http://www.swri.org/swri.htm http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Wed, 01 May 2013 10:19:35 -0500 Dr. David J. McComas, assistant vice president of the Space Science and Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute, has been appointed to serve on the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) and to chair the NAC Science Committee for a two-year term, effective today. He has served as a member of the Science Committee since November 2010.http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/mccomas-nasa.htmWed, 01 May 2013 10:19:35 -0500 Southwest Research Institute specializes in the development and support of large, custom robotic platforms for these special applications.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/brochure/D10/Large-ScaleRoboticSystems/Large-ScaleRobotics.pdfMon, 29 Apr 2013 14:06:43 -0500 A team of geoscientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) using newly available remote-sensing technology has achieved unprecedented detail in quantifying subtle, long-period changes in the water levels of shallow lakes and ponds in hard-to-reach Arctic wetlands. Analysis comparing time-lapsed, high-resolution satellite imagery of the Ahnewetut Wetlands in Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska, revealed an accelerated loss of surface water in shallow thaw lakes and ponds over a recent 27-year period compared to the preceding 27-year timespan. Those periods generally coincide with a well-known cooling and warming cycle known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, whose period is about five decades.http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/alaska-wetlands.htmMon, 22 Apr 2013 14:40:18 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) received the prestigious NACE International Distinguished Organization Award, given by the leading professional society for the corrosion control industry, in recognition of outstanding contributions by an organization to the field of corrosion science or engineering.http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/nace.htmFri, 05 Apr 2013 10:05:37 -0500 The presence of liquid water at and beneath frozen Alaskan sand dunes during Arctic winter suggests that liquid water could also be temporarily stable (or metastable) at frost-covered sand dunes on Mars. A team of earth and planetary scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) performed field studies of the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes, which serve as an Earth-based cold-climate "analog" to dunes on the Red Planet. The team conducted fieldwork in Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska, when the average daily surface temperature was -14.7 degrees C (5.5 degrees F). Geophysical data gathered by SwRI scientists strongly suggest there is a perched layer of liquid water in the dunes occurring just below the seasonally frozen active layer.http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/alaska-dunes.htmFri, 05 Apr 2013 10:04:57 -0500 After a successful first year in which it demonstrated the potential of operating real-time particle sensors in engine exhaust systems, the Particle Sensor Performance and Durability (PSPD) consortium will focus its second year of research on improving the sensors' durability and reliability. First year research focused on investigating the performance of the spark plug-sized exhaust particle sensors at different levels of engine exhaust velocity, temperature, particle concentration, electric charge and size distribution. Short-term sensor survivability also was measured during operating conditions including high ammonia concentration, high and low pressures, and exhaust temperatures up to 700 degrees Celsius. Transient testing was performed using the highway FTP transient cycle and the nonroad transient cycle.http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/pspd.htmThu, 28 Mar 2013 15:42:54 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been awarded a contract to become the manager of the Numerical Propulsion System Simulation (NPSS) Consortium. NPSS is an advanced object-oriented, non-linear thermodynamic modeling environment used by the aerospace industry for modeling turbo-machinery, rocket engines, environmental control systems, ducting, vapor cycles and other equipment and phenomena. SwRI will assume responsibility for the consortium May 1. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/npss.htmThu, 28 Mar 2013 11:16:30 -0500 Since its debut in 2010, the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference has rapidly become the largest gathering of suborbital researchers and educators in the world, providing an invaluable forum for information in the community. NSRC-2013 will continue the community wide discussion, focusing on the research, education and public outreach capabilities of new reusable suborbital vehicles that will begin operations soon. NSRC-2013 will bring together vehicle providers, researchers and educators from academia, government and industry to engage in presentations, workshops and networking opportunities. Keynote speakers will include NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, FAA Associate Administrator George Nield, and former Space Shuttle and ISS astronaut and Commercial Spaceflight Federation President Michael Lopez-Alegria. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/nsrc-2013.htmTue, 26 Mar 2013 10:13:48 -0500 Developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), LAMP uses a novel method to peer into the darkness of the Moon's permanently shadowed regions, making it ideal for observations of the Moon's night-side and its tenuous atmospheric constituents. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/lamp.htmTue, 26 Mar 2013 10:05:37 -0500 Before risking millions to drill a new well, oil company geologists wish they could peer through thousands of feet of solid rock to better visualize, evaluate and understand what lies below. Through a program conceived and led by Southwest Research Institute's (SwRI) Geosciences and Engineering Division, geologists are studying the deeply buried formation known as the Eagle Ford Shale by visiting places where it is exposed at the ground surface. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/eagle-ford.htmTue, 26 Mar 2013 10:04:57 -0500 Southwest Research Institute and the University of New Hampshire have signed a research collaboration agreement enabling the organizations to augment their areas of expertise and seek opportunities in astrophysics, Earth and ocean science, and larger and more complex space science missions. The agreement goes into effect today, Monday, March 11, 2013. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/unh.htmTue, 19 Mar 2013 15:37:55 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has launched its third cooperative research program aimed at developing a high-efficiency gasoline engine for the light-duty automotive and medium-duty engine markets. This four-year effort will expand on earlier efforts to improve gasoline engine technology for future emissions and fuel economy requirements. The HEDGE®-III (High-Efficiency Dilute Gasoline Engine) consortium incorporates new and more aggressive efficiency, performance and emissions goals that are in line with existing and potential future regulations and expectations. The overall goal is to develop the most cost-effective solutions for future gasoline engine applications. In addition to focusing on high levels of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and supporting technologies such as high-energy ignition and advanced boosting systems to develop strategies for high efficiency, the consortium will examine topics outside of cooled EGR that contribute to high-efficiency engine operation as well as develop tools for developing high efficiency engines. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/hedge-3.htmTue, 19 Mar 2013 15:37:27 -0500 Participants in the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC-2013), to be held June 3–5 in Broomfield, outside Boulder, Colo., will have a chance to visit local aerospace facilities, attend a NASA-led workshop, and hear more detailed technical sessions than in previous NSRC meetings. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/nsrc-2013-extra.htmTue, 19 Mar 2013 15:36:35 -0500 Dr. Terry Alger, assistant director of the Engine and Vehicle Research and Development Department in the Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research Division at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/talger.htmTue, 19 Mar 2013 15:36:06 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced today at its 65th annual meeting the re-elections of Philip J. Pfeiffer and Dr. Ricardo Romo to chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of its Board of Directors. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/pfeiffer.htmTue, 19 Mar 2013 15:24:36 -0500 An ultraviolet spectrograph designed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been selected for flight on the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE). NASA is funding development of the instrument, which will observe ultraviolet emissions from the Jovian system.http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/juice.htmTue, 19 Mar 2013 15:24:18 -0500 The American Society for Quality (ASQ) will present this year's Shewhart Medal to Dr. Robert L. Mason, an Institute analyst in the Fuels and Lubricants Research Division of Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). Mason, a Fellow of the ASQ, is being recognized for his outstanding work in quality control for the automotive and petroleum industries. The Shewhart Medal is named in honor of Walter A. Shewhart, who was often referred to as the "father of statistical quality control." The medal is awarded for outstanding technical leadership in the field of modern quality control. Mason will receive the award at the ASQ annual business meeting held May 5 prior to the ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement, May 6-8, in Indianapolis. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/masonb.htmWed, 20 Feb 2013 13:36:56 -0600 Since its October 2008 launch, NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has provided images of the invisible interactions between our home in the galaxy and interstellar space. Particles emanating from this boundary produce a striking, narrow ribbon, which had yet to be explained despite more than a dozen possible theories. In a new "retention model," researchers from the University of New Hampshire and Southwest Research Institute suggest that charged particles trapped in this region create the ribbon as they escape as neutral atoms. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/ribbon.htmWed, 20 Feb 2013 13:36:25 -0600 Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI) has developed a unique software program that enables prescreening of the three-dimensional structure of proteins and enzymes for pharmaceutical and biochemical research prior to drug synthesis. Rhodium software, internally developed at SwRI and currently available for Institute client use, provides a more computationally efficient method of visualizing protein/small molecule complexes to expand pharmaceutical research and protein engineering capabilities. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/rhodium.htmMon, 14 Jan 2013 14:22:01 -0600 The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently selected Southwest Research Institute® to provide the flight low-rate crosslink wireless communications platform for the System F6 Program. The System F6 Program, which is envisioned to culminate in an on-orbit demonstration in 2015-2016, is designed to validate a new space mission concept in which a cluster of smaller, wirelessly connected spacecraft replaces the typical single spacecraft carrying numerous instruments and payloads. This "fractionated" architecture enhances survivability, responsiveness and adaptability compared to the traditional monolithic spacecraft. The SwRI® K-band radio is a core element of the open source F6 Developers Kit (FDK), which allows any spacecraft to participate in an F6-enabled cluster. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2013/f6-program.htmMon, 14 Jan 2013 14:21:12 -0600 The New Orleans-based Coypu Foundation has approved a $50,000 grant to fund the first two phases of a hydrogeology study of Val Verde County to be conducted by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/valverde.htmMon, 14 Jan 2013 14:20:37 -0600 Call it "PAC-MAN, the Sequel." Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted a second feature shaped like the 1980s video game icon in the Saturn system, this time on the moon Tethys. The pattern appears in thermal data obtained by Cassini's composite infrared spectrometer, with warmer areas making up the PAC-MAN shape.http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/tethys-pacman.htmFri, 30 Nov 2012 16:14:04 -0600 Observations of wind patterns and natural radiation patterns on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover are helping scientists better understand the environment on the Red Planet's surface. Researchers using the car-sized mobile laboratory have identified transient whirlwinds, mapped winds in relation to slopes, tracked daily and seasonal changes in air pressure, and linked rhythmic changes in radiation to daily atmospheric changes. The knowledge being gained about these processes helps scientists interpret evidence about environmental changes on Mars that might have led to conditions favorable for life. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/nasa-rover.htmFri, 30 Nov 2012 16:13:35 -0600 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of a team that was recently awarded a $7 million contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to demonstrate integration of electric vehicles, generators and solar arrays to supply emergency power for Fort Carson, Colo. The team, led by Kansas City, Mo.-based Burns and McDonnell Engineering Company, will build a microgrid out of existing electrical infrastructure at the Army post, integrating a 2-megawatt photovoltaic (PV) array, diesel generator sets and electric vehicles to provide a self-contained, energy-sustainable capability during electrical grid disruptions. The program, called the Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security (SPIDERS), is intended to make military installations more energy efficient and secure. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/army-spiders.htmFri, 30 Nov 2012 16:06:17 -0600 Southwest Research Institute recently acquired one of the largest impact testing and research facilities in the world, located in Leander, Texas, northwest of Austin. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/leander.htmFri, 30 Nov 2012 16:05:46 -0600 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received funding from NASA to build a miniature, portable solar observatory for developing and testing innovative instrumentation in suborbital flight. The SwRI Solar Instrument Pointing Platform (SSIPP) will fly on new, commercial manned suborbital craft, such as XCOR's Lynx spacecraft, to enable spaceborne science and instrument development at a fraction of the cost of unmanned sounding rockets. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/ssipp.htmFri, 30 Nov 2012 16:05:22 -0600 The giant impact believed to have formed the Earth-Moon system has long been accepted as canon. However, a major challenge to the theory has been that the Earth and Moon have identical oxygen isotope compositions, even though earlier impact models indicated they should differ substantially. In a paper published today in the journal Science online, a new model by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), motivated by accompanying work by others on the early dynamical history of the Moon, accounts for this similarity in composition while also yielding an appropriate mass for Earth and Moon. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/earth-moon-impact.htmFri, 30 Nov 2012 16:04:56 -0600 NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is now almost seven years into its 9.5-year journey across the solar system to explore Pluto and its system of moons. Just over two years from now, in January 2015, New Horizons will begin encounter operations, which will culminate in a close approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, and the first-ever exploration of a planet in the Kuiper Belt. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/newhorizons-pluto.htmFri, 30 Nov 2012 16:04:26 -0600 With input from the industrial robotics and automation community, Southwest Research Institute has set a low-cost membership model for the ROS-Industrial Consortium (RIC). This model encourages a broad base of membership and gives participants more control over how development funds are used. In conjunction with the launch of the consortium, SwRI has funded a special internal research program to accelerate ROS-Industrial development and benefit the technical needs of the Consortium. ric.swri.org http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/ros-industrial.htmFri, 30 Nov 2012 16:02:37 -0600 Fleet testing is often the final important phase of vehicle research that provides proof of performance and comparative data under actual operational conditions. The Fleet and Field Evaluations Section in the Fuels and Lubricants Research Division of Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) offers experienced staff, comprehensive services, and state-of-the-art fleet test facilities to clients in all segments of the automotive industry. http://www.swri.org/4org/d08/flures/fleet/fleetevl/default.htmMon, 15 Oct 2012 09:54:25 -0500 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed its contract with Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) for the fifth time to operate the Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses (CNWRA®). The five-year contract, valued at almost $76 million, assures continuing technical assistance and research support to NRC activities related to storage, transportation, possible reprocessing and ultimate geological disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes through September 2017. The CNWRA has been located at and operated by SwRI since it was created in 1987. