| LC control no. | n 80067170 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Southwest Research Institute |
| Variant(s) | Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio SwRI (Southwest Research Institute) Wallace L. Anderson Southwest Research Institute |
| See also | Founder: Slick, Tom, 1916-1962 Membership corporate body: Southwest Research Center |
| Beginning date | 1947 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | San Antonio (Tex.) |
| Field of activity | Petroleum industry and trade--Technological innovations Gas industry--Technological innovations Chemical engineering--Technological innovations Mechanical engineering--Technological innovations |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Texas Tech Univ., S.W. Coll. (Lubbock) for Kelley, F. Papers, 1936-1963 (Southwest Research Institute) Dir. of Am. res. and techn., 1981: p. 450 (Southwest Research Institute; main office, San Antonio, Tex.; does scientific research on a variety of topics, including nondestructive testing, environmental science, engineering materials and mechanics, fuel lubricants, behavioral sciences, automation, space research, and nuclear waste) Sealed sources and device design safety testing [MI] 1994- : v. 4, t.p. (Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX) p. iii (SwRI) Flicker phenomenon, 1967: credit frame (Wallace L. Anderson Southwest Research Institute) LC database, July 22, 2010 (hdg.: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio) In Search of Tom Slick, 2020: Page64, ECIP galley (In 1947... Slick founded two more institutions... Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) was established as an applied research facility that would work closely with the Foundation of Applied Research, now in its sixth year of operation. While the foundation would continue to focus on basic research, SwRI was established to secure corporate and government contracts that could produce solutions to industrial challenges in the fields of construction, oil and gas, and chemical and electrical engineering) SwRI website, viewed September 30, 2019: Who We Are / History (Thomas Baker Slick Jr. -- an adventurer, philanthropist and oilman -- founded SwRI on a South Texas ranch in 1947. After recruiting talent from across the nation, he challenged his team of scientists and engineers to seek revolutionary advancements through advanced science and applied technology) <https://www.swri.org/who-we-are/history> Handbook of Texas, viewed May 6, 2020 (Southwest Research Institute and Texas Biomedical Research Institute are together known as the Southwest Research Center) <https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/sqs02> |
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