The Biomedical Materials Engineering group uses an array of multidisciplinary skills and instrumentation to address clients' analytical needs in medical device materials.

Technical strengths and abilities in analysis technology include:

• Thermal analysis: TGA (thermogravimetric analysis), DSC (differential scanning calorimetry), and TMA (thermomechanical analysis)

• Spectroscopy: FTIR (Fourier transform infrared), Raman, UV-Vis, Auger, EDXA (electron dispersive X-ray analysis) and AFM (atomic force microscopy)

   

  The Institute has a wide range of analytical capabilities.

• Rheology: dilute solutions, polymer melts, steady shear, and dynamic viscosity

• Mechanical testing: extension and yield point

• Failure analysis: polymers and metals

• Microscopy: SEM (scanning electron microscope), light microscope, and digital imaging

The Materials Development Section of Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) focuses on solving client materials problems through the use of chemical and materials expertise. The section has approximately 12,000 square feet of laboratory, workshop, and office space housing state-of-the-art equipment for all aspects of soft and hard materials development and analysis.

For more information about biomedical materials engineering at SwRI, please e-mail Michael A. Miller or call (210) 522-2189.