December 23, 2014 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia and Argonne national laboratories have demonstrated, for the first time, a method to successfully predict pressure-dependent chemical reaction rates. It's an important breakthrough in combustion and atmospheric chemistry that is ex…
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Linde, Sandia partnership looks to expand hydrogen fueling network
December 17, 2014 • LIVERMORE, CALIF. — Sandia National Laboratories and industrial gas giant Linde LLC have signed an umbrella Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) that is expected to accelerate the development of low-carbon energy and industrial technologies, beginning w…
Getting bot responders into shape
December 16, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is tackling one of the biggest barriers to the use of robots in emergency response: energy efficiency. Through a project supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Sandia is developing technology that will dramatically improve the endurance of legged robots, helping them...
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering
Sandia, University of Illinois sign research agreement
December 11, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have signed an extensive, five-year agreement that aims to solve science and technology problems of national importance. The enhanced partnership has three principal goals: solve big problems, sustain and engage human capital and accelerate technology adoption. The...
Categories: Community / Education
Topics: UIUC, University of Illinois
Storing hydrogen underground could boost transportation, energy security
December 9, 2014 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Large-scale storage of low-pressure, gaseous hydrogen in salt caverns and other underground sites for transportation fuel and grid-scale energy applications offers several advantages over above-ground storage, says a recent Sandia National Laboratories …
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Transportation
Turning biological cells to stone improves cancer and stem cell research
December 8, 2014 • ‘Zombie’ method also hardens biostructures for mass production ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Changing flesh to stone sounds like the work of a witch in a fairy tale. But a new technique to transmute living cells into more permanent materials that defy decay and can endure high-powered probes is widening research opportunities...
New leadership named for Sandia nuclear weapons work
December 4, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has appointed Stephen Rottler as deputy director and executive vice president for National Security Programs effective March 6.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Stephen Rottler, Sandia National Laboratories vice…
Categories: HR / Personnel, Operations / Budget
Studies look at long-term aging of electronics in nuclear weapons
December 4, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is studying how environments, including radiation that originates from a nuclear weapon itself, could affect the performance of electronics in the W76-1 warhead as they age.Sandia, which is responsible for most non-nuclear c…
Categories: Nuclear Weapons
Two Sandia leaders elected AAAS Fellows
December 1, 2014 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="180"] Gil Herrera, director of Sandia’s Microsystems Science, Technology and Components Center and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Photo courtesy of Sandia National Labs) Click on the thumbnail fo…
Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering
State safety award goes to Sandia engineer
November 26, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Luis G. Amezcua, a surveillance assessment engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, began his safety career in Mexico helping improve safety standards in the construction industry. His career has followed an interesting trajectory. Amezcua received the New Mexico Safety Professional of the Year award from the American Society...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget
Starting point for suppliers at Sandia is not a recording
November 25, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first voice people hear when they call Sandia National Laboratories for information about becoming a supplier is the real thing. “I was surprised to talk to a live person about how to do business with Sandia,” said Danny Ruiz of Mazda Computing in Albuquerque. “You don’t...
Categories: Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Electric Car Challenge sparks students’ STEM interest
November 20, 2014, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Aspiring automotive engineers from 27 middle schools across New Mexico will compete in the New Mexico Electric Car Challenge on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Highland High School gymnasium in Albuquerque. Forty-six teams will partic…
Categories: Community / Education
Sandia Science & Technology Park fuels economy with jobs, tax revenue
November 19, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The $2.3 billion worth of economic activity generated by the Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) since it was established in 1998 has produced more than $89 million in tax revenue for the state of New Mexico and $12.9 million for the city of Albuquerque in the...
Categories: Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Sandia to ink MOU with New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
November 19, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories President and Labs Director Paul Hommert will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science’s executive director Charles Walter and foundation executive director Jotina Trussell at the museum’s Start Up exhibit Friday, Nov. 21, at 11:45...
Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories
Topics: museum MOU Dyna Theater
Sandia’s Cooperative Monitoring Center promotes global security for 20 years
November 18, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ Cooperative Monitoring Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary of promoting the principles of cooperation and the value of technology in support of international security agreements. Since it was established in 1994, the CMC has worked to address critical security issues by bringing together policy...
Categories: History, Homeland security
Sandia releases interface to help standardize supercomputer power and energy systems
November 11, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — To help moderate the energy needs of increasingly power-hungry supercomputers, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have released an application programming interface (API) with the goal of standardizing measurement and control of power- and energy-relevant features for high-performance computing (HPC) systems. The High Performance Computing — Power API...
Categories: Computing, Energy / Environment / Water
From Vietnam with love: Sandia Labs retiree works to return wartime greetings
November 6, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If you were, or know, a New Mexico Air National Guardsman stationed in Tuy Hoa,Vietnam, in 1968, Art Sena is looking for you. The reason goes back to a long-ago wish to make Christmas merrier for servicemen at war, and a long-lost box of film. Sena, a...
Categories: History, Military / Defense
Combining ‘Tinkertoy’ materials with solar cells for increased photovoltaic efficiency
November 3, 2014 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have received a $1.2 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative to develop a technique that they believe will significantly improve the efficiencies of photovoltaic materials and h…
MINER shines in urban emergency response exercise
October 30, 2014 • Mobile imager of fast neutrons spots radiation source at a distance and through shielding[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories' Mark Gerling, left, and John Goldsmith demonstrated the effectiveness of the mobile imager of neutrons for em…
W88 warhead program performs successful tests
October 28, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first flight and drop tests for the latest variant of the W88 nuclear warhead are providing data for Sandia National Laboratories to validate designs, improve computer modeling and update component specifications.The two successful tests, which were…
Categories: Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering
Evaluating powerful batteries for modular grid energy storage
October 24, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has begun lab-based characterization of TransPower’s GridSaver, the largest grid energy storage system analyzed at Sandia’s Energy Storage Test Pad in Albuquerque, N.M. Project lead David Rosewater said Sandia will evaluate the 1 megawatt, lithium-ion grid energy storage system for capacity, power, safety and...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy
Adaptive zoom riflescope prototype has push-button magnification
October 22, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When an Army Special Forces officer-turned-engineer puts his mind to designing a military riflescope, he doesn’t forget the importance of creating something for the soldiers who will carry it that is easy to use, extremely accurate, light-weight and has long-lasting battery power. Sandia National Laboratories optical engineer...
A better prosthesis: Sandia invents sensor to learn about fit; system to make fit better
October 14, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As an amputee walks on a prosthetic leg during the day, the natural fluid in the leg shifts and the muscles shrink slightly.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories researcher Jason Wheeler demonstrates a liner aimed a…
Sandia appoints new vice president of science and technology
October 13, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has appointed Rob Leland as vice president of science and technology and chief technology officer. Sandia executives Duane Dimos and Julia Phillips, respectively, had served in those roles on an acting basis for the past 20 months. Leland joined Sandia in 1990. With a...
Sandia Labs plans partnership center to boost collaboration, tech transfer
October 3, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories will pursue a Center for Collaboration and Commercialization to strengthen partnerships, technology transfer and ties to the community. The center, known as C3, will support the city of Albuquerque’s and the University of New Mexico’s Innovation District and Innovate ABQ initiatives. C3 will offer...
Categories: Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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