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/cnwra.htmMon, 15 Oct 2012 09:50:29 -0500 SwRI has teamed with Sentier Strategic Resources LLC to combine SwRI's experience in behavioral modeling, educational software development and learning science with Sentier's experience in cognitive psychology and human-subjects testing. The team will use adaptive learning system principles to design the two major components of the system: a user model to represent a user's game strategies, and an assessment model to deploy varied games based on user model data and user behavior. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/cog-fingerprints.htmMon, 15 Oct 2012 09:41:44 -0500 SwRI is recruiting at the University of Michigan SWE/TBP Career Fair, Sept. 25. http://www.umcareerfair.org/Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:29:28 -0500 SwRI will be recruiting in its hometown at the UTSA STEM Career Expo, Sept. 20. http://utsa.edu/careercenter/Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:42:37 -0500 Join SwRI recruiters at the University of Kansas School of Engineering Career Fair, Sept. 19. http://www.engr.ku.edu/career_center/students/connect/fairs.htmlWed, 19 Sep 2012 09:42:08 -0500 Recruiters will be filling SwRI positions at the Texas Tech University College of Engineering Job Fair, Sept. 19.http://www.depts.ttu.edu/coe/careers/employers/jobfair.phpWed, 19 Sep 2012 09:40:31 -0500 Scientists in the Geosciences and Engineering Division of Southwest Research Institute calculate aquifer water budgets as a critical component in development of aquifer conceptual models.http://swri.edu/3pubs/brochure/d20/WaterBudget/WaterBudget.pdfWed, 05 Sep 2012 15:29:31 -0500 The Geosciences and Engineering Division of Southwest Research Institute conducts sampling and analyses to characterize aquifer water quality. SwRI scientists have used this information to develop a tailored, target analyte list and cost-effective strategy to monitor for potential contamination resulting from petroleum exploration and production activities.http://swri.edu/3pubs/brochure/d20/MonitoringWater/MonitoringWaterQuality.pdfWed, 05 Sep 2012 15:27:13 -0500 The Geosciences and Engineering Division of Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) has extensive experience in providing groundwater conservation districts with assistance to: evaluate local hydrogeological conditions affected by drought; determine an appropriate drought indicator (e.g., monitoring well); determine drought stages and pumping restrictions; determine appropriate conservation (drought) trigger levels; and prepare drought plan documentatiohttp://swri.edu/3pubs/brochure/d20/Groundwater/GroundwaterConservation.pdfWed, 05 Sep 2012 13:49:11 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been awarded a $712,500 contract from the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate the behavior of lithium-ion batteries during charge and discharge. The contract award is one of 19 projects that will receive $43 million in funding from the Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop breakthrough energy storage technologies. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/lithium-award.htmWed, 05 Sep 2012 13:48:25 -0500 But how has the discovery of the Kuiper Belt — first proposed by Gerard Kuiper in 1951 (and in a fashion even earlier by Kenneth Edgeworth) — impacted our current understanding of the Solar System? New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern from the Southwest Research Institute recently discussed this on his mission blog, “The PI's Perspective.” Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/97126/what-has-the-kuiper-belt-taught-us-about-the-solar-system/#ixzz25cfNPITXhttp://www.universetoday.com/97126/what-has-the-kuiper-belt-taught-us-about-the-solar-system/Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:47:45 -0500 Southwest Research Institute has been awarded a $5.1 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop the Context Model Library as part of the Component, Context and Manufacturing Model Library-2 (C2M2L-2) for the DARPA Adaptive Vehicle Make programhttp://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/darpa.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 15:14:19 -0500 Southwest Research Institute and industry collaborator Thar Energy LLC have received $700,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to demonstrate a novel, supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycle using pressurized oxy-combustion, a process that uses pure oxygen instead of air as the primary oxidant. The contract award is one of eight given by DOE to support the development of carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies for coal-fired plant emissions. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/clean-coal.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 15:13:34 -0500 Scientists using the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have made the first spectroscopic observations of the noble gas helium in the tenuous atmosphere surrounding the Moon. These remote-sensing observations complement in-situ measurements taken in 1972 by the Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment (LACE) deployed by Apollo 17. Although LAMP was designed to map the lunar surface, the team expanded its science investigation to examine the far ultraviolet emissions visible in the tenuous atmosphere above the lunar surface, detecting helium over a campaign spanning more than 50 orbits. Because helium also resides in the interplanetary background, several techniques were applied to remove signal contributions from the background helium and determine the amount of helium native to the Moon. Geophysical Research Letters published a paper on this research in 2012. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/lro-lamp.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 15:12:52 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is launching a cooperative research consortium to accelerate the development of ROS-Industrial, an open-source extension of ROS focused on the needs of industrial users. ROS, which stands for Robot Operating System, is an open-source project providing a common framework of libraries and tools for a wide range of applications, particularly for service and research robots. The ROS-Industrial Consortium (RIC) will enable the industrial robotics community to apply the advanced capabilities of ROS for industrial applications quickly and easily using a common platform, the ROS-Industrial open source software program. The consortium will conduct foundational, precompetitive research and code development at the direction of the membership. Test results, data, recommendations and analysis generated by RIC will create a competitive advantage for its members and will be protected from public disclosure for a period of time. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/ros-industrial.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 15:12:22 -0500 Almost nine months after it was launched, Curiosity, NASA's latest rover, landed safely in the Gale Crater of Mars in the wee hours of August 6 CDT. The last seven minutes were particularly dramatic as the mission executed several complicated maneuvers to deliver the car-sized rover through the thin Martian atmosphere and gently place it in a very specific location. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/mslrad.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 15:11:45 -0500 A new cell for testing valves and other pressure-containing and pressure-controlling products has been added to Southwest Research Institute's Flow Component Testing Facilities. To ensure the safety of pipelines, refineries, offshore platforms and chemical processing plants, valves and similar devices operating under high pressure must be tested to established standards. SwRI has offered these testing services to the oil and gas and chemical industries for more than 35 years. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/testcell.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 15:11:15 -0500 Southwest Research Institute and industry collaborators Solar Turbines Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratories, German Aerospace Center and San Diego State University have been awarded a $3.8 million contract by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a novel gas turbine combustor for a concentrating solar power (CSP) hybrid gas turbine system. The award was given through DOE's SunShot Initiative, a collaborative national effort to make solar energy cost competitive with other forms of energy. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/solar-combustor.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 14:44:59 -0500 Southwest Research Institute and industry collaborators General Electric, Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation and Thar Energy LLC have been awarded an $8.5 million contract by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a high-efficiency supercritical CO2 hot gas turbo-expander for concentrating solar power plants. The award was given through DOE's SunShot Initiative, a collaborative national effort to make solar energy cost competitive with other forms of energy. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/solar-turboexpander.htmFri, 24 Aug 2012 14:44:34 -0500 What sets Anderson's system apart is his goal to shrink the whole operation down to something that would fit on a desktop. Then, rather than waiting for planetary fragments to fall to Earth, he wants to send his device to the planets.http://www.nature.com/news/planetary-science-the-time-machine-1.11049Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:13:02 -0500 This month's featured video showcases SwRI's award winning hybrid cerramic sand core casting process. http://www.swri.org/vidclip/html/hybrid-ceramic.htmThu, 19 Jul 2012 10:46:24 -0500 C. Nils Smith has been promoted to vice president of Southwest Research Institute's Signal Exploitation and Geolocation Division. He was previously assistant vice president of the division. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/nsmith.htmThu, 19 Jul 2012 10:45:55 -0500 A novel casting technology that combines aerospace ceramic and automotive sand core processes to allow for precision casting of extremely small passages in automotive cast iron/steel components has received a 2012 R&D 100 Award. R&D Magazine selected Southwest Research Institute's Hybrid Ceramic-Sand Core Casting Technology as one of the 100 most significant technological achievements of the past year. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/casting.htmThu, 19 Jul 2012 10:45:26 -0500 NASA has selected a team including Southwest Research Institute to develop the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), which will provide better prediction capabilities for extreme weather events, particularly the intensification of hurricanes. Tropical cyclones develop over warm bodies of water and typically consist of an "eye" -- a center of low pressure — and intense, rotating thunderstorms that produce strong winds and heavy rains. Heat drawn up from the water produces energy through a complex process that can feed and strengthen the storm, spawning tornadoes and causing significant damage as it moves over land. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/nanosatellites.htmThu, 19 Jul 2012 10:39:52 -0500 Dr. Ronald T. Green, an Institute scientist in the Geosciences and Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), has been named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/rgreen.htmThu, 19 Jul 2012 10:14:31 -0500 Training Within Industry (TWI): JR When: June 11-15, 2012 Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Where: Southwest Research Institute 6220 Culebra Road, Building 68 Conference Room "I" San Antonio, TX 78238 Fee: $600 per participant Contact: Barbara Harding at (210) 522-3923 or email bharding@swri.org. Course Description: Job Relations Training (JR) teaches supervisors how to build positive employee relations, increase cooperation and motivation, and effectively resolve conflicts. Supervisors are given foundations for developing and maintaining good relations to prevent problems from arising. Principles include providing constructive feedback, giving credit when due, telling people in advance about changes that will affect them, making the best use of each person's ability and earning the employee's loyalty and cooperation. When problems do arise, it teaches supervisors how to get the facts, weigh them, make the decision, take action, and check results.http://www.swri.org/4org/d10/indeng/tmac/default.htmTue, 29 May 2012 15:29:29 -0500 A team of researchers led by a NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) member based at Southwest Research Institute has discovered evidence that the giant impact crater Rheasilvia on Asteroid (4) Vesta was created in a collision that occurred only about 1 billion years ago, much more recently than previously thought. This result is based on the analysis of high-resolution images obtained with the Dawn spacecraft, which entered orbit around Vesta in July 2011. In addition to creating the crater, the impact is believed to have launched a large number of fragments into space, some of which later escaped the main belt and possibly hit the Earth. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/vesta.htmTue, 29 May 2012 15:28:49 -0500 New results from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) reveal that the bow shock, widely accepted by researchers to precede the heliosphere as it plows through tenuous gas and dust from the galaxy does not exist. According to a paper published in the journal Science online, the latest refinements in relative speed and local interstellar magnetic field strengh prevent the heliosphere, the magnetic "bubble" that cocoons Earth and the other planets, from developing a bow shock. The bow shock would consist of ionized gas or plasma that abruptly and discontinuously changes in density in the region of space that lies straight ahead of the heliosphere. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/bowshock.htmTue, 29 May 2012 15:28:15 -0500 Dr. Robin Canup, associate vice president of the Space Science and Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and head of SwRI's Boulder, Colo. office, was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences for her excellence in original scientific research. Membership in the NAS is one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States. Canup will be inducted into the Academy next April during its 150th annual meeting in Washington. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/canup-academy.htmTue, 08 May 2012 15:17:08 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a founding member of the ROS-Industrial program. The main goal of this program is to enable new applications and reduce project costs for industrial robotics by leveraging the advanced capabilities of the Robot Operating System (ROS) software. The software developed under the ROS-Industrial program is open sourced under the BSD license. SwRI is actively pursing commercial members for the proposed ROS-Industrial Consortium (RIC) to support the continued development of the ROS-Industrial software. http://www.swri.org/vidclip/html/ros-industrial-pick-place.htmTue, 08 May 2012 15:14:46 -0500 Steve Dellenback, director of the Intelligent Systems Department at Southwest Research Institute in Texas, said cost is the key to when driverless cars will become a reality for the average consumer. "The cost of unmanned ground vehicles is a minimum of six figures for just the hardware, excluding the cost of the vehicle," Dellenback said. "We are a long way from having deployed unmanned systems on public streets." Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/state/florida-embraces-self-driving-cars-as-engineers-and-lawmakers-prepare-for-the-new-technology#ixzz1uJM2X1Sj http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/state/florida-embraces-self-driving-cars-as-engineers-and-lawmakers-prepare-for-the-new-technologyTue, 08 May 2012 15:13:09 -0500 Starting in June, CASIS will begin accepting solicitations for life science research projects to fly on the space station that examine osteoporosis, muscle deterioration, immune system responses, protein crystallization and vaccine development in a microgravity environment. "The thing that the space station provides us with is tremendous capability already on orbit," Alan Stern, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., and a science advisor to CASIS, told reporters last month at the 28th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., via a video conference call.http://www.space.com/15579-space-station-science-research-casis.htmlTue, 08 May 2012 10:13:30 -0500 The findings, detailed in a research paper appearing online in the journal Nature, are based on geologic observations and support a theoretical study in a companion paper in Nature by researchers at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/early-on-asteroids-gave-earth-a-beating/Thu, 03 May 2012 16:44:41 -0500 Between three and four billion years ago, changes in an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter hurled a devastating barrage of space rocks at our planet. Astronomers are only now beginning to understand the scale of the bombardment - analysing the impacts from tiny 'spherules' preserved in rocks today. Some of the asteroids were bigger than the 9-mile rock that wiped out the dinosaurs - but the 700-million-year barrage may have delivered chemicals crucial to the beginnings of life on our planet. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2135404/Layers-rock-reveals-ancient-Earth-pummelled-asteroids--including.htmlThu, 26 Apr 2012 14:45:22 -0500 The second Titan study by Kathleen Mandt from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, and colleagues also models the time-evolution of methane. In this work, the concentration of the heavy methane is determined from measurements by Cassini's ion and neutral mass spectrometer, which counts molecules in the atmosphere of different masses. Measurements made by the Huygens gas chromatograph mass spectrometer, which also counts molecules of different masses, were used to constrain the impact of escape on the heavy methane in the atmosphere. http://www.astronomy.com/~/link.aspx?