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Tread tester

February 1, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Simulating how a tire’s tread, rubber and size respond to a road’s corners, angles and hills, Sandia National Laboratories and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. have developed a virtual means of showing a tire’s performance before the first prototypes are ever built. Computer simulations test a...

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: computer simulation, Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, CRADA, Flat Trac, Goodyear, modeling, tires, vitual

Computer scientists studying virtual simulation.

Economic Impact: Sandia Labs injects $3.76B into economy

January 27, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Driven by the purchasing of goods and services and payroll, Sandia National Laboratories injected an all-time high of more than $3.76 billion into the economy in fiscal year 2020. “It’s no secret that the second half of the year was tough on a lot of people and...

Categories: Community / Education, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: contracts, economic impact, Economic Impact Brochure, small business, spending, subcontracts, taxes

Giving campaigns at Sandia shine during pandemic year

January 25, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories employees came together in a big way in 2020, contributing $4.8 million to the annual Sandia Gives campaign, which benefits United Way of Central New Mexico, United Way of the Bay Area and other nonprofits, increasing donations by $324,000 over 2019. A booster from...

Categories: Community / Education, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: charitable giving, community, donations, fundraisers, volunteers

Women rank Sandia National Laboratories among best places to work

January 21, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories was recognized recently by Fairygodboss as one of the Best Companies for Women 2020 and Best Companies where CEOs Support Gender Diversity. Released annually, the honors are based entirely on women’s anonymous reviews left on a social and professional network for highly motivated women...

Categories: Awards, HR / Personnel

Topics: awards, business, careers, diversity, equality, gender

Carbon fiber optimized for wind turbine blades could bring cost, performance benefits

January 14, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new carbon fiber material could bring cost and performance benefits to the wind industry if developed commercially, according to a study led by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories. Wind blades containing carbon fiber weigh 25% less than ones made from traditional fiberglass materials. That means carbon...

Categories: Renewable energy

Topics: carbon fiber, energy efficiency, renewable energy, wind energy

Sandia nuclear physicist selected fellow of AAAS

January 13, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Susan Seestrom, associate laboratories director for advanced science and technology and chief research officer at Sandia National Laboratories, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The physicist was cited “for her pathbreaking work in nuclear physics, especially using ultra cold...

Categories: Awards, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: AAAS Fellow, deuterium, LDRD, neutrons, ultracold

Advanced materials in a snap

January 5, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If everything moved 40,000 times faster, you could eat a fresh tomato three minutes after planting a seed. You could fly from New York to L.A. in half a second. And you’d have waited in line at airport security for that flight for 30 milliseconds. Thanks to...

Categories: Computing, Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: machine learning, materials science, optics

Sandia names new leader of nuclear deterrence programs

January 4, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has named a new deputy labs director to lead its nuclear deterrence programs as part of a reorganization that supports the labs’ continued excellence in assuring the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Laura McGill, who joins Sandia after more than...

Categories: HR / Personnel, Nuclear Weapons

Topics: deputy labs director, Laura McGill, Life Extension Program, nuclear deterrence, nuclear stockpile, Raytheon, Rita Gonzales, Steve Girrens

Laura McGill, Sandia deputy labs director

Sandia to put nuclear waste storage canisters to the test

December 9, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is outfitting three 22.5-ton, 16.5-feet-long stainless-steel storage canisters with heaters and instrumentation to simulate nuclear waste so researchers can study their durability. The three canisters, which arrived in mid-November and have never contained any nuclear materials, will be used to study how much salt...

Categories: Chemistry, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking, corrosion, dry storage canister, dry storage cask, Nuclear energy, nuclear waste, salt, spent fuel

Sandia hosts Education With Industry officer

December 8, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With the resiliency and determination that earned her the U.S. Air Force call sign “Fenix,” Capt. Justine Wolff is using her position as an Education With Industry student at Sandia National Laboratories to better herself and the Air Force. “How great of an opportunity this is to...

Categories: HR / Personnel, Military / Defense

Topics: Air Force, Education With Industry, missile maintenance, munitions, nuclear deterrence

Global security and cooperation leader recognized by NNSA for leadership, service

December 3, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Rodney Wilson, former director of Sandia’s Center for Global Security and Cooperation, received the National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator’s Distinguished Service Gold Award in recognition of his leadership and service to advance NNSA programs. The plaque, signed by former Administrator Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, recognized Wilson’s contributions to...

Categories: Awards, Nonproliferation

Topics: Center for Global Security and Cooperation, engineering sciences, international security, nuclear security

Flight tests to show B61-12 will work on Air Force’s newest fighter jet

November 23, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A mock B61-12’s strike in the dusty Nevada desert successfully completed the first in a series of flight tests with the U.S. Air Force’s newest fighter jet, demonstrating the bomb’s first release from an internal bomb bay at greater than the speed of sound. The flight test...

Categories: Coronavirus, Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons

Topics: B-2, B61-12, F-15E, F-35A, flight test, Life Extension Program, nuclear deterrence, Tonopah Test Range, U.S. Air Force

An F-35A drops a B61-12 over Sandia's Tonopah Test Range.

