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Southwest Research Institute ® 

Annual Report 2007

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Message from the President . . . 2 

CONTENTS 

Highlights . . . 3 

Internal Research and Development . . . 3 

Office of Automotive Engineering . . . 4 

Automation and Data Systems . . . 8 

Training, Simulation and Performance Improvement . . . 10 

Aerospace Electronics and Information Technology . . . 12 

Mechanical and Materials Engineering . . . 14 

Space Science and Engineering . . . 16 

Geosciences and Engineering . . . 18 

Signal Exploitation and Geolocation . . . 20 

Applied Physics . . . 22 

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering . . . 24 

Financial Statements . . . 26 

Board of Directors, Officers and Vice Presidents . . . 27 

Trustees . . . 28

Message from the President 

Fiscal year 2007 was a special time for the 

Institute as we celebrated 60 years of advancing 

technology for government and industry 

clients. It is with a deep appreciation of our past 

accomplishments and a commitment to the future 

that I present this year’s annual report on behalf of 

the Institute staff. 

Reliance on fossil-based fuels, rising energy 

costs, a resurgent interest in nuclear energy and air 

and water quality issues are increasing the demand 

for the research and development community. 

Southwest Research Institute is positioned to help 

advance these programs through client-funded 

research as well as internally funded R&D. 

We have expanded our international collaborative 

efforts to address these and other issues. We 

strengthened our presence in China and Asia 

through our Beijing office. A strategic alliance with 

the Institute of Metal Research — Chinese Academy of Sciences 

in Shenyang, China, allows SwRI to bring our expertise in 

materials engineering to foreign markets. An agreement with the 

Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique 

of France will help us advance autonomous vehicle technologies 

in Europe and the United States, and the Clean Diesel V consortium 

of automotive manufacturers and suppliers will drive 

new technologies to benefit consortium members and the 

global environment. 

We continue to expand our activities in emerging technologies 

with significant potential, including hydrogen and biofuels, 

micro-electromechanical systems, and nanotechnology. New 

science results have been received from the Pluto-bound New 

Horizons spacecraft as it passed Jupiter in February. A team of 

SwRI scientists discovered an ancient asteroid breakup believed 

to have led to the impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 

million years ago. 

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SwRI recently completed construction of a 

50,000-square-foot addition to support research 

activities in surveillance, tagging and tracking, 

geolocation and signal intelligence. 

Our technical programs were cited 

for excellence with two R&D 100 

awards, bringing our total to 32. 

Selected by R&D Magazine was the 

semi-active compressor valve for reciprocating 

compressors, used primarily in 

the oil and gas industry. The new valve 

increases valve plate life and cuts costs 

by drastically reducing impact velocities. 

A second R&D 100 award was for our 

work with OLI Systems Inc. on 

Corrosion Analyzer 2.0, a software program 

that can predict corrosion in 

alloys. Meanwhile, the Training, 

Simulation and Performance 

Improvement Division received a federal 

government Distributed Learning 

Association 2007 Innovation Award for 

“Effectiveness of Immersive vs. Non-Immersive Scenario Training: A 

Study of Game Based Learning,” as well as a Diamond Award for 

“Automated Digital Expert Mentor.” 

Staff members continue to receive national recognition through 

peer-reviewed papers, presentations, patents and other professional 

endeavors. They earn national awards, receive fellowships and serve 

on boards of professional societies and organizations. 

Our internally funded research programs advance new ideas 

that help boost innovation and productivity in the physical sciences. 

I am pleased that we funded 113 projects and increased our 

internal research expenditures by 20 percent to $6 million. 

The Institute continues to invest in new facilities and scientific 

equipment. Part of our $32 million expenditure on facilities and 

capital equipment this year included doubling the size of our 

Signal Exploitation and Geolocation Division building with 50,000 

square feet of additional office and laboratory space. A new onsite 

crash facility will be used to evaluate the response of traffic barriers 

and various highway safety devices to vehicle impact. 

The year saw increased research volume and strong financial 

performance. SwRI experienced record revenues of $501 million, 

up from last year’s $465 million. Net income for the year was more 

than $33 million. As a nonprofit corporation, our net income is 

used to reinvest in facilities, scientific equipment and new technologies 

to help serve our clients through science and technology. Total 

payroll was $197 million. We now have more than 20 locations — 

including newly opened offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and 

Newport, Indiana. Approximately 300 of our more than 3,100 

employees are located outside of San Antonio. Our active contracts 

and backlog indicate a robust technical program for 2008. 

The success of Southwest Research Institute over the past 60 

years is due to the effort, support and vision of our staff, trustees 

and Board of Directors. Please accept my sincere appreciation for 

your efforts. SwRI looks forward to continuing to provide quality 

technical services and research for our clients in 2008. 

Respectfully submitted, 

J. Dan Bates, President 

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2007 Highlights 

We are pioneering the next phase of intelligent 

transportation to support the Federal Highway 

Administration’s Vehicle Integration Initiative. The 

program seeks to improve highway safety and increase mobility 

with vehicle-to-roadside and vehicle-to-vehicle communications. 

Our engineers are also developing the standards for the VII 

communications infrastructure. 

Now in its fourth year of operation, our Beijing office is 

expanding its support to automotive manufacturers and lubricant 

producers. Staff members are finalizing several on-highway and 

off-road design and development projects, creating new diesel 

engines that comply with the latest Chinese emissions standards 

while meeting strict targets for fuel efficiency, performance, and 

noise, vibration and harshness. 

As the New Horizons spacecraft rounded Jupiter for a gravity 

assist to speed its journey to Pluto, it traveled nearly straight 

down the planet’s magnetotail, where the Solar Wind Around 

Pluto instrument revealed a complex structure and diverse plasma 

populations. Since then, New Horizons has entered an extended 

slumber that will last for most of the remaining journey to Pluto. 

Our MsS® heat exchanger inspection probe has revolutionized 

the inspection of heat exchanger tubing. The previously 

lengthy and labor-intensive process can now be done at a fraction 

of the time and cost. 

SwRI engineers contributed to the significant upgrade of the 

A-10 Thunderbolt, the A-10C. Working with Lockheed Martin 

Systems Integration in Owego, New York, we helped upgrade 

critical aircraft and engine monitoring subsystems and support 

equipment to expand the capabilities of the A-10 and extend its 

service to 2028. 

We produced nanocomposite, nanoplatelet and single monolayer 

thin films and coatings that provide properties ranging from 

durability to chemical activity to molecular adhesion or repulsion. 

These unique materials and surfaces have a wide variety of applications, 

meeting demands for ultra-hard, lightweight turbine 

blades, for high-capacity hydrogen storage materials and for the 

elimination of hydrate formation in petroleum wells. 

Several of our researchers received national recognition for 

professional accomplishments. Dr. Thomas W. Ryan III was elected 

the 2008 president of the Society of Automotive Engineers 

International, the leading standards research and development 

organization for mobility engineering. C. Nils Smith was named 

the Engineering Manager of the Year by the Engineering 

Management Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics 

Engineers. Steven G. Fritz was elected a Fellow of the American 

Society of Mechanical Engineers and Steven R. Westbrook 

received the American Society for Testing Materials International 

2007 Award of Merit, which recognizes him as an ASTM Fellow. 

The SwRI staff numbered 3,134 employees. Of those, 251 

hold doctorates, 486 hold master’s degrees and 778 hold bachelor’s 

degrees. The Institute received 51 U.S. patent awards, filed 56 

patent applications and submitted 70 invention disclosures. The 

technical staff published 473 papers and gave 451 presentations. 

Internal Research and Development 

Our internal research and development 

program allows staff engineers 

and scientists the freedom to explore 

innovative and unproven concepts. We consider the 

program, which bridges new ideas with advanced technologies, 

to be an investment in the solutions our clients 

will need in the future. 

In 2007, SwRI funded 113 internal research projects with a 

contract value of $6 million. Some of this year’s projects include: 

electrohydrodynamic microencapsulation • intratumoral therapies • transient control strategies for an 

engine with an exhaust treatment system • advanced modeling and control approaches for engines with 

multiple combustion modes • automatic transaxle calibration • in-cylinder technologies to meet TIER IV 

non-road emission regulations • non-immersive vs. immersive scenario training • body visualization 

during whole-body motion • generic ballistic scoring • feasibility and benefits of integrating dynamic 

vehicle probe data into advanced traffic management systems • monitoring natural hazards in all terrains • 

self-monitoring and self-healing software processes • performance of intelligent transportation systems • 

interpretation of medical prescription text • model-integrated cybercraft synthesis • heavy-duty vehicle 

probe data platform • ontologies for object recognition • acoustic demining • time-of-flight gated ion mass 

spectrometry • space weather warning system • fatigue-resistant nanocomposite coatings for rotary 

machinery components • regional-scale modeling of transport in fractured rock • geomechanical modeling 

of geologic structures • strain-based prediction of subseismic faults in rocks • sensors for tracing conduits 

in karst aquifers • magnetostrictive sensors for health monitoring of dry storage casks • probabilistic 

approach for risk assessment of geotechnical applications • electrochemical sensors for high-temperature 

corrosion monitoring • integrated facility assessment simulation 

Using internal research funds, 

SwRI engineers developed a 

simulation package that allows 

operators to evaluate the path 

(in red) of military autonomous 

vehicle convoys. 

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Office of 

Automotive Engineering 

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Southwest Research Institute’s expertise in reducing emissions, 

improving fuel economy and resolving other automotive 

issues helps meet the stringent demands of manufacturers 

and government agencies worldwide. For nearly 60 

years, we have been improving, evaluating and qualifying products 

for land, rail and water transportation vehicles, as well as for 

stationary power equipment. 

Our Beijing office, now in its fourth year of operation in 

China, supports automotive manufacturers and lubricant producers 

(chinaoffice.swri.org). Our staff is finalizing several onhighway 

and off-road design and development projects, creating 

new diesel engines that comply with the latest Chinese emissions 

standards while meeting strict targets for fuel efficiency, performance, 

and noise, vibration and harshness. 

Our Ann Arbor office supports the Environmental Protection 

Agency’s Office of Mobile Sources, working closely with the San 

Antonio staff. The office also serves as a liaison with the U.S. 

Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering 

Center, or TARDEC (annarbor.swri.org). 

