Benefiting government, industry and the public through innovative science and technology

SouthwestResearch Institute

Steve Wellinghoff, Ph.DInstitute Scientist, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division

San Antonio, Texas, (210) 522-3084, swellinghoff@swri.org

SwRI® Today

Over 3,200 employees Revenue in 2009 exceeded

$544 million Over 1,200 acres / 4.86 km2 facility

in San Antonio, Texas 2.2 million ft2 / 204,400 m2 of

laboratories & offices Over 940 patents Multiple US and Foreign Locations 34 R&D 100 awards

Operational Characteristics

Not for profit 501C3 Revenue from contracts Applied RDT&E services Physical sciences & engineering Broad technological base Capital intensive operation Internal research program

– $8.7 million in FY 2009– 221 projects

S O U T H W E S T R E S E A R C H I N S T I T U T E

SwRI® Organization Chart

Fuels& Lubricants

Research

Quality

OperationsLegal

Human Resources

Board of Directors

AppliedPower

SpaceScience

& EngineeringMechanicalEngineering

SignalExploitation

& Geolocation

Engine,Emissions& VehicleResearch

Automation & Data

Systems

Chemistry & ChemicalEngineering

AppliedPhysics

BusinessFacilities/Services

Treasurer

President

CFO and SeniorVice President

ExecutiveVice President

U.S. NuclearRegulatory

Commission

Geosciences& Engineering

CNWRA

AerospaceElectronics

& InformationTechnology

IR&D Program Objectives•Preliminary Data•IP position•Collaborations• Intramural

•Extramural

Reviewed by ACR•Regular•Quick Look•Disruptive

Reviewed by SpecialCommittee•Presidential•Connect Program SwRI-UTSA

Biomedical Research

Manufacturing Extension Partnership – TMAC Program

60 Centers like TMAC nationwide

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SwRI Partnership Benefits• Broad technical expertise to compliment a small business skill set.• Interest in developing technology not competing on commercialization.• Established reputation of delivering on project deliverables.• Flexible approach to intellectual property.• Establish business operations to handle government contracting.

SwRI’s Interests • Participation on cutting edge technologies.• Developing relationships with entrepreneurial community• Developing relationships with government program managers• Contract R&D dollars

Partnering with SwRI on Phase 1, Phase 2 and DOD Rapid Innovation Fund Small Business Programs

Recent SBIR/ STTR Awards with SwRI PartnerPhase 1• Plasma Immersion Ion Processing (PIIP) of Organic/ Inorganic based layered Anti-Reflection Coatings ( INTERMaterials LLC)- Utilize PIIP to deposit with SiO2, TiO2 and Al2O3 as the organic/ inorganic hybrids for the optical coating materials onto curved plastic parts.• Graded-Composition Refractory Coatings for Protection of Cu-Rails for Electromagnetic Launchers (Engineered Coatings Inc.) - Use Plasma Enhanced Magnetron Sputtering (PEMS) to deposit thick, erosion, and wear-resistant coatings on Cu.• Non-Toxic, Corrosion-Resistant Amorphous Coatings for Protection of Steel Tailhook Components (Engineered Coatings Inc.) - Deposition trials to fabricate amorphous Al-Co-Ce coatings using IBAD with e-beam evaporation.• Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings for Low-Friction Ducting (Aspen Systems) – Apply Diamond like carbon coating to the inside of air ducts.• Preparation of Mo-Si-B Particles (Aspen Systems Inc.)• Impact Indicator Paints (Luna Innovations)• Smart Coatings for Impact Indication (Luna Innovations)• Extended Pot Life Marine Coatings (Luna Innovations)• Multifunctional Self-Healing Coatings (Luna Innovations)• Self-Healing Adhesives and Composites (Luna Innovations)• Impact Indicating Paint (Luna Innovations)

Phase 2• Thin-Film, Ceramic Thermocouple Sensors Fabricated by Enhanced Plasma Deposition and Shadow-Mask Patterning (Engineered Coatings Inc) – Develop a nitride based thermocouple for the hot section of aircraft engines.• Modeling of Microwave –Infrared Double Resonance Spectroscopy for Detection of Explosives and Hazardous Chemicals (Kestrel Corporation) – Density Functional Theory and Hartree-Fock computational modeling of identified species with specific excitation wavelengths.• Advanced Oxygen Evolution Catalysts for PEM Electrolyzers (Lynntech Inc.) - Production of nano-platelet binary catalysts.• Improved Performance, More Producible Long Wave IR Integrated Dewar Assemblies (N-Science Corp.) – development of coatings for cryogenic applications.• Intelligent Processing using Vartram ( Eltron) – Polymer processing optimization.• Intelligent Coatings for Self Healing (Luna Innovations }• Impact Indicator Paints (Luna Innovations)• Damage Indicating Paints (Luna Innovations)• Blood –Brain Barrier Bypass Technology (Impel NeuroPharma)

Recent SBIR/ STTR Awards with SwRI Partner

DOD Rapid Innovation Fund/Small Business Programs•“Phase 3 like” with no commercial co-funding necessary• SBIR Phase 2 desirable but not required• Maximum $3M/2years/project• Participation with partners encouraged •$500M in first appropriation (white papers for first $100M already requested, second request already in progress at OSD, $200M more funded in bill signed in December 2011)

A SwRI Team recently formed for white paper submission

SwRI501C3

Small BusinessWith Long

Manufacturing Experience

For Profit R&D Organization

Small BusinessUniversity

Spinout

•Teaming Agreement• IP terms• Previous Related Projects with Funding Agency