Global and Local Databases in Material Science Research and Education

Voloshko S.M., Kholmska G.D., Oleshkevych A.I.

Physical Engineering Department, National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Vyborgska 2/24, room 4-06, Ukraine, annaoleshkevych@yandex.ru

Contemporary world is full of data that need to be found as quickly and simple as it is possible. That is why role of databases became extremely important and students have to habituate themselves for using it for future professional activities.

There are global databases which are used by Metal Physics Department students intensively during their studies and research work. For example, databases in material «NIMS MATERIAL DATABASE» which was created by Japan Science and Technology Agency & Material Phases Data System. «NIMS MATERIAL DATABASE» gives its users a lot of possibilities: properties of elements and alloys, visualization of their crystalline structure, defining diffusive coefficient for the huge amount of systems, information on their practical application. All pure elements and alloys, their physical and mechanical properties, electronic structure, and phase diagrams, basic crystal structures are presented in this database in very simple and clear form. Using advanced databases during the studying makes educational process clearer and helps students to understand the way how data could be collected and stored, which is very important in there future scientific research.

On the Metal Physics Department when learning the course “Theory of heat and mass transfer” students study diffusive laws on the example of exact systems using «NIMS MATERIAL DATABASE». Students also use several databases, for example “Mineral Crystal Structure Database” in the course “Computer modeling of Crystal Lattice Parameters”.

Besides using global databases students create local databases concerning their research results which are available for everybody in Metal Physics Department local network.

Now the role of data and tools for fast searching and finding information has significant influence on scientific research. That is why it is extremely important to use existing global databases supplementing it with scientist’s own contribution in science of data mining.