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Transforming environmental testing one shake at a time

July 25, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Testing weapons and components in a lab-controlled environment has always been at the center of Sandia National Laboratories’ mission. Since the U.S. stopped underground explosives tests on weapons in the early 1990s, Sandia has developed other methods to conduct experiments that mimic the range of environments a...

A FORCEE for good: Growing Sandia’s climate and earth sciences internship

July 23, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Summer at Sandia National Laboratories typically means high temperatures, blazing sunlight and campuses filled with bright, eager interns. About 75 of these young innovators have come to Sandia this summer as part of the Future of Research for Climate, Earth and Energy Intern Institute. Another 75 interns...
Sandia National Laboratories intern Charles Xu tests the pressure of repair coatings on spent nuclear fuel canisters. Xu is an intern in the Future of Research for Climate, Earth and Energy Institute.

In-house advanced manufacturing techniques help meet mission needs

July 17, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A group at Sandia National Laboratories is transforming how it develops custom electronic connectors for weapons systems. The Rapid Development Connectors program is a five-year National Nuclear Security Administration-funded project to build a team and lab space capable of fabricating and delivering functional connectors in less than...

Sandia helps Las Positas College manufacture the future

July 3, 2024 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories, with the support of the National Nuclear Security Administration, has donated machinery and attachments to Las Positas College in Livermore, supporting the expansion of a cutting-edge manufacturing program. Those machines will help train the next generation of California students in the art of fabricating...
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Sandia employees teaching quantum science to the next generation

July 2, 2024, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — QCaMP is returning to New Mexico for its third year, with the goal of inspiring the next generation of scientists in the rapidly growing field of quantum science. Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories, in collaboration with instructors from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,...
Students perform some hands-on activities with the SparCOS team during the 2023 QCaMP, organized by Sandia National Laboratories.

Quantum computers’ unexpected advantage

July 1, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As the hare learned from the tortoise, speed isn’t everything. Theoretical computer scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Boston University have discovered that quantum computers are unrivaled at solving an advanced math problem. Unusually, they proved quantum computers are not faster than regular computers; instead, they use...
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DOE awards $7.4M for energy projects at Sandia National Laboratories

June 28, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions has awarded $7.4 million to develop seven projects at Sandia National Laboratories aimed at advancing clean energy technologies. Vanessa Chan, the Chief Commercialization Officer and director of DOE’s OTT office, announced the funding at an event in Albuquerque on...

DOE awards Sandia small business program and local veteran

June 25, 2024, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Department of Energy has once again awarded Sandia National Laboratories for its work helping small businesses. One of those businesses, owned by a disabled veteran, was also awarded for its extraordinary work. DOE Mentor of the Year Sandia’s small business Mentor-Protégé Program has been named as...

Electrical circuits encased in fluid may reshape data-center design

June 6, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Keeping electrical circuits dry is generally considered a vital safety measure, but at Sandia National Laboratories’ high-performance computing center, technicians adjust live circuits submerged in liquid. “It’s pretty cool — and a little unusual — to walk into a computing lab and see electrical hardware submerged in...

Sandia visits Cochiti Pueblo for STEM day

May 14, 2024, Media Advisory • Albuquerque, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories aims to inspire young minds at the Cochiti Pueblo by hosting a day filled with learning and exploration of science, technology, engineering and math. The event is part of the Labs’ ongoing efforts to inspire Native American youth to pursue further education and careers...
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American Chemical Society honors Sandia Labs scientist

May 8, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories materials scientist Dorina Sava Gallis has been honored by the American Chemical Society with a 2024 Women Chemists Committee Rising Star Award, recognizing her excellence in the scientific enterprise demonstrating outstanding promise for contributions to her field. In her 14 years at Sandia, Sava...

Radar is advancing at historic speed. How engineers are setting the pace.

May 7, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In a whirling geopolitical landscape of new nuclear weapons, hypersonic weapons, drones and satellites, the U.S. is hustling to test new kinds of radars aimed at detecting evolving threats. Many of these tests take place in a simulated research environment created at Sandia National Laboratories. Dubbed RAMSES...
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Major milestone reached for key weapons component

April 23, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and the Kansas City National Security Campus completed a crucial weapons component development milestone, prior to full rate production. The Mark 21 Replacement Fuze interfaces with the W87-0 warhead for deployment onto the Minuteman III and, eventually, the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The first...

1.15 billion artificial neurons arrive at Sandia

April 17, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In a groundbreaking stride toward the future of computing, early this year Sandia National Laboratories researchers welcomed the arrival of an extraordinary brain-based computing system called Hala Point. Packed with a staggering 1.15 billion artificial neurons — believed to be the biggest brain-based computing system in the...
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Sandia microgrid expert named IEEE Fellow

April 10, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories electrical engineer Michael Ropp has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, one of the world’s largest technical professional organizations. Ropp’s research focuses on developing algorithms to improve the resiliency of the electrical grid, particularly with the addition of...
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Sandia studies subterranean storage of hydrogen

April 9, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Imagine a vast volume of porous sandstone reservoir, once full of oil and natural gas, now full of a different, carbon-free fuel — hydrogen. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs can be...
Matthew Paul, a Sandia National Laboratories geosciences engineer, works on a gas adsorption system in a fume hood as part of a project to see if depleted petroleum reservoirs can be used for storing carbon-free hydrogen fuel.

Two Sandians honored with 2024 Women in Tech Award

April 8, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two Sandia National Laboratories employees have been honored with the 2024 New Mexico Women in Tech Award from the New Mexico Technology Council. The award recognizes remarkable women who drive innovation and excellence in their tech field and inspire and empower others to pursue careers in the...

Two Sandia researchers elected to National Academy of Engineering

April 3, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two Sandia National Laboratories researchers, Tina Nenoff and Babu Chalamala, have been elected as members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering. They are among the 114 new members and 21 international members to be inducted as the class of 2024. Their election to the NAE, one...

Sandia pumps $140B into the economy through technology development

April 2, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — To say that the technology and products Sandia National Laboratories researchers have helped imagine, innovate and industrialize have had a massive impact on the country would be an understatement. Two studies commissioned by Sandia and the National Nuclear Security Administration show Sandia’s work has had an overall...

Invitation: Sandia Labs’ 20-year economic impact announcement

March 27, 2024, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — To say that the technology and products that Sandia National Laboratories researchers have helped imagine, innovate and industrialize have had a massive impact on the country would be an understatement. Two studies commissioned by Sandia and the National Nuclear Security Administration show Sandia’s work has had a...
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