_id=e85fff7f-08d6-4795-b727-b392ce5a5a76Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:43:15 -0500 Levison, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., proposed that the giant planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — began forming near the distance at which the Earth currently orbits the sun. One by one, he said, the planet cores grew and shot outward, increasing in size like tumbling snowballs gathering material. Standard ideas describe a much more sedate embryonic environment, with the outer planets growing up simultaneously starting just after the birth of the solar system, roughly 4.5 billion years ago. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/340035/title/Rock,_Rattle_and_RollWed, 25 Apr 2012 14:42:57 -0500 New research reveals that the Archean era — a formative time for early life from 3.8 billion years ago to 2.5 billion years ago — experienced far more major asteroid impacts than had been previously thought, with a few impacts perhaps even rivaling those that produced the largest craters on the Moon, according to a paper published online today in Nature. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/archean.htmWed, 25 Apr 2012 14:41:34 -0500 Shrouded in a thick, complex, organic haze, Saturn's giant moon Titan is proving to be one of the most scientifically interesting destinations in the solar system. Titan's atmosphere, which is mostly molecular nitrogen with a touch of methane, produces chemically complex hydrocarbons that rain down on Titan's icy surface, forming dunes of organic material. The greenhouse effect provided by methane keeps the surface temperature around minus 270 degrees Fahrenheit, allowing lakes of liquid methane and ethane to form on the surface. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/titan.htmWed, 25 Apr 2012 14:41:00 -0500 Dr. William R. Ward, an Institute scientist in the Planetary Science Directorate at Southwest Research Institute, has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The 2012 class of inductees includes leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/ward-academy.htmWed, 25 Apr 2012 14:40:15 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will launch a cooperative research consortium to investigate the performance and durability of particle sensors designed for onboard diagnostics and diesel engine emissions control. Sensors that trigger engine malfunction illumination light (MIL) or a fault code when particle emissions exceed a certain threshold downstream of an exhaust diesel particle filter (DPF) will soon be required to meet California Air Resources Board and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency onboard diagnostics regulations. Particle sensors assess how well particle filters keep particulate matter from being emitted to the atmosphere, in compliance with emissions regulations. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/pspd.htmThu, 12 Apr 2012 15:42:39 -0500 Visit SwRI's You Tube channel to see how SwRI scientists and researchers are analyzing food samples.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcXGp5Cqkh0&list=UUiabt4HtWBXlWBX3jSZ_cvQ&feature=plcpThu, 12 Apr 2012 15:14:49 -0500 Scientists from the University of Texas at San Antonio University of Texas at San Antonio Latest from The Business Journals Follow this company , the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas Biomedical Research Institute and Southwest Research Institute Southwest Research Institute Latest from The Business Journals Follow this company will formally unveil a new San Antonio Vaccine Development Center on Wednesday. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2012/04/09/san-antonio-biomed-institutions.htmlThu, 12 Apr 2012 15:14:25 -0500 "Craters can reveal all sorts of different properties about the Moon and planetary surfaces in general," says project co-science lead Stuart Robbins (Southwest Research Institute, Boulder). Key features include, "Ages of different regions, historic spikes in the impact rate, lunar regolith depth, what may lie under the crust, and the physics of giant explosions on a planetary surface." http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-moonmappers-chance-nasa-lunar-science.htmlWed, 21 Mar 2012 14:20:52 -0500 The sky is falling on Titan. An upper layer of the Saturnian moon's hazy shroud has plunged more than 100 kilometers since the Cassini spacecraft whizzed by in 2004, suggesting that shifting seasons can do more than dump rain. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/339257/title/Titans_haze_is_droppingWed, 21 Mar 2012 14:18:50 -0500 Two top research engineers at San Antonio's Southwest Research Institute had never met until last year -- in a cave deep under a north side neighborhood. Ed Patrick was with a scout troop and Joe Mitchell was a volunteer giving them a tour. That chance meeting led to a research project that may hold the key to finding out whether there is -- or ever was -- life on Mars. http://www.woai.com/content/news/beamer/story/Scientists-study-S-A-cave-for-space-research-Key/rwsFEKQyhUGmCTRVDgQTYw.cspxThu, 08 Mar 2012 09:26:58 -0600 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has reached an agreement with XCOR Aerospace, Inc. to conduct pioneering suborbital space missions with Institute payload specialist astronauts flying aboard one or two test missions in the XCOR Aerospace Lynx Mark I vehicle. The flights will test capabilities of the Lynx vehicle with actual researchers and research experiments aboard. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/xcore.htmTue, 28 Feb 2012 09:40:09 -0600 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced today at its 64th annual meeting the elections of Philip J. Pfeiffer and Dr. Ricardo Romo to chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of its Board of Directors. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/board.htmTue, 28 Feb 2012 09:38:56 -0600 For almost 50 years, the deep-diving Alvin has been exploring the ocean floor--even retrieving a lost nuclear bomb between some notable scientific discoveries. Now, the Navy-owned, civilian-operated science vessel is being refitted with a tougher new hull designed by Southwest Research Institute--one that will allow it to reach 99 percent of the ocean floor, instead of the approximately 60 percent it can explore now. Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/S-A-researchers-helping-famed-ocean-explorer-3365113.php#ixzz1ngvlMkVxhttp://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/S-A-researchers-helping-famed-ocean-explorer-3365113.phpTue, 28 Feb 2012 09:34:08 -0600 Lockheed Martin Corporation's Electronics Systems Business Area (ESBA) has recognized Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) with its STAR Supplier Award for 2011. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/lockheed-star.htmWed, 22 Feb 2012 15:30:47 -0600 Steven D. Marty has been promoted to vice president of the Fuels and Lubricants Research Division at Southwest Research Institute. He was previously director of the Fuels and Lubricants Technology Department. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/smarty.htmWed, 22 Feb 2012 15:29:40 -0600 There's even more water on the Moon, now with a frosty flavor! Over the past couple of years, spacecraft observations have been helping scientists re-write the book on our understanding of the Moon, especially in recognizing water, found in various forms on the lunar surface and subsurface. The latest frosty news comes from the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project or the LAMP instrument aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Joining us today to tell us more is Dr. Randy Gladstone from the Southwest Research Institute who is on the science team for LAMP.http://365daysofastronomy.org/2012/02/06/february-6th-a-frosty-moon/Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:50:38 -0600 Using data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, an international team of researchers has measured neutral "alien" particles entering our solar system from interstellar space. A suite of studies published in the Astrophysical Journal provide a first look at the constituents of the interstellar medium, the matter between star systems, and how they interact with our heliosphere. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/ibex-spacecraft.htmMon, 06 Feb 2012 09:49:51 -0600 NASA will host a Science Update at 1 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, to discuss new analysis from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft of material from outside our solar system and the interstellar boundary region that surrounds our home in space.http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/jan/HQ_M12-016_IBEX.htmlMon, 30 Jan 2012 10:52:34 -0600 The largest solar particle event since 2005 hit the Earth, Mars and the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft travelling in-between, allowing the onboard Radiation Assessment Detector to measure the radiation a human astronaut could be exposed to en route to the Red Planet. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2012/rad-solarstorm.htmMon, 30 Jan 2012 10:51:05 -0600 Southwest Research Institute recently established the ROS-Industrial Software Repository, a BSD-licensed ROS stack that will contain libraries, tools and drivers for industrial automation hardware. ROS-Industrial resources can be found at http://code.google.com/p/swri-ros-pkg/. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/ros.htmFri, 20 Jan 2012 15:57:24 -0600 As the first voyage to a whole new class of planets in the farthest zone of the solar system, New Horizons is a historic mission of exploration. The United States has made history by being the first nation to reach every planet from Mercury to Neptune with a space probe. The New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt - the first NASA launch to a "new" planet since Voyager more than 30 years ago - allows the U.S. to complete the reconnaissance of the solar system. http://www.pluto.jhuapl.edu/Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:56:19 -0600 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has signed an agreement to join Weichai's International Technology Innovation Alliance for Internal Combustion Engine Reliability, organized by Weichai Power Co. Ltd., of China. The alliance will serve as a communications platform on innovative technology to improve engine reliability and related research and development capabilities. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2012/weichai.htmMon, 09 Jan 2012 16:58:25 -0600 Scientists have unravelled the mystery of why some meteors flash across the night sky burning up as shooting stars, while others survive raining gently down to the ground. The discovery by David Nesvorny from the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. and colleagues was made during a study of an astronomcical feature known as the Zodiacal Cloud. http://news.discovery.com/space/meteors-shooting-stars-120109.htmlMon, 09 Jan 2012 16:57:26 -0600 Despite the turbulent global economic markets, Southwest Research Institute had another successful year. Revenue --the total amount of research conducted -- was the highest in our history.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/AR2011/PDFs/2011AnnualReport.pdfMon, 09 Jan 2012 16:54:49 -0600 During this year's AGU meeting in San Francisco, Dr. Stuart Stothoff and colleagues share their approach for assessing at-risk infrastructure in regions that have seasonally frozen soils atop permafrost. Their risk assessment gauges the potential risk of landslides, land subsidence, slumps, and erosion—all of which can damage infrastructure. Permafrost is controlled largely by the average annual air temperature, but microclimatic influences of hillside sun exposure, snow cover, vegetation cover, soil texture and content all influence the amount of energy transferred between atmosphere and ground. This makes risk calculation an interplay of vegetation parameters (such as root cohesion and vegetation weight), soil parameters (cohesion, thickness, weight, moisture), and slope (sun exposure, friction angle). The authors used Digital Elevation Models to derive slope, while vegetation and soil parameters came from a Landsat-derived classification map originally produced for the National Park Service by Torre Jorgenson et al. http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/news_0416.htmlFri, 16 Dec 2011 09:46:45 -0600 "RAD is serving as a proxy for an astronaut inside a spacecraft on the way to Mars," said Don Hassler, RAD's principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo."The instrument is deep inside the spacecraft, the way an astronaut would be. Understanding the effects of the spacecraft on the radiation field will be valuable in designing craft for astronauts to travel to Mars." http://astrobio.net/pressrelease/4398/nasa-mars-rover-begins-research-in-spaceFri, 16 Dec 2011 09:46:05 -0600 The Radiation Assessment Detector, the first instrument on NASA's next rover mission to Mars to begin science operations, was powered up and began collecting data Dec. 6, almost two weeks ahead of schedule. RAD is the only instrument scheduled to collect science data on the journey to Mars. The instrument is measuring the energetic particles inside the spacecraft to characterize the radiation environment an astronaut would experience on a future human mission to the Red Planet. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/rad-mars.htmFri, 16 Dec 2011 09:44:53 -0600 Hassler is the principal investigator for Curiosity's Radiation Assessment Detector–”RAD” for short. The instrument, developed at SWRI and Christian Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany, counts cosmic rays, neutrons, protons and other particles over a wide range of energies. Tucked into the left front corner of the rover, RAD is about the size of a coffee can and weighs only three pounds, but has capabilities of Earth-bound instruments nearly 10 times its size. http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112440861/curiosity-and-the-solar-storm/Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:43:34 -0600 SwRI will be hosting a Pulsation and Vibration Short Course, December 6-7, 2011, San Antonio. Contact Lorena Maltos at (210) 522-2045. http://www.swri.org/9what/events/confer/pulsation/register.htmMon, 05 Dec 2011 14:32:26 -0600 SwRI completed construction on four new mileage accumulation dynamometers that complement the 20 already in operation. Used for fuel, lubricant and vehicle power train testing, the new dynos have temperature- and humidity-controlled engine inlet air to ensure consistent operating conditions year round. http://www.swri.org/4org/d08/flures/fleet/fleetevl/default.htmMon, 05 Dec 2011 14:29:14 -0600 NASA will launch the Mars Science Laboratory on Nov. 26, 2011, to assess the past and present habitability of the Red Planet's surface. The mission will land Curiosity, a rover equipped with 10 instruments designed to search for evidence of elements needed to support life – namely, water and carbon-based materials – and to characterize life-limiting factors, such as the planet's radiation environment. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/rad.htmTue, 22 Nov 2011 13:37:53 -0600 The 2012 Next-generation Suborbital Research Conference (NSRC-2012), set to occur in Palo Alto, Calif., will focus on how new, low-cost reusable spacecraft coming online in 2012 and 2013 will carry research and education crew and payloads into suborbital space for a broad array of applications. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/nsrc2012.htmTue, 22 Nov 2011 13:36:48 -0600 Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to an article recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/giant-planet.htmTue, 22 Nov 2011 13:36:06 -0600 Two researchers set to fly aboard suborbital spacecraft as a part of Southwest Research Institute's next-generation suborbital research program completed another milestone last week when they evaluated commercial spaceflight equipment during an intensive series of centrifuge runs that closely mimicked launches and re-entries aboard suborbital spacecraft. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/pressure-suit.htmTue, 22 Nov 2011 13:35:14 -0600 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), along with other international sponsors, will host the International SpaceWire Conference at the Marriott Plaza in San Antonio from Nov. 8-10, 2011. SpaceWire is a network technology primarily developed for use on spacecraft due to its low power consumption and high link speeds. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/spacewire.htmTue, 22 Nov 2011 13:34:48 -0600 SwRI recently acquired an extended range electric vehicle to include its batteries in the Energy Storage System Evaluation and Safety (EssEs) Consortium. Information obtained through evaluation of the batteries will be included in the EssEs database that is available to all members. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/electric-vehicle.htmMon, 24 Oct 2011 16:29:32 -0500 SwRI is collecting and communicating real-time vehicle emissions data to demonstrate new concepts in environment-based traffic management as part of a connected vehicle test bed at the 18th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems in Orlando, Oct.16-20. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/itswc.htmMon, 24 Oct 2011 16:27:02 -0500 These estimates are likely to change and are much younger than Vesta's estimated age, which scientists think is closer to 4.5 billion years old. With a more precise analysis, it's likely the team's estimate will become older, says Bill Bottke of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/334916/description/Miniplanet_sports_megapeakTue, 11 Oct 2011 10:11:41 -0500 NASA will begin development and testing of two science instruments, in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), to be placed on ESA's newly selected Solar Orbiter mission. The spacecraft will study the sun from a closer distance than any previous mission. