Episode 72: SwRI’s Internal Research and Development

Technology Today

Southwest Research Institute

Technology

4.8 • 19 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

SwRI’s Internal Research and Development Program supports scientists and engineers exploring unproven ideas or concepts. The program’s researchers are making impactful discoveries that evolve into solutions for the Institute’s government and industry clients. Over the past decade, SwRI has invested more than $77 million into research and development to benefit humankind, including space instruments, autonomous driving technology, clean energy initiatives and more. The IR&D Program gives curious researchers the freedom and resources to experiment, test and investigate with the goals of advancing science, investing in the future and creating business development opportunities. Listen now as SwRI Executive Vice President and COO Walt Downing, IR&D program administrator, discusses some of the program’s top achievements, how projects are selected for funding and the program’s world-changing contributions to science and discovery.

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0:00.0	Developing new technology requires the freedom to tinker, experiment, and explore.
0:06.0	Southwest Research Institute's internal research and development program gives scientists and
0:11.9	engineers the power and resources to do just that, to test and investigate.
0:17.7	The program invests in unproven concepts leading to impactful discoveries. More on the
0:23.9	forward-looking program and the SWRI innovations it has brought to life. Next on this episode of
0:30.5	Technology Today. We live with technology, science, engineering, and the results of innovative research every day.
0:41.2	Now, let's understand it better.
0:43.0	You're listening to the Technology Today podcast presented by Southwest Research Institute.
0:48.4	From deep sea to deep space, we develop solutions to benefit humankind.
0:53.2	Transcript and photos for this episode and all episodes are available at
0:57.0	podcast.swri.org.
1:00.0	Share the podcast and hit that subscribe button on your favorite podcast platform.
1:04.0	Hello and welcome to technology today. I'm Lisa Benya.
1:08.0	The SWRI Internal Research and Development Program allocates Institute funds for
1:14.5	project development beyond restrictions from contracts. It gives scientists and engineers the
1:20.3	freedom and resources to figure out the best solution for a challenge, even if that means
1:25.8	hitting some dead ends before finding the answer.
1:28.8	In the spring 2024 issue of the Technology Today magazine linked on this episode page,
1:33.8	the IR&D program is described as SWRI's secret weapon. It's a fitting description.
1:40.8	The IR&D program has yielded some incredible innovations from deep sea to deep space.
1:46.6	Many we have discussed here on the podcast.
1:49.0	SWRI has invested more than $77 million in the last decade in internal research.
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