SwARC, our joint venture with the China Automotive 

Technology and Research Center in Tianjin, experienced rapid 

SwRI engineers developed an automatic transmission fluid cycling test rig 

that can accommodate different engine and transmission combinations 

(atftesting.swri.org). The system uses high-speed digital data acquisition and 

control to simulate vehicle shifting according to an accelerated cycle. 

growth of its exhaust aftertreatment testing activities in 2007. 

SwRI’s FOCAS® catalyst aging system is increasingly being 

used by SwARC to meet growing demand from international 

vehicle and catalyst manufacturers. 

Fuels and Lubricants Research 

Pipeline drag-reducing agents facilitate flow of petroleum 

products through millions of miles of underground pipelines. For 

the project, we are using the Ford 2.3L IVD test specification to 

examine the propensity of gasolines containing these agents to 

form intake valve deposits. 

Drayage trucks hauling shipping containers at seaports and 

railroad depots encounter heavy use, burning fuel and emitting 

pollutants in areas that typically already have heavy air pollution. 

We teamed with The University of Texas at Austin and Eastern 

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Diesel particulate filters are increasingly considered the only feasible 

aftertreatment technology for achieving future particulate limits. SwRI 

offers engine manufacturers and component suppliers state-of-the-art 

equipment and DPF expertise as part of its comprehensive services, 

which include measuring filtration efficiency, evaluating catalyst 

formulation, testing vibration and durability, and much more 

(exhaustaftertreatment.swri.org). 

SwRI’s aviation jet fuel filtration facility qualifies filtration systems and sensor 

technologies for determining fuel cleanliness, validates equipment, and 

supports field analyses and contamination assessments. Our facility is 

currently the only independent and unbiased source for aviation fuel filtration 

development and evaluation. 

Research Group to examine the benefits of replacing conventional 

tandem truck tires with single-wide, high-efficiency tires. We 

found exceptional operational improvements, reducing oxides of 

nitrogen, or NO x , emissions by 7.35 percent and improving fuel 

economy by 9.26 percent. 

The Sequence VID engine test is expected to be the cornerstone 

of the new gasoline-fueled engine oil category, GF-5, 

expected to go into effect in 2010. SwRI is one of the contract 

laboratories developing this new test, which measures fuel economy 

and satisfies one of the three major objectives of the GF-5 testing 

category (enginelubes.swri.org). In addition to preparing for GF-5, 

we are conducting a variety of non-standard engine test procedures 

for several major oil companies, lubricant manufacturers 

and additive companies. 

Our staff initiated a new ultra-low sulfur diesel program that 

is reporting results to Reformulated Gasoline Survey Association 

member companies and the EPA over a secure website. Internet 

access facilitates rapid reporting, as well as access to field paperwork, 

sales receipts and photographs of the pumps used. We are 

converting our gasoline survey program to a web-based system in 

early 2008. 

A government mandate is requiring that all new vehicles 2008 and 

beyond be equipped with tire pressure sensors. Because of the 

prevalent use of tire sealants, we are working with major automotive 

manufacturers to evaluate how various tire sensors perform with tire 

sealant use in ordinary daily road operation. 

The U.S. Army TARDEC Fuels and Lubricants Research 

Facility, or TFLRF, at SwRI celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. 

This government-owned laboratory provides dedicated service to 

the Army fuels and lubricants technical program, while providing 

support to other government entities and private industry. The 

TFLRF is conducting feasibility studies for the Army that could 

simplify Army logistics. This effort will determine whether a single 

fluid can satisfy multiple component requirements (such as 

engine, transmission, hydraulics). This would also reduce the 

potential for product misapplication. 

We are also helping the Army develop a fire-resistant fuel 

that incorporates water into the fuel in the form of a microemulsion. 

The water forms a vapor barrier over a burning pool 

of fuel, cutting off oxygen and extinguishing the fire. 

Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research 

The EPA’s increasingly stringent on- and off-road engine 

emission regulations include new in-use vehicle tests to verify and 

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Our FOCAS® fuel oil catalyst aging system provides elevated temperature aging 

capabilities, compared to engine aging, providing a means to substantially reduce 

the time required to age automotive catalysts (focas.swri.org). One rig is currently 

being used and a second will be installed by the end of the year at SwARC, our 

joint venture with the China Automotive Technology and Research Center in Tianjin, to 

meet the growing demand for exhaust aftertreatment evaluations. 

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SwRI engineers customize hardware and software to run standard and 

client-specified procedures using Prism®, our data acquisition and 

control system for evaluating engines, lubricants and emissions. Prism 

measures and controls numerous parameters, including temperatures, 

pressures, forces, speeds and flow rates. 

quantify the effectiveness of low-emission engine technologies 

during real-world operations. We offer in-field services to measure 

and quantify in-use emissions with our portable emissions measurement 

system (pems.swri.org). To determine exhaust emissions 

rates, the PEMS uses EPA-compliant measurement techniques to 

collect gaseous emissions data in the field for subsequent analysis 

at SwRI laboratories. 

Rising fuel prices have generated interest in more fuelefficient 

vehicles, such as diesel-powered and hybrid-electric 

vehicles, which generally come with higher sticker prices (engine 

design.swri.org). We are developing new diesel engine control 

logic on a test vehicle that uses highly dilute combustion with 

low engine-out NO x and particulate emissions to minimize the 

required exhaust treatment for current and future standards (fine 

emissions.swri.org). The new control logic is essential for maintaining 

good noise, vibration and harshness characteristics of the 

highly dilute combustion during transient vehicle operation. 

We integrated NO x reduction technology, selective catalytic 

reduction using urea water solution, into two Class 8 trucks. As 

part of the program, SwRI and an industry client developed a proprietary 

nozzle to inject the urea water solution into the vehicle 

exhaust stream. After atomization in the exhaust stream, the 

solution evaporates and converts to ammonia, which reacts on 

the catalyst to convert NO x to innocuous substances. The 

vehicle-mounted systems, which include a urea water solution 

storage tank, pump, manifold and injector, as well as a clientsupplied 

catalyst, reduced NO x emissions by more than 90 

percent in chassis dynamometer testing. 

Combining alternative combustion modes, such as lowtemperature 

combustion, homogeneous charge compression ignition 

and premixed charge compression ignition, with conventional 

combustion, diesel engines produce significantly lower emissions 

while maintaining the functionality of the exhaust treatment systems 

(advancedenginetechnology.swri.org). However, the concept 

is not without challenges such as seamless switching between 

combustion strategies while maintaining drivability and emissions 

requirements. By applying advanced, state-of-the-art control and 

estimation techniques, we significantly improved performance on 

a multiple combustion mode light-duty diesel engine compared to 

that of conventional calibration-based control approaches. 

We recently expanded the capabilities of our gas and large 

engine test facility to assist clients in emissions characterization 

and EPA certification of stationary, marine and off-road products. 

Recent improvements include a new control room with four test 

consoles, enhanced test bed facilities and a state-of-the-art emission 

test bench and particulate sampling system that is compliant 

with upcoming EPA emission test procedures commonly referred 

to as rule Part 1065. 

Engineers conducted an independent research study to 

investigate design strategies to extend the peak cylinder pressure 

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On behalf of a major catalyst substrate manufacturer, our 

engineers are evaluating asymmetric cell diesel particulate filters 

using accelerated ash loading procedures to quantify the 

benefits of this design on engine backpressure and reduced 

regeneration frequency. 

We fabricated three test rigs for the quick 

oxidation (aging) of oil. The oil is subsequently 

tested for low-temperature viscosity changes 

using other apparatus. The rigs were 

developed as a proposed ASTM test method 

for the new GF-5 gasoline engine oil category. 

SwRI uses vehicle fleets to perform proof-of-performance 

evaluations for major equipment manufacturers 

(fleeteval.swri.org). Additional services in the fuel and fluid 

area include an automotive fluid sampling program that 

generated 446,586 analyses in 2007. The reformulated 

gasoline sampling program alone processed 98,499 

analyses (fuelanalysis.swri.org). 

capabilities of today’s heavy-duty diesel engines (engineresearch. 

swri.org). We evaluated cylinder head structural design concepts 

that will allow future diesel engines to reduce emissions, while 

improving power density, fuel economy and performance. 

In a project funded by the National Renewable Energy 

Laboratory, Coordinating Research Council, California Air 

Resources Board, South Coast Air Quality Management District 

and the American Chemistry Council, we are investigating the 

contribution of engine lubricating oils to mobile source 

particulate emissions using a variety of fuels — gasoline, E10, 

natural gas, diesel, biodiesel — and vehicle classes — normal 

and high-emitting light-duty cars, medium-duty pickups, 

heavy-duty trucks and buses. ❖ 

Visit fuelsandlubricants.swri.org or engineandvehicle.swri.org 

for more information or contact Senior Vice President Walter 

P. Groff at (210) 522-2823, wgroff@swri.org, or Vice 

President Nigel F. Gale at (210) 522-3024, ngale@swri.org. 

gasoline & diesel engine lubricant evaluations • driveline fluids evaluations • fire-resistant fuels 

fuels performance & qualifications • analytical support services • fuel economy evaluations • engine design 

screener development • fuel & lubricant surveys, sampling & analysis • computational fluid dynamics 

technology support to developing countries • filtration evaluations • model-based controls • hydraulic design 

emissions reduction • transmission design • natural gas engine development • alternative fuel evaluation 

powertrain modeling & controls development • high-efficiency gasoline engine research • vehicle testing 

wear evaluations • homogenous charge compression ignition • hardware-in-the-loop evaluations 

hybrid vehicle design • contamination research • materials compatibility • accelerated durability evaluations 

light-duty fuel economy & production calibration • marine & recreational products & research 

engine development • generator set & combined heat & power evaluations 

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Automation and Data Systems 

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To improve safety in urban traffic environments, SwRI used internal funding to 

develop this full-scale autonomous ground vehicle platform to research new 

sensor, computing and mobile technologies for autonomous vehicles 

(ivs.swri.org). Our engineers are demonstrating the vehicle on a test track we 

have outfitted with prototype vehicle-to-roadside communications, implementing 

the latest technology from multiple industries to meet the challenges associated 

with autonomous control of cars, trucks, tractors and military vehicles. 