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/oct/HQ_11-339_solar_orbiter_investigations.htmlTue, 11 Oct 2011 10:10:38 -0500 Planetary scientists don't usually don catcher's masks at the end of a professional talk, but Hal Levison of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, wasn't taking any chances. Acknowledging just how outrageous his new theory of planet formation is, Levison, who looks like an ex-hippie, joked that he wanted to be prepared in case his audience started throwing things. Levison presented the work on 6 October at a joint meeting of the European Planetary Science Conference and the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences in Nantes, France. http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/10/peashooter_theory_aims_to_expa.htmlTue, 11 Oct 2011 10:08:27 -0500 "There's definitely a resurgence in lunar science," says planetary scientist Robin Canup of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. "The moon will always be a singularly important object in many ways. It's our moon. Its history is tied to us. It's not just proximity; it's what we think of as a shared history of origin." http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/334969/title/A_Shadowed_PastTue, 11 Oct 2011 10:03:32 -0500 Southwest Research Institute was awarded a $4.4 million contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to develop a nasal-delivery, first-line treatment system to combat cyanide poisoning. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/cyanide.htmFri, 23 Sep 2011 13:28:52 -0500 John P. Hageman, a principal scientist in the Environmental and Safety Systems Department at Southwest Research Institute, has been reappointed to the Texas Radiation Advisory Board. The reappointment, made by Gov. Rick Perry, was announced Aug. 25; Hageman will serve a six-year term until 2017. He was elected chairman by the Board members in February 2011. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/hageman.htmFri, 23 Sep 2011 10:28:48 -0500 Well, I was wrong. It was a nice surprise to hear that the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a private R&D organization based in San Antonio, Texas, announced recently that they've reached an agreement with Motoman, one of the largest industrial robot makers in the world, to develop a ROS interface for the Motoman SIA20 7-axis robot [CAD image and photo above]. By making its robots compatible with ROS, it seems that Motoman is betting that all those tools developed by the ROS community will become very enticing for its customers. And if customers demand that those capabilities be available, relying on a proprietary system doesn't make help you. This could be the beginning of something big. If more industrial robotics companies adopt ROS, this could enable a lot of technology transfer from the research world to real-world applications. And then, after we get every robot on ROS, imagine we could connect them through the Net so they could share a common knowledge base. http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/robot-operating-system-making-its-way-into-industrial-roboticsFri, 23 Sep 2011 10:27:11 -0500 Southwest Research Institute launched a collaborative effort to assist our clients to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and to address governmental mandates for alternative fuel production and tightened emissions standards. SwRI's new International Alternative Fuel Technology Center (IAFTC) will maximize the Institute's decades-long expertise in fuels and fluids. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/iaftc.htmFri, 09 Sep 2011 10:34:30 -0500 Meet with SwRI recruiters at the Virginia Tech Engineering Expo, Sept. 13.http://www.career.vt.edu/Fairs/JobCareerFairs.htmlWed, 07 Sep 2011 09:51:57 -0500 The Energy Storage System Evaluation and Safety (EssEs) consortium is intended to help vehicle manufacturers and battery suppliers develop precompetitive, detailed cell-level test data on electrochemical storage systems and perform research to advance testing methodologies to evaluate batteries. The four-year consortium, renewable annually, is designed to provide transparency in the automotive battery market to advance global development of energy storage systems.http://www.swri.org/vidclip/vidclip.htmWed, 07 Sep 2011 09:50:11 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the Motoman Robotics Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. have entered into a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on integrating Motoman Robotics' line of industrial robots with the open-source ROS (Robot Operating System) software. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/robotics.htmWed, 07 Sep 2011 09:49:17 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been selected to provide payload flight integration services as part of three suborbital flight provider contracts recently announced by NASA to Virgin Galactic, XCOR and Masten Space Systems. These contracts are an important step forward for the NASA Flight Opportunities Program, funded by NASA's Office of the Chief Technologist and managed by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., and affirm the need for commercial space access for a range of research and educational applications.http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/payload_integrator.htmWed, 07 Sep 2011 09:48:47 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received a $9.9 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy. The objective of this Phase 3 work is to design and test carbon dioxide compression using technologies developed under previous DOE phases of the improved compression technologies program. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/CO2Compression.htmWed, 24 Aug 2011 16:44:21 -0500 So scientists worked hard for several years processing Stereo-A's observations into a watchable video. "This is an extraordinarily difficult extraction problem," said Craig DeForest of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. "A tremendous amount of extraordinarily careful work was needed to develop the algorithms." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44209740/ns/technology_and_science-space/Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:18:27 -0500 As the fifth anniversary of Pluto's demotion neared, SPACE.com caught up with Stern, who is also principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission, which is sending a spacecraft to Pluto for the first time ever. http://www.space.com/12710-pluto-defender-alan-stern-dwarf-planet-interview.htmlWed, 24 Aug 2011 11:52:59 -0500 Using data collected by NASA's STEREO spacecraft, researchers at Southwest Research Institute and the National Solar Observatory have developed the first detailed images of solar wind structures as plasma and other particles from a coronal mass ejection (CME) traveled 93 million miles and impacted Earth. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/solarwind.htmThu, 18 Aug 2011 13:28:26 -0500 "For the first time, we can see directly the larger scale structures that cause blips in the solar wind impacting our spacecraft and Earth," said SwRI's Dr. Craig DeForest, lead author of an Astrophysical Journal article released online yesterday. "There is still a great deal to be learned from these data, but they are already changing the way we think about the solar wind." http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/aug/HQ_M11-170_Solar_Show.htmlThu, 18 Aug 2011 13:27:13 -0500 Exciting nanotechnology studies at Southwest Research Institute that provide new avenues for drug delivery in many diseases, as well as new approaches, in collaboration with Texas Biomedical Research Institute, in assessing and predicting damage to bones caused by osteoporosis and arthritis; and Innovative biological surveillance techniques for identifying bio-terror agents as well as novel genetic analysis of the origins of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other illnesses at Texas Biomedical Research Institute. Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Life-saving-innovation-emerging-in-S-A-2069502.php#ixzz1VPGD7SIMhttp://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Life-saving-innovation-emerging-in-S-A-2069502.phpThu, 18 Aug 2011 13:25:55 -0500 "Human beings can solve any technical problems that are put in front of us," said Daniel Durda, senior planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., and an expert on asteroid collisions. "It's the social and political issues that we struggle with." Rusty Schweickart, former NASA astronaut and founding member of the B612 Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the Earth from asteroid strikes, concurred: "The geopolitical realities are daunting. The technical issues are easy by comparison." http://www.space.com/12645-asteroid-deflection-doomsday-earth-capability.htmlThu, 18 Aug 2011 13:24:19 -0500 NASA is scheduled to launch the Juno spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, to answer some fundamental questions about the gas giant and, in turn, about the processes that led to formation of our solar system. Check the following website for the latest launch details: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/launch/index.html. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/juno.htmFri, 05 Aug 2011 08:48:10 -0500 A common technique for modeling the outcomes of collisions between small solid bodies in the solar system involves granular physics codes in which the "granules" are rocks with diameters in the tens of meters.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/Spring11/PDFs/asteroids.pdfTue, 02 Aug 2011 17:41:57 -0500 On Aug. 5, NASA is scheduled to launch the Juno spacecraft to Jupiter. And Scott Bolton, director of the Space Science Department at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), is the Juno principal investigator. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2011/08/01/swri-scientist-leading-the-helm-of.htmlTue, 02 Aug 2011 17:39:35 -0500 NASA's upcoming mission to Jupiter can't get much greener than this: a solar-powered, windmill-shaped spacecraft. http://www.rdmag.com/General-Science-Spacecraft-Technoloyg-NASA-SwRI-going-green-with-solar-powered-Jupiter-probe/Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:38:29 -0500 The payload specialists for Southwest Research Institute suborbital astronaut mission have cleared their required FAA flight physicals and completed basic centrifuge and zero-G training. With these requirements met, SwRI can now proceed further with its mission. These payload specialists will fly a series of suborbital missions on XCOR Lynx I and Virgin Galactic SpaceShip2 vehicles. The Lynx I missions will reach altitudes of 200,000 feet; the SpaceShip2 missions will reach altitudes near 350,000 feet. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2011/07/26/swri-moving-forward-with-suborbital.htmlTue, 26 Jul 2011 15:59:32 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced in February that it had contracted multiple suborbital flights for its own astronaut payload specialists as part of a larger effort to promote the development of commercial human spaceflight. Preparations for these flights are proceeding and will be flown on a combination SwRI manifest of XCOR Lynx I and Virgin Galactic SpaceShip2 vehicles. The Lynx I missions will reach altitudes of about 200,000 feet; the SpaceShip 2 missions will reach altitudes near 350,000 feet. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/suborbital.htmTue, 26 Jul 2011 15:58:59 -0500 The biggest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, also boasts the most moons, with 64 currently cataloged. Most of these moons are tiny, lumpy rocks apparently asteroids captured by Jupiter's gravity and they swarm about the giant planet like so many bees around a hive. http://www.livescience.com/15213-greatest-mysteries-jupiter-moons-europa.htmlTue, 26 Jul 2011 15:55:53 -0500 The SwRI-developed Project Information Management System (PIMS) is an integrated web-based project management tool that allows project managers to coordinate and complete many of these activities online, using any web browser. PIMS supports many functions, such as action item tracking, risk management, online checklists, and document and image management.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/brochure/d15/web/WebBased.pdfTue, 26 Jul 2011 15:51:48 -0500 Orthopaedic impairments and arthritis are the primary physical causes limiting activity in people of all ages worldwide. Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) develops and applies advanced engineering technologies to solve critical problems in orthopaedics. The Institute also blends traditional orthopaedic technologies with advances in computer science and electronics to provide improved orthopaedic care.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/brochure/d18/AdvTech/OrthoFlyer.pdfTue, 26 Jul 2011 15:49:50 -0500 HiSentinel is a spiral development project to design a family of high-altitude, long-endurance airships for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) engineers provide project management, overall vehicle and system design, flight command and control electronics and operations. Aerostar International, a commercial manufacturer of lighter-than-air vehicles, has designed the high-strength hull material, manufactured the airship hull and provides test operations support. These autonomous airships can be stored in a shipping container instead of a hangar and launched from a parking lot or an open field rather than an airbase runway.http://www.youtube.com/swritv#p/u/7/dU0B6SHG3pgThu, 21 Jul 2011 10:35:30 -0500 "We obviously want to pay attention to it," New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute, told SPACE.com. "But it's not going to reshape the basic concentration on Pluto and Charon, and also Nix and Hydra." http://www.space.com/12372-pluto-fourth-moon-nasa-spacecraft.htmlThu, 21 Jul 2011 10:23:41 -0500 "How did planet formation take place? What are the big events?"asks planetary scientist William Bottke of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. Bottke likens asteroids to evidence at a crime scene: they help reconstruct events and contain information that a body -- or planet -- doesn't. "They're like blood splatter or bone fragments and such," Bottke says. "These little guys provide amazing constraints on the big processes that have taken place. They're stuff left over the crime, and we use them to piece together what's happened." http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/332541/title/Dawn_on_VestaThu, 21 Jul 2011 10:21:26 -0500 The Flash vs. Riot Slimer The Flash may be faster than the speed of thought, but he's gotta start somewhere. And if he starts (or tries to stop) on any of this slime, the only place he's going is down, since it's pretty much impossible to get any traction. The Southwest Research Institute has developed a "mobility denial system, aka "riot slimer," that sprays a special goop onto the ground. The goop sticks to everything except itself, and if people or vehicles try to get across it, the spin out of control and/or fall down. It's not just effective, it's also hilarious.http://dvice.com/archives/2011/07/13-ways-to-stop.php#1Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:57:45 -0500 With more than 60 years of encapsulation research and development experience, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a leader in the field. Using extensive expertise in diverse technical fields such as pharmaceuticals, food and nutrition, polymer and materials science, and process engineering, SwRI's encapsulation specialists solve product stability, release and application problems in a wide range of industries. SwRI has conducted more than 1,000 encapsulation research programs for commercial and government clients. http://www.swri.org/4org/d01/appchem/encap/home.htmThu, 07 Jul 2011 16:49:29 -0500 From discovering new uses for cholestoral-fighting drugs, to developing geolocation technologies to protect our troops from friendly fire, to advancing techonologies for renewable wind energy, to developing space exploration techonologies to advance our knowledge of the solar system, you can gain insight on how San Antonio scientists are at the forefront of scientific advancement.http://www.tpr.org/articles/2011/06/sciencefriday.htmlThu, 07 Jul 2011 16:44:56 -0500 The Juno Mission will explore Jupiter in the hopes of learning more about the planet's origin and the origin of our solar system.http://missionjuno.swri.edu/Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:34:06 -0500 "We're going back to Jupiter to discover how the planets were made and what the early solar system was like," said principal investigator Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. "When you want to go back to the history and understand how planets were made you have to go back to Jupiter because it formed from what was left over" after the sun formed. http://www.stripes.com/blogs/stripes-central/stripes-central-1.8040/the-final-countdown-nasa-science-launches-still-going-strong-1.148541Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:29:20 -0500 The Institute will re-open for business at 8 a.m. CST on Tuesday, July 5. http://www.swri.org/Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:09:18 -0500 SwRI's patents can be searched by U.S. patent number, title, inventors, keywords, or SwRI technical division. http://www.swri.org/PatentsDB/Patents.aspThu, 23 Jun 2011 16:05:59 -0500 The Institute Quality Systems (IQS) Department has more than 25 years experience in providing quality assurance consultation, audit, surveillance, and training services for U.S. and international customers. Teams of quality engineers, technologists, and certified auditors with experience from a wide variety of industries and government agencies assist the technical divisions in implementing quality systems, corrective and preventive actions and monitoring the various activities to assure compliance with contractual requirements. http://www.swri.org/4org/d30/default.htmThu, 23 Jun 2011 16:05:16 -0500 A novel ignition system for gasoline engines that creates a continuous spark of variable energy and duration has received a 2011 R&D 100 Award. R&D Magazine selected Southwest Research Institute's Dual Coil Offset (DCO™) Ignition System as one of the 100 most significant technological achievements of the past year. