1. Knovel Overview for the Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia
Elsevier Engineering Solutions
Prepared for: Institute of Solid State Physics
Last Updated: June, 2017

2. Topics What is Knovel? Who uses Knovel? Why Knovel?
Use Case Example: Material Selection

3. The development and design stages of the engineering workflow have some of the biggest demands for technical information.
Development
Preliminary Design
Detail Design
Problem and requirements definition
Concept generation and selection
Define design specifications
Feasibility assessments / tradeoffs studies
Generate analytical models
Preliminary design review
Validate design using simulation software
Refine design & generate engineering drawings
Create formal documentation and draft production plan
Development and Design Driven
Requirements / Research
Research Driven
Process Driven
Development
Preliminary Design
Detail Design
Problem and requirements definition
Concept generation and selection
Define design specifications
Feasibility assessments / tradeoffs studies
Generate analytical models
Preliminary design review
Validate design using simulation software
Refine design & generate engineering drawings
Create formal documentation and draft production plan
Requirements / Research
Manufacture / Construction
Operations
Customer requirements
Develop manufacturing/ logistics plan & schedule
Establish & maintain logistics / distribution & service links
Market and technologies benchmarking and research
Specify & produce equipment and tooling
Provide technical support to maintain processes
Identify relevant standards
Functional testing/ verification testing
Overhaul, repair & modifications
Engineering teams need:
Decisions that can be traced back to reputable sources
Just-in-time answers for problems that have expensive stakes and consequences
New insights for exploring solutions and improving approaches
Best practice information that enhance information and models
Knovel is primarily used in the applied stages of the engineering lifecycle to increase productivity in designing for construction, mass implementation and commercial production of innovative products.

4. Engineers spend too much time hunting for information and worrying about what they don’t know
“I don’t even know what’s available”
Engineers spend 25% of the business week (9 hrs) working
with external information,
“It’s too difficult to get the results I’m looking for”
40% of which is spent gathering information
“I just don’t have enough time”
Outsell’s End-User Study: Engineering and Science Professionals 2014

5. Source: Parthenon Engineering Tools and Information Study, 2012 (600+ Engineers)
For engineers, trusted content is key, but the way in which data is delivered and easy to integrate is also important
Overall engineering information pain points (1=Not important, 7= Highly important)
Content
3.5
4.0
4.2
4.4
4.5
4.6
Navigating multiple information sources 
Finding previous examples or best practices
Validating reliability of information
Finding technical information through my company
Data
analytics
Finding the right equations
Lack of templates or formulas to calculation applications
Lack of templates or formulas in Excel
Platform &
Delivery
Porting information from other sources
Lack of access of information on mobile
Sharing data with others
Q: Please rate the significance of the following potential pain points in your engineering process:
(1=Not a significant cause of frustration and 7=Extremely significant cause of frustration)

6. Knovel is an engineering information, discovery and decision-support solution that delivers vital technical data and powerful search and analytical tools through a cloud-based application.

7. With over 15 years in the market, Knovel has a large and loyal customer base in multiple industries with heavy engineering information needs
Since 2000, founded by trio of engineers and entrepreneurs
700+ Corporate, Academic & Government Customers
Used by hundreds of thousands of Engineers Worldwide
Serves top engineering firms in Oil & Gas, Specialty Chemical, Aerospace & Defense and Engineering Design & Construction and top engineering and technology universities in 40 countries
Hundreds of thousands of Engineers Worldwide use Knovel
Once engineers learn about Knovel, they appreciate saving time and effort when they need answers to technical question.
Our customers are in good company:
74 Fortune 500 (2011 list)
5 of the Top 10 Constituents on FTSE 100 Index (FTSE 100 companies represent about 81% of the market capitalisation of the whole London Stock Exchange. The FTSE 100 is by far the most widely used UK stock market indicator list)
7 of the top 15 Engineering Design companies Publication Date: 4/25/2011 (ENR)
7 of the top 10 Aerospace and Defense firms Publication Date: June 2011 (Aviation Week)
12 of the top 15 US Engineering Schools Publication Date: March 2011 (US NEWS & World Report) 7

8. Who uses Knovel?
Hundreds of thousands of Engineers Worldwide use Knovel
Once engineers learn about Knovel, they appreciate saving time and effort when they need answers to technical question.
Our customers are in good company:
74 Fortune 500 (2011 list)
5 of the Top 10 Constituents on FTSE 100 Index (FTSE 100 companies represent about 81% of the market capitalisation of the whole London Stock Exchange. The FTSE 100 is by far the most widely used UK stock market indicator list)
7 of the top 15 Engineering Design companies Publication Date: 4/25/2011 (ENR)
7 of the top 10 Aerospace and Defense firms Publication Date: June 2011 (Aviation Week)
12 of the top 15 US Engineering Schools Publication Date: March 2011 (US NEWS & World Report)
Other includes keywords like: Aerospace, Materials, Chemistry, Manufacturing, Environmental, Petroleum, nuclear, software 8

9. Why customers use Knovel
Saves engineers time and alleviates frustration points in their work
8% reduction in project completion time and 9% reduction in project rework time through use of Knovel*
49% would spend more hours per month finding and analyzing info if they do not have Knovel*
Provides answers engineers can trust – to help them avoid costly mistakes
Vetted by reputable publishers & societies
Put through stringent selection process driven by engineering experts
Delivers relevant information & tools immediately applicable to engineering projects
83% of respondents use Knovel and directly apply findings to a specific project*
Helps engineers innovate: Respondents most commonly indicate that Knovel helps*:
Develop new or improve designs/products (47%)
Get up-to-speed (41%)
Develop new or improved processes (39%)
Best in class engineering companies incorporate Knovel into those strategies. As you’ll see from these statistics, with Knovel engineers
-save time
avoid costly mistakes
incorporate information into their workflows
and expand their personal knowledge base
* Based on the survey of 2,336 Knovel users 9