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The latest advanced computer-based technologies and networks 

provide the springboard for new applications 

Southwest Research Institute is creating for our government 

and industry clients (autodata.swri.org). We are developing hardware 

and software solutions to overcome problems in such 

diverse arenas as intelligent transportation, computer networks, 

medical, aerospace, communications, manufacturing and business 

systems. 

Using expertise developed creating advanced traffic management 

systems for Texas and Florida, we are exploring the 

next phase of intelligent transportation systems in support of the 

Federal Highway Administration’s Vehicle Infrastructure 

Integration program (ivs.swri.org). VII seeks to improve highway 

safety and to increase mobility with vehicle-to-roadside and 

vehicle-to-vehicle communications, and SwRI is conducting 

internal research to investigate using vehicles as probes that feed 

data into the traffic management system while maintaining driver 

anonymity. Another internal research program is studying cooperative 

vehicle autonomy and autonomous vehicle performance in 

complex urban environments where traffic is difficult for piloted 

vehicles to negotiate. SwRI continues to improve systems installed 

and operational in Texas and Florida, providing advanced traveler 

information services as well as traffic management functions to 

mitigate the effects of roadway events and congestion. 

Our software engineering organization, currently operating 

at Capability Maturity Model® Integration Level 3 and approaching 

Level 5, creates large-scale information technology systems in 

the medical arena, and we are transferring this expertise to petroleum 

and business applications as well (softwareengineering.swri.org). 

Currently, SwRI is completing development and testing an extensive 

medical scheduling application, one of the first reengineered 

medical information applications to be fielded for the Veterans 

Health Administration. Multisite testing and national rollout are 

scheduled for 2008/09. Also for the VHA, we have successfully 

demonstrated enterprise information system capabilities with a 

prototype pharmacy system and are now scaling up that 

capability for VHA-wide implementation. The new pharmacy 

system allows updates made at one site to propagate information 

automatically, within minutes, across the 128 VHA sites, a 

process that today can take months. The Institute is using internal 

funds to investigate employing natural language parsing to 

create a user-friendly computerized prescription entry approach. 

This novel technology could help prevent pharmacy errors 

(medicalsystems.swri.org). 

We are transferring expertise developed working with appliances 

for the spine to other orthopedic and prosthetic devices, 

an area poised for growth as baby boomers age. We also provide 

the full range of services in biomedical engineering — we can 

develop devices, processes and materials, or we can test devices 

under development. We also offer assistance with the FDA 

approval process (bioengineering.swri.org). 

Our network specialists focus on cyber security, modeling 

and simulation, and new applications for wireless sensor networks 

(commsystems.swri.org). Accomplishments include developing a 

ground-breaking, network-based data acquisition system for a 

flight test application and an Internet protocol traceback system 

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SwRI helped a spinal device 

company finalize and prototype 

the design of this expandable 

vertebral body replacement 

device used to replace 

collapsed, damaged or unstable 

vertebrae. The VBR can be 

implanted singularly or in pairs 

and is expanded once implanted. 

We also conducted mechanical 

testing of the prototypes and 

assisted in the FDA submission 

process (bioengineering.swri.org). 

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SwRI has developed and now is testing an extensive 

medical scheduling application, one of the first 

reengineered medical applications to be fielded for the 

Veterans Health Administration. Scheduled for multisite 

testing and national rollout in 2008/09, this software 

application will support VHA outpatient scheduling, 

improve patient services and streamline the scheduling 

of the VA’s medical resources (medicalsystems.swri.org). 

These software-defined radio 

prototypes, developed through 

funding from NASA, successfully 

demonstrated how reconfigurable 

transceiver technology can support existing communications protocols, which could 

potentially decrease space hardware requirements, weight and costs (sdr.swri.org). 

currently undergoing field trials. Working in conjunction with 

SwRI geophysicists and Japanese researchers, we are using 

wireless sensor networks to monitor an active landslide with 

unprecedented resolution. 

To compete with offshore sources, manufacturers are 

looking for lean and green technologies to improve production 

speed and quality, while reducing costs. In 2007, automation 

projects ranged from space science to telecommunications, 

packaging and food manufacturing, among others, and included 

applying green efficient manufacturing techniques to make 

processes more efficient and less wasteful. One example is an 

automated coating removal system we are developing for Hill 

Air Force Base that uses an environmentally friendly corn starchbased 

media to strip coatings from aircraft components. We also 

developed and deployed an Automated Weld Alignment Control 

System for a manufacturer to upgrade an existing manually 

controlled laser-welding process. SwRI’s system uses machine 

vision and a servo micro-positioner to precisely align the seam 

and weld positions, producing consistent high-quality welds 

(manufacturing.swri.org). ❖ 

Visit autodata.swri.org for more information or contact 

Vice President Les B. Hoffman at (210) 522-5172 or 

lhoffman@swri.org. 

process re-engineering • networks & cyber security • real-time & embedded systems 

image & signal processing • radar & remote sensing • medical information systems • information technology 

autonomous vehicle technologies • reconfigurable communications • lean manufacturing • automated inspection 

machine design • machine vision • network modeling & simulation • cooperative vehicle technologies 

control systems • green efficient manufacturing • orthopedics • aerospace networks • MEMS & microfluidics 

embedded & application security • immunofluorescence detection • control center software • automation & robotics 

medical device development • intelligent transportation systems • automated instrument & test systems 

wireless sensor networks • intelligent vehicle systems 

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Training, Simulation and 

Performance Improvement 

Analysts developed an A-10C aircraft simulator within the 

physical constraints of an obsolete A-10A cockpit model using 

our Generalized Operations Simulation Environment, or GOSE. 

The system uses passive haptics (inset) to provide highly 

accurate tracking and interaction techniques. 

Today’s training is advancing toward blended learning, which 

combines physical with virtual approaches to learning. 

Southwest Research Institute is a leader in developing tools in 

blending learning, visual analytics, immersive simulations and 

other emerging technologies to meet client training needs. 

We are leading multiple research efforts in the area of reusable 

content using the Sharable Content Object Reference Model, or 

SCORM, a collection of standards and specifications developed by 

the U.S. Advanced Distributed Learning initiative, to minimize 

costs, standardize content and improve content portability. SwRI 

analysts are converting instructor-led classroom curricula to 

sharable content, capturing and transforming expert knowledge, 

and using the model to develop simulations. 

Through a collaborative internal research project, our research 

team developed the Cognitive Adaptive Exploitation of Signals and 

Associated Relationships system. This application was designed to 

process and analyze the millions of radio signals collected for 

defense and national security purposes each day. CAESAR meets 

the evolving challenges of data reduction, organization and handling 

of large numbers of signals using intelligent standardization, 

filtering, management and visual analytic techniques built into 

the system. 

Staff members have delivered a system to The Boeing Company 

in support of mission crew training in AWACS aircraft in the United 

Kingdom. Based on a distributed simulation system originally 

developed for the U.S. Air Force, the trainer allows air crews to 

participate in stand-alone or collective training exercises with other 

simulations for jet, rotary and multi-engine aircrews 

(simulation.swri.org). 

As budgets for military trainers and simulators diminish, we 

are developing efficient and low-cost techniques to upgrade 

existing systems. For example, the Generalized Operations 

Simulation Environment is a scalable, modular architecture 

that uses web and PC technologies to repurpose system-specific 

hardware simulators with reconfigurable software-based systems. 

With GOSE, we created an A-10C trainer using a virtual reality 

overlay applied to an obsolete A-10A cockpit model. SwRI’s 

graphics engine, GraIL, provides high quality, three-dimensional 

simulations for GOSE and other SwRI systems at significantly less 

cost than commercial engines. 

Using a 3-D computer model and intuitive user interface, 

our prototype engine inspection maintenance trainer allows 

students to virtually inspect jet engines from the inside (using a 

borescope) or outside (visually). The trainer uses high fidelity 

graphics to simulate engines with normal wear and includes a 

variety of settings to simulate defects in engine fans and compressor 

rotors. 

We continue enhancing a powerful, web-based system that 

delivers, manages and reports on training operations for the Air 

Force Air Mobility Command (instructional.swri.org). The latest 

module monitors individual instruction and allows evaluators to 

assess training effectiveness. 

The design of culverts and other road-stream crossings can 

interfere with the passage of aquatic organisms. For the U.S. 

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To reduce the demand for 

equipment, SwRI developed an 

engine inspection maintenance 

trainer (inset) that prepares 

personnel to inspect a variety of 

aircraft engines and components. 

Using internal research funds, our staff developed CAESAR, 

a system that manages the exploitation of radio signals and 

their relationships, to improve the effectiveness of processing 

high volumes of disparate signal data. 

Courtesy U.S. Air Force 

Some road-stream crossings (far 

left) can interfere with the natural 

movements of aquatic organisms 

through the channel. Our staff is 

developing an e-learning course 

for designing road-stream 

crossings that allow organisms to 

pass through unimpeded (left). 

Forest Service, our staff is blending e-learning with wilderness 

experiential techniques to develop web- and CD-based courses to 

train users to evaluate and design road-stream crossings that 

allow unimpeded passage of aquatic organisms. 

As baby boomers age out of the workforce, employers are 

experiencing a shortage of personnel with certain types of expertise. 

We developed an expert knowledge transformation process to 

identify valuable expertise and capture it for reuse using “just-intime” 

information, training and embedded performance support. 

SwRI operates offices across the country to support the onsite 

training needs of our clients (courseware.swri.org). The staff in 

O’Fallon, Illinois, recently moved into a new facility that enabled us 

to expand services at Scott Air Force Base. Other locations in Layton 

and Ogden, Utah; Panama City, Florida; Killeen, Texas; and 

Oklahoma City also aid military training needs. ❖ 

Visit tsystems.swri.org for more information or contact Vice President 

Dr. Katharine Golas at (210) 522-2094 or katharine.golas@swri.org. 

operations & maintenance training devices & simulators • performance & decision support systems 

web-based training • training needs assessment • instructional systems development 

physics-based modeling • agent-based simulation • aggregate behavior modeling • certification programs 

structured on-the-job training guides • virtual reality & environments • enterprise learning solutions 

distributed simulation • blended learning solutions • game-based learning • visual analytics 

network-centric programs • e-testing • SCORM • expert knowledge transformation 

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Aerospace Electronics and 

Information Technology 

The Air Force’s F-16 Fighting Falcon relies on 

airborne electronics countermeasure pods to defeat 

anti-aircraft defense systems. Our staff helps resolve 

software issues associated with these pods, such 

as the ALQ 184 pod shown here (inset). 



