September 2011
Air Velocity Monitor
The Air Force awarded a Phase I STTR contract to Southwest Sciences to investigate a method for measuring air velocity around hypersonic flight vehicles. The research project partners the company with Professor Dick Miles of Princeton. PI: Chris Hovde.
August 2011
Southwest Sciences celebrates 25 years
Since its founding in 1985 by Alan Stanton and Joel Silver, the company has grown to address numerous research areas in atmospheric science, combustion and fire detection, non-destructive evaluation, measurement of magnetic and electric fields, and process monitoring and industrial hygiene. Three companies manufacture products based on technology developed at Southwest Sciences.
The Southwest Sciences families celebrated in Northern New Mexico style with a ride on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad.
July 2011
Tropospheric carbon monoxide analyzer
Southwest Sciences has received a NASA SBIR Phase II contract to develop and test a field instrument for high sensitivity measurements of carbon monoxide in the troposphere.
Balloon-borne methane sensor
The Department of Energy has awarded a Phase II SBIR grant to Southwest Sciences for continued development of a self-calibrating sensor for balloon-borne measurements of atmospheric methane. (July 2011)
January 2011
Inlet Unstart Detector
A Phase I contract was awarded by the Air Force to develop an inlet unstart detector for hypersonic flight vehicles. PI: Shin-Juh Chen.
Imaging Sensor
Southwest Sciences received a Phase 1 grant from the NSF SBIR program to develop an imaging sensor system for chemical species concentrations and gas flow properties.
September 2010
Eli Rosen joins Southwest Sciences
Southwest Sciences welcomes Eli Rosen to our research team. Dr. Rosen arrives from a post-doctoral position at the University of North Carolina, where he investigated the chemical aging of organic aerosol particles. He also received his Ph. D. at UNC.
DOE awards grant for nondestructive evaluation
Southwest Sciences has been awarded a $1 million SBIR Phase II grant to develop an optical nondestructive inspection method for thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), which protect sensitive power generation and aircraft turbine components from the hot combustion gases. This advanced inspection method targets evaluation of TBC integrity/degradation and prediction of remaining useful life of the components.(PI: Kristen Peterson)
July 2010
Tony Gomez joins Southwest Sciences
We are pleased to announce that Tony Gomez has joined Southwest Sciences as a Senior Research Scientist. Dr. Gomez comes to SWS from a postdoctoral position at Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from UC Irvine in 2007.
July 2010
R&D 100 Award
LI-COR Biosciences and Southwest Sciences have been awarded a 2010 R&D 100 Award for joint development of the LI-7700 Open Path Methane Monitor.
July 2010
Three SBIR Phase 1 grants were awarded to Southwest Sciences by the Department of Energy
Self-Calibrating Balloon-Borne Methane Gas Sensor for a low cost, low power diode laser instrument for high precision methane concentration measurements aboard balloon sondes for climate change studies will be developed in this project.
Instrumentation for Measurement of Atmospheric Nitric Acid for a new optical sensor platform that will provide a significant advance in the development of rugged, portable instrumentation for airborne measurement of nitric acid or other gases important in climate change.
Robust Spectrometer for Carbon Isotope Ratio Measurements for an instrument capable of providing in situ, accurate quantification of both carbon dioxide concentration and carbon isotope ratio of carbon dioxide. The goal is to provide real-time monitoring of carbon dioxide sources and sinks in the biosphere and atmosphere.
January 2010
The NIH has awarded Southwest Sciences an SBIR Phase I grant for time-resolved measurements of breath hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide in breath can be an important indicator of gastrointestinal illness including colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and Crohn’s disease. This project focuses on the development of a rapid, optical method for measuring hydrogen sulfide concentrations in individual exhaled breaths.
January 2010
NASA awards two Phase I SBIR projects to Southwest Sciences
NASA awarded two SBIR Phase I contracts to Southwest Sciences. The first project will show the feasibility of using gas filter correlation (GFC) spectroscopy using non-periodic gratings for spaceborne and airborne deployment. This innovative technical approach will result in smaller, lighter weight, lower power, and more rugged instrumentation than is possible using established GFC spectrometers. The approach is based on the development of non-periodic diffraction gratings that replace the reference gas cells used in GFC spectrometers. Steve Massick will lead the investigation.
The second project targets the development of a rugged, compact, and low power instrument for high sensitivity measurement of tropospheric carbon monoxide (CO). Phase I efforts will address the feasibility of measuring CO to a precision of 10 parts-per-billion or better over a range of tropospheric temperatures, pressures, and humidity. Successful development through Phase II should allow NASA to adopt a single high-reliability system for measurement of CO using a wide variety of platforms (e.g. aircraft, balloons, ground-based network, etc.).
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