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/dualcoil.htmThu, 23 Jun 2011 16:04:13 -0500 Check out SwRI's YouTube channel for the latest video features including a new clip on SwRI's R&D 100 winner DOC Ignition System. http://www.youtube.com/user/SwRItvThu, 23 Jun 2011 16:01:38 -0500 SwRI is independent and impartial. It is not affiliated with any government agency, educational institution, or corporate entity, nor does it endorse products or services. http://www.swri.org/7biz/advan.htmThu, 23 Jun 2011 15:59:21 -0500 Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) offers advanced research capabilities in cell culture and virology, combining chemical expertise with biological strategies for innovative problem solving. Using the latest technologies in state-of-the-art laboratories, SwRI scientists provide multidisciplinary, integrated approaches to meet client requirements.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/brochure/d11/MicroLab/Virology-Lab.pdfTue, 21 Jun 2011 14:44:52 -0500 The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has chosen Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) as a provider of the wireless communications platform for the System F6 program. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/F6wireless.htmTue, 21 Jun 2011 14:42:41 -0500 There were few signs among the elaborate displays that even mentioned nanotechnology. One exception was the exhibit for Southwest Research Institute, which runs 2 million square feet of laboratories in San Antonio, Texas. "There are many areas where nanomaterial can be of an immense benefit to food development, processing, safety monitoring and packaging," James Oxley, senior research scientist in nanomaterials for Southwest Research Institute, told Food Safety News. http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/06/many-eager-to-use-nano-in-food-but-wont-admit-it/Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:41:02 -0500 SwRI is involved in wind energy challenges in two major ways -- by exploring and developing new ideas and by doing reliability testing on proven and existing designs. http://www.swri.org/vidclip/html/wind-energy.htmTue, 14 Jun 2011 10:20:44 -0500 The spring issue features new radio technology that helps warfighters, asteroid modeling, the PIMS system and software to address behavioral problems in children.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/Spring11/toc.htmTue, 14 Jun 2011 10:18:06 -0500 For almost 50 years, Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) has been involved in filtration and fine particle technology, serving commercial, industrial and military clients worldwide. The Institute performs evaluations in accordance with industry, military, and commercial standards and specifications. While SwRI has extensive experience and has a major focus in evaluating automotive and heavy-duty vehicle air filters, Institute engineers and technicians also perform evaluations for a large range of filters and applications, including the development and testing of novel technologies.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/brochure/d08/FiltFine/FiltrationFineBroch.pdfTue, 14 Jun 2011 10:17:16 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) chemists and scientists have provided many services to clients in food quality and safety. Over the past 20 years, food chemists and scientists at SwRI have analyzed more than 40,000 produce samples for approximately 150 pesticide residues. http://www.am-fe.ift.org/cms/?pid=1000390Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:15:20 -0500 NESSUS is a modular computer software program for performing probabilistic analysis of structural/mechanical components and systems. http://www.nessus.swri.org/Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:14:39 -0500 SwRI offers clients technology gained from its internal research programs and patents. More than 950 of SwRI's U.S. patents as well as the 1999 to 2010 IR&D Annual Reports are available online for review. http://www.swri.org/8special/IRD/irdhome.htmTue, 14 Jun 2011 10:11:36 -0500 The University of Texas at San Antonio Office of the Vice President for Research and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) jointly announce they will award $200,000 in FY 2012-2013 Connect program funding to UTSA Peter T. Flawn Professor of Biomedical Engineering Rena Bizios and SwRI Senior Research Scientists Vicky Poenitzsch and Xingguo Cheng for their collaborative research proposal, "Novel Scaffolds for Tendon/Ligament Regeneration and Tissue Engineering Applications." The funding will support the researchers in designing, fabricating and establishing the efficacy of new scaffolds for tendon/ligament repair and regeneration. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/collaborate.htmFri, 03 Jun 2011 09:44:41 -0500 Inspecting the coating on a gas turbine blade is a costly and tedious process that requires shutting down the turbine and destroying the blade itself during inspection. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed COATLIFE Spreadsheet Program 4.0, a nondestructive analytical tool that can cost-effectively and efficiently predict the oxidation and thermomechanical fatigue life of combustion gas turbine coatings and coated blades under variable operating conditions. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2005/coatlife.htmFri, 03 Jun 2011 09:44:04 -0500 SwRI has helped develop and operate reliable, safe turbo and reciprocating machinery for more than 50 years. The Rotating Machinery Group solves fluid and structural dynamics problems, provides root cause failure analysis expertise, designs and tests machines, offers 24/7 rapid response world-wide field services, and provides design review and auditing services for manufacturers and users of rotating machinery. SwRI combines custom consultations, extensive field experience, with world leading analytical, computational, and test capabilities. SwRI has completed contract work for all major oil and gas, power generation, and manufacturing companies of the world. http://www.asmeconferences.org/TE2011/Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:43:02 -0500 Behavior Breakthroughs, an interactive program developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), is now available to help train parents, caretakers and others who work with children and adults with behavioral problems. The program uses game-based strategies and 3-D imagery to provide the tools that parents, teachers and professionals who care for children with autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or other disruptive behaviors need to intervene effectively. http://www.abainternational.org/Events/conv2011/exhibitors/exhibitInfo.aspTue, 24 May 2011 17:45:51 -0500 The Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Benchmarking Program at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is designed to test and characterize competitive engines to assess their relative performance, emissions and technology. The results of this program include data sets of great interest to companies that manufacture or use diesel engines, components or after treatment systems. http://www.swri.org/vidclip/html/engine-benchmarking.htmTue, 24 May 2011 17:44:59 -0500 The Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society has awarded the prestigious Kuiper Prize in planetary sciences to Dr. William R. Ward, an Institute scientist in the Planetary Science Directorate at Southwest Research Institute. Ward was selected as the 2011 recipient of the award, named in honor of Gerard P. Kuiper who proposed the existence of the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy objects outside the orbit of Neptune considered to be a source of periodic comets. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/Ward.htmTue, 24 May 2011 17:42:50 -0500 As San Antonio and Bexar County and other area agencies and industry groups press forward with their China business agendas, they should be encouraged by the continuous progress the Southwest Research Institute has made, especially in the last decade. The institute has been involved in China since 1984. It has maintained a business office in Beijing, with a staff of four to five, since July 2003. Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/David-Hendricks-SwRI-s-China-activity-is-1393941.php#ixzz1NJRMWkgNhttp://www.mysanantonio.com/default/article/David-Hendricks-SwRI-s-China-activity-is-1393941.phpTue, 24 May 2011 17:40:50 -0500 In late 2008, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) was contracted by the U.S. Navy to rapidly develop a light-weight, handheld biometrics collection capability that could be deployed in a harsh maritime environment. The capability needed to be designed, prototyped and tested within six months to meet the Navy's schedule. The System for Intelligence and Identity Management OperatioNs (SIIMON) was born.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/Fall10/PDFs/Not-So-Simple-SIIMON.pdfWed, 18 May 2011 10:41:02 -0500 Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) develops and implements technologies that enable CBM, including data acquisition systems, management and tracking software, and condition monitoring algorithms.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/brochure/d09/CBM/Condition-Based-Maintenance.pdfWed, 18 May 2011 10:40:02 -0500 NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute's MAss Spectrometer for Planetary EXploration (MASPEX) for technology development funding. Originally offered as part of the Primitive Material Explorer (PriME) mission proposal, the mass spectrometer was selected to further advance NASA's capability for evaluating the chemical composition of comets. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/maspex.htmWed, 18 May 2011 10:37:47 -0500 The Fluids and Machinery Engineering Department is internationally recognized for solving fluid systems problems in the areas of: flow measurement, fluid machinery design, plant engineering services, multiphase flow assurance, and rotating machinery. http://www.swri.org/4org/d18/mechflu/home.htmTue, 10 May 2011 14:42:45 -0500 The Petroleum Products Research Department measures the quality and determines regulatory compliance of fuels, automatic transmission fluids, brake fluids, gear lubricants, hydraulic oils, coolant, antifreeze, and gasoline and diesel engine oils. The department provides sampling services at service stations as well as sample kits for terminal and automotive clients. Test equipment includes octane and cetane engines meeting ASTM Coordinating Fuels Research (CFR) specifications and injector systems for induction system and fuel injector deposit and clean-up studies. http://www.swri.org/4org/d08/petprod/home.htmTue, 10 May 2011 14:40:19 -0500 Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) has been a leader in food-related science and engineering fields for more than 60 years. Support of the food processing and manufacturing industries is a core focus, and SwRI engineers have developed diverse solutions for food manufacturers and processing equipment suppliers using innovative techniques.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/brochure/d01/FoodTech/FoodTechBrochure.pdfTue, 10 May 2011 14:10:37 -0500 Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) is a recognized leader in radio-frequency (RF) signal exploitation and geolocation system development. SwRI provides advanced acquisition, recognition, direction finding (DF), surveillance and tracking systems to government agencies, militaries and commercial clients in the United States and around the world.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/brochure/d16/GeoCom/GeoComBroch.pdfTue, 10 May 2011 14:09:49 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, and the Beijing BSS Corrosion Protection Co. Ltd., in Beijing, China, have entered into a representation and master agreement. BSS will represent SwRI's interest in products and services related to sensor systems, nondestructive evaluation, surface engineering, coatings and corrosion. The agreements were effective March 15. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/beijing.htmTue, 10 May 2011 14:08:29 -0500 The program uses game-based strategies and 3-D imagery to provide the tools that parents, teachers and professionals who care for children with autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or other disruptive behaviors need to intervene effectively. http://www.amazon.com/SwRI-Behavior-Breakthroughs/dp/B004X6UGBK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304687810&sr=8-1Fri, 06 May 2011 14:24:25 -0500 The Juno Mission launches this summer and will explore Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. http://missionjuno.swri.edu/Fri, 06 May 2011 14:23:01 -0500 Iapetus is one of the weirdest things in the solar system, said Levision, and as we study it more and more, it gets weirder and weirder. http://earthsky.org/space/hal-levison-on-saturn%e2%80%99s-weird-moon-iapetus?s-weird-moon-iapetusWed, 04 May 2011 09:46:03 -0500 The Energy Storage System Evaluation and Safety (EssEs) consortium is intended to help vehicle manufacturers and battery suppliers develop precompetitive, detailed cell-level test data on electrochemical storage systems and perform research to advance testing methodologies to evaluate batteries. The four-year consortium, renewable annually, is designed to provide transparency in the automotive battery market to advance global development of energy storage systems. The initial EssEs meeting will be held May 24, 2011, at Southwest Research Institute. http://swri.org/9what/releases/2011/EssEs.htmWed, 04 May 2011 09:45:00 -0500 A full, home-computer version of Behavior Breakthroughs™, an interactive program developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), is now available to help train parents, caretakers and others who work with children and adults with behavioral problems. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/training.htmWed, 04 May 2011 09:44:03 -0500 SwRI engineers contributed significantly to the accident investigation, including recreating the impact scenario that occurred when a piece of insulating foam broke off the external fuel tank during launch. http://www.swri.org/vidclip/html/shuttle-impact.htmThu, 28 Apr 2011 10:58:31 -0500 HiSentinel is a spiral development project to design a family of high-altitude, long-endurance airships for the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) engineers provide project management, overall vehicle and system design, flight command and control electronics and operations.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/Fall10/PDFs/Sentinel-in-the-Sky.pdfThu, 28 Apr 2011 10:50:04 -0500 Behavior Breakthroughs, an interactive program developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), uses game-based technology and 3-D imagery to help train people who work with children and adults with behavioral problems. Level 1 of the program is available now as an iPhone app, to be followed later this year by more extensive PC and Mac-based versionshttp://www.cec.sped.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ProfessionalDevelopment/ConventionExpo/default.htmThu, 21 Apr 2011 17:13:23 -0500 Southwest Research Institute is committed to: fostering an environment where the best and brightest people want to work; appreciating innovation, creativity and an entrepreneurial spirit; enabling opportunities to develop and expand careers; and encouraging employees to meet professional and personal goals. http://www.swri.org/diversity/default.htmThu, 21 Apr 2011 17:12:20 -0500 Sensor technology developed to remotely characterize the path, dimensions and morphology of caves and other underground conduits and cavities received a 2010 R&D 100 Award. http://www.swri.org/8special/RD100/rd100.htmThu, 21 Apr 2011 17:11:38 -0500 Recent studies performed by engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have examined the role that exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) can play in reducing, or even eliminating, these sources of inefficiency in gasoline engines. In internally funded research, they determined that EGR can improve the fuel consumption of both directinjected and port-injected gasoline engines by reducing pumping losses, mitigating knock, cooling the exhaust and eliminating the need for fuel enrichment. http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/Summer10/PDFs/Clean-and-Cool.pdfThu, 14 Apr 2011 17:09:43 -0500 Visit SwRI at Booth No. 109. http://www.airworthiness2011.com/http://www.swri.org/9what/events/exhibits/exhibits.htmThu, 14 Apr 2011 17:08:25 -0500 The Rapid Automotive Performance Simulator (RAPTOR®) is commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) modular simulation software co-developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and DaimlerChrysler for use by automotive, truck, and bus developers and suppliers. http://www.swri.org/4org/d03/vehsys/advveh/raptor/default.htmThu, 14 Apr 2011 17:07:15 -0500 SwRI's Office of Automotive Engineering; Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research Division and Fuels and Lubricants Research Division are certified to ISO 14001. http://www.swri.org/EMS/ISO14001.htmMon, 04 Apr 2011 10:13:28 -0500 Of the singular images the IBEX mission has been able to achieve, lead scientist David McComas of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) says, "These maps are very rich scientifically and are critical in helping scientists understand how our space environment is controlled by the galactic medium. They provide the first images of our solar system's boundaries, which control the access to potentially harmful galactic cosmic rays as well as all other matter from deep space." http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/3885/unwrapping-the-ribbon-of-energy-around-our-solar-systemMon, 04 Apr 2011 10:11:12 -0500 Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) uses satellite radar and optical imagery to detect and monitor ground movements associated with geologic hazards such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanoes. These remote sensing techniques provide a fundamentally new way to study changes of the earth's surface.