Southwest Research Institute supports a variety of national 

defense programs, particularly those related to military 

aircraft. We assist in aircraft maintenance and upgrades and 

have staff members spread across the country in Texas, Oklahoma, 

Georgia and Utah supporting Air Force depot activities. 

The Air Force recently introduced a significantly upgraded 

version of the A-10 Thunderbolt, the A-10C. Working with 

Lockheed Martin Systems Integration in Owego, New York, we 

helped upgrade critical aircraft and engine monitoring subsystems 

and support equipment to expand the capabilities of the A-10 and 

extend its service to 2028 (aircraftsystems.swri.org). The precision 

engagement initiative — the most extensive modification effort in 

the history of the aircraft — integrated numerous aircraft enhancements, 

including digital cockpit displays, a situational awareness 

datalink and improved weapons interfaces and targeting pods. 

We support all levels of the aircraft maintenance and diagnostic 

processes, including ground-based automatic test equipment 

and on-board test systems. For the A-10, we developed a lightweight, 

ruggedized device to download enhanced engine data to 

assess engine structural integrity (aerospacemaintenance.swri.org). 

The mobile device will enhance efficiency on the flightline. 

SwRI developed a jet engine trending tool to help Air Force 

personnel visualize engine performance. The tool provides alerts, 

dashboards, reports and a research environment to help identify 

problems. Tailored for engine-specific environments, it will eventually 

provide access to aircraft structural data, as well as data 

related to the status of weapon systems. 

Our engineers are supporting the installation and certification 

of the first Pacer Comet 4 fully automated jet engine test system 

at Tinker Air Force Base, to qualify jets for service. We are 

also providing stand-alone software to calibrate the system and 

test the F108 jet engine. 

SwRI is helping the Air Force implement condition-based 

maintenance initiatives, such as the Engine Health Management 

Plus Data Repository Center, which SwRI has supported with 

engine performance analysis methodologies. Our engineers will 

provide manuals, analysis and research tools. 

Our staff employs a broad range of services to help government 

and industry clients in logistics support functions, such as 

helping the Air Force Special Operations Forces reduce costs and 

better manage the weapon system supply chain. We are developing 

software tools to monitor inventory in real time, evaluate cost 

and performance histories, and manage product usage, quality 

and reliability information. 

SwRI invests in promising technologies through an internal 

research program designed to jumpstart client-funded research. 

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The T700 is one of 

the most widely used 

engines in the military, 

powering several types 

of Army helicopters. 

SwRI helped the U.S. 

Army design and build 

test systems for the 

T700 Digital Electronic 

Controller (shown) and 

for the T700 Engine 

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For the Air Force, SwRI engineers have developed system software 

that communicates between the hardware and software used at 

engine test cells in the field. This generic software enables operators 

to use existing test equipment anywhere in the world, without the 

need for hardware upgrades. This image shows an engine vibration 

waterfall plot developed with the software. 

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Using internal research funds, we are applying model-based design techniques 

to develop ballistic models, design weapon scoring algorithms and test 

real-time software. Our efforts help resolve challenges related to the accurate 

delivery of non-guided, free-fall ordnance and provide alternative solutions for 

flight testing and algorithm analyses. 

SwRI developed an operational-level tester to troubleshoot and diagnose 

problems with integrated avionics and weapons systems, subsystems and 

sensors for the A-10A and the newly upgraded A-10C aircraft. 

In one effort, we are researching applications of the T56 turboprop 

engine cycle deck model, such as certifying test cell health 

and validating sensors. Another effort is focused on developing 

ballistic models, designing weapon system algorithms and testing 

real-time software to help assure the accuracy of guided 

weapons (aerodynamicsystems.swri.org). We developed a realtime 

simulator that inserts actual aircraft data to “replay” 

situations for scoring delivery of selected weapons. 

For another internal research initiative, we are transferring 

our expertise in unmanned aerial vehicles to the development of 

unmanned ground vehicles (ugv.swri.org). SwRI has developed 

proving grounds to evaluate autonomous vehicles, and we are 

augmenting the installation with traffic devices and signage, radio 

communications equipment and obstacles to better evaluate 

autonomous vehicle technologies. ❖ 

Visit aerospaceelectronics.swri.org for more information or 

contact Vice President Richard D. Somers at (210) 522-3188 

or richard.somers@swri.org. 

turbine engine test equipment & support for foreign military sales (FMS) • turbine engine diagnostics 

ORACLE® databases • trigger-based management • natural language interfaces • A-10 PRIME program 

automatic test program set development • re-engineering electronics for aircraft • autonomous flight controls 

unmanned aerial vehicles • flight-line testers • aircraft data recorders • depot automatic test equipment 

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Mechanical and Materials Engineering 

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R&D Magazine selected SwRI’s Semi-Active Compressor Valve, patent 

pending, as one of the 100 most significant technological achievements 

of the past year. The long-lasting device decreases valve replacement 

and associated costs by more than 90 percent over conventional valves. 

Because of the higher efficiency of the valve, additional fuel and process 

savings can be achieved, helping the natural gas industry operate its 

compressors more efficiently, reliably and cost-effectively 

(gasturbines.swri.org). 

SwRI evaluates the effects of fluid motion in spacecraft propellant tanks, such as 

this full-scale model of a tank with an internal diaphragm used on the New 

Horizons and Deep Impact spacecraft. Our engineers design test tanks to match 

closely the internal design features of spacecraft tanks, while providing access 

for sensors, and to allow visual observations (fluids.swri.org). 

Energy — finding, producing, and transporting fossil fuels, 

developing and assessing alternative sources and cleaning 

up energy byproducts — remains a core program at 

Southwest Research Institute. Military operations and homeland 

security are also driving mechanical and materials research in 

avionics, armor, corrosion, structural life prediction and extension, 

and materials, coatings and nanomaterials. 

Using nanometer-level control, we produced nanocomposite, 

nanoplatelet, and single monolayer thin films and coatings, 

providing properties ranging from durability to chemical activity 

to molecular adhesion or repulsion. These unique materials and 

surfaces have a wide variety of applications, meeting demands 

for ultra-hard, lightweight turbine blades, for high-capacity 

hydrogen storage materials and for eliminating hydrate formation 

in petroleum wells (surfaceengineering.swri.org). 

Our engineers are creating corrosion-resistant materials, 

monitoring corrosion in existing systems such as pipelines and 

military vehicles and evaluating corrosion and corrosion fatigue 

of materials in high-pressure, high-temperature and sour gas 

environments. In 2007, we developed wireless corrosion sensors 

that can be mounted under military vehicles as well as a 

plasma immersion technique to deposit diamond-like carbon 

on piping to inhibit corrosion (corrosiontechnology.swri.org). 

SwRI applies probabilistic mechanics and reliability expertise to 

challenging problems across many industries, such as DARWIN® rotor 

risk assessment (darwin.swri.org) and NESSUS® probabilistic analysis 

software (nessus.swri.org). In 2007, we supported NASA on several critical 

space shuttle launch issues, developed reliability-based inspection 

procedures for oil and gas clients, and developed a novel technique for 

modeling variations in bone to support osteoporosis research. 

With nearly 55 years of experience in machinery pulsation control, 

SwRI remains on the forefront of this technology, developing nextgeneration 

compressor pulsation simulation software that more accurately 

models reciprocating compressor and pump effects. Using this 

new simulation tool, engineers can design more energy-efficient, costeffective 

pulsation control systems than previously possible 

(pulsation.swri.org). 

To reduce greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere, SwRI engineers 

are developing new compression technologies to reduce the power 

required to sequester carbon dioxide in clean coal power plants. Currently, 

injecting CO 2 into the ground requires significant compression power, 

reducing power plant efficiency by as much as 12 percent. We also conducted 

a program to improve the reliability of the power transmission systems 

in wind turbines, one of the fastest growing alternative energy sources. 

The high price of oil and gas is driving increased exploration and 

production in the Gulf of Mexico and increased activity in the 

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SwRI scientists developed plasma-enhanced magnetron sputter technology 

to deposit nanocomposite coatings more than 30 micrometers thick and 

ranking over 4,000 on the Vickers hardness scale. These coatings 

exhibited extremely high wear resistance, reducing parts erosion by two 

orders of magnitude when compared to untreated parts. SwRI has applied 

the process to protect jet engine compressor blades from sand erosion, 

steam turbines from liquid droplet erosion and industrial tools from severe 

abrasion (surfaceengineering.swri.org). 

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SwRI scientists developed a technique called inverted surfaceenhanced 

Raman spectroscopy that deposits silver or gold 

nanoparticles onto a mineral sample to enhance sensitivity and 

identify trace concentrations of molecules. We developed this 

unique vacuum chamber, which simulates Martian atmosphere and 

pressures, to evaluate using iSERS on a Mars rover to look for 

signs of past life in the Red Planet’s mineral record. 

For DARPA’s Topologically Controlled Lightweight Armor program, SwRI 

leads a team designing and evaluating innovative armor configurations to 

increase protection and decrease the cost of armor for light trucks. These 

high-speed images (inset) show how effectively our new multi-element armor 

systems stop various ballistic threats (engineeringdynamics.swri.org). 

Institute’s suite of deep ocean simulation chambers, evaluating 

deep sea tubular products and production equipment for 

the petroleum industry (pressuresimulation.swri.org). 

In 2007, we evaluated a variety of armor concepts and 

designs for both government and commercial clients aimed 

at mitigating the effects of improvised explosive devices. 

Land mines also pose a significant threat to tactical vehicles. 

Using computational and experimental methods, we are 

designing and evaluating various techniques to make nextgeneration 

military vehicles more resistant to explosives 

(engineeringdynamics.swri.org). 

A new SwRI office in Minneapolis is focused on understanding 

and modeling the response of armor materials by 

developing and using numerical methods to study advanced 

protection concepts. 

