The Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory

A Database Driven Portal Site and New Identity

Client

The Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) is an interdisciplinary National Research Laboratory. The MRL is home to the most comprehensive material science facilities in the world.

Challenge

The MRL approached us with a website that in no way reflected the pre-eminent position of the Laboratory. The MRL had collected a vast amount of data about their researchers and wanted a website that would dynamically pull from this information. They also wanted an easy way to highlight and manage news and events.

Solution

OJC conducted interviews with stakeholders and users, and reviewed the MRL's strategic directions to produce Audience Analysis and Design Directions documents. These informed the work on the MRL's identity, including the logo and site architecture. On the site's front page, OJC programmed a rotating features section, which provides eye-catching details into the groundbreaking research conducted at the MRL.

OJC programmed ASP pages to pull data from the MRL's Access database. OJC cost-effectively provided sophisticated news and calendar services using off-the-shelf technology.

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