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SwRI Research Technologies - Alphabetical Listing
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Occupational Health and Safety 
Performs occupational hazard assessments to identify and measure worker exposures to hazardous substances; performs engineering evaluations of emission control technologies to abate workplace hazards.
  Environmental Engineering & Monitoring
Ocean Engineering 
Design, analysis,fabrication and testing of marine, offshore and subsea systems and components. Expertise at meeting requirements and rules of ASME, ABS and NAVSEA.
  Marine & Offshore Systems
Octane Rating 
Octane rating - other names: antiknock index, posted octane, (R+M)/2. Octane rating is a arithmetic average of the Research octane number(RON) and Motor octane number(MON). Research Octane number(RON) and Motor Octane number(MON) are ASTM laboratory engine tests used to estimate the road octane performance of spark-ignition fuel in vehicles.
  Fuel & Fleet
  Fuel Lab Prof Staff
  Fuel Survey Projects
Offshore Insulation and Corrosion Protection Systems 
Underwater engineering and ocean simulation, including: simulated service testing, insulation materials testing, hydrostatic water absorption testing, thermal testing, and mechanical properties testing. Methods include: tensile / elongation, density, hardness, hydrostatic crush, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA).
  Marine & Offshore Systems
Oil % Grease Analysis from Water and Soil 
  Inorganics/Radiochemistry
  Organic
  Environmental Engineering & Monitoring
Oil Analysis 
  Chemical Engineering
  Chemical Defense
  Fuels, Lubricants & Fluids Applications
  Engine, Emissions & Vehicle Research
  Lube Prof Administrative Staff
  PPRD Administration
Oil and Gas Prouction (Equipment) 
  Fluids & Machinery Engineering
Oil Asphaltene Analysis 
Analyze crude oils for prorperties to include blending properties and the influence of asphaltenes. Asphaltene precipitation.
  Fuels & Energy Development
Oil Biodegradation 
Conducts ASTM and U.S. EPA tests to measure biodegradibility of oil and other petroluem products in water or soil matrices.
  Chemical Engineering
  Fuels & Energy Development
  Analytical & Environmental Chemistry
  Environmental Engineering & Monitoring
Oil Consumption--by Engines 
Lubricant oil consumption is measured in real-time for combustion engines and their components such as piston-ring-liner, turbocharger, valve stem seal, or crankcase ventilation systems." In vehicle oil consumption testing as part of in vehicle lubricant testing on the road or on mileage accumulation dynamometers
  Engine, Emissions & Vehicle Research
  Engine Design & Analysis
  Engine & Vehicle R&D
  Filtration & Fine Particle Technology
  Diesel Technology
  Fuel & Fleet
Oil Field Casing--Tubular Collapse Test 
  Marine & Offshore Systems
Oil Field Equipment Testing 
  Fire Resistance
  Fluids & Machinery Engineering
  Fluid Dynamics & Multiphase Flow
  Marine & Offshore Systems
  Marine & Offshore Systems
Oil Film Thickness 
  Engine, Emissions & Vehicle Research
  Engine & Vehicle R&D
  Diesel Technology
  International
Oil Filter Testing 
  Fuels & Lubricants Technology
  Filtration
  Engine, Emissions & Vehicle Research
  Fuel Systems & Contamination Research
  Lube Prof Administrative Staff
  PPRD Administration
Oil Shale Gasification 
  Environmental Engineering & Monitoring
  Engineering & Research
  Science & Analysis
Oil Spill Cleanup 
  Engineering & Research
  Fire Resistance
  ASD Administration
  Science & Analysis
Oil Testing 
The department provides analytical and physical testing to evaluate and qualify all types of fuels, lubricants, and functional fluids. In addition to standard ASTM tests, a number of independent programs support clients' efforts to characterize and evaluate a broad range of petroleum and automotive products.
  Fuels, Lubricants & Fluids Applications
  Engine, Emissions & Vehicle Research
  Fuel Systems & Contamination Research
  Lube Prof Administrative Staff
  PPRD Administration
Oil Testing (Crude) 
Whatever the client asks for, such as density, elemental analysis, viscosity, etc.
  Chemical Engineering
  Process Chemistry
  Chemical Defense
  Lube Prof Administrative Staff
Oil--Reference 
  Fuel & Oil Inventory
Oils--Trend Analysis 
Oils - Trend Analysis is the study of physical and chemical oil properties to determine the present health and past performance of the equipment that is monitored.
  Lube Prof Administrative Staff
On-line Measurement 
  Autonomous Systems & Controls
Ontology-Based Object Recognition 
  Robotics & Automation Engineering
Operating Systems 
  Communications & Embedded Systems
  Intelligent Systems
  Automation & Data Systems
Operations Research 
  Aerospace Engineering
  Biomedical Engineering
  Automation & Data Systems
Optical Coatings 
Optical Coatings
  Space Systems
Optical Sensors 
Design and consultation on optical sensors
  Manufacturing Systems
  Biomedical Engineering
  Automation & Data Systems
  S & P
  Electromechanical & Optical Systems
  Sensor Systems & Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Technology
  Surface Engineering &Materials Chemistry
Optics 
Prototyping, Concept Demonstrations, Measurements
  Engine, Emissions & Vehicle Research
  Engine & Vehicle R&D
  Fuel Systems & Contamination Research
  Diesel Technology
  S & P
  Electromechanical & Optical Systems
Optics--Fiber 
  Automation & Data Systems
  S & P
  Electromechanical & Optical Systems
  Surface Engineering &Materials Chemistry
Ordnance Waste 
Water, wastewater, and soli analyses to quantify levels of explosives and their byproducts; engineering evaluation of pollution control systems for the abatement of explosives from air, water, or industrial process emissions.
  Vice President's Office
  Environmental Engineering & Monitoring
  Aerospace Structures
Organ preservation system 
Organ preservation, perfusion, perfusion system, perfusate
  Materials and Bioengineering
Organic Analysis 
  Bioanalytical Chemistry & Environmental Health
  Sample Management/Report
  Organic
  Chemical Defense
Organic Structure Elucidation 
  Synthesis & Process Chemistry
Organic Synthesis 
  Synthesis & Process Chemistry
Production of novel organic (carbon based) compounds from various available strating materials.
  Synthesis & Process Chemistry
Orthopedic Devices 
  Sensor Systems & Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Technology
OTI 95/634 
OTI 95 634. Jet Fire Test.
  Fire Resistance
Outboard Engines 
Engine lubricant evaluation for industry specifications; proprietary testing for engine component wear, engine clean-up products, fuel additives.
  Engine, Emissions & Vehicle Research
  Engine & Vehicle R&D
  Beijing Representative Office
  Fuel & Fleet
  Lube Prof Administrative Staff
Oxidation - Norfolk 
  Lube Prof Administrative Staff
Oxygen Consumption Calorimetry 
Common technique used to determine the energy released from a sample during a fire test.
  Marine & Offshore Systems
Oxygenated Fuels 
This product includes the analysis of gasoline-type fuels containing oxygenates including alcohols or ethers, such as ethanol or MTBE. These fuels can be analyzed for fuel specification test values as well as for oxygen containing components and total oxygen content.
  Lube Prof Administrative Staff
  PPRD Administration
Oxygenation of Fuels 
  PPRD Administration
  Fluids & Machinery Engineering
Ozone applications 
Ozone gas for human scent elimination, air purification, and other usage.
  Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division

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May 27, 2011