In aviation, we conducted full-scale fatigue certification tests of 

a commercial jet, completed a T-38 structural life evaluation program 

for the Air Force and provided engineering services to the Army to 

support condition-based maintenance for the CH-47 helicopter 

(aerospacestructures.swri.org). 

SwRI designed and built the pressure hull of the new U.S. Navy 

submarine crew rescue vehicle, which successfully underwent sea 

trials in 2007. We are currently designing the next-generation deep 

ocean research submersible and developing thermal protection 

materials and garments to protect Navy Seals and marine divers 

(structuralsystems.swri.org). ❖ 

Visit mechmat.swri.org for more information or contact 

Vice President Dr. Robert L. Bass at (210) 522-2326 or 

robert.bass@swri.org. 

fatigue testing • computational fluid dynamics • deep ocean simulations • fracture mechanics 

probabilistic failure analysis • environmental testing • surface engineering & coatings • flow measurement 

NEBS qualification • computational mechanics • structural mechanics • failure analysis • engineering dynamics 

thermal analysis • diagnostic software • corrosion analysis • impact modeling • finite element analysis 

pipeline compression & measurement • biomechanics & biomaterials • life prediction • acoustics 

aerodynamics • mechanical testing • material integrity • terminal ballistics 

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Space Science and Engineering 

Scheduled for launch in 2013, MMS will explore the 

plasma processes that govern the interaction of the Earth’s 

magnetic field with the solar wind. Shown here is the 

prototype of the ultra-high resolution time-of-flight mass 

spectrometer SwRI will develop for the four MMS spacecraft. 

Courtesy Don Davis 

A team led by SwRI scientists used computer simulations to show 

that Baptistina, a 170-kilometer-wide asteroid, broke up about 

160 million years ago when it was hit by another large asteroid. 

Results show a 90 percent probability that a 10-km fragment 

from the event created the 65-million-year-old Chicxulub crater on 

the Yucatan Peninsula. This impact is believed to have caused 

the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs. The team 

also found that the Moon’s prominent Tycho crater was likely 

produced by a different fragment. 

Over the last decade, Southwest Research Institute’s 

space science program has expanded significantly, 

encompassing the development of five spacecraft 

missions whose scope ranges from the Earth’s magnetosphere 

to the outer boundaries of the solar system. 

The Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft, set for launch 

in July 2008, will make the first images of the complex and highly 

dynamic region that separates our solar system from interstellar 

space (ibex.swri.edu). The payload has been developed, assembled, 

tested and integrated with the spacecraft and is undergoing 

testing before delivery to the launch site in early 2008. 

SwRI is leading the development of Juno, the first solarpowered 

spacecraft to visit Jupiter and the first Jupiter spacecraft 

in polar orbit (juno.wisc.edu). As part of its instrument suite, Juno 

carries our Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment and Juno 

Ultraviolet Spectrograph. Launch is scheduled for 2011. 

SwRI received approval from NASA to proceed with the 

implementation of the science investigation for the 

Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, which will use Earth’s magnetosphere 

as a laboratory in which to examine definitively the 

fundamental process called magnetic reconnection, which occurs 

around Earth as well as in remote astrophysical systems not 

accessible to direct measurement (mms.space.swri.edu). MMS is 

slated for launch in 2013. 

Following its flyby of Jupiter, the New Horizons spacecraft 

traveled more than 100 million miles — farther than any other 

spacecraft — down the planet’s giant magnetotail, where our Solar 

Wind Around Pluto instrument revealed the diverse, highly structured 

plasmas that populate this enormous volume of space 

(pluto.jhuapl.edu). Since then, New Horizons has entered its first 

hibernation, which will be repeated annually for most of the 

remaining journey to Pluto. 

Three years after arriving at Saturn, the Cassini spacecraft continues 

to generate exciting new data about the planet, its rings and 

its moons (saturn.jpl.nasa.gov). Using the SwRI-developed Cassini 

Plasma Spectrometer, researchers found that its moons, Tethys and 

Dione, are flinging streams of particles into space, establishing the 

moons as important sources of plasma in Saturn’s magnetosphere. 

In addition, combined CAPS and Ion and Neutral Mass 

Spectrometer data sets revealed that organic aerosols, or tholins, 

form in Titan’s atmosphere at altitudes greater than 1,000 

kilometers — higher than previously believed. 

Under contract to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., we 

built avionics for NextSat, one of two satellites for the successful 

Orbital Express mission developed for the Defense Advanced 

Research Projects Agency. SwRI avionics systems are also flying on 

the recently launched WorldView-1 remote-sensing satellite and 

Kepler, a NASA Discovery probe aimed at finding Earth-size and 

smaller planets. 

An SwRI researcher developed a method of forecasting the 

arrival time and intensity of hazardous energetic ions released in 

solar storms. This method, which uses the detection of electrons of 

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In addition to leading the development of the SWAP instrument, SwRI is participating on the New Horizons imaging team. This montage of Jupiter’s 

Galilean satellites was assembled from images obtained as the spacecraft swung past the planet for a gravity assist to speed its journey to Pluto. 

The satellites are (from left) Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. 

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As the IBEX science payload undergoes integration with the spacecraft, 

engineers test the hardware and software to ensure efficient operation during 

the mission. The IBEX Hi and Lo sensors will take global energetic neutral atom 

images to examine the interstellar boundary at the edge of the solar system. 

SwRI serves as the principal investigator institution for the NASA mission. 

SwRI, one of two finalists being considered by NASA for a 2011 

Mars mission, leads development of the Ion and Neutral Mass 

Spectrometer for The Great Escape proposal. INMS will have the 

highest mass resolution ever flown in space and will study past 

and present atmospheric escape rates from the planet. NASA will 

select the winning proposal in early 2008 for full development as 

a Mars Scout mission. 

solar origin traveling near the speed of light, will give astronauts 

on future exploration missions sufficient time to find 

shelter during space radiation storms. 

An SwRI-led team proposed a new model of the interaction 

of the solar wind’s magnetic field with Jupiter’s magnetosphere. 

According to the model, which unifies a number of 

independent observations, the role played by magnetic 

reconnection in the dynamics of Jupiter’s magnetosphere is 

fundamentally different from the one it plays at Earth. 

Using computer models and laboratory experiments, SwRI 

researchers showed that the sulfur-rich bedrock discovered by 

the Mars Rover “Opportunity” was likely produced by ancient 

episodes of sulfuric acid rain. This would have inhibited the formation 

of limestone, which may explain why no such rocks have been 

observed on Mars. 

SwRI-led teams also observed Pluto’s passage in front of two stars. 

The atmospheric pressure and temperature profiles obtained have 

helped to demonstrate that Pluto is currently undergoing significant 

seasonal changes. ❖ 

Visit spacescience.swri.org for more information or contact Vice 

President Dr. James L. Burch at (210) 522-2526 or jim.burch@swri.org. 

spacecraft instrument design & development • magnetospheric physics • theoretical & observational studies 

spacecraft computer development • spacecraft support systems & software • planetary science 

solar & heliospheric physics • data analysis & science support • electromechanical systems design 

stellar astronomy • spacecraft management • spacecraft avionics systems design • power systems design 

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Geosciences and Engineering 

In 2007, we initiated the joint industry Carbonate Fault Project, funded 

by major oil companies, to characterize faulting in carbonate strata 

exposed in the Canyon Lake Gorge, Comal County, Texas. We are 

coupling detailed field characterization of the site geology with 

laboratory analyses and computer modeling to better understand 

faulting processes in carbonate rocks (cfp.swri.org). 

SwRI helped an international oil company understand complex faulting 

in an oil reservoir offshore of Newfoundland. We analyzed faults 

mapped by three-dimensional seismic reflection imaging, using SwRI’s 

3DStress® software and studying analogous faulted rocks exposed in 

outcrop (3dstress.swri.org). 

Southwest Research Institute provides a center of excellence 

in geosciences and engineering for commercial and government 

programs here and abroad, particularly for the groundwater, 

nuclear energy and petroleum industries. Using a wide array 

of technologies, we deploy multidisciplinary teams, integrating laboratory, 

field and numerical analyses to solve real-world problems 

(geosciences-engineering.swri.org). 

We have transferred our expertise in nuclear waste management 

to building programs in groundwater management and studying 

how next-generation nuclear plant technology could fuel a 

hydrogen-based economy. For more than 20 years, we have worked 

for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission advancing the state of the 

art in long-term nuclear waste management. This relationship has 

resulted in SwRI becoming the go-to source for technical assistance 

on a wide array of NRC programs (cnwra-sa.swri.org). 

As host of the federally funded Center for Nuclear Waste 

Regulatory Analyses, we continue developing the technologies NRC 

needs to evaluate a potential high-level waste repository at Yucca 

Mountain, Nevada. We have made significant advances developing 

sophisticated software used to model complex system performance 

for pre-closure analyses, the 100 to 300 years that the potential 

repository would be open and accepting waste, and post-closure 

analyses, up to one million years after the repository is sealed. Risk 

insights obtained using these codes are critical with respect to 

preparing to review a Yucca Mountain license application. 

In 2007, we concluded a multiyear upgrade to the Totalsystem 

Performance Assessment code for Yucca Mountain (TPA 

Version 5.1). As understanding of the potential nuclear waste 

repository evolves, we have improved models of interactions 

between protective drip shields and the waste packages as 

well as the understanding of fluvial ash transport after a potential 

volcanic event. TPA Version 5.1 also more effectively models 

how moisture and chemical conditions affect waste package 

corrosion and extends models of climate variations to one million 

years. Improvements to the Pre-Closure Safety Analysis 

software include incorporating the most current design, operating 

experience and human factors information. 

This year, SwRI conducted advanced petroleum exploration 

and production analysis activities in fields across North 

America and in the Middle East (geoscience.swri.org). Our 

expertise in correlating the relationship between geophysical 

data and geological structures has led to the development of a 

structural geology training course we offer through an international 

geosciences training company. 

We began a multiyear, joint oil industry project to 

advance the technical understanding of faulting in carbonate 

strata, aimed at improving oil field production (cfp.swri.org). 

Through an agreement with the Guadalupe-Blanco River 

Authority, we will use geologic structures exposed along the 

Canyon Lake Spillway as a field laboratory and training site. 

