Our Recent Work

R&R Data Services continues to provide high quality, state-of-the-art services related to scientific and technical data. Brief summaries of some of our projects are given below. Contact us for further details and how we can help you ensure your S&T data are fully exploited.

Cheminformatics

Since 2016, Dr. Rumble has been Editor-in-Chief of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, the premier online and printed source of comprehensive high-quality data in these areas. He has expanded coverage of the online system and streamlined the print edition to increase its usability for students, teachers, and researchers in industry, academia, and government laboratories.

Nanoinformatics

In 2012, Dr. Rumble was asked by CODATA (www.coadata.org) and ICSU (www.icsu.org) to lead a multi-disciplinary, international project on nanomaterials data. After building a Working Group with experts from more than 13 disciplines (as provided by international scientific unions) and holding six international workshops, the CODATA WG has produced a Uniform Description System for nanomaterials. Details are available at www.codata.org/nanomaterials

R&R Data is also providing nanoinformatics expertise to the EU Future Nano Needs project http://www.futurenanoneeds.eu/. This project is helping to build a framework to respond to regulatory needs of new nanomaterials and markets. Working with CODATA, R&R Data is providing expertise in developing new approaches to categorisation schemes for nanomaterials as well as in organizing meetings to achieve an international consensus on these schemes. Papers from a 2016 Workshop on Categorization of Nanomaterials, held in Brussels, are currently being prepared for publication.

Since 2018, Dr. Rumble has used the nanomaterials uniform description system as the basis for writing and getting adopted three ASTM Standard Guides for describing nanomaterials and their production. These guides were reviewed and approved by ASTM E56 on Nanotechnology and are designed to facilitate the design of nanoinformatics databases and ontologies, as well as defining the information important to report in research articles about nanomaterials.

E3144-19: Standard Guide for Reporting the Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Nano-Objects

E3206-19: Standard Guide for Reporting the Physical and Chemical Characteristics of a Collection of Nano-Objects

E3172-18: Standard Guide for Reporting Production Information and Data for Nano-Objects

Data Exchange Technologies

R&R Data provided a senior technical expertise on materials data standards to the CEN (European Standardization Organization) Workshop of Standards for the Electronic Reporting in the Engineering Sector (CEN/WS-SERES). This two year project reviewed existing exchange methodologies and proposing a harmonized approach to the description of materials. CEN/WS SERES also provided an in-depth review of European and international standards committees involved in materials specifications and testing. One key feature of the work was the close collaboration with industry to validate proposed exchange technologies. The final report is available at ftp://ftp.cencenelec.eu/CEN/WhatWeDo/Fields/ICT/eBusiness/WS/SERES/CWA_16762_2014_SERES.pdf

Assessment of International S&T Data Resources

The first major assessment of the availability and quality of ceramic property data on an international scale. Over 100 resources were identified and analyzed in terms of scope and currency of coverage, cost, and ease of access. In-person interviews were held with ceramic data managers in China, Japan, and Korea. A two-day workshop brought together data suppliers and users in the United States. Results were used as part of market survey for potential web-based data services. The final report was made available to the general public http://ceramics.org/knowledge-center/ceramic-resource-center/e-ceramics-2012-the-availability-quality-and-location-of-ceramic-property-data

Scientific Data Workshops

R&R Data staff are accomplished meeting organizers, especially of high-impact, focused workshops intended to produce actions, not just reports. During last four years, we have organized successful workshops, conferences, and conference sessions for the U.S. government, professional societies, and international scientific organizations in places as diverse as Washington, Paris, the Netherlands, Montreal, and Beijing, We write the prospectus, set up agendas, identify and invite speakers, locate and make arrangement for venues, breaks, meals, and accommodations, handle registration and fees, and prepare workshop materials. When requested, we also prepare and publish workshop reports.