10. Information Essentials: With general reference and specialized engineering content and unique databases, Knovel carefully curates and aggregates content from 120+ providers
Established, accepted science sourced from 120+recognized societies & publishing partners/Elsevier’s content is less than 20% of total
Stringent selection process driven by customer requests and vetted by industry experts
Developed by product team members, partners and advisers with deep engineering, content and market experience
Note: Knovel does not search, store or manipulate a customer's internal data
Data Analysis Tools integrated into Engineering Workflow

11. Material Solutions: Through Knovel’s exclusive critical tables and materials and substance databases, our users already have critical property data at their fingertips.
Mechanical properties data
Chemical properties data
Corrosion data, case studies
Coatings information
Material properties

12. Technical Reference Modules Premium Content Offerings
*Most used by Chemicals industry users
Technical Reference Modules
Adhesives, Coatings, Sealants & Inks
Aerospace & Radar Technology
Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology
Ceramics & Ceramic Engineering
Chemistry, & Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering & Construction Materials
Composites
Computer Hardware Engineering
Earth Sciences
Electrical &Power Engineering
Electronics & Semiconductors
Engineering Management & Leadership
Environment & Environmental Engineering
Fire Protection Engineering & Emergency Response
Food Science
General Engineering & Project Administration
Industrial Engineering & Operations Management
Manufacturing Engineering
Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture
Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering
Metals & Metallurgy
Mining Engineering & Extractive Metallurgy
Nanotechnology
Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation
Oil & Gas Engineering
Optics & Photonics
Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetic & Toiletries
Plastics & Rubber
Process Design, Control & Automation
Safety & Industrial Hygiene
Software Engineering
Sustainable Energy & Development
Textiles
Transportation Engineering
Welding Engineering & Materials Joining
Technical reference modules are: Aggregate content & data across engineering subject areas, titles & databases from trusted sources & publishers
Premium content offerings are: Premium content & data from across trusted sources & publishers niche & exclusive to Knovel; highly interactive; branded & building blocks of vertical solutions
Premium Content Offerings
AICHE/CCPS — Chemical Process Safety
ASM International Materials Collection
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code , Section II - Materials
Chemicals Resistance Database: Plastics and Elastomers
DIPPR Project 801
Knovel Polymer Matrix Composites Database
Knovel Journal Module: Chemical Engineering

13. ‘Smart’ Content and Analytics: Engineering search capabilities and analytical tools enable users to discover new insights and related information, deepening the value they get from Knovel.
Knovel’s optimized search for engineers:
Finds data, hidden in tables, graphs, and equations
“Understands” engineering language
Allows numeric range search
Automatically performs unit conversion
Performs multi-variable search
Multi-faceted search & filters
Material/ Substance or Property Data Search

14. ‘Smart’ Content and Analytics: Engineering search capabilities and analytical tools enable users to discover new insights and related information, deepening the value they get from Knovel.
Knovel’s interactive content and productivity tools:
Easy-to-use tools for initial calculations and information validation
More than 100,000 interactive tables, graphs and equations
Customize and manipulate data as easily as sorting a spreadsheet
Digitize one or more curves by plotting points on a graph
Interactive equations library and solver
Unit converter
Interactive graphs & tables

15. Workflow Integrations: Knovel offers mobile capabilities and engineering workflow integrations with engineering software and information discovery platforms
Engineering software search integrations (eg AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit)
Export integrations with engineering and math-based tools (eg, Excel, MCAD, etc)
Mobile capabilities (My Knovel ToGo, Mobile-friendly product website)
Discovery platform and application integrations (eg Sharepoint, desktop widget, EBSCO)

16. Case Example: Material Selection
Data Search is a must-have for achieving precision in materials/properties search

17. Case Example: Material Selection
Users can search for materials with specific properties in mind. For example, in this search for flywheel material, tensile strength is an important factor in determining energy per unit weight
Material selection – in this example, the search is for flywheel material where tensile strength is an important factor in determining energy per unit weight.
A simple search for “tensile strength” and titanium, provides a range of results – both text and interactive – that help the engineer make material selection decisions.

18. Case Example: Material Selection
Users can also create an even more precise search by adding range values, in my unit of measure. Knovel takes care of the conversions.
Data Search Query Builder Matches Materials with their Properties

19. Case Example: Material Selection
Query terms highlighted, easy to sort on Temperature or Tensile Strength and manipulate as a spreadsheet
The table has been filtered to match my search criteria. I can sort columns, further filter, and select rows to EXPORT to Excel.

20. Case Example: Material Selection
It is also easy to use the basic Knovel search for material and property terms. Click the Interactive Graphs link to filter the view to interactive graph content.
Basic Search shows Results grouped by Content Types

21. Case Example: Material Selection
The GREEN area is digitized from a static graph. Users can point and click to register x and y coordinates, for easy export to EXCEL or other application.
Effects of temperature on Titanium yield strength; points plotted - ready for export to Excel

22. Case Example: Material Selection
From digitized graph to Excel Spreadsheet in seconds
Knovel export also includes SOURCE information so that Engineers have validated references to back their work.