Press Releases
| 06/12/2014 | SwRI® to develop New England Advanced Transportation Management System
New highway information infrastructure system to be developed in New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine |
| 06/10/2014 | Rosetta-Alice spectrograph to begin first-ever close up ultraviolet studies of comet surface and atmosphere
Alice set to analyze comet’s atmosphere, map its surface and study dust particle properties. |
| 06/03/2014 | SwRI announces collaboration with OSRF to advance industrial robotics
SwRI and OSRF enter cooperative agreement to support manufacturing automation and industrial robotics. |
| 05/14/2014 | SwRI’s McComas to receive 2014 COSPAR Space Science Award
Award to be conferred August 4 in Moscow |
| 05/13/2014 | SwRI® to launch catalyst and emission control technologies consortium
Four-year consortium to evaluate engine emissions and catalyst technologies |
| 04/24/2014 | J. Dan Bates, Southwest Research Institute President, Announces Retirement at End of Fiscal Year
Board names Adam Hamilton Successor |
| 04/24/2014 | SwRI® launches new automotive consortium focusing on fuels and lubricants
Consortium to study fuel and lubricant chemistry and its effects on engine combustion |
| 04/08/2014 | SwRI® debuts Dedicated EGR® demonstration vehicle
Advanced combustion technology improves fuel economy, lowers emissions |
| 04/02/2014 | French, American team finds regolith of small asteroids formed by thermal fatigue
Study shows thermal fatigue, not impacts, responsible for creating asteroid regolith |
| 04/02/2014 | New research finds "geologic clock" that helps determine Moon’s age
Researchers find Moon formed nearly 100 million years after start of solar system |
| 03/25/2014 | CYGNSS hurricane satellite mission passes major review milestone
Hurricane mission set to begin design and hardware definition |
| 03/25/2014 | SwRI awarded an HHS $8.3 million contract extension for continued development of cyanide antidote
SwRI to continue development of nasal-delivery, first-line treatment system to combat cyanide poisoning |
| 03/03/2014 | Fresh water may flow just below the surface during Martian summers
Scientists hypothesize mysterious features on Martian slopes may be result of water |
| 02/26/2014 | Southwest Research Institute part of winning team for White House initiative on Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing innovation
American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute will be established near Detroit |
| 02/24/2014 | Romo elected chairman of SwRI Board of Directors Lee named vice chairman
SwRI held its 66th annual meeting for advisory trustees and board of directors Monday |