- Completed Projects
- Ongoing Projects
Sponsors of LeTourneau University's Office of Institutional Research & Sponsored Programs represent a wide range of companies, individuals and government agencies that include some of the best-known and largest organizations in the nation. A sampling of completed projects includes:
- A welding process used on nuclear fuel rods for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- Waterproofing techniques for NASA Space Shuttle tiles
- An intelligent prosthetic arm prototype for the National Science Foundation
- Weldability tests and analyses for the American Iron and Steel Institute
- A metallurgy study for STEMCO, Inc.
- A thermodynamic model for manufacturing at Solar Atmospheres
- Techniques to detect corrosion in painted metals for the U.S. Navy
- Weldability analyses for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Advanced Technology Program
- Engineering analysis and design of a new children's swing for Graco Children's Products
- A robotic welding procedure for A.O. Smith Co. and General Motors
- An intensive cable TV marketing study
