WRI Contgratulates its 25th Anniversary Employees In 2009, WRI recognizes three employees, Mike Harnsberger, John Schabron, and Janet Wolf, for passing the 25 year mark with the Institute. Western Research Institute was established in 1983,

China Hosts a Major Asphalt Materials Conference Modeled on the Petersen Conference With the National Expressway Network Plan in the works, the Chinese government will add 52,000 miles of expressway connecting all the provincial

Why We Relay... Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature activity and WRI’s top community event.  WRI participated in the first Relay for Life in Albany County, Wyoming, in 1997 and has assembled a

Petersen Conference Bids Farewell to Longtime Chairman This year, the Petersen Asphalt Research Conference organized by Western Research Institute bids a farewell to Dr. Raymond Robertson.  Dr. Robertson first chaired the conference in 1990, the year Dr. Claine Petersen retired and the conference w

WRI Serves as a National Demonstration Site for Innovative Business Partnership Western Research Institute is the subject of an innovative business partnership to demonstrate how technology developers, including universities, can find new markets for their

WRI will be introducing a patented new packaging system that keeps shipments cold or frozen for more than 70 hours without refrigeration, ice, or dry ice at the International PDMA Conference November 2-4 in Anaheim, California.

Vijay Sethi Named WRI Senior Vice President WRI Chief Executive Officer Don Collins has announced that Dr. Vijay Sethi has been promoted to senior vice president of Western Research Institute.  Dr. Sethi had been the

Chief Executive Officer Don Collins and eight members of WRI’s Transportation Technology Business Unit will join approximately 10,000 policy makers, administrators, researchers, and government and industry representatives at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation

Western Research Institute News - River Basin Successfully Produces Torrefied BioMass at Pilot Unit in Laramie  LARAMIE, Wyoming, May 19 ¬ River Basin Energy, Inc., announced it has successfully produced torrefied biomass at its Laramie, Wyoming, pilot facility. With U.S. Department of Energy support provided through the National Energy Technology

DOE Selects WRI’s Innovative Hydrogen from Coal Separation Process The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Western Research Institute (WRI) and its commercial partners, Chart Energy and Chemicals of La Crosse, Wis., and Synkera Technologies

WRI Will Test Monitoring Networks for Advanced Power Systems under a Competitive DOE Advanced R&D Program

Jean Pascal Planche Will Lead WRI Transportation Technology Division Western Research Institute is proud to announce that Dr. Jean Pascal Planche has joined the organization as vice president of the Transportation Technology business unit. Dr.

WRI Senior Engineer Beau Braunberger has been selected to participate in the highly competitive Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, the National Energy Technology Laboratory and Southern Company June 5-15 at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama.

On May 21, the University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences honored Western Research Institute (WRI) Principal Scientist John Schabron with its Outstanding Alumni Award. The announcement in the spring 2011 issue of A&S Report magazine said, “Known worldwide for his studies in heavy petroleum, shale oils, and coal liquids, John Schabron’s enthusiasm for research and professional projects is the cornerstone of his success.” John earned his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of Wyoming in 1978.

Jean-Pascal Planche was inducted into the Association of Modified Asphalt Producers (AMAP) Paving Hall of Fame February 15 in Kansas City, Mo.  Former AMAP president Gaylon Baumgardner presented the award.

WRI’s Raymond Robertson Receives the Asphalt Institute’s Top Award “Dr. Robertson has had a significant impact on the asphalt industry in our understanding of asphalt chemistry through his timely research and passion for

WRI Contributes to Research Direction at TRB Annual Meeting Nine members of WRI’s Transportation Technology Business Unit joined more than 11,000 policy makers, administrators, researchers, and government and industry representatives at the 91st Annual Meeting

WRI Contributes to Research Direction at 2012 TRB Annual Meeting Nine members of WRI’s Transportation Technology Business Unit joined more than 11,000 policy makers, administrators, researchers, and government and industry representatives at the 91st Annual

Shell Teams with WRI to Boost Processing Efficiencies Shell International Exploration and Production Inc., and Western Research Institute (WRI) of Laramie, Wyoming have entered into a three year, $1.12 million applied research and

WRI Contributes to Cleaner Coal through State Task Force Sponsored Project Western Research Institute (WRI) of Laramie, Wyoming, will contribute to three of ten projects endorsed for funding by The Advanced Conversion Technologies Task Force

Chief Executive Officer Don Collins and eight members of WRI’s Transportation Technology Business Unit will join approximately 10,000 policy makers, administrators, researchers, and government and industry representatives at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Transportation