Materials developed at Sandia help extinguish solar panel fires before they ignite

November 19, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As solar panels become popular and their voltages increase, there is a need to have built-in capabilities to extinguish fires caused by arc-faults, which are high-power discharges of electricity that can create explosions or flash events due to damaged …

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: arc-fault generator, arc-fault prevention, arc-faults, Guardian Sensors, in-line connectors, Laboratory Directed Research and Development, LDRD, New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program, NMSBA

Students of nuclear security have a problem. Here’s how to help them.

November 12, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Radioactive materials are attractive targets to thieves and other bad actors. These are rare finds, valuable on the black market and relatively easy to weaponize. New security professionals rarely learn practical skills for protecting these targets until they are on the job at nuclear power plants, research...

Categories: Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: education, nuclear security, University of New Mexico

Mechanical engineer at Sandia named Asian American Engineer of the Year

November 10, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer Bo Song has been recognized as an Asian American Engineer of the Year by the national DiscoverE Program, which honors outstanding Asian American professionals in science and engineering for their technical achievements, leadership and public service. “This is a big honor for...

Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: asian american engineer, diversity, engineers, impact mechanics, mechanical engineering

Virtual support from Sandia enabled B61-12 flight test on F-35A jet fighter

November 9, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Overcoming COVID-19 pandemic challenges through virtual means, teams from Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Air Force under the guidance of the National Nuclear Security Administration performed a critical B61-12 flight test aboard the F-35A Lightning II jet fighter. The flight test at Edwards Air Force Base...

Categories: Coronavirus, Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons

Topics: B61-12, coronavirus, COVID-19, Edwards Air Force Base, F-35A, nuclear deterrence, nuclear weapons, U.S. Air Force

Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers names Sandia Labs Organization of the Year

October 29, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has been named 2020 Organization of the Year in the government category by the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. The award, presented during the society’s virtual conference this month, recognizes organizations with a longstanding commitment to cultural diversity and inclusion in the workplace....

Categories: Awards, Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: awards, community, computer science, diversity, diversity and inclusion, engineer, Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, STEM

‘Iconic’ Sandia researcher wins Indigenous Excellence Award

October 28, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Her peers know her as an exceptional engineer. But to some Indigenous people, Sandra Begay is legendary. “Like many Native American students in STEM, I knew of Sandra before I met her,” said Suzanne Singer, who is Navajo and interned under Begay at Sandia National Laboratories in...

Categories: Awards

Topics: American Indian, clean energy, diversity, mentoring

First companies picked for Sandia’s new Mentor-Protégé Program

October 26, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has selected three companies as its first protégés in a new partnership program designed to help small businesses develop and build solid foundations when competing for federal and industry opportunities. “Sandia was looking for small businesses that wanted to grow and learn, and we...

Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: CeLeen, mentor-protege, Pluma, small business, Stategic Industry

small-business program manager Paul Sedillo presenting to small-business representatives and owners during a forum last year

Hispanic organization honors nuclear waste management leader, cyber assurance architect

October 15, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two experts at Sandia National Laboratories have been honored for their achievements and leadership as top engineers and scientists from the Hispanic community. Evaristo “Tito” Bonano, nuclear energy fuel cycle senior manager, and cyber assurance architect Angela “Ang” Rivas were recognized at the 32nd annual Hispanic Engineer...

Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: diversity, HENAAC, Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference, nuclear waste, nuclear waste management, software security, STEM

Material found in house paint may spur technology revolution

October 14, 2020 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — The development of a new method to make non-volatile computer memory may have unlocked a problem that has been holding back machine learning and has the potential to revolutionize technologies like voice recognition, image processing and autonomous driving. A team from Sandia National Laboratories, working with collaborators...

Categories: Computing, Materials Science

Topics: Advanced Scientific Computing Research branch, alec talin, computing, machine learning, oxygen vacancies, processors

Fellow at Sandia Labs appointed to national quantum computing advisory committee

October 13, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories Fellow Gil Herrera has been appointed to the newly established U.S. National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. Herrera is one of two committee members representing the Department of Energy national laboratories. He joins 20 others from government, industry and academia tasked with advising the nation’s...

Categories: Awards, Computing

Topics: advisory committee, quantum computing, quantum information science, Sandia Fellows

‘Magical’ mathematics unlocks engineering honor for Sandia scientist

October 9, 2020 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Tamara Kolda of Sandia National Laboratories has spent a career finding mathematical patterns in data sets ranging from mouse neurons to crime statistics, so when she talks about how ‘magical’ the results seem, even experts in other fields take notice. Kolda was one of 87 members elected...

Categories: Awards

Topics: computational mathematics, machine learning, National Academy of Engineering, Tamara Kolda, tensors

Successful crash test meets major milestone for nuclear deterrence program

October 8, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A full-scale crash test involving a semitruck impacting the side of the first prototype of a new weapons transporter successfully took place at Sandia National Laboratories this summer.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Data from the Mobile …

Categories: Coronavirus, Homeland security, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering, Transportation

Topics: coronavirus, COVID-19, crash test, MGT, mobile guardian transporter, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, Office of Secure Transportation, P1, sled track

Sandia helps safeguard biological data threatened during COVID-19 pandemic

October 6, 2020 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — A partnership between Sandia National Laboratories and the Boston firm BioBright LLC to improve the security of synthetic biology equipment has become more relevant after the United States and others issued warnings that hackers were using the COVID-19 pandemic to increase their activities. “In the past decade,...

Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research, Computing, Coronavirus

Topics: biosecurity, COVID-19, cyber security, cyberattack, hackers

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