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/brochure/d20/RemMet/RemMetBro.pdfFri, 01 Apr 2011 14:47:20 -0500 New video clip features an SwRI-developed application using game-based technology that allows parents to practice behavior skills to work with children who may have challenges such as autism or ADHD. http://www.swri.org/vidclip/html/behavior-breakthroughs.htmThu, 31 Mar 2011 16:00:03 -0500 Field service engineers and scientists in Southwest Research Institute's (SwRI) Mechanical Engineering Division have been troubleshooting dynamics problems in machinery and piping systems worldwide for nearly 60 years.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/Fall10/PDFs/At-a-Moments-Notice.pdfThu, 31 Mar 2011 15:58:28 -0500 Training application using simulations to model and display a child's behavior based on interventions applied by the user, which provides an interactive environment. Caregivers learn to effectively implement proven behavioral strategies and techniques using game-based technology. The goal is to provide parents and caregivers with an opportunity to learn and practice reinforcing skills they want to see increase and to use extinction to reduce rates of behaviors they would like to see decrease. To progress, the user will have to master the skills of reinforcement and extinction. Supports iPhone 3GS or better, iPod Touch 3rd generation or better and iPad devices. Free/Download http://theappwhisperer.com/2011/02/28/the-newest-and-best-ios-apps-to-help-children-with-autism/Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:56:08 -0500 Behavior Breakthroughs, an interactive program developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), uses game-based technology and 3-D imagery to help train people who work with children and adults with behavioral problems. Level 1 of the program is available now as an iPhone app, to be followed later this year by more extensive PC and Mac-based versions. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/behavior.htmTue, 29 Mar 2011 10:05:49 -0500 Stop by Booth No. 210 to visit SwRI staff at the Hardened Electronics and Radiation Technology Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., March 30.http://www.heart-conference.org/Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:12:04 -0500 The next NASGRO short course at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, is planned for March 29 to 31, 2011. http://www.swri.org/4org/d18/mateng/matint/nasgro/Training/default.htmMon, 28 Mar 2011 10:41:47 -0500 The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a non-profit organization based in San Antonio, Tex., bought seats on suborbital flights from both XCOR Aerospace and Virgin Galactic. SwRI's experiments are already built and ready to go, and the institute is now waiting on the spaceflight companies but that wait may not be terribly long, according to one scientist. http://www.space.com/11220-private-spaceflight-revolution-scientists.htmlMon, 28 Mar 2011 10:36:04 -0500 Heat output from the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus is much greater than was previously thought possible, according to a new analysis of data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The study was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research on March 4. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/cassini.htmWed, 09 Mar 2011 15:33:57 -0600 The Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) held in Orlando, Fla., this week set records for the number of presentations, sponsors and attendees. The annual conference brings the research and education communities together with suborbital vehicle providers and government funding agencies to explore the exciting new era of suborbital spaceflight. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/NSRC.htmWed, 09 Mar 2011 15:33:31 -0600 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced pioneering agreements today to send three scientists as payload specialists aboard eight suborbital flights — some to altitudes greater than 350,000 feet, above the internationally recognized boundary of space. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/pioneer.htmWed, 09 Mar 2011 15:33:16 -0600 The Mechanical Engineering Division is internationally recognized in its core programs of: engineering dynamics, structures, materials, and fluids systems. Our mission is to improve the safety, reliability, efficiency and life of new or existing mechanical components or systems for the economic benefit of our clients. http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/UTSA-offers-new-degrees-1023948.phpTue, 22 Feb 2011 10:57:06 -0600 National Engineers Week will be held Feb. 20-26.http://www.eweek.org/Home.aspxFri, 18 Feb 2011 13:35:56 -0600 Southwest Research Institute is working to develop and test new, small molecule compounds for use as antidotes to chemical warfare agents. http://www.swri.org/vidclip/html/weapons-antidote.htmFri, 18 Feb 2011 13:32:55 -0600 Ideally, all of this data will provide clues to the origin of the Solar System, and perhaps of life on Earth, says Joel Parker, an astronomer at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110215/full/news.2011.96.htmlFri, 18 Feb 2011 13:29:14 -0600 SwRI's award-winning movie, The Right Choices, is posted on our YouTube channel, SwRItv. The movie was produced for GAMER to encourage students to stay in school. http://www.youtube.com/swritv#p/u/6/B2BzcW7BFPMFri, 18 Feb 2011 13:27:13 -0600 The Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) is a program that delivers training and hands-on technical assistance to businesses in the state of Texas. TMAC manufacturing professionals are based in 13 different locations across Texas. At Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, Texas, a facility is set up to serve as the state's South Central field office.http://www.swri.org/4org/d10/indeng/tmac/default.htmTue, 15 Feb 2011 11:23:41 -0600 "This is an outstanding problem in terrestrial planet formation," said Dr. David Minton from the Southwest Research Institute. "Everyone who does simulations of how you form terrestrial planets always ends up with a Mars that is 5-10 times bigger than it is in real life." Minton has been working alongside colleague Dr. Hal Levison to create new simulations that explain the small size of Mars by including the effect of what is known as planetesimal-driven migration, and additionally, small objects that Minton calls "Marstinis" could stir or shake up our ideas about the early solar system and the Late Heavy Bombardment. http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/3771/solving-the-puzzle-of-why-mars-is-so-smallTue, 15 Feb 2011 10:28:31 -0600 SwRI will host an exhibit booth at Gas/Electric Partnership this week.http://www.gaselectricpartnership.com/Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:43:58 -0600 Dr. Terry Alger, manager of the Advanced Combustion and Emissions Section in the Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research Division at Southwest Research Institute, has been selected to receive the Forest R. McFarland Award, presented by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/alger.htmTue, 08 Feb 2011 14:41:42 -0600 Jack Fernandi has been promoted to treasurer and assistant secretary at Southwest Research Institute. The appointment was effective Jan. 24 following approval by SwRI's Board of Directors. He was previously assistant treasurer. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/fernandi.htmWed, 02 Feb 2011 17:00:30 -0600 Dr. Charles Roberts Jr., an Institute engineer in the Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research Division at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/roberts.htmWed, 02 Feb 2011 16:59:23 -0600 This course presents and develops the fundamental and underlying principles of penetration mechanics. The developed fundamental relationships are applied to areas such as hypervelocity impact, shaped-charge penetration, long-rod penetration, small arms, ballistic protection, and armor design. Special emphasis is placed on a description of material response at high strain rates. The constitutive and failure behaviors of armor and anti-armor materials, such as hardened steels, ceramics, and tungsten alloys, are described. http://www.swri.org/PMSC/default.htmTue, 01 Feb 2011 10:31:09 -0600 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is recognized as a leader in radio-frequency signal exploitation, tracking, and geolocation system development.http://www.swri.org/ftrdlab/ftrdlab_radtst.htmFri, 28 Jan 2011 11:03:39 -0600 The Universal Synthetic Gas Reactor® (USGR®) was developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to test the performance of small-core catalysts. http://www.swri.org/4org/d08/emmres/aftreat/usgr/Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:02:47 -0600 With more than 50 years of experience in fluid and multiphase flow technologies, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has emerged as a world leader in providing comprehensive, state-of-the-art solutions to fluid dynamic needs. http://www.swri.org/4org/d18/mechflu/fluiddyn/default.htmhttp://www.swri.org/4org/d18/mechflu/multflo/home.htmFri, 28 Jan 2011 11:01:17 -0600 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) today signed a three-year Strategic Alliance Agreement in Pune, India, to cooperate in the development of novel technologies in fuels research and engine development projects. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/SwRI-India.htmFri, 21 Jan 2011 17:08:26 -0600 Beth Ann Rafferty has been promoted to chief financial officer and vice president–Finance at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). She was previously SwRI treasurer. The appointment was effective Jan. 14, following the retirement of SwRI CFO and Senior Vice President–Finance John Sprencel. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2011/rafferty.htmFri, 21 Jan 2011 17:07:28 -0600 https://siat.araiindia.com/e_siat.aspFri, 21 Jan 2011 17:06:27 -0600 A new generation of space vehicles capable of economically delivering payloads and researchers is coming on line. These vehicles will revolutionize space access by providing frequent, low-cost access to space and the capability to carry research and education crew members. They will also carry experiments for technology demonstrations, for scientist in-the-loop research, and for educational/public outreach demonstrations. http://www.swri.org/9what/events/confer/nsrc/2011/index.htmFri, 14 Jan 2011 17:57:45 -0600 Since then, our solar system has circled the center of the Milky Way galaxy at least 20 times. The planets formed about 3.9 billion years ago, after enduring a shooting gallery of comet impacts that has left only a scant population of oversized snowballs, little changed from their formation about 4.6 billion years ago. There, they mixed with dwarf worlds such as Eris and Pluto, which are thought to resemble the embryonic cores of today's planets. "This is fundamental science. Understanding these objects will tell us a great deal about the birth of our solar system," says the Southwest Research Institute's Elliot Young, an expert on determining the size of dwarf planets. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2011-01-12-dwarfplanets12_CV_N.htmFri, 14 Jan 2011 17:55:35 -0600 Vehicle crash testing of roadside safety devices at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) includes crash cushions, median barriers, and bridge railings intended to prevent errant vehicles from impacting fixed objects. Our clients range from manufacturers and end-users of roadway safety devices (such as crash cushions, median barriers, and bridge railings) and terrorist barriers. http://www.swri.org/4org/d18/struceng/dare/barrier/default.htmWed, 12 Jan 2011 14:56:38 -0600 In the areas of corrosion and environmental effects on materials, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) performs applied research, testing, technical assistance and technology transfer. http://www.swri.org/4org/d18/mateng/corrosn/jump/default.htmTue, 11 Jan 2011 10:31:44 -0600 "Pluto's atmosphere is kind of a like a crummy convergent lens," said Eliot F. Young, an astronomer at Southwest Research Institute's space studies department in Boulder, Colo., who was an author of the 2006 paper. "Each ray is bent toward the center of Pluto." Thus, the true diameter of Pluto remains uncertain. Dr. Young reanalyzed the stellar occultation data and found Pluto to be bigger, with the data compatible with a diameter as large as 2,400 kilometers. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/science/space/11pluto.html?src=mvTue, 11 Jan 2011 10:30:00 -0600 The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) fuel economy testing and evaluation procedures used to generate fuel economy results accepted by the U.S. trucking industry have been conducted at Southwest Research Institute for more than 25 years. http://www.swri.org/4org/d08/flures/fleet/fuelecon/default.htmFri, 07 Jan 2011 09:51:58 -0600 The mission of the SwRI ESSES Consortium is to provide transparency in the automotive battery market as a means to advance the development of energy storage systems. SwRI will launch a new consortium in January 2011 focusing on fuels and lubricants to discover ways to suppress low-speed preignition (LSPI), a condition that causes heavy engine knock and can seriously damage engine parts or cause complete engine failure. http://www.swri.org/8special/Consortia/consorta.htmFri, 07 Jan 2011 09:50:04 -0600 Dr. Kuang-Tsan (Ken) Chiang, a senior research scientist in Southwest Research Institute's (SwRI) Geosciences and Engineering Division, has been elected as an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/chiang.htmWed, 05 Jan 2011 11:22:49 -0600 Recent advances in smart energy technology have provided increased control and efficiency by enabling two-way communication between utilities and energy users. With these benefits, however, comes a significantly increased surface area for attacks on both the utility networks as well as the power grid. systemsecurity.swri.org http://www.swri.org/vidclip/html/smart-grid.htmWed, 05 Jan 2011 11:21:49 -0600 Our multidivisional, collaborative approach continues to play an integral role in solving problems for our clients.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/AR2010/arhome.htmMon, 03 Jan 2011 14:17:48 -0600 SwRI will reopen for business at 8 a.m. Central Monday, January 3, 2011. http://www.swri.org/default.htmTue, 28 Dec 2010 09:21:10 -0600 This is a sample item in a feed, created by Jitbit RSS Feed Creator. NOTE: this item description should be edited.http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlTue, 28 Dec 2010 09:21:01 -0600 SwRI employs diverse encapsulation methods to solve product performance requirements for its clients. Encapsulation methods are broadly categorized as either physical or chemical. http://swri.org/4org/d01/microenc/microen/default.htmTue, 28 Dec 2010 09:20:20 -0600 The spacecraft is flying to study Pluto and its three known moons Nix, Hydra and Charon. In recent years, a number of revelations have come out regarding Pluto from the Hubble Space Telescope, such as the discovery of Nix and Hydra, as well as apparent geyser eruptions and seasonal color changes on the dwarf planet. "These discoveries have helped develop our encounter with Pluto, which is now fully planned," said New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. "We have a list of things of do, which has been converted into a timeline of events, which has been converted into spacecraft software with all the commands to run the spacecraft and instruments." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40708569/ns/technology_and_science-space/Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:18:59 -0600 Scientists don't know what they'll find — no space probe has ever visited Pluto, which is about 39 times farther from the sun than Earth. "We are going to an entirely new type of world. Everything is interesting. It's like the first mission to Mars," New Horizons lead scientist Alan Stern, with the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., told Discovery News. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40767046/ns/technology_and_science-science/Tue, 28 Dec 2010 09:18:24 -0600 Lean manufacturing principles help transform manufacturers into lean enterprises, saving time and money while avoiding errors. http://www.swri.org/4org/d10/autoeng/leanmanu/Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:06:33 -0600 SwRI will reopen for business on Monday, Dec. 27.www.swri.orgWed, 22 Dec 2010 17:27:13 -0600 Vehicle crash testing of roadside safety devices at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) includes crash cushions, median barriers, and bridge railings intended to prevent errant vehicles from impacting fixed objects. Our clients range from manufacturers and end-users of roadway safety devices (such as crash cushions, median barriers, and bridge railings) and terrorist barriers. http://www.swri.org/4org/d18/struceng/dare/barrier/default.htmTue, 21 Dec 2010 16:15:33 -0600 SwRI provides research and development services to commercial companies and government agencies in a variety of contractual arrangements.http://www.swri.org/7biz/arrange.htmTue, 21 Dec 2010 16:13:40 -0600 One of the solar system's most evocative mysteries "the origin of Saturn's rings" may be a case of cosmic murder, new research suggests.http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=12377030Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:17:00 -0600 Over the eons, much of the ring material has glommed together, forming the icy inner moons of Saturn. "This model implies that the rings are primordial, that they formed from the same processes that left Titan as Saturn's only large satellite," said study author Robin Canup of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo. "And it's the only self-consistent explanation for the ice-rich inner satellites." http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/saturn-rings-formation-destroyed-moon-101212.htmlMon, 13 Dec 2010 11:15:22 -0600 Simulations performed at Southwest Research Institute may explain how Saturn's majestic rings and icy inner moons formed following the collision of a Titan-sized satellite with the planet, according to a paper published in Nature magazine's Dec. 12 Advance Online Publication. