SwRI Consortia

AUTOMOTIVE

Clean Diesel V

• Summary - This program for the diesel engine industry will develop technologies to help meet the Environmental Protection Agency's stringent 2010 emission goals.
  
  
• Participation - $95,000 per year ($55,000 for suppliers and manufacturers)
  
  
• Years anticipated - Four years
  
  
• Contact - Dr. Charlie Roberts, (210) 522-5521 or croberts@swri.org
  
  
• Web site: cleandiesel.swri.org

Diesel Aftertreatment Accelerated Aging Cycles (DAAAC)

• Summary - DAAAC is a cooperative research program that will develop accelerated aging procedures for diesel emission systems and components. The effort will seek to provide common procedures for use by industry in general, and to potentially simplify certification procedures required to sell diesel-powered vehicles in the United States.
  
  
• Years anticipated - Three years
  
  
• Contact - Dr. Gordon Bartley, (210) 522-5871 or gbartley@swri.org
  
  
• Web site: daaac.swri.org

ESSES Consortium: Energy Storage System Evaluation and Safety

• Summary - The mission of the SwRI ESSES Consortium is to provide transparency in the automotive battery market as a means to advance the development of energy storage systems.
  
  
• Participation - $65,000 per year
  
  
• Years anticipated - Three years
  
  
• Contact - Bapiraju Surampudi, Ph.D., (210) 522-3278 or bsurampudi@swri.org
  
  
• Web site: batteryconsortium.swri.org

High-Efficiency, Dilute Gasoline Engine (HEDGE®)

• Summary - The SwRI HEDGE Consortium is designed to seek to improve gasoline engine technology for heavy-duty applications.
  
  
• Participation - $95,000 per year ($55,000 for suppliers)
  
  
• Years anticipated - Ongoing, yearly renewal
  
  
• Contact - Terence F. Alger II, (210) 522-5505 or talger@swri.org
  
  
• Web site: hedge.swri.org

Powertrain Consulting Support Services

• Summary - Members will gain an engineering consulting service that provides regular updates of fuels, lubricants, engines and powertrain technology advancements in the automotive industry.
  
  
• Participation - Contact Dr. Charlie Roberts for more information
  
  
• Years anticipated - Ongoing, yearly renewal
  
  
• Contact - Dr. Charlie Roberts, (210) 522-5521 or croberts@swri.org
  
   

Preignition Prevention Program (P3)

• Summary - SwRI will launch a new consortium in January 2011 focusing on fuels and lubricants to discover ways to suppress low-speed preignition (LSPI), a condition that causes heavy engine knock and can seriously damage engine parts or cause complete engine failure.
   
• Participation - Contact Christopher Chadwell for more information
  
  
• Years anticipated - Ongoing, yearly renewal
  
  
• Contact - Christopher Chadwell, (210) 522-5494 or cchadwell@swri.org

AEROSPACE

Structural Integrity/ NASGRO Development and Support

• Summary - Enhance the technical capabilities and user support services for the widely-used NASGRO fracture mechanics computer code.
  
  
• Participation - Fees for the next cycle will be $23,000 per year participating site, or $57,000 per year company-wide
  
  
• Years anticipated - New cycle begins May 2010, Current cycle 2007-2010 (previous cycles 2001-2007).
  
  
• Contact - Dr. R. Craig McClung, (210) 522-2422 or cmcclung@swri.org
  or Joe Cardinal, (210) 522-3323 or jcardinal@swri.org
  
  
• Website - www.nasgro.swri.org

January 24, 2012