SwRI: Biomedical Engineering Facilities include microscopy, anechoic chambers, mechanical test labs, environmental testing facilities, imaging equipment, spectroscopy, vacuum MEMS probe station, machine shops, rapid prototyping, radiation test lab, ion beam surface modification equipment, 3D printer, plastic prototypes.

	This fully automated, wide-field inverted microscope supports micro-analysis efforts, including live cell visualization, bacterial visualization and particle detection.

The state-of-the-art equipment and facilities of Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) are housed on more than 1,200 acres in San Antonio. Almost two million square feet of laboratories, offices, and test facilities support work on nearly 2,000 client projects each year. SwRI facilities include:

• Microscopy (SEM, AFM, Raman, fluorescent, cell culturing)

• Anechoic chambers (electromagnetic and acoustic)

• Mechanical test labs (shock, drop, hardness, vibration, wear, fatigue, torsion, compression)

• Environmental testing facilities (atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity)

• Imaging equipment (optical, thermal, X-ray, ultrasound, etc.)

• Spectroscopy (HPLC, Raman, mass spec, gas chromatography)

• Vacuum MEMS probe station

  This 3D printer can extrude plastic prototypes for marketing analysis or engineering prototypes.

• Machine shops

• Rapid prototyping facilities

• Radiation test lab

• Ion beam surface modification equipment

For more information about the biomedical engineering facilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Keith Bartels, Ph.D., at kbartels@swri.org or (210) 522-6062.