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Forbes magazine again tags Sandia Labs as top large employer

March 29, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories again has been recognized by Forbes as one of the 500 Best Large Employers 2021. Sandia also won the distinction in 2017 and again in 2019, shortly after garnering a separate award as one of the magazine’s top workplaces f…

Categories: HR / Personnel, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: awards, business

Finding fire and ice: Modeling the probability of methane hydrate deposits on the seafloor

March 17, 2021 • RALEIGH, N.C. — Methane hydrate, an ice-like material made of compressed natural gas, burns when lit and can be found in some regions of the seafloor and in Arctic permafrost. Thought to be the world’s largest source of natural gas, methane hydrate is a potential fuel source, and if it...

Categories: Climate Change, Energy / Environment / Water

Topics: climate change, computer modeling and simulation, energy exploration, geoscience modeling, machine learning, methane, methane hydrate, naval research laboratory, uncertainty quantification

Sandia National Laboratories researchers used advanced computer models to predict the likelihood of finding methane hydrate, an ice-like material made of compressed natural gas that burns when lit.

Rare open-access quantum computer now operational

March 15, 2021, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new Department of Energy open-access quantum computing testbed is ready for the public. Scientists from Indiana University recently became the first team to begin using Sandia National Laboratories’ Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed, or QSCOUT. Quantum computers are poised to become major technological drivers over...

Categories: Computing, Physics

Topics: ion trap, MESA, quantum computing, qubits

Catching energy-exploration caused earthquakes before they happen

March 10, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Geoscientists at Sandia National Laboratories used 3D-printed rocks and an advanced, large-scale computer model of past earthquakes to understand and prevent earthquakes triggered by energy exploration. Injecting water underground after unconventional oil and gas extraction, commonly known as fracking, geothermal energy stimulation and carbon dioxide sequestration all...

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

Topics: 3-D printing, earthquakes, energy exploration, Geoscience, geoscience modeling, induced seismicity

Hand holding white cube with a play button.

Thin explosive films provide snapshot of how detonations start

March 4, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Using thin films — no more than a few pieces of notebook paper thick — of a common explosive chemical, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories studied how small-scale explosions start and grow. Sandia is the only lab in the U.S. that can make such detonatable thin films....

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

Topics: basic explosive science, computer modeling and simulation, explosives, explosives research, thin films

Black and white image of an explosive shockwave and a video play button.

Black engineer awards expand Sandia Labs spotlight

March 3, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Ten Sandia National Laboratories engineers received Black Engineer of the Year Awards, including Most Promising Scientist, Modern Technology Leaders and Science Spectrum Trailblazers. Honorees include Sandia systems, chemical, computer, electrical, petroleum, manufacturing and mechanical engineers who excel in their respective fields, powering innovation while flexing their technological...

Categories: Awards, Chemistry, Computing, Cybersecurity, Materials Science, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: awards, Black Engineer of the Year, diversity, diversity and inclusion, engineering

Search and rescue volunteers from Sandia respond to wilderness misadventures

March 1, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — By day, Craig Tenney is a chemical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories. But sometimes as he readies for bed, he gets a call and instead finds himself on an icy trail, mere feet from a cliff high above the city in the Sandia Mountains rescuing a couple...

Categories: Community / Education, Coronavirus

Topics: Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council, community involvement, Search and Rescue, Wilderness search and rescue

Foregrounds: Pine trees and rocks, with three small figures climbing down a cliffside. Background: the lights of Albuquerque at night.

Small IT business wins Sandia’s largest single subcontract

February 25, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories awarded an information technology subcontract of potentially up to $700 million over a possible seven years to a New Mexico small business. This is the largest subcontract Sandia has issued to date.“It’s a big deal and a…

Categories: Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: contracts, information technology, IT, New Mexico small business, small business, subcontract, subcontracts

Sandia radiation expert to lead national health physics organization

February 24, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Charles Potter, a certified health physicist at Sandia National Laboratories, was elected president of the American Academy of Health Physics, an organization that supports certified health physicists and the profession’s certification process. Potter previously served as the organization’s parliamentarian for three years, and as president, he plans...

Categories: Awards

Topics: dosimetry, health physics, radiation

Airplanes to cellphones: New equipment finds the flaws in everything

February 17, 2021 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Tim Briggs has built a career at Sandia National Laboratories tearing and breaking things apart with his team of collaborators. Now, he’s developed a fracture-testing tool that could help make everything from aircraft structural frames to cellphones stronger. Briggs has filed a patent for a device associated...

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: fracture, fracture testing, materials, materials testing

$Example of fracture hangers used during a test$

Super-Earth atmospheres probed at Sandia’s Z machine

February 9, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The huge forces generated by the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories are being used to replicate the gravitational pressures on so-called “super-Earths” to determine which might maintain atmospheres that could support life. Astronomers believe that super-Earths — collections of rocks up to eight times larger than...

Categories: Space / Astronomy

International research team begins uncovering Arctic mystery

February 8, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Something lurks beneath the Arctic Ocean. While it’s not a monster, it has largely remained a mystery.According to 25 international researchers who collaborated on a first-of-its-kind study, frozen land beneath rising sea levels currently traps 60 bil…

Categories: Climate Change, Energy / Environment / Water

Topics: arctic, Arctic Ocean, climate change, expert assessment, greenhouse gases, permafrost, submarine permafrost

New tool at Sandia brings some West Texas wind to the Duke City — virtually

February 2, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have a new tool that allows them to study wind power and see whether it can be efficiently used to provide power to people living in remote and rural places or even off the grid, through distributed energy. A new, custom-built wind...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Topics: distributed energy, distributed power, electrical grid, grid resiliency, renewable energy, wind energy, wind farm, wind turbine

Scientist in protective gear looks at a cyan and red couston-built wind turbine emulator

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.

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