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Tom Friedmann awarded NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal
July 12, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Tom Friedmann was awarded NASA’s Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal (EEAM) at a ceremony June 15 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. He received the award for the quality of the diamond-like carbon thin films he contributed to the Genesis science...
Categories: Awards, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Operations / Budget

Sandia Labs reports first successful integration of a terahertz quantum-cascade laser and diode mixer into a monolithic solid-state transceiver
June 29, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers have taken the first steps toward reducing the size and enhancing the functionality of devices in the terahertz (THz) frequency spectrum. By combining a detector and laser on the same chip to make a compact receiver, the researchers rendered unnecessary the precision alignment...
Categories: Materials Science, Nanotechnology

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 ceremony, where award-winning santero artist Arthur...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget
Sid Gutierrez

Alliance formed to commercialize technologies that convert waste CO2 into diesel fuel using solar energy
June 1, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations, formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste carbon dioxide  into diesel fuel, was announced today. The alliance team members include Sandia National Laboratories, Renewable Energy Institute International (REII), Pacific Renewable Fuels, Pratt Whitney...
Categories: Operations / Budget

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...
Categories: Media advisories

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...
Categories: Operations / Budget

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 journal Angewandte Chemie devotes its May 10 cover to a paper co-authored by Sandia’s...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering
Aspects of biofuel combustion chemistry cover

Sandia’s Bob Carling to speak at upcoming conference on future auto engines
May 11, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Bob Carling, director of Sandia National Laboratories’ Transportation Energy Center in California, will give a plenary presentation on May 31 at 10 a.m. local time during the 11thInternational Conference on Present and Future Engines for Automobiles. The conference is scheduled to run May 30-June 3 in Shanghai,...
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Bob Carling

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 generation. Sandia’s PV team and the Department of Energy recently hosted a workshop specifically for PV systems...
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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 3-4 at Sandia Resort and Casino. Many tribes in the Southwest...
Categories: Community / Education, Conferences / Symposia, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Sandra Begay-Campbell stands in front of Window Rock with a solar panel.

Sandia wins 2 national technology transfer awards for work with Cray, Stirling Energy Systems
April 28, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has won two national Federal Laboratory Consortium awards for its efforts to transfer technology to supercomputer manufacturer Cray Inc. and solar energy supplier Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. The Federal Laboratory Consortium plans to present the Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards in Albuquerque at its national...
Categories: Awards, Computing, Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget, Renewable energy
Archie Gibson, a team leader on the Computer Operations Team at Sandia National Laboratories, works inside the Red Storm supercomputer, the result of an award-winning partnership between Cray Inc. and Sandia National Laboratories. (Photo by Randy Montoya)

Defense-scale supercomputing comes to alternative energy research
April 26, 2010 • Albuquerque, N.M. — A new supercomputer that more quickly models the most efficient ways to harness energy from the sun, wind and other renewable resources is now operating at Sandia National Laboratories. Red Mesa, a 180-teraflop computing platform, is a collaboration between Sandia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)....
Categories: Computing, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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