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/satrings.htmMon, 13 Dec 2010 11:14:15 -0600 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) develops diagnostic equipment to support all levels of the maintenance process, including large, specialized, ground-based automatic test equipment and on-board, built-in test systems. SwRI engineers are experienced in the philosophy and use of numerous standards related to the development of electronic test equipment. In some cases, staff members examine reliability and maintainability problems and redesign the system, subsystem or component causing problems. http://www.swri.org/4org/d09/avionics/diagnostics/default.htmThu, 09 Dec 2010 10:01:24 -0600 Fire-resistant fuels have been researched at the U.S. Army TARDEC Fuels and Lubricants Research Facility at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) for more than 20 years. Research in the area of controlling fuel fires has led to a self-extinguishing diesel fuel concept. http://www.swri.org/4org/d08/fuellube/firesist/default.htmWed, 08 Dec 2010 09:31:50 -0600 Recent studies performed by engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have examined the role that exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) can play in reducing, or even eliminating, these sources of inefficiency in gasoline engines.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/Summer10/PDFs/Clean-and-Cool.pdfFri, 03 Dec 2010 14:01:24 -0600 Southwest Research Institute is developing advanced biometric systems and sensors for the military to collect fingerprint, iris scans, and facial images of suspects and compare them to a criminal database or terror watch list. http://www.youtube.com/user/swritvThu, 02 Dec 2010 11:22:35 -0600 The American Geophysical Union has awarded Dr. James L. Burch, vice president of the Space Science and Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute, its 2010 John Adam Fleming Medal, which recognizes scientists "for original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics, and related science." He will receive the medal at the AGU Fall Meeting on December 15. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/burch.htmThu, 02 Dec 2010 11:05:24 -0600 The American Physical Society has conferred the distinction of Fellow to Dr. David J. McComas, assistant vice president of the Space Science and Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/mccomas.htmThu, 02 Dec 2010 11:04:47 -0600 Dr. Cynthia Dinwiddie was selected as one of San Antonio Business Journal's 40 under 40 outstanding professionals. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2010/11/22/san-antonio-business-journal-announces.htmlThu, 02 Dec 2010 10:57:51 -0600 New images and data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft give scientists a unique Saturn-lit view of active fissures through the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus. They reveal a more complicated web of warm fractures than previously thought. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/cassini.htmTue, 30 Nov 2010 17:51:17 -0600 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced today the re-elections of John C. Korbell and Philip J. Pfeiffer to chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of its Board of Directors. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/2011Board.htmTue, 30 Nov 2010 17:50:48 -0600 NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a very tenuous atmosphere known as an exosphere, infused with oxygen and carbon dioxide around Saturn's icy moon Rhea. This is the first time a spacecraft has directly captured molecules of an oxygen atmosphere – albeit a very thin one – at a world other than Earth. Read more: http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/rhea.htm#ixzz16oSV59fV Image courtesy of Southwest Research Institutehttp://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/rhea.htm#axzz16oSRACGjTue, 30 Nov 2010 17:50:17 -0600 Visit SwRI Exhibits at http://www.swri.org/9what/events/exhibits/exhibits.htm for a full list of upcoming exhibits.http://www.asipcon.com/Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:48:47 -0600 Every fuel must undergo ASTM's strict analysis and fall under a specification before it can be produced commercially. "It's not anything very radical," says George Wilson, senior research scientist with Southwest Research Institute and chairman of the emerging fuels group. "It's really important, because aviation is life and death. With flight safety you can't make casual errors. There are going to be a series of different types of synthetic fuels, and each one has an annex telling us how it's used in the main part of D7566 [jet fuel specification] to blend the finished product." http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/11/23/349974/hydrotreated-renewable-jet-fuel-close-to-certification-but-scale-up-challenges.htmlWed, 24 Nov 2010 17:08:07 -0600 SwRI will reopen at 8 a.m. Central Time Zone Monday, Nov. 29.http://www.swri.org/default.htmWed, 24 Nov 2010 17:06:32 -0600 Check out where SwRI will be exhibiting next at: http://www.swri.org/9what/events/exhibits/exhibits.htm http://www.ciceia.org.cn/default.aspWed, 24 Nov 2010 17:05:00 -0600 Over the last few years, an international team led by Dr Hal Levison of the Southwest Research Institute, Colorado, has been piecing together some answers using supercomputers. Their simulations form the basis of the so-called Nice Model, named after the city in southern France where some of the team reside. And their results suggest that the placid "celestial clockwork" of today's solar system emerged from a period of appalling chaos and catastrophe.http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/asia-pacific/space-junk-is-historical-treasure-troveMon, 22 Nov 2010 16:43:35 -0600 Solving client materials problems is the focus of the Surface Engineering and Materials Chemistry Section at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). Our capabilities include bulk and surface modification, process enhancement, new material development and specialized testing and characterization. Visit surfaceengineering.swri.org for more information. http://www.swri.org/vidclip/html/surface-engineering.htmMon, 22 Nov 2010 16:40:13 -0600 SwRI is hosting the 3rd Annual Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation industry lecture series on Wednesday.https://www.signup4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=SWRI11ETue, 16 Nov 2010 10:02:52 -0600 The Southwest Research Institute equipped a Ford Explorer with a computer system that can be switched to six different modes: manual driving; tele-operated; pedestrian following; vehicle following; supervised autonomy and full autonomy, said Ryan Lamm, manager of intelligent vehicle systems at the San Antonio, Texas-based nonprofit. http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2010/December/Pages/TechnologistsMakeProgressOnAutonomousGroundRobots.aspxFri, 12 Nov 2010 10:58:01 -0600 SwRI has won 35 R&D 100 Awards since 1971. This year's awards were presented Nov. 11, 2010, in Orlando. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/cavemap.htmFri, 12 Nov 2010 10:56:54 -0600 Southwest Research Institute, in Boulder and in San Antonio, Texas, and Christian Albrechts University, in Kiel, Germany, built RAD with funding from the NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate and Germany's national aerospace research center: Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt. The team assembling and testing the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., installed RAD onto Curiosity last month for the late-2011 launch. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-376Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:09:05 -0600 The SwRI IR&D Program exists to broaden the Institute's technology base and to encourage staff professional growth. Internal funding of research enables the Institute to advance knowledge, increase its technical capabilities, and expand its reputation as a leader in science and technology. The program also allows Institute engineers and scientists to continually grow in their technical fields by providing freedom to explore innovative and unproven concepts without contractual restrictions and expectations. http://www.swri.org/8special/IRD/irdhome.htmWed, 10 Nov 2010 10:05:54 -0600 Researchers in SwRI's Fluids and Machinery Engineering Department within the Mechanical Engineering Division have designed, fabricated and evaluated a carbon dioxide compressor for a water production system for use on board the International Space Station.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/Summer10/PDFs/From-CO2-to-H2O.pdfWed, 03 Nov 2010 14:19:34 -0500 nSPCT was developed to improve anomaly detection rates, significantly reduce analysis man-hours, reduce system down-time, and increase safety for United States Air Force (USAF) jet engineshttp://www.swri.org/vidclip/html/nspct.htmMon, 01 Nov 2010 14:23:46 -0500 This course is intended for engineers and scientists with a background in fracture mechanics that wish to become more familiar with the NASGRO suite of fracture mechanics and fatigue crack growth software. The course is taught using both lectures and hands-on example problems. A tentative course outline is provided below. http://www.swri.org/4org/d18/mateng/matint/nasgro/Training/default.htmFri, 29 Oct 2010 11:07:57 -0500 "It's becoming common wisdom that dwarf planets are the most common type in the solar system," said Alan Stern, a planetary scientist at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/dwarf-planet-eris-surprises-101027.htmlFri, 29 Oct 2010 11:06:53 -0500 "The magnetometers play a unique and important role in Juno's investigation of the formation and evolution of Jupiter," says Juno's principal investigator, Scott Bolton of Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. "They provide one of the ways that Juno will see deep inside the giant planet, and this will help us understand how and where Jupiter's powerful magnetic field is generated." http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1939465/juno_magnetometers_delivered_to_lockheed/Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:04:12 -0500 Dr. Marc Janssens, a senior engineer in the Fire Technology Department in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), has been named a Fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/janssens.htmTue, 26 Oct 2010 15:17:18 -0500 The U.S. Army TARDEC Fuels and Lubricants Research Facility is a government-owned contractor-operated (GOCO) facility that provides state-of-the-art research, development, and engineering services. It functions as an extension of the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), Force Projection Technology Business Area, located in Warren, Mich. In 2007, the TARDEC facility celebrated its 50th year of operation at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). http://www.swri.org/4org/d08/tardec/default.htmTue, 26 Oct 2010 15:16:24 -0500 NASA chose its impact site carefully. Because of the tilt of the moon's axis, the floors of large craters at either pole haven't received direct sunlight for billions of years. NASA's target was a crater, Cabeus, near the southern pole. Cabeus is a cosmic trap. Any material that lands there sticks. "There's almost no energy to warm up the molecules, so that they can't bounce off again," said G. Randall Gladstone, co-author of one of the Science papers and a planetary scientist at the nonprofit Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303339504575566194097878552.htmlFri, 22 Oct 2010 10:55:20 -0500 Mission scientist Kurt Retherford of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, thinks the discovery of mercury could pose a challenge for any human settlers because of its toxicity. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/21/tech/main6979059.shtmlFri, 22 Oct 2010 10:21:43 -0500 SwRI will be at Booth No. 405/407http://www.telemetry.org/Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:17:40 -0500 A pioneer in the encapsulation field with more than 60 years of experience, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) continues to work with clients to develop custom encapsulation formulations and product solutions. SwRI has encapsulated a broad spectrum of food ingredients, including aromas, flavors, nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals and more. http://www.supplysideshow.com/2010/west/Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:27:27 -0500 SwRI Planetary Scientist and Juno Principal Investigator Dr. Scott Bolton said, "Juno's magnetometers will precisely map Jupiter's magnetic field,"says Bolton. "This map will tell us a great deal about planet's inner magnetic dynamo what it's made of and how it works." http://www.caasastro.org/2010/10/19/close-encounters-with-jupiterWed, 20 Oct 2010 14:24:27 -0500 SwRI was chosen for a $1.2 million, four-year research project that begins in January because “we have a new idea about how to make a better anode material,” added another SwRI staff scientist, Kwai Chan. Research engineer Wuwei Liang from SwRI's Material Engineering Department also is on the team.http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/swri_team_wins_battery_research_grant_105067254.htmlMon, 18 Oct 2010 10:31:51 -0500 The event is free, but seating is limited. To register, please send your full name, title, company and phone number to michelle.hernandez@swri.org. For more information, contact Michelle Hernandez at 210-522-2260.https://www.signup4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=SWRI11EMon, 18 Oct 2010 10:29:11 -0500 Southwest Research Institute is working to enhance the state of the art in high performance computing and apply new technologies to scientific computing applications.http://swri.edu/3pubs/brochure/d10/High-Performance-Computing/High-Performance-Computing.pdfFri, 15 Oct 2010 15:02:38 -0500 To enhance transportation safety and aid homeland security efforts, the scientists and engineers in the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Department at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have been actively engaged in the deployment and integration of ITS surveillance technologies. http://www.swri.org/4org/d10/its/surveil/Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:01:27 -0500 Theoretical and computational simulations at SwRI could soon explain how the Earth came to have its orbiting neighbor. http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/spring99/moon.htmFri, 15 Oct 2010 15:00:20 -0500 San Antonio area employees kept an estimated 1,150 pounds of ground-level ozone producing chemicals from spewing forth into the air after signing up for the Alamo Area Council of Governments' Walk & Roll Challenge in September. Read more: USAA, Southwest Research Institute employees honored for alternative transportation - San Antonio Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2010/10/11/daily42.htmlFri, 15 Oct 2010 14:58:11 -0500 It's like trying to decipher a drawing on a piece of paper lying flat on a table at eye level, said astronomer David Nesvorny of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., who was not involved in the research. From that vantage point, only the edge of the paper is visible. To see what's on the paper, one needs to stand above it.http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/14/science/la-sci-asteroid-collision-20101014/2Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:53:43 -0500 Engineers at Southwest Research Institute, bolstered by $7.6 million in federal earmarks that Sen. John Cornyn and Congressman Ciro Rodriguez helped obtain, are working their way toward a prototype for Hayles' "Flashlight" system.http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Deaths_drive_ex-pilot_to_find_solution_104835759.htmlWed, 13 Oct 2010 17:37:52 -0500 The Student Dust Counter is now a record-breaking 1.7 billion miles away from Earth -- just on the near side of Uranus' orbit -- en route to Pluto. Read more: http://www.coloradodaily.com/cu-boulder/ci_16313063#ixzz12HUtPK1w Coloradodaily.com http://www.coloradodaily.com/cu-boulder/ci_16313063#axzz12F7onkJJWed, 13 Oct 2010 17:36:52 -0500 How Saturn's icy rings formed is still a mystery to astronomers. SwRI's Dr. Robin Canup proposes a giant moon impact could be responsible.http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/07/saturn-spectacular-a-moon-with-fizzy-oceans-ring-tsunamis-and-more/Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:49:44 -0500 The consortium will evaluate automotive fuels and lubricants to determine their roles in causing potentially serious damage to engine parts.http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2010/10/04/daily37.htmlMon, 11 Oct 2010 07:46:48 -0500 Read the latest news from the worlds of automotive research and space science, among other areas of research and technology.http://swri.org/cms/viewswrinewsreleases.aspMon, 11 Oct 2010 07:43:25 -0500 Though the rings are now thought to consist of 90-95% water-ice, Robin Canup of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder said the slight rock content is due to the interplanetary dust and constant "bombardment … by micrometeoroids".http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11488797Fri, 08 Oct 2010 09:13:05 -0500 The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft beamed back to Earth dramatic close-up images on July 10, 2010, as it flew past the 100-kilometer-sized asteroid (21) Lutetia on its way to a comet rendezvous in 2014. But even before Rosetta's encounter with Lutetia, an international team of astronomers, using three of the world's largest telescopes, were busy making its own assessment of the asteroid's shape and size, as well as searching for satellites. The pre-flyby images are being compared this week with those from Rosetta at a meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society in Pasadena, Calif., revealing that the ground-based images are amazingly accurate. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/lutetia.htmThu, 07 Oct 2010 15:12:00 -0500 Southwest Research Institute will launch a new consortium focusing on fuels and lubricants to discover ways to suppress low-speed preignition (LSPI), a condition that causes heavy engine knock and can seriously damage engine parts or cause complete engine failure. