Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is an independent and nonprofit applied research and development (R&D) organization. Founded in 1947 by oil businessman Tom Slick, it provides contract research and development services to government and industrial clients.

SwRI’s core values are rooted in a commitment to the mission statement of benefiting government, industry, and the public through innovative science and technology. The core values start with all employees and extend to clients and its impact in the greater community through integrity, innovation, people and stewardship.

Integrity
Fulfilling the mission and serving clients with excellence, honesty, and accountability.

Innovation
Solving problems and creating value with novel ideas and multidisciplinary collaborations.

People
Fostering an employee-centric culture in a safe, inclusive, healthy, and supportive workplace.

Stewardship
Caring for communities and protecting the environment now and for the future.

IERE is an organization for exchanging electricity and energy related cutting-edge technologies and R&D information among its members from the electricity and energy supply industry, equipment provider businesses, academic research, government, etc. This unique platform is of great help for executives, senior managers, engineers, and researchers who are responsible for R&D and solutions. It is a worldwide, non-profit organization, established as “International Electric Research Exchange” in 1968.