R&D 100 Awards Presented to
Southwest Research Institute

Southwest Research Institute has earned 32 R&D 100 awards since 1971. Each year R&D Magazine recognizes developments regarded as among the 100 most significant technical accomplishments. The Chicago Tribune dubbed the program “the Oscars of Invention.”

 

SwRI winning entries:

  2007 Corrosion Analyzer
  2007 Semi-Active Compressor Plate Valve
  2006 MsS Guided-Wave Heat Exchanger Probe
  2005 NESSUS
2004 DSL 3D Imaging
2004 RAPTOR®
2003 NASGRO®
2003 Virtual Vehicle Transmission Test Cell (VVTTC)
2001 Diesel Fuel Ignition Quality Tester (IQTTM)
2000 Meritor Tire Inflation System
2000 DARWIN™
1999 High Cycle Fatigue Machine
1998 3D Stress™
1998 Magnetostrictive Sensor Technology (MsSPTIES)
1997 Regenerative Active Vehicle Suspension System
1996 Weather Environment Simulation Technology
1996 Rich Burn/ Lean Burn Engine
1995 Turbine Disk-Rim Ultrasonic Inspection System
1991 Telemetry-based Piston Temperature Measurement System
1987 DAISY Flaw Detection and Imaging System
1984 Spherical Dipole Antenna
1983 Thin Film Strain Transducer
1981 Self-restoring Traffic Barrier
1981 Barkhausen Noise Stress Measurement System
1979 Fire Resistant Diesel Fuel
1979 Sulphlex Paving Material
1978 SUTARS Nondestructive Evaluation System
1978 Seismic Velocity Logging Probe
1977 CIBLE Automatic Bearing Inspection System
1975 Elastomer Strain Gage
1972 SUB-ICE Icebreaking Engine
1971 Underwater Electrical Connector

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