SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Mining, Geotechnical, and Facility Engineering Services

	Experienced SwRI engineers design and build specialized test equipment, including this device for large-scale dynamic shear tests of natural rock fractures under earthquake loads.

Mining, geotechnical, and facility engineering services at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) apply expertise in a wide range of engineering disciplines, including:

• Rock engineering

• Mining engineering

• Geological engineering

• Geotechnical engineering

• Structural engineering

• Mechanical engineering

• Nuclear engineering

• Earthquake analysis

• Risk analysis

Mining, geotechnical, and facility engineering services are used for investigation, analysis, design and risk assessment of engineered structures and their operations under natural and human-induced hazards, including focused evaluations conducted for the safe storage, transportation, and disposal of radioactive materials.

Staff members use field studies, laboratory experimentation, and computer modeling techniques to provide a full spectrum of engineering services for the design and operation of surface and subsurface facilities.

For more information about the mining, geotechnical, and facility engineering services SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Dr. Asadul Chowdhury at achowdhury@swri.org or (210) 522-5151.
 

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

September 19, 2008