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/p3.htmThu, 07 Oct 2010 13:45:43 -0500 Engineers will develop a new, fuel-efficient powertrain to operate in U.S. Army tanks.http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2010/10/04/daily11.htmlThu, 07 Oct 2010 07:55:30 -0500 David Minton and Hal Levison of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., challenged a standard model assumption with a model in which the planet-forming disk had a gap in it at about the distance from the sun where Mars now resides. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/63994/title/Why_Mars_is_a_lightweightTue, 05 Oct 2010 10:02:49 -0500 Dr. Robin Canup looks at the mysterious origins of Saturn's rings.http://www.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/IndexTue, 05 Oct 2010 09:55:32 -0500 This course is intended for engineers and scientists with a background in fracture mechanics that wish to become more familiar with the NASGRO suite of fracture mechanics and fatigue crack growth software. The course is taught using both lectures and hands-on example problems.http://www.swri.org/4org/d18/mateng/matint/nasgro/Training/default.htmMon, 04 Oct 2010 15:56:20 -0500 SwRI will host an exhibit booth at the A&M Turbomachinery Symposium this week.http://turbolab.tamu.edu/articles/turbo_symposiumMon, 04 Oct 2010 15:55:44 -0500 This is a sample item in a feed, created by Jitbit RSS Feed Creator. NOTE: this item description should be edited.http://www.MyWebSite.com/item.htmlMon, 04 Oct 2010 15:55:17 -0500 SwRI will have an exihibit booth at the Gas Machinery Conference this week.http://www.gmrc.org/Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:49:43 -0500 Engineers in Southwest Research Institute's (SwRI) Mechanical Engineering Division have successfully tested a two-stage centrifugal compressor for offshore production. A test loop designed and built at SwRI was used to evaluate the compressor's performance under wet gas conditions. The testing was conducted for a major energy producer. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/testrig.htmFri, 01 Oct 2010 10:09:19 -0500 The unusual "knot" in the bright, narrow ribbon of neutral atoms emanating in from the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space appears to have "untied," according to a paper published online in the Journal of Geophysical Research. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/knot.htmFri, 01 Oct 2010 10:07:43 -0500 Through funding from natural gas industry partners, the pulsation control research program at SwRI has expanded its machinery and piping design services to develop advanced technologies for compressor manifold and piping system resonance control.http://swri.edu/3pubs/brochure/d18/rotatingmach/AdvancedPulsationControl.pdfFri, 24 Sep 2010 14:25:12 -0500 The new model, which tracks thousands of tiny particles beyond the orbit of Neptune, could help astronomers work out the properties of planets in other stars' dust disks. Still, the model is a welcome addition to other Kuiper Belt researchers such as Space Science and Engineering Division Research Scientist Amara Graps. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/kuiper-belt-dust/Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:21:07 -0500 Senior US scientists have challenged the Chandrayaan-1 mission's discovery of carbon dioxide in the lunar atmosphere, contending that crucial instrument calibration data to clinch the discovery is missing from the Indian study. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100920/jsp/frontpage/story_12958151.jspWed, 22 Sep 2010 10:31:19 -0500 SwRI engineers contributed significantly to the accident investigation, including recreating the impact scenario that occurred when a piece of insulating foam broke off the external fuel tank during launch. http://www.swri.org/vidclip/html/shuttle-impact.htmWed, 22 Sep 2010 10:29:45 -0500 NASGRO Version 6.1 was released in August 2010. http://www.swri.org/4org/d18/mateng/matint/NASGRO/default.htmWed, 15 Sep 2010 17:15:01 -0500 More than 60 percent of U.S. lines go untested.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39174246/ns/us_news/Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:10:45 -0500 Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) uses satellite radar and optical imagery to detect and monitor ground movements associated with geologic hazards such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanoes. These remote sensing techniques provide a fundamentally new way to study changes of the earth's surface.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/brochure/d20/RemMet/default.htmTue, 14 Sep 2010 10:27:48 -0500 SwRI's Aerospace Electronics and Information Technology Division is an electronics and computer engineering-oriented organization serving the needs of industry and government agencies through aerospace technology transfer. http://www.autotestcon.com/Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:31:02 -0500 Dr. James L. Burch of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, will lead the MMS science team. According to Burch, "Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental physical process that occurs throughout the universe," says Burch. "MMS will enable us to study this dynamic process in the near-Earth space environment, where it transfers energy from the solar wind to the magnetosphere and drives disturbances known as space weather."http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_Magnetospheric_Mission_Passes_Major_Milestone_999.htmlWed, 08 Sep 2010 15:16:01 -0500 SwRI said its lithium-ion project is scheduled to begin in January 2011 and should be completed by December 2014. "The objective of this project is to investigate how silicon clathrates can be used to improve the performance of lithium batteries," said Dr. Kwai Chan, the project manager for SwRI's four-year effort. "The primary application for the technology is electric, hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric automobiles."http://blog.fleetowner.com/trucks_at_work/2010/09/07/the-battery-bottleneck/Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:00:54 -0500 The summer 2010 issue features articles on an SwRI-developed miniature robot sensor, compressor technology to produce water in space, cooled EGR to improve fuel economy and emissions in gasoline engines, and SwRI's HEDGE Consortium.http://www.swri.org/3pubs/ttoday/Summer10/toc.htmTue, 07 Sep 2010 16:01:15 -0500 Dr. James Oxley, a senior research scientist in SwRI's Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division, will be a short course speaker.http://www.bioactivesworld.com/programs/microencapsulation.pdfTue, 07 Sep 2010 10:55:02 -0500 NASA selected two instruments led by Southwest Research Institute, which measure energetic particles for the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft, slated to launch by 2018. This first-ever journey into the Sun's outer atmosphere – called the corona – will seek to answer two of the biggest mysteries in heliophysics: why the Sun's corona is so much hotter than its inner regions, and how the solar wind is accelerated.http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/solarprobe.htmFri, 03 Sep 2010 15:53:08 -0500 NASA picked five experiments for Solar Probe including two from SwRI.http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/65837Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:51:22 -0500 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory funded the award under its Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies Program, which is developing high-performance, rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles and hybrid-electric vehicles. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/batteries.htmThu, 02 Sep 2010 08:56:48 -0500 The mission of the SwRI ESSES Consortium is to provide transparency in the automotive battery market as a means to advance the development of energy storage systems.http://www.swri.org/4org/d03/vehsys/advveh/esses/default.htmWed, 01 Sep 2010 13:56:41 -0500 SwRI's Petroleum Products Research Department measures the quality and determines regulatory compliance of fuels, automatic transmission fluids, brake fluids, gear lubricants, hydraulic oils, coolants, antifreezes, gasolines and diesel engine oils. http://www.swri.org/4org/d08/petprod/research/default.htmTue, 31 Aug 2010 13:59:32 -0500 SwRI is studying smart grid possibilities.http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/real_estate/homeowners_reconsider_use_of_uninsulated_storeroom_101666683.htmlTue, 31 Aug 2010 13:57:16 -0500 SwRI is doing research for various utilities on the smart grid.http://www.mysanantonio.com/livinggreensa/A_Smart_way_to_help_save_electricity_101740978.htmlTue, 31 Aug 2010 13:47:51 -0500 This course is intended for engineers, scientists, and technical managers concerned with managing the uncertainties and risks of structural, mechanical, and other engineering systems, and desire to become familiar with the background and use of state-of-the-art probabilistic methods.http://nessus.com/courseFri, 27 Aug 2010 10:18:46 -0500 This information-packed, three-day conference will be held September 28–30, 2010 at the historic Menger Hotel in downtown San Antonio, Texas.http://www.swri.org/9what/events/confer/10thIFC/default.htmThu, 26 Aug 2010 11:31:26 -0500 SwRI has experience testing security in advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) implementations covering the following technologies C12.22 protocol, cellular communications, TCP/IP communications, RF mesh networks, Zigbee protocol, infrared ports, C12.18 protocol, gas and electric meter hardware reverse engineering, firmware reverse engineering, and field technician handheld devices. http://www.youtube.com/user/swritvWed, 25 Aug 2010 10:48:20 -0500 SwRI's award winning remote neutrally buoyant sensors explore and map water filled caves and underground water resources.http://www.rdmag.com/Awards/RD-100-Awards/2010/08/Cave-divers-map-with-ultrasound/Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:03:50 -0500 Nobody knows what NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will find when it flies past Pluto in July 2015. But one prospect is that it will reveal our former ninth planet once hosted a subterranean ocean - an ocean that might have lasted long enough to develop life.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/print/3638/the-last-oasisTue, 24 Aug 2010 11:02:16 -0500 Janet P. Buckingham, a staff analyst in Southwest Research Institute's Fuels and Lubricants Research Division, has been named a winner of the 2010 American Statistical Association Founders Award. The 2010 Founders were honored August 3 during the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, B.C. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/buckingham.htmMon, 23 Aug 2010 11:24:50 -0500 Clark Chapman, a planetary scientist at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, said an impact from RQ36 would cause a catastrophic explosion. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/7936145/Nasa-could-land-probe-on-asteroid-hurtling-towards-Earth.htmlTue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 E. Robert Fanick, manager of Emissions Chemistry in the Engine, Emissions, and Vehicle Research Division at Southwest Research Institute, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/fanick.htmWed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500 In addition to detailing the never-before-seen regions at the solar system's edge, IBEX data has been used in discoveries closer to Earth.http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=10143&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ASY_NEWS_SUB_100820_final&utm_content=Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:05:43 -0500 Since its October 2008 launch, NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft has mapped the invisible interactions occurring at the edge of the solar system, surpassing its mission objectives with images that reveal the interactions between our home in the galaxy and interstellar space to be surprisingly structured and intense. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/ibex.htmThu, 19 Aug 2010 10:08:55 -0500 Dr. Clark Chapman, a senior scientist in the SwRI Space Science and Engineering Division, has been I prominent during the last few years in the newly popular subject of the hazard of comets and asteroids in striking our own planet.http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/08/100806-science-space-asteroid-impact-earth-osiris-rq36/Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:01:55 -0500 Southwest Research Institute has the engineering expertise, quick turnaround capability, and in-house test facilities your biometrics project requires. http://www.swri.org/4org/d14/ElectroSys/biometrics/default.htmThu, 05 Aug 2010 10:29:44 -0500 Alan Montemayor a principal engineer in SwRI's Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research Division offers comment.http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2010/08/03/selling-electric-cars-requires-plugged-driversWed, 04 Aug 2010 09:50:09 -0500 Dr. Hal Levison, an Institute scientist in SwRI's Space Science and Engineering Division, studies the long-term dynamical behavior of comets, the dynamics of objects in the Kuiper belt, the origin and stability of Trojan asteroids, and the formation of Planets.http://www.planetary.org/radio/show/00000404/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:45:05 -0500 Institute Scientist Dr. Hal Levison offers his expert opinion. Dr. Levison's work includes studies of the long-term dynamical behavior of comets, the dynamics of objects in the Kuiper belt, the origin and stability of Trojan asteroids, and the formation of Planets.http://www.dailyindia.com/show/389390.phpMon, 02 Aug 2010 10:42:55 -0500 Visit the new SwRItv Channel on YouTube for more on our broad array of R&D services.http://www.youtube.com/user/SwRItvWed, 28 Jul 2010 09:31:49 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is working to improve the security of networks and systems comprising the global information infrastructure. http://www.swri.org/4org/d10/comm/netsec/security.htmTue, 27 Jul 2010 14:54:13 -0500 Sensor technology developed to remotely characterize the path, dimensions and morphology of caves and other underground conduits and cavities has received a 2010 R&D 100 Award. R&D Magazine selected Southwest Research Institute's remote neutrally buoyant sensors as one of the 100 most significant technological achievements of the past year. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/cavemap.htmMon, 26 Jul 2010 17:17:14 -0500 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has successfully demonstrated that its HEDGE (High-Efficiency, Dilute Gasoline Engine) technology, using cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and advanced ignition systems, suppresses low-speed pre-ignition in turbocharged gasoline direct-injection engines.http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/hedge.htmMon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Two SwRI researchers are featured in National Geographic Channel's Easter Island Eclipse. Check your local listings for air dates.http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/easter-island-eclipse-5000/OverviewWed, 21 Jul 2010 14:57:42 -0500 Southwest Research Institute provides an RSS feed, also known as Really Simple Syndication. Subscribers are notified when content on a web site is updated through a syndicated web service. SwRI's RSS feed includes news releases, honors, awards, Technology Today articles and other web content updates. Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI) today announced the release of MAICE Station™ Version 3.0, the robust crowd modeling software platform that offers unique individual and crowd behavior analysis capabilities. http://www.swri.org/9what/releases/2010/maice.htmWed, 07 Jul 2010 15:29:29 -0500 http://www.swri.org/9what/events/exhibits/exhibits.htmSat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20100617_4557.phpThu, 17 Jun 2010 16:27:06 -0500 Join SwRI in Glasgow, Scotland, at Booth #40/41 at the ASME Turbo Expo, June 14-18.http://www.swri.org/9what/events/exhibits/exhibits.htmFri, 11 Jun 2010 08:19:59 -0500 Join SwRI at the 4th Japan-U.S. Symposium on Emerging NDE Capabilities for a Safer World, June 7-11, in Maui, Hawaii. http://www.swri.org/9what/events/exhibits/exhibits.htmThu, 10 Jun 2010 16:31:53 -0500 SwRI is in Moscow, exhibiting at the European Conference on Nondestructive Testing, June 7-11.http://tinyurl.com/swri0500710aSat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 SwRI in the news: Neptune might have been hit with icy comet two centuries agohttp://tinyurl.com/swri060110aTue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 SwRI is co-organizing the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference in Septemberhttp://tinyurl.com/swriasmeThu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 SwRI's NESSUS software enables clients to quantify reliability of their structural & mechanical system designs. http://www.nessus.swri.org/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 SwRI in the news: Alliance sees S.A. as hub of innovationhttp://tinyurl.com/swri-en060810 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Sign up for the 10th International Filtration Conference, hosted by SwRI September 28-30, 2010http://tinyurl.com/10thifc Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500 SwRI is exhibiting in Booth #810, June 11-14, at the Test Week Conference in Huntsville, AL.http://tinyurl.com/swri0500710a Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:50:23 -0500Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is an independent, nonprofit applied research and development organization. The staff of nearly 3,000 specializes in the creation and transfer of technology in engineering and the physical sciences. Eleven technical divisions offer a wide range of technical expertise and services in such areas as engine design and development, emissions certification testing, fuels and lubricants evaluation, chemistry, space science, nondestructive evaluation, automation, mechanical engineering, electronics, and more.