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Materials Database

An engineering materials & component library for Motorola's mobile-device teams — a single source of truth for tracking materials, inventory and scheduling, with deep physical properties across every engineering discipline.

Materials EngineeringComponent LibraryCustomizable FieldsRIA Services + MVVM
Engineering discipline tabs
P/N
Component-level part detail
Drag & drop
User-customizable display
RIA
Silverlight data layer
Properties under management
01ρDensity
02EElastic Modulus
03σTensile Strength
04νPoisson Ratio
05λThermal
06RaRoughness
07εSurface Emissivity
08📡Antenna
One material, every discipline

A multi-discipline material model

Each material is described across four engineering disciplines — so structural, thermal and antenna engineers all work from the same record, each seeing the properties that matter to them.

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General

  • Material class & name
  • Identifier & process
  • Part number & notes
  • Density & roughness
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Structural

  • Elastic modulus
  • Tensile strength
  • Poisson ratio
  • Yield strength
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Thermal

  • Fluid mol weight
  • Surface emissivity
  • Thermal behavior
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Antenna

  • RF / antenna traits
  • Discipline completion
  • Access-controlled data
The application

Search it, edit it, shape it to fit you

From a powerful material search to a tabbed editor and a drag-and-drop display designer, the app put engineers in control of their own data views. Click any screen to enlarge.

Edit Material
Edit Material · General / Structural / Antenna / ThermalEdit Material — tabbed editor with general values, document and supplier links
Tabbed material editor. Capture general values, per-discipline properties, access level, plus linked document and supplier URLs — all on one screen.
Material Search
Material SearchMaterial Search — criteria, results grid and output options
Powerful search. Filter by class, identifier, security level, program and completeness, then print, edit, copy or export results.
Customize Display
Customize DisplayCustomize Display — drag fields from the library into user field groups
Drag-and-drop views. Build personal field groups by dragging from the field library — save, reuse and share custom layouts.
Capabilities

More than a table of parts

A real engineering tool — request, search, customize, template and govern.

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Material search

Rich, multi-field search across class, identifier, program and security level with sortable, exportable results.

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New-material requests

A request queue lets engineers submit new materials for review and entry into the shared library.

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Customizable display

Drag-and-drop field groups let each user shape the data view to their discipline and workflow.

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Output templates

Define and apply output templates — including scientific-notation formatting — for clean, consistent reports.

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Document & supplier links

Attach document and supplier URLs to any material, keeping spec sheets and sourcing a click away.

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Access & security

Per-material access levels and security keep sensitive engineering data with the right people.

Architecture & role

Built on the Silverlight LOB stack

I delivered the UI/UX and web development — a responsive, highly interactive engineering tool with drag-and-drop customization on a clean data layer.

Microsoft SilverlightMVVMWCF RIA ServicesDrag-and-Drop UI SQL Server.NETUI/UX · Web Design · Web Development
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