Sandia National Laboratories data engineering for DOE production agencies

At Sandia National Laboratories data engineering is the application of both the art and science aspects of engineering principles to the acquisition and storage of product-related test and traceability data and to the transformation of this data into useful information through data retrieval and analysis processes. This report describes the application of data engineering to the data systems that have been developed in support of production agency built or procured product. The production agencies that are addresses in this report include Mason Hanger, Amarillo, TX; GEND, Largo, FL, Allied Signal, KCD, Kansas City, MO; and Mount, Miamisburg, OH. Also discussed is the Weapon Evaluation Test Laboratory (7264)/Amarillo. The scope of the data engineering program for each production agency (or test facility) is presented along with the interfaces and constraints. The present contractors' data system is described and system limitations and future plans are discussed. 7 refs., 38 figs.