
(compounders, recyclers, and plastic lumber
makers), and historical resin pricing data
(Free, but subscribers get more information) |
http://www.plasticsnews.com/ |
Plastics
Technology/PLASPEC
As of Feb '99 has a new free daily news
service, with a free search engine retrieval
service to subscribers that's linked to
five years of archived articles. Also, home
of PLASPEC databank, which is being upgraded
in Feb '99 but may be fee-based |
http://www.plasticstechnology.com |
Plastics
Institute of America
Education & research organization including
on-site training |
http://www.eng.uml.edu/~PIA/ |
Plastics
Dotcom
Basic guides to plastics, description of
material properties, links to polymer produces,
recyclers, equipment, and tooling (Free) |
http://www.plastics.com/ |
Polyurethane
Foam Association
Publications, glossary, meetings, and keyword
search (Free) |
http://www.pfa.org/ |
Principal
Metals Online
Website offers property database, weight
calculator, pipe calculator, metric conversion
calculator, a glossary of terms and a specifications
cross-index |
http://www.principalmetals.com/ |
QPAT-US
US patent searches from 1974 (full text)
- pay subscribers Abstracts Database - free
if you register (Fee charged) |
http://www.qpat.com/ |
Rapra
Technology LTD.
Polymer & Rubber Database, polymer industry
directory (polymers, additives, machinery,
products) (Cost, depends on service) |
http://www.rapra.net/ |
| Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute - Research
Centers Research areas (electronics,
composites, robotics, automation & handling...),
faculty, and researchers (Free) |
http://www.eng.rpi.edu/WWW/Research/centers.html |
Rome
Laboratory (RL)
Organization information, technology research
areas, facilities, and contacts (Free) |
http://www.rl.af.mil/ |
SAMPE
- Society for the Advancement of Materials
& Process Engineering
Information and publications on advanced
materials and composites. Member information,
meting schedule, etc. |
http://www.sampe.org/ |
SPE,
Injection Molding Division
|
http://www.injectionmolding.org |
SPIE
Photonics Gateway
WWW Virtual Library for Optical Science
and Engineering (Links to sites containing
information on specific topics within the
Virtual Library) (Free) |
http://spie.org/CommunityServices/PhotonicsGateway/ |
Sandia
National Laboratory (SNL)
Organization information, news, research,
events, and conferences (Free) |
http://www.sandia.gov/ |
Society
of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Databases (aerospace specs, fuels & lubricants,
highway vehicles, SAE publications & standards),
membership information, and meetings (Free,
databases cost) |
http://www.sae.org/ |
Society
of Plastics Engineers (SPE)
Membership, publications, industry events,
classified ads, and plastic links (Free) |
http://www.4spe.org/ |
Superplasticity
on the Web - Michigan Technical University
Superplasticity processing, research, conferences,
literature searches, and aluminum alloys
property database (Free) |
http://callisto.my.mtu.edu/superplasticity.html |
The
American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
Membership, meetings, and ceramic & glass
publications (Free) |
http://www.acers.org/ |
The
Composite Corner
Links to composite materials sites (academic,
associations, consultants, corporations,
government, and suppliers) (Free) |
http://advmat.com/ |
The
Composites News Supersite
Recent and past news events in the composites/materials
community, book ordering utility, calendar
of composites and materials related meetings
nationwide (Free - but must obtain login
password) |
http://www.compositesnews.com/ |
The
Copper Page
Bibliographic database, properties, properties,
suppliers, market data, standards, and copper
links (Free) |
http://www.copper.org/ |
The
European Ceramic Society
Members, working groups, conferences, and
information on the Journal of the European
Ceramic Society (Free) |
http://www.chem.tue.nl/ecers |
The
Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering
Electronic journal for all aspects of corrosion
currently offered through the web on a trial
basis |
http://www2.umist.ac.uk/corrosion/JCSE/ |
The
Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
Meetings, membership, and publications (Free) |
http://www.tms.org/ |
The
National Textile Center - University Research
Consortium
Fibers/fabric products & manufacturing,
research briefs, textile links, biographies
& keyword search (Free) |
http://www.ntcresearch.org/ |
The
Naval Underseas Warfare Center (NUWC)
Facilities, capabilities, research areas
(Free) |
http://www.nuwc.navy.mil/ |
The
Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI)
Meetings, plastic links, membership, book
orders, and trade shows (Free) |
http://www.socplas.org/ |
The
WWW Virtual Library
A variety of engineering subjects (examples:
crystallography, chemistry, ceramics...).
These subjects are then broken down into
internet links (universities, companies,
labs, journals, and scientific conferences)
(Free) |
http://www.w3.org/vl/ |
The
WWW Virtual Library: Technical Ceramics
Ceramic engineering links to universities,
labs, commercial sites, journals, societies,
and conferences (Free) |
http://www.ikts.fhg.de/ceramics.html |
Thermal
Spray Society
Thermal spray technology glossary and meetings
(Free) |
http://www.asm-intl.org/tss/ |
Thermophysical
Properties Awareness Club
Information about TPAC, TPAC activities,
links to other thermophysical properties
clubs |
http://www.npl.co.uk/npl/collaboration/clubs/tpac |
U.S.
Army TACOM Armament Research, Development,
and Engineering Center (TACOM)
Facilities, Competencies, Capabilities (Free) |
http://www.pica.army.mil/ardec/ |
US
Patent and Trademark Office
Database of front page information from
US patents issued from 1/1/76. |
http://patents.uspto.gov |
University
Microfilms International (UMI)
Search 1.4 million dissertations and theses,
also has links to ProQuest Direct to search
through 4,000 publications (Free dissertation
and theses search, ProQuest Direct (need
account)) |
http://www.umi.com |
University
of California, Berkeley - UC Berkeley Library
Web
Engineering resources on the internet (engineering
societies, government resources, patents,
standards, publishers, and some engineering
libraries) (Free) |
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENGI/net.html |
University
of Delaware - Center for Composite Materials
Faculty, research, and publications (Free)
|
http://www.ccm.udel.edu/
|
University
of Iowa at Ames-Materials Preparation Center
Specializes in research on high-purity metals,
rare earth metals & alloys, and single crystals.
The Materials Preparation Center also has
a materials referral system and hotline
(MRSH) which deals with specialized materials.
(Free) |
http://www.external.ameslab.gov/
|
University
of Massachusetts Lowell
Division of Continuing Education
New England's largest public educator in
the areas of engineering & science. It's
Plastics Engineering Department, established
in 1954, is a major leader in the field
of plastics. |
http://www.uml.edu/DCE
|
University
of Michigan - Materials Science and Engineering
Faculty, laboratories, and research groups
(ceramics, metals, composites, and polymers)
(Free) |
http://www.engin.umich.edu/college/research.department
/mse.html |
University
of Rochester - The Institute of Optics
Faculty, research, laboratories, and books
(Free) |
http://www.optics.rochester.edu:8080/
|
University
of Virginia - Department of Materials Science
& Engineering
Research centers (electrochemical, processing
of materials, and light metals), faculty,
and links to corrosion and web sites (Free)
|
http://www.virginia.edu/ms/ |
Vermont
SIRI MSDS
Great search engine site for up-to-date
MSDS sheets on plastics, resins, reinforcements
|
http://hazard.com/msds2/ |
WeldNet
Links to welding and materials joining resources,
searchable abstract databases, news, welding
information (Free) |
http://www.ewi.org |
Wright
Laboratory
Technical Directories. Lab directorates,
facilities handbook, research areas, publications
(Free) |
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/ |
