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Sandia to play major role in DOE-funded simulation of “virtual” nuclear reactor
June 14, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories computational scientists will lead two of five technical areas in a U.S. Department of Energy effort to create a “virtual” nuclear reactor, to be headquartered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This state-of-the-art simulator will use advanced capabilities of the world’s most powerful computers...
Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering

Sandia Labs director and his successor join forces at biannual State of the Labs
June 10, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Media representatives are invited to a press conference with Sandia National Laboratories President and Labs Director Tom Hunter and his successor, President and Labs Director-designee Paul Hommert, just before Sandia’s biannual State of the Labs presentation Tuesday, June 15. Marking a historic transition for Sandia, Hunter and...
Categories: Media advisories

Sandia Dream Catcher Program applications now available
June 3, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is accepting applications for the 2010 Dream Catcher Science Program. The Dream Catcher Science Program is a hands-on science and engineering program designed for middle-school and high-school student in grades 6 through 12 who are interested in science, math, and engineering. There is no...
Categories: Community / Education

Sidney Gutierrez named 2010 Notable New Mexican
June 2, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sidney Gutierrez, former NASA astronaut, retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a director at Sandia National Laboratories, has been named the 2010 Notable New Mexican by the Albuquerque Museum Foundation. He will be honored June 2 at the 10th annual award...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget
Sid Gutierrez

Sandia steam plant demolition marks new era of efficiency, fewer emissions
May 26, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories invites media representatives to watch the start of demolition of an 18,000-square-foot steam plant that has been part of the skyline at the federal laboratory for 60 years. The demolition of the obsolete facility marks the completion of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s $60...
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Sandia researchers Phillips, Moody named MRS Fellows
May 26, 2010 • Albuquerque, N.M. — Julia Phillips, director of Nuclear Weapons Science and Technology Programs at Sandia National Laboratories, and Sandia researcher Neville Moody have been named Fellows in the Materials Research Society (MRS). The title of Fellow honors MRS members for their research accomplishments and contributions to materials research worldwide. The...
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Breaking the logjam: improving data download from outer space
May 18, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Satellite systems in space keyed to detect nuclear events and environmental gasses currently face a kind of data logjam because their increasingly powerful sensors produce more information than their available bandwidth can easily transmit. Experiments conducted by Sandia National Laboratories at the International Space Station preliminarily indicate...
Categories: Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

Sandia Corp. names new director for Sandia National Laboratories
May 13, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sandia Corp. board of directors today announced the appointment of Paul J. Hommert as president of Sandia Corp. and director of Sandia National Laboratories, effective July 9, 2010. Hommert, currently Sandia’s executive vice president and deputy laboratories director for the nuclear weapons program, will succeed Thomas...
Categories: Operations / Budget
Paul Hommert

Sandia Labs press briefing scheduled for 12:30 p.m. today
May 13, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia President and Laboratories Director Tom Hunter will hold a single subject press briefing from 12:30-1 p.m. today at Sandia’s main administration building. News media wishing to attend today’s press briefing should call the Media Relations help line at 844-4902, Iris Aboytes at 844-2282 or Stephanie Holinka...
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Biofuel combustion chemistry more complex than petroleum-based fuels, say Sandia and Lawrence Livermore researchers
May 12, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Understanding the key elements of biofuel combustion is an important step toward insightful selection of next-generation alternative fuels. And that’s exactly what researchers at Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories are doing. The journ…
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Sandia National Laboratories leads reliability workshop for growing field of photovoltaic systems integration
May 11, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is using its expertise and long history in photovoltaic (PV) research and development to accelerate the adoption of reliability tools within the growing industry of PV power gen...
Categories: Community / Education, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Jennifer Granata and Michael Quintana examine a photovoltaic solar panel at Sandia National Laboratories.

City of Pittsburgh honors Sandia for solar work
May 5, 2010 • Albuquerque, N.M. — The city of Pittsburgh has honored solar researchers from Sandia National Laboratories for training city staff to install and maintain solar thermal and photovoltaic panels on city facilities. The formal proclamation, signed by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, recognizes the Sandia researchers “who braved sleet, snow, ice, and frigid...
Categories: Operations / Budget, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Powering tribal lands: Sandia researcher to discuss off-grid, green technologies for rural areas at law seminar
April 30, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandra Begay-Campbell, leader of Sandia’s Tribal Renewable Energy Program and member of the Navajo Nation, will present “The Potential for Tribal Energy Resource Development in the Southwest” at the Tribal Energy in the Southwest Conference May 3-…
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Sandra Begay-Campbell stands in front of Window Rock with a solar panel.

Sandia receives national electronics reuse/recycling award
April 22, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories was one of eight winners among 137 participating federal government agency sites in the Fiscal Year 2009 Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign (ERRC), spearheaded by the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE). Sandia contributed 400,119 pounds of electronics toward a total 15.8 million...
Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget
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Sandia to conduct controlled explosives test today
April 20, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories plans to conduct one controlled explosive test sometime between 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on April 20 at Sandia’s Coyote test field on the south side of Kirtland Air Force Base. Some Albuquerque residents could hear some booms associated with the experiment. Some black...
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Tri-Lab Directors’ Statement on the Nuclear Posture Review
April 9, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The directors of the three Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Laboratories – Dr. George Miller from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Dr. Michael Anastasio from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Dr. Tom Hunter from S…
Categories: Nuclear Weapons

Jill Hruby named Sandia vice president for Energy, Security and Defense Technologies
April 5, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories President and Labs Director Tom Hunter announced today that Jill M. Hruby has been named vice president for Energy, Security and Defense Technologies. Hruby replaces Les Shephard, who recently retired from the Laboratories after nearly 30 years at Sandia. “We are pleased to welcome Jill...
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Sandia vice president Jill Hruby

New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program helps 320 small businesses in 2009
April 5, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program (NMSBA) helped 320 companies in 25 counties in 2009 to solve technical challenges, including creating high-speed video of an exploding frozen pipe and explaining how silver-coated bandages speed healing. A partnership of Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory and...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering
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