Knovel Overview for the Institute of Solid State Physics , University of Latvia

1. Knovel OverviewfortheInstituteofSolidStatePhysics, Universityof Latvia Elsevier Engineering Solutions Prepared for:InstituteofSolidStatePhysics 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. Research Driven Development and Design Driven Process Driven Requirements / Research Requirements / Research Development Development Preliminary Design Preliminary Design Detail Design Detail Design Manufacture / Construction Operations Customer requirements Problem and requirements definition Problem and requirements definition Feasibility assessments / tradeoffs studies Feasibility assessments / tradeoffs studies Validate design using simulation software Validate design using simulation software Develop manufacturing/ logistics plan & schedule Establish & maintain logistics / distribution & service links Market and technologies benchmarking and research Concept generation and selection Concept generation and selection Generate analytical models Generate analytical models Refine design & generate engineering drawings Refine design & generate engineering drawings Specify & produce equipment and tooling Provide technical support to maintain processes Identify relevant standards Define design specifications Define design specifications Preliminary design review Preliminary design review Create formal documentation and draft production plan Create formal documentation and draft production plan 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 4.6 Navigating multiple information sources  4.5 Finding previous examples or best practices 4.4 Validating reliability of information Finding technical information through my company 4.2 Data analytics Finding the right equations 4.0 Lack of templates or formulas to calculation applications 4.0 Lack of templates or formulas in Excel 4.0 Platform & Delivery Porting information from other sources 4.0 Lack of access of information on mobile 3.5 3.5 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

8. Who uses Knovel? Other includes keywords like: Aerospace, Materials, Chemistry, Manufacturing, Environmental, Petroleum, nuclear, software

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 3-15+ 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%) * Based on the 2013 survey of 2,336 Knovel users

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. *Most used by Chemicals industry users 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 Premium Content Offerings AICHE/CCPS — Chemical Process Safety ASM International Materials Collection ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code 2001-2015, 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 KnovelToGo, Mobile-friendly product website) • Discovery platform and application integrations (egSharepoint, 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

18. Case Example: Material Selection • Data Search Query Builder Matches Materials with their Properties

19. Query terms highlighted, easy to sort on Temperature or Tensile Strength and manipulate as a spreadsheet Case Example: Material Selection

20. Case Example: Material Selection Basic Search shows Results grouped by Content Types

21. Case Example: Material Selection 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