SwRI ISO Accreditations/Certifications
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) strives to ensure that products supplied to and services performed for clients conform to quality requirements. The following are accreditations and certifications currently held by SwRI:
| Division/Department | Standard | Scope of Registration |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Division | ISO 9001 | Provision of contract research and development services for government and commercial customers in environmental and analytical chemistry; fire testing; engineering; and certification; microcapsulation and polymers, and environmental and chemical engineering |
| NELAP | Environmental and Chemical Engineering | |
| ISO 17025 | Fire Testing | |
| ISO 17020 | Inspection Agency | |
| ISO 13485 | The provision of engineering services for the design, development, testing and servicing of devices for the healthcare industry | |
Automotive Engineering |
ISO 9001 | Design, development, testing and evaluations of a variety of engine and vehicle hardware and software products and technologies, research, development, commercial testing of exhaust emissions, automotive fuels, fluids, lubricants, engineering consulting and analytical testing of petroleum products |
| ISO 14001 | Research, design, development, and evaluation of a variety of engine vehicle hardware and software products and technologies; commercial testing of exhaust emissions, fuels, fluids, lubricants; engineering consulting; analytical testing of petroleum products | |
| ISO 17025 | Mechanical Testing Chemical Testing |
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| Aerospace Electronics, Systems Engineering & Training Division | AS9100 | Specializing in research, design, development, integration, test, and evaluation in order to solve demanding systems engineering problems and overcome difficult technical challenges for the aerospace industry and government – aircraft avionics, automatic test equipment, diagnostic systems, flight control systems, jet engines, test stands/cells, and unmanned vehicles |
| Automation & Data Systems Division | CMMI-DEV Ver 1.2 | Level 5 |
| Space Science & Engineering Division | AS9100 | Space science and engineering (the development of scientific payloads aboard scientific satellites and sounding rockets – formulate concepts, design and manage complex hardware and data systems, develop advanced space borne instrumentation, and address theoretical aspects of space physics and planetary astronomy) |
| ISO 9001 | Research, design, development and manufacture of signal acquisition, exploitation and geolocation systems; surveillance and tracking systems; shipboard and land-based direction finding systems, including software engineering and post delivery product servicing (installation, calibration, repair, upgrade and training) | |
| CMMI-DEV Ver 1.3 | Level 3 | |
Mechanical Engineering Division — Structural Engineering Department |
ISO 9001 | Design, develop, fabricate, test and evaluate aircraft, marine, and land-based structural and mechanical systems for industry and government |
| ISO 17025 | Mechanical Testing | |
| Mechanical Engineering Division — Flow Component Test Facility | API-Q1 | API Spec 6AV1 APO Spec 14A |
| Institute Calibration Laboratory | ISO 17025 | Calibration |
| Facilities & General Services Environmental, Safety and Quality | ISO 14001 | Environmental Management System for the Southwest Research Institute departments of Environmental and Safety Systems, Facilities Operations and Engineering, Machine Shop, Security, Inventory Control, Travel, and Cafeteria |