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With funding from the Southwest Florida Water Management District and the 

Edwards Aquifer Authority, SwRI developed a new model that more accurately 

predicts groundwater flow through limestone aquifers because it includes both the 

slow movement through the limestone matrix (shown in color gradations) as well 

as faster flow through conduits in the rock (indicated by black lines). 

SwRI geoscientists investigating 

wrinkle ridges on Mars refined the 

understanding of fold formation. 

Scientists believe lateral shortening 

of layers and ranges of smaller 

scale fault and fracture networks 

formed these surface features on 

the Red Planet (planetary 

geosciences.swri.org). 

Rock falls could cause creep 

deformation damage to titanium 

alloy drip shields designed to 

protect nuclear waste packages 

in a potential underground 

repository. CNWRA® scientists 

are conducting creep tests and 

transmission electron microscopy 

analyses to evaluate creep 

deformation for different stresses 

and temperatures. 

SwRI scientists developed modules for a commercial computer code 

used to evaluate heat transfer and fluid behavior associated with 

heat sources. Using the numerical models, scientists will better 

understand the complex heat transfer processes affecting the 

temperature, relative humidity and moisture redistribution inside drifts 

containing spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. 

Groundwater supply and quality are growing global concerns, 

and SwRI is expanding its water resource program beyond 

karst aquifers to include surface water and other aquifer types 

(karst.swri.org). In 2007, SwRI studied the Texas Coastal Plain 

aquifer system as well as surface and groundwater in Mexico. We 

also investigated water-related environmental issues in Wyoming. 

We continue to expand research programs in planetary geology, 

completing a NASA project on Mars wrinkle ridges and receiving 

two new grants to study normal faulting and fault-induced pit 

crater chain formation on Mars. SwRI scientists are also 

investigating faults on Ganymede and pit chain formation 

on Eros through physical analog modeling and numerical 

simulations (planetarygeosciences.swri.org). ❖ 

Visit geosciences-engineering.swri.org for 

more information or contact Vice President 

Dr. Wesley C. Patrick at (210) 522-5158 

or wesley.patrick@swri.org. 

geophysical & geological investigations • groundwater resource evaluation • energy exploration 

chemical & radiological contaminant transport • planetary sciences • laboratory, field & numerical analyses 

risk & performance assessment • reliability & operational safety analysis • environmental impact assessments 

geoscience processes • corrosion & materials life prediction • structural integrity analysis 

geological structure analysis • regulatory analysis & guidance 

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Signal Exploitation and Geolocation 

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We develop radio direction finding 

antennas in the VHF/UHF frequency 

range for both shipboard and landmobile 

applications. The direction 

finding performance of each antenna 

is evaluated using our 73-foot tower 

prior to installation (tsd.swri.org). 

To support homeland security interests, Southwest 

Research Institute continues developing surveillance, 

communications signal intercept, direction finding, and 

tagging and tracking systems for the U.S. government, friendly 

foreign governments and commercial clients. 

We delivered communications electronic warfare support 

equipment to an international client in the very-high and ultrahigh 

frequency ranges for fixed site and land-mobile applications. 

Equipment included antennas and processing equipment 

that acquire signals of interest and incorporate frequency 

hop processing for tracking and locating signals that hop from 

one frequency to another (tsd.swri.org). 

SwRI engineers are modernizing the signal intelligence 

networks that collect radio direction finding data for the U.S. 

government. Efforts include modifying current approaches to 

include acquiring and managing data from new, disparate 

sources (sed.swri.org). 

Global positioning systems are increasingly being targeted 

for attack, particularly now that they are used to track military 

forces and supplies. Our staff is developing a system to 

detect a GPS attack before it can create problems for users 

(surveillance.swri.org). The system will also be capable of 

detecting inadvertent interference. 

Our internal research program helps staff members take conceptual 

ideas through to development for the ultimate benefit of our 

clients. The explosion of digital communication, in particular the 

Internet, has created an enormous, nearly anonymous, capability for 

distributing multimedia content. SwRI engineers are developing new 

techniques for steganalysis, the science of detecting hidden messages, 

of digital images. Approaches include applying noise removal techniques 

and using models to detect deviations from the normal image. 

Another new area is genetic programming, an evolutionary computing 

technique that automatically writes programs to solve problems. 

A successful internal research project created a new GP language 

that natively handles data in the form of vectors and matrices. 

Our analysts are using this new tool to investigate the application of 

GP to automatically discover new digital signal processing algorithms, 

a class of problem previously intractable to GP techniques. 

Other research is focused on frequency hop detection and prosecution, 

as well as blade processing, a type of computer or processor 

used primarily for network servers. These new technologies will eventually 

be built into our FRONTIER design architecture used in SwRI’s 

series of communications intelligence systems (ssd.swri.org). Other 

internal research efforts are targeting improvised explosive devices, 

data mining and specific emitter identification, which allows users to 

identify and track transmitters. 

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SwRI’s FRONTIER architecture, 

based on large numbers of 

commodity computers 

networked together, is thriving 

as size and cost decline and 

processing capacity improves. 

A few years ago, five racks of 

computers were required to 

accomplish what is now done 

in one. These systems sift 

through the radio frequency 

environment, evaluating signal 

activity and detecting and 

locating threats to the United 

States and its allies. 

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This digital image (left flag) appears innocuous to the naked eye, but by applying steganalysis 

techniques (right flag), SwRI engineers can detect hidden messages, such as in this example: 

“The troops are landing at Normandy.” 

Our breakthrough AS-142 high frequency 

monopole antenna can withstand severe shipboard 

physical environments and be placed at locations 

and angles unsuitable for traditional designs 

(pod.swri.org). This low radar reflectivity design is 

ideal for the next generation of stealthy warships. 

In response to the industry trend for approaches that are less 

labor-intensive, we are designing our systems to require significantly 

less labor to construct and operate. We are also addressing 

the special challenges of wireless connectivity for government 

clients, including the need for increased reliability, security, and 

resistance to detection and jamming. 

Our antenna production and operation efforts continue to 

support U.S. Navy intelligence activities, on schedule and within 

budget (engineeringsolutions.swri.org). The Signal Exploitation 

and Geolocation Division is certified to the ISO 9001:2000 

international quality standard. We are implementing additional 

processes to meet Level 3 of the Software Engineering Institute’s 

Capability Maturity Model® Integration for development. 

Visit sigint.swri.org for more information or contact 

Vice President Dr. William G. Guion at (210) 522-2902 

or william.guion@swri.org. 

geolocation systems • intelligent SIGINT networks • wideband intercept • automatic signal recognition 

electromagnetic modeling & propagation analysis • system production • data mining • tracking systems 

spectrum surveillance • special-purpose tagging & tracking devices • life-cycle support • repair & refurbishment 

field engineering support • signals intelligence systems • genetic programming • steganalysis • signal analysis 

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Applied Physics 

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Engineers apply MsS technology to assess the 

structural health of aging aircraft, represented by 

this C-141 upper fuselage panel. The technology 

requires no structural disassembly and can detect 

notched defects in complex geometries and 

multilayer areas (nondestructive.swri.org). 

Southwest Research Institute scientists and engineers 

explore the physical properties of large infrastructure 

components, such as pipelines, as well as complex 

natural features, such as water and petroleum reservoirs, discovering 

new ways to ensure structural reliability or to characterize 

the production potential of underground resources. We 

develop novel sensor technologies, algorithms and software 

programs to collect and process data (applied-physics.swri.org). 

We also specialize in creating unique electronic devices and in 

shrinking the size of existing devices to fit new applications 

(advancedelectronics.swri.org). 

We pioneered magnetostrictive sensor technology, which 

detects defects using guided waves propagated along a length of 

piping, tubing, rods, plates or cables. Our MsS® heat exchanger 

inspection probe has revolutionized the inspection of heat 

exchanger tubing; the previously lengthy and labor-intensive 

process can now be done at a fraction of the time and cost 

(nondestructive.swri.org). 

In 2007, we developed a ruggedized MsS® 3030 toolkit that 

includes an MsS sensor, a battery and chargers in the bottom of a 

case, with a laptop strapped safely in the top of the case. The system 

is completely battery operated, requiring no external power 

to collect data in the field, and can inspect a variety of structures, 

from pipelines to aircraft. 

We delivered the first fourth-generation EDAS¤ data acquisition 

system, which acquires and analyzes ultrasonic signals 

used to inspect welds in piping and commercial nuclear power 

station reactor pressure vessels. This latest generation features 

many improvements in the user interface and reporting capabilities, 

including the capture of full-resolution video that can be 

edited for inspection reports. 

Existing inspection techniques for low-pressure steam 

turbines involve disassembling the turbine to access internal 

components. SwRI developed and tested two devices to inspect 

low-pressure steam turbines without removal of the inner casing, 

providing tremendous time and cost savings. These devices 

consisted of unique mechanisms that deliver articulated videoscopes 

deep within the turbine to inspect blades and vanes. 

One device is inserted into the exhaust end and snakes through 

openings between the blades and vanes, while the other is 

inserted through ports and steam extraction gaps. Using a truncated 

full-scale turbine mockup, SwRI demonstrated that the 

two probes allowed inspection of blades and vanes in all stages 

of the turbine. 

In petroleum production, the current trend is to drill deviated 

and horizontal wells, particularly in fractured and deep-water 

reservoir formations. Understanding induced-fracture anisotropy 

is important when drilling deviated wells that penetrate deep- 

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SwRI researchers combined a permeability image based 

on crosswell reflection seismic data and permeability 

determined from resistivity logs to predict the water 

production potential for an area of the Port Mayaca 

aquifer in south Florida (reservoirgeophysics.swri.org). 

Under sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation, SwRI is developing remote-field 

eddy current inspection technology to detect and characterize pipe wall loss; this technology 

is being integrated with Explorer II, a robotic transport tool under development by Carnegie 

Mellon University. The resulting system, now under commercialization, will inspect six- to 

eight-inch-diameter pipelines containing tight bends and can be launched and retrieved with 

the pipeline in service (nondestructive.swri.org). 

D015797-7902 

D015892-2844 

SwRI engineers designed 

the hardware for the 

Tactical Biometrics 

Collection and Matching 

System for the U.S. Navy. 

