Internal Research and Development (IR&D) Program

The Internal Research and Development Program at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) exists to broaden the SwRI's technology base and to encourage staff professional growth. Internal funding of research enables the SwRI to advance knowledge, increase its technical capabilities, and expand its reputation as a leader in science and technology.

The program also allows SwRI engineers and scientists to continually grow in their technical fields by providing freedom to explore innovative and unproven concepts.

Below you will find synopses of IR&D contributions made by scientists and engineers of SwRI’s Automation and Data Systems Division. SwRI often offers clients technology gained from its internal research programs and patents.

-- Select Year -- 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

2008   (synopses become available on completion of projects)

"Secure Middleware Template Library," 10-R9777

"Investigation of Using Statically Mounted Laser Scanners for Situational Awareness of Complex Transportation Environments," 10-R-9767

"Investigating the Effect of Wireless Communication-Enabled Adaptive Cruise Control on Traffic Smoothing," 10-R9802

"Development of a Minimally Invasive Method to Quantify Blood Flow in the Dysvascular Transtibial Amputee," 10-R9803

"Creation of a Data Driven Resource and Waste Assessment Methodology," 10-R9785

"Investigation of Elliptic Curve Cryptography," 10-R9793

"Autonomous Vehicle Staff Renewal and Ecole Des Mines Student Internship," 10-R9784

"Hardware Abstraction for General-Purpose Robot Control," 10-R9832

"Development of Mesenchymal Stem-Cell Expansion Device—A Stem-Cell Bioreactor," 10-R9864

"Automatic 3D Point Cloud to CAD Model Registration for Robotic Applications," 10-R9865

"Investigation of Law-Governed Interactions as a Mechanism to Provide Coordination Among Service-Oriented Architectures," 10-R9877

"Investigation into Configuration Methods for Adding External Data Sources to a Common Website," 10-R9849

"Investigation of Criteria for the Selection and Application of Software-Defined Radio Standards," 10-R9852

2007

"Investigating the Feasibility and Benefits of Integrating Dynamic Vehicle Probe Data into Advanced Traffic Management Systems," 10-R9582

"A Novel Approach to Monitoring Natural Hazards in All Terrain," 10-R9613

"Towards Internet in Space: Development of an Address Resolution Protocol and Encapsulation Service for SpaceWire Networks," 10-R9623

"Investigation into Performance of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Systems," 10-R9634

"Automated Interpretation of Medical Prescription Text," 10-R9642

"HealtheVet Reporting Engine," 10-R9646

"Investigation of Dynamic Structured Light (DSL) 3-D Data Artifacts for Geological Analog Modeling," 10-R9647

"Southwest Safe Transport Initiative (SSTI)," 10-R9648

"Investigation into Botnet Detection and Mitigation Methods," 10-R9649

"Maintaining Device Anonymity While Disseminating Information in a 3-Dimensional Plane," 10-R9661

"Investigation into the Development of a Heavy-Duty Vehicle Probe Data Platform," 10-R9671

"Discovery of Identity Fraud Through Data Mining and Visualization," 10-R9688

"Investigation into Travel-Time Route Interpolation and Prediction," 10-R9708

"Investigation into Multi-Vehicle Cooperative Vehicle System Applications Utilizing Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) in Complex Urban Environments," 10-R9717

"Ontologies for Object Recognition," 10-R9733

2006

"Investigation into Process Management Technologies to Improve System Monitoring and Repair," 10-R9554

"Investigation into the Creation of an Algorithm Processor Module (APM)," 10-R9581

"Investigating the Feasibility and Benefits of Integrating Dynamic Vehicle Probe Data Into Advanced Traffic Management Systems," 10-R9582

"A Novel Approach to Monitoring Natural Hazards in All Terrain," 10-R9613

"Towards Internet in Space: Development of an Address Resolution Protocol and Encapsulation Service for SpaceWire Networks," 10-R9623

"Investigation into Self-Monitoring and Self-Healing (SMASH) Software Processes," 10-R9628

"Investigation into Performance of Intelligent Transportation Systems," 10-R9634

"Automated Interpretation of Medical Prescription Text," 10-R9642

2005

"Visual Servoing for Flexible Robotic Assembly Tasks," 10-9410

"Image Processing Acceleration on Advanced Graphics Processors," 10-9434

"Scalable IP Traceback for Internet Attack Attribution," 10-9446

"Investigation into Process Management Technologies to Improve System Monitoring and Repair," 10-9554

2004

"Development of a Networked Blood Pressure Monitoring System," 10-9369

"Visual Servoing for Flexible Robotic Assembly Tasks," 10-9410

"Image Processing Acceleration on Advanced Graphics Processors," 10-9434

2003

"Development of a High-Speed, Servo-Level Control," 10-9266

"Development of Automated Monitoring of Critical Transportation Infrastructure,"       10-9339

"Development of a Networked Blood Pressure Monitoring System," 10-9369

"An Adaptive Ad Hoc Routing Network for Mobile Wireless Devices," 10-9373

"Development of an Improved Analysis Tool for Modeling Communication Systems with Realistic Hardware Constraints," 10-9393

"Investigation into the Limitations of MPEG-2 Codecs and IP-Based Networks for Large-Scale ITS Deployments," 10-9401

"Research and Investigation in Advanced Software-Defined Radio Communications Architectures," 10-9403

2002

"Advanced System Software for the SC 603E Spacecraft Computer," 10-9183

"Network Security Modeling and Simulation," 10-9251

"Investigation into Alternative ITS Protocols for Center-to-Center Communications," 10-9274

"Automated Under-Vehicle Surveillance Capability Demonstration," 10-9286

"Three-Dimensional Surface Profiling of Microstructures," 10-9327

"Development of Automated Monitoring of Critical Transportation Infrastructure," 10-9339

2001

"Advanced System Software for the SC-603E Spacecraft Computer," 10-9183

"Investigation Into Using Data Mining and Data Visualization to Improve the ITS Planning Process," 10-9225

"Network Security Modeling and Simulation," 10-9251

2000

"Intelligent Management System for Apnea Identification," 10-9037

"Investigation of Machine Vision With Longwave Infrared Cameras," 10-9099

"Distributed System Data Visualization," 10-9115

"Automatic Scenario Generation for Advanced Traffic Management Systems," 10-9150

"Interfacing Personal Data Assistants for Intelligent Transportation System Applications," 10-9169

"Development of a Diagnostic Method for Spinal Fusion," 10-9177

"Investigation of Animal Detection for Traffic Accident Mitigation," 10-9193

1999

"Automatic Scenario Generation for Advanced Traffic Management Systems," 10-9150

We can offer you insights about how to specify the most effective approach to solving your software engineering problems. For more information on how SwRI's internal research and patents can be applied to your organization's needs or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Steven H. Rodgers at srodgers@swri.org or (210) 522-3772.