Research Services
ASET Services also offers research services to manufacturers looking
to better understand and define the benefits that their systems
provide. ASET offers research services by way of serving as the
lead-investigator and through project management.
ASET Services will conduct a project review with information provided
by interested
manufacturers. ASET will then develop proposals based on ASET serving
as a lead investigator and/or based on ASET serving in a project
management/consultant capacity.
Lead Investigator
ASET currently has the capabilities to evaluate floors for a variety
of
non-standard performance characteristics. ASET has the ability to
conduct tests focused on the acceleration/deceleration of the impacting
body and the sports surface. ASET can also quickly develop custom
software to examine performance features such as the dynamic stiffness
of the sports surface, the energy returned by or absorbed by the sports
surface, and the time to maximum force/acceleration/deflection.
Management/Consultant
ASET has experience in academic and industrial research programs. We
understand that optimizing the information return for every
investment dollar requires focus and attention. ASET also realizes that
many companies are not sufficiently staffed to provide this focus when
it is needed most. This lack of focus often results in delays in the
delivery of
material, as well as technical expertise. ASET offers research program
management and consultant services to help fill this need and to keep
your
projects running smoothly.
Often manufacturers conduct studies to examine the performance benefits
of new and existing concepts without ever conducting standardized
testing of the surfaces/systems. One reason may be that while
the research institution is experienced in subject based testing, they
are not experienced with current internationally standardized tests. In
these cases ASET Services offers consulting services to help ensure
that the lead investigator understands current standards and market
terminology.
Economics is another reason for most research projects have excluded standardized performance
tests from their analysis. Consider a research project where a total of 5 systems are to
be evaluated, it simply is not economical to develop the hardware, and
software required to conduct today's standardized tests for such a limited number of specimens. This is
another instance where
a manufacturer, or even other research institutions, may want to
explore our research consultant services.
Through these services we will work with the lead investigator to
determine which, if any, standard and non-standard performance tests
could be beneficial, and conduct those tests for the project. This
eliminates the time and expenses required to develop the software as
well as the
expense of purchasing and manufacturing test equipment for a limited
number of uses. It is another way that ASET can further increase the
information return per research
investment.