This portable, hand-held 

booking station allows 

users to collect, store and 

analyze fingerprints, iris 

scans and mug shots from 

up to 100,000 persons 

of interest. TBCMS can 

also upload watch lists, 

allowing users to identify 

suspects in the field. 

SwRI microbiologists are researching microbial drug delivery, decontamination agent 

effectiveness, and extending the shelf life of food and textiles with controlled-release biocides, 

as well as alternative fuel sources such as microbial fuel cells, spore-detecting biosensors, and 

environmentally friendly biodegradation clean-up applications (chemphys.swri.org). 

water sediments. SwRI has developed software packages to 

model sonic logs and estimate attenuation from deviated 

wells, which can help characterize the production potential 

of petroleum reservoirs. Scientists are also developing a data 

processing algorithm to automatically extract and visualize 

reservoir properties from sonic data, to characterize the rock 

surrounding boreholes (reservoirgeophysics.swri.org). 

In related research, SwRI scientists are using high-resolution 

crosswell seismic reflections to identify the areas in an under- 

ground aquifer that have the highest water production potential. We 

developed a processing algorithm that converts reflection seismic data to 

impedance and creates porosity and permeability images. Interpretational 

analysis suggests that zones of low impedance and high permeability are 

associated with high water production in a region of the Port Mayaca 

aquifer in south Florida. ❖ 

Visit applied-physics.swri.org for more information or contact Vice 

President Edward D. Moore at (210) 522-2739 or ed.moore@swri.org. 

digital & analog electronic systems development • RF systems • laser, fiber & electro-optics • mechanical design 

mechanical systems • acoustics • reservoir characterization • nondestructive evaluation • sensors 

ultrasonics • eddy current modeling • guided wave inspection • magnetostrictive sensors • packaging 

robotic vehicle evaluations • hardware & component analyses • advanced microelectronics 

microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) • rapid prototyping 

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Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 

SwRI established capabilities 

to test mattresses to a federal 

regulation that went into effect 

in 2007. All mattress designs 

sold in the U.S. must meet a 

new open-flame flammability 

standard, which uses a gas 

burner to simulate how 

mattresses will perform when 

bedclothes are ignited. 

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Using the SwRI pilot plant equipment 

and 200-liter reactors, Institute 

chemists synthesize kilogram batches 

of pharmaceuticals for phase I 

clinical trials. 

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Southwest Research Institute applies chemistry and engineering 

technologies to address complex homeland 

security, health, safety and environmental challenges. 

Our scientists and engineers work with government and industry 

clients to develop new chemical products or processes, 

address environmental concerns and investigate the chemical 

properties or flammability of existing products and materials. 

In 2007, we successfully developed the process to produce 

a new broad-spectrum nerve agent antidote for the 

Department of Defense, and we are currently developing clinical 

supplies to support Phase 1 clinical trials. Follow-on efforts 

will investigate microencapsulation techniques to stabilize 

ingredients for a long shelf life under a broad range of conditions 

and to deploy the antidote through an autoinjector 

(drugdelivery.swri.org). 

SwRI is breaking new ground in microencapsulation, 

using high-temperature thermoplastic melts, molten metals and 

air-sensitive materials and developing microfluidic encapsulation 

techniques to produce uniformly sized monodispersed microparticles 

for pharmaceutical, microelectronic and micromechanical 

applications (microencapsulation.swri.org). 

Our scientists are developing nanoparticulate delivery systems 

formulated in topical creams as a therapeutic strategy for viruses. 

For a virus to proliferate in the human body, it sends messenger 

RNA to signal host cells to start generating disease proteins. RNAsilencing 

nanoparticles could prevent the messenger RNA from 

being translated into proteins or, if they perfectly match a target 

sequence, mark the messenger RNA for destruction. 

Collaborating with food manufacturers, SwRI developed novel 

nanoencapsulation and nanoparticle stabilization techniques for 

nutraceuticals, such as omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin A, including a 

technique to create water-insoluble nutraceutical additives suitable for 

clear beverages. 

The Institute is collaborating with the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture on an internal research program to model and develop 

chemical attractants and inhibitors to control mosquito populations. 

While billions of dollars are spent annually vaccinating for and 

treating mosquito-borne illnesses, the most effective route for 

controlling these diseases is to prevent mosquito bites. 

In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency will require all 

public water systems to monitor and verify that their water is free of 

the pollutants outlined in the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring 

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Using advanced molecular modeling systems, SwRI 

chemists apply computational methods in pharmaceutical 

development to better understand protein and ligand 

interactions and new compound designs. 

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D015564.2184 

SwRI is developing new 

products applying controlled 

release of chlorine dioxide, 

such as these gloves, which 

are impregnated with ClO 2 

to reduce food contamination 

during preparation and 

packaging. 

Working with our subsidiary Signature Science, SwRI 

conducted on-site air sampling to evaluate the chemical 

makeup and movement of air in urban areas for the Defense 

Advanced Research Projects Agency. Our staff performed 

simultaneous sampling of 100 different locations on 

our grounds. 

D015914.4275 

Regulation. The Institute is one of a limited number of laboratories 

participating in the analytical validation approval process to 

conduct UCMR water monitoring and analysis. 

As part of our longstanding, comprehensive fire technology 

program, SwRI houses one of three facilities in the U.S. capable 

of conducting large-scale fire testing with heat release rates 

in excess of 25 megawatts. The facility accommodates a growing 

performance evaluation program for sprinkler systems and 

smoke detectors used in warehouses, chemical plants and 

office buildings (fire.swri.org). 

We also established new capabilities to conduct mattress 

flame spread tests to help manufacturers meet a new federal regulation. 

In addition, SwRI’s ISO 17025 testing laboratory accreditation 

expanded to include two new categories, fire suppression and 

smoke toxicity, and we added 70 new test designations. 

For more than 25 years, SwRI has supported Army efforts to 

destroy chemical munitions stockpiles, conducting workplace and 

air monitoring of destruction facilities. In 2007, our chemists 

assisted the U.S. Army by analyzing heavy metals in blister agents 

destined for incineration at a chemical disposal facility in Pine 

Bluff, Arkansas, to ensure compliance with environmental emission 

limits for agent destruction. SwRI also received a contract to 

support the Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility at 

Newport, Indiana. ❖ 

Visit chemistry.swri.org for more information or contact Vice 

President Dr. Michael G. MacNaughton at (210) 522-5162 

or michael.macnaughton@swri.org. 

environmental engineering • materials chemistry • process engineering • fire protection engineering 

demilitarization • analytical & environmental chemistry • pharmaceutical chemistry • environmental sampling 

analytical method development • homeland security • health effects & epidemiology investigations 

risk & hazard analysis • fire testing & research • microencapsulation • biomaterials engineering 

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Consolidated 

Financial Statements 

For the years ended September 28, 2007, and September 29, 2006 

Income Statements (in thousands of dollars) 

2007 2006 

Revenue $500,552 $465,283 

Direct Project Costs 295,917 272,765 

Operating Income 204,635 192,518 

Division Operating Expenses 110,736 106,602 

General Overhead 45,550 48,114 

Depreciation — General Facilities 11,943 10,348 

Internal Research 6,001 5,016 

Realized/Unrealized Gain on Retiree Medical Funds (3,408) (835) 

Income Before Federal Income Tax Expense 33,813 23,273 

Federal Income Tax Expense (407) (231) 

Net Income $33,406 $23,042 

Balance Sheets (in thousands of dollars) 

2007 2006 

Current Assets $139,399 $130,721 

Property and Equipment, Net 241,042 231,611 

Other Assets 39,824 27,786 

Total Assets $420,265 $390,118 

Current Liabilities $64,830 $65,935 

Noncurrent Liabilities 63,530 54,832 

Net Worth 291,905 269,351 

Total Liabilities and Net Worth $420,265 $390,118 

520 

500 

480 

460 

440 

420 

400 

380 

360 

355 

Total Revenue 

465 

435 

399 

501 

440 

420 

400 

380 

360 

340 

320 

300 

313 

Total Assets 

390 

361 

336 

420 

300 

290 

280 

270 

260 

250 

240 

230 

220 

222 

Net Worth 

269 

246 

220 

292 

340 

03 04 05 

06 

07 

(Millions $) 

280 

03 04 05 

06 

07 

(Millions $) 

210 

03 04 05 

06 

07 

(Millions $) 

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Board of Directors 

Chairperson 

Dr. Mary Ann Rankin 

Dean, College of Natural Sciences 

The University of Texas at Austin 

Austin, Texas 

Vice Chairman 

Mr. Wayne S. Alexander 

President (Retired) 

SBC Southwestern Bell 

San Antonio, Texas 

Vice Presidents 

Office of Automotive Engineering 

Mr. Walter P. Groff, Senior Vice President 

Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research 

Mr. Nigel F. Gale, Vice President 

Mr. Eugene L. Ames Jr. 

Chairman and CEO 

Venus Oil Company 


Mr. J. Dan Bates 

President 

Southwest Research Institute 


Mr. Richard W. Calvert 


Mr. Richard B. Curtin 

Executive Vice President — 

Operations (Retired) 



Mr. Walter D. Downing 

Executive Vice President 



Mr. A. Baker Duncan 

President 

Duncan-Smith Investments Inc. 


Mr. Roger R. Hemminghaus 

Chairman Emeritus 

Ultramar Diamond Shamrock 

Corporation 


Officers 

President, Mr. J. Dan Bates 

Mr. John C. Korbell 

Managing Director — Wealth 

Management 

Senior Investment Management 

Consultant 

Smith Barney 


Mr. Milton B. Lee 

General Manager and CEO 

CPS Energy 


Mr. Philip J. Pfeiffer 

Partner 

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 


Mr. John B. Roberts 

Chairman and President (Retired) 

Busch Entertainment Corporation 

Austin, Texas 

Dr. Ricardo Romo 

President 

The University of Texas at San Antonio 


Mr. Curtis T. Vaughan Jr. 

Chairman of the Board 

Vaughan & Sons Inc. 


