Press Releases
| 02/03/2026 | Dr. Barron Bichon promoted to vice president of SwRI’s Mechanical Engineering Division
Bichon will oversee 400 staff members and a wide array of research and development projects |
| 02/02/2026 | Dr. Ben Thacker named SwRI chief operating officer
Thacker will oversee SwRI’s technical divisions, internal research program and more |
| 01/28/2026 | NASA’s Juno spacecraft measures thickness of Europa’s ice shell
Led by SwRI scientist, the Juno mission provides the first resolved subsurface measurements of the ice-encased Jovian moon |
| 01/26/2026 | SwRI scientist uses anime for STEM outreach
New study details SwRI’s education, outreach efforts at national anime conventions |
| 01/20/2026 | Using 100-year-old data to help predict future solar cycle activity
SwRI corrected anomalies in the historical data to allow automated comparisons |
| 01/20/2026 | New study finds that water makeup of Jupiter’s Galilean moons set at birth
SwRI scientist contributes to findings explaining the striking difference between the large Jovian moons |
| 01/13/2026 | SwRI’s Dr. Michael Davis named SPIE Fellow
International organization gives highest honor to SwRI astrophysicist |
| 01/12/2026 | SwRI evaluates fire risks associated with solar panel installations
Engineers test three common racking orientations, roof assemblies to identify fire mitigation strategies |
| 01/08/2026 | SwRI’s Dr. Alan Stern named AAS Fellow
The honor recognizes members for their leadership in space science |
| 01/06/2026 | SwRI upgrades nuclear magnetic resonance laboratory for pharmaceutical R&D
NMR facility enables rapid, cost-effective analysis for drug discovery, development |
| 12/18/2025 | Europa Clipper instrument uniquely observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
SwRI-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph viewed 3I/ATLAS both when and where most other assets could not |
| 12/16/2025 | Novel SwRI-developed IMAP instrument delivers first-light data
CoDICE measures energized particles from interstellar space, the solar wind and solar energetic particles to understand the Sun’s radiation and the boundary of the heliosphere |
| 12/16/2025 | SwRI-led PUNCH mission producing unprecedented images of Sun
NASA spacecraft also tracks space weather events, comets and more |
| 12/15/2025 | Eight SwRI hydrogen projects funded by ENERGYWERX
Researchers will evaluate new technology, existing infrastructure for hydrogen-powered future |
| 12/10/2025 | Lunar soil analyses reveal how space weathering shapes the Moon’s ultraviolet reflectance
SwRI scientists help interpret data for future lunar missions |