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

1. Southwest Research Institute® Benefiting government, industry and the public through innovative science and technology Steve Wellinghoff, Ph.D Institute Scientist, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division San Antonio, Texas, (210) 522-3084, swellinghoff@swri.org

2. 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

3. 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

4. SwRI® Organization Chart • IR&D Program • Objectives • Preliminary Data • IP position • Collaborations • Intramural • Extramural • Reviewed by ACR • Regular • Quick Look • Disruptive • Reviewed by Special • Committee • Presidential • Connect Program • SwRI-UTSA Board of Directors U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Geosciences & Engineering CNWRA Quality President Executive Vice President Biomedical Research CFO and Senior Vice President Operations Legal Human Resources Business Facilities/Services Treasurer Engine, Emissions & Vehicle Research Automation & DataSystems Chemistry & ChemicalEngineering Applied Physics AppliedPower Aerospace Electronics & InformationTechnology Fuels & Lubricants Research Signal Exploitation & Geolocation Space Science & Engineering Mechanical Engineering

5. Manufacturing Extension Partnership – TMAC Program 60 Centers like TMAC nationwide

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

7. Recent SBIR/ STTR Awards with SwRI Partner • Phase 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)

8. Recent SBIR/ STTR Awards with SwRI Partner • 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)

9. 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 Small Business With Long Manufacturing Experience For Profit R&D Organization • Teaming Agreement • IP terms • Previous Related Projects with Funding Agency Small Business University Spinout SwRI 501C3