Mr. David S. Zachry 

President and COO 

Zachry Construction Corporation 


Fuels and Lubricants Research 

Mr. Walter P. Groff, Acting Vice President 

Aerospace Electronics and Information 

Technology 

Mr. Richard D. Somers, Vice President 

Applied Physics 

Mr. Edward D. Moore, Vice President 

Automation and Data Systems 

Mr. Leslie B. Hoffman, Vice President 

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 

Dr. Michael G. MacNaughton, Vice 

President 

Geosciences and Engineering 

Dr. Wesley C. Patrick, Vice President 

Mechanical and Materials Engineering 

Dr. Robert L. Bass III, Vice President 

Signal Exploitation and Geolocation 

Dr. William G. Guion, Vice President 

Space Science and Engineering 

Dr. James L. Burch, Vice President 

Training, Simulation and Performance 

Improvement 

Dr. Katharine C. Golas, Vice President 

Institute Quality Systems 

Dr. Amos E. Holt, Vice President 

Legal and Patent Office 

Mr. John W. McLeod, Vice President and 

General Counsel 

Executive Vice President, Mr. Walter D. Downing 

Chief Financial Officer, Vice President 

Finance, and Institute Secretary, Mr. John F. Sprencel 

Services 

Mr. R. Pat Griffith Jr., Vice President 

Treasurer and Assistant Institute Secretary, Mrs. Beth Ann Rafferty 

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Trustees 

Mr. James “Jim” R. Adams 

Chairman of the Board (Retired) 

Texas Instruments 


Mr. Michael D. Burke 

President 

MDB Capital Ventures 


Mr. John W. Feik 

President and COO 

DFB Pharmaceuticals Inc. 


Mr. William E. Greehey 


NuStar Energy L.P. 


Mr. Jack R. Allender 

Partner 


Houston, Texas 

Dr. Ronald K. Calgaard 

Chairman and Trustee 

Ray Ellison Grandchildren Trust 


Mr. H. Rugeley Ferguson 

Owner 

Hashknife Ranches 


Dr. Rolf R. Haberecht 

Chairman of the Board and CEO 

VLSIP Technologies Inc. 

Richardson, Texas 

Mr. Henry “Hank” Arendt 

Dallas, Texas 

Dr. Paul F. Barbara 

Director, Center for Nano and 

Molecular Science and 

Technology 

Richard J.V. Johnson Welch 

Regents Chair in Chemistry 


Austin, Texas 

Dr. Eric J. Barron 

Dean, Jackson School of 

Geosciences 


Austin, Texas 

Dr. G. Kemble Bennett 

Vice Chancellor and Dean of 

Engineering 

Texas A&M Engineering 

College Station, Texas 

Mr. James R. Berg 

President 

Matson Multi Media 


Mr. Glenn E. Biggs 


Texas Heritage Bank 

Boerne, Texas 

Dr. John R. Brazil 

President 

Trinity University 


Ms. Phyllis Browning 

President 

The Phyllis Browning Company 


Mr. J. Fred Bucy Jr. 

President, CEO and BOD Member 

(Retired) 

Texas Instruments Inc. 

Dallas, Texas 

Mr. Richard “Dick” L. Burdick 

Chairman (Retired) 

Thermon Industries Inc. 

San Marcos, Texas 

Mr. Trent Campbell Jr. 

President 

Campbell Industrial Sales Inc. 


Dr. Donald M. Carlton 

President and CEO (Retired) 

Radian International 

Austin, Texas 

Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa 

President and Professor of Pediatric 

and Transplantation Surgery 

The University of Texas Health 

Science Center at San Antonio 


Ms. Lila M. Cockrell 

President 

San Antonio Parks Foundation 


General Donald G. Cook, 

USAF (Ret.) 


Mr. Walter N. Corrigan 

President 

Corrigan Enterprises Inc. 


Dr. Charles L. Cotrell 

President 

St. Mary’s University 


Dr. William H. Cunningham 


Austin, Texas 

Mr. Donald H. Daigle 

Vice President, Refining (Retired) 

ExxonMobil 

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 

Dr. Roger Eichhorn 

Professor Emeritus 

University of Houston 


Dr. Larry Faulkner 

President 

Houston Endowment 


Dr. William L. Fisher 

Professor and Barrow Chair 


Austin, Texas 

Dr. Peter T. Flawn 

President Emeritus 


Austin, Texas 

Dr. Raymond “Ray” W. Flumerfelt, P.E. 

Professor, Chemical Engineering and 

Vice Director, National Wind Energy 

Research and Testing Center 

University of Houston 


Dr. Robert R. Fossum 

Senior Research Scientist 


Austin, Texas 

Mr. James B. Francis Jr. 

President 

Francis Enterprises Ltd. 

Dallas, Texas 

Mr. Tom C. Frost 

Senior Chairman of the Board 

Frost National Bank 


Mr. Martyn C. Glen 

Managing Director 

Integra Realty Resources — 

San Antonio 


Dr. Earnest “Ernie” F. Gloyna 

Professor Emeritus, Bettie Margaret 

Smith Chair (Retired) 


Austin, Texas 

Mr. Christopher “Kit” Goldsbury Jr. 

CEO 

Silver Ventures 


Mr. James D. Goudge 


Broadway Bank 


Mr. John “Jack” A. Hammack 

Owner 

Hammack Oil Company 

Dallas, Texas 

Mr. Houston H. Harte 

Vice Chairman 

Harte-Hanks Inc. 


Mr. George A. Helland Jr., P.E. 

Senior Associate 

Cambridge Energy Research Associates 


Mr. Mario Hernandez 

President 

San Antonio Economic Development 

Foundation 


General Robert T. Herres, USAF (Ret.) 

Chairman and CEO (Retired) 

USAA 


General Hal M. Hornburg, USAF (Ret.) 

Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas 

Dr. John P. Howe III 

President and CEO 

Project HOPE 

Millwood, Virginia 

Mr. Benny H. Hughes 

Partner of Counsel 

Orgain, Bell & Tucker L.L.P. 

Beaumont, Texas 

Dr. Anthony J. Infante 

Professor in Interim for Vice Chair for 

Research 

The University of Texas Health Science 

Center at San Antonio 


Lt. Gen. Daniel James III, USAF (Ret.) 

Arlington, Virginia 

Mr. Mark M. Johnson 

President — San Antonio Region 

Texas Capital Bank, N.A. 


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Mr. Jeffrey “Jeff” Kodosky 

NI Fellow 

National Instruments 

Austin, Texas 

Mr. Charles L. Korbell Jr. 

Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas 

Mr. Joseph “Joe” R. Krier 


The Greater San Antonio Chamber of 

Commerce 


Lt. Gen. Frank F. Ledford Jr., USA (Ret.) 


Southwest Foundation for Biomedical 



Mr. Pat Legan 

Owner 

Legan Properties 


Mr. Mike Manuppelli 

CEO 

Automotive-Truck Parts Company Inc. 


Mr. Julian G. Martin 

Consultant 

Austin, Texas 

Dr. Kathleen S. Matthews 

Dean, Natural Sciences 

Wiess School of Natural Sciences 

Rice University 


Mr. L. Lowry Mays 

Chairman 

Clear Channel Communications 


General William V. McBride, USAF (Ret.) 


Mr. Robert S. McClane 

President 

McClane Partners L.L.C. 


Dr. Henry C. McGill Jr. 

Senior Scientist Emeritus 

Southwest Foundation for Biomedical 



Ms. Elaine Mendoza 


Conceptual MindWorks Inc. 


Mr. John “Jack” K. Meyer 

Proprietor 

Fiduciary Services 


Mr. Palmer Moe 

Managing Director 

Kronkosky Charitable Foundation 


Dr. Jon N. Moline 

President Emeritus 

Texas Lutheran University 

Seguin, Texas 

Mr. Joe F. Moore 

CEO (Retired) 

Presidents Circle 

National Academy of Sciences 


Mr. Robert “Bob” G. Newman 

Partner 



Dr. John M. Niedzwecki 

Executive Associate Dean and 

Associate Vice Chancellor of 

Engineering 

Associate Director of TEES 

Holder of R.P. Gregory ’32 Chair 

Dwight Look College of 

Engineering 

Texas A&M University 


Dr. Geoffrey C. Orsak 

Dean and Professor 

School of Engineering 

Southern Methodist University 

Dallas, Texas 

Dr. Richard “Rusty” E. Phillips 

Vice President and Clinical 

Alliances 

The Sorin Group 

Austin, Texas 

Dr. Tessa Martinez Pollack 

President 

Our Lady of the Lake University 


Mr. Chester N. Posey 

Chairman 

Orbix Corporation 

Clifton, Texas 

Dr. Carl F. Raba Jr., P.E. 


Raba-Kistner Consultants Inc. 


Mr. Christopher T. Rice 

Chief Technology Officer 

AT&T 


Dr. Herbert H. Richardson 

Director Emeritus 

Texas Transportation Institute 

The Texas A&M University System 


Dr. Ronald J. Robinson 


Knowledge Deployment Inc. 


Mr. Phillip S. Sizer, P.E. 

Consultant 

Dallas, Texas 

Mr. Jack M. Spinks 

Owner 

Spinks & Associates 

Claremore, Oklahoma 

Mr. Thomas A. Stephenson 

President and Publisher 

San Antonio Express-News 


Dr. Ben G. Streetman 

Dean, College of Engineering 


Austin, Texas 

Dr. Elizabeth Anne Sueltenfuss, CDP 

President Emerita 

Our Lady of the Lake University 


Dr. Stephen A. Szygenda, P.E. 

Cecil H. Green Chair in Engineering 

Professor of Computer Science and 

Engineering 

Professor of Engineering 

Management, Information and 

Systems 

School of Engineering 

Southern Methodist University 

Dallas, Texas 

Mr. Timothy “Tim” N. Tipton 

Vice President, Technology Services 

Marathon Oil Company 


Dr. Denise M. Trauth 

President 

Texas State University — 

San Marcos 

San Marcos, Texas 

Mr. Thomas L. Travis 


International Bank of Commerce — 

Oklahoma 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 

Lic. Carlos Vidali 

President 

Vidali & Associates L.L.C. 

La Jolla, California 

Mr. Edward E. Whitacre Jr. 

Chairman of the Board and 

CEO (Retired) 

AT&T 


Mr. John “Jack” H. Willome 


Rayco 

Boerne, Texas 

The Honorable Nelson W. Wolff 

County Judge 

Bexar County Courthouse 


Mr. H. Bartell Zachry Jr. 


Zachry Group Inc. 


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