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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...

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Sandia sponsors Expanding Your Horizons to encourage girls to pursue STEM careers

March 31, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hundreds of middle school and high school girls will investigate rocketry, solar fountains, crime scenes and seismic waves at the annual Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) workshop in Albuquerque on April 3. The event is sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, a

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Assembling robots made of Legos was the focus of one workshop at a recent Sandia-sponsored EYH event in California.

Sandia workshop to focus on codes development for hydrogen-powered industrial trucks

March 30, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories will host a workshop April 28 for industry and code development organizations designed to address research barriers to hydrogen-powered forklifts and other near-term fuel cell market applications.

Categories: Conferences / Symposia, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

A PowerEdge fuel cell-powered forklift truck is refueled at Nuveras PowerTap hydrogen dispenser. An April 28 workshop organized by Sandia will help identify the key areas of R&D that are necessary to enable the deployment of hydrogen fuel cell systems for industrial trucks and other applications. (Photo courtesy Nuvera Fuel Cells)

Fuel cell-powered mobile lighting system deployed at Academy Awards®

March 23, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — A team led by Sandia National Laboratories made a cameo appearance at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards® ceremony in Los Angeles earlier this month.

Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering

Sandia to break ground for new computational laboratories building

March 22, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — A groundbreaking ceremony for a new facility – the Combustion Research Computation and Visualization (CRCV) building, part of the Combustion Research Facility (CRF) – will take place at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 24, on the grounds of Sandia National Lab...

Categories: Computing, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Artist’s rendering of Combustion Research Facility (CRF) complex (right) with proposed Combustion Research Computation and Visualization (CRCV) building (left). The new $5 million building, funded by the Department of Energys Office of Science (SC) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE), will enhance the computational and modeling efforts that are central to the CRFs work portfolio. Drawing by Daniel Strong.

Sandia’s California lab cited in ‘best places to work’ survey

March 3, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories’ California site in Livermore is ranked eighth among the winners in The Scientist magazine’s eighth annual Best Places to Work for Postdocs survey.“This year’s award winners represent an array of forward thinking ins…

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Sandian Named Asian American Engineer of the Year

March 1, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories' Clifford Ho has been selected by the Chinese Institute of Engineers ─ USA to receive the Asian American Engineer of the Year Award. The honor is presented each year to the nation’s most outstanding Asian American engineers and...

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National Security Computing Center open for business

February 25, 2010 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Sandia's Red Storm supercomputer becomes primary machine for the National Security Computing Center. Click on the image thumbnail to download a high-resolution version."][/caption]ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Sandia National Lab…

Categories: Computing, Energy / Environment / Water, Homeland security

Sandia researcher Paul Dodd named IEEE Fellow

February 24, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Paul Dodd, a Sandia National Laboratories researcher, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) “for contributions to the understanding and simulation of single-event effects in microelectronic,” according to a notification sent out by the organization. Single-event effects in microelectronics are caused...

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Understanding the secrets of water on a surface

February 22, 2010 • In Physics Today cover story, Peter Feibelman traces progression of an idea ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It may seem a harmless question to ask how molecules of water arrange themselves to cover a surface, but the answer has big consequences. For instance, the drag experienced by water flowing past a surface...

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Fueling the future with fish tank residue: Sandia scientist discusses use of algae as a biofuel

February 18, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As Americans demand new and cleaner ways to meet the country’s energy needs, researchers are turning to algae as a promising new fuel source. The approach has the potential to significantly reduce the nation’s reliance on imported oil while contributing to...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Julia Phillips to speak on solid-state lighting’s contributions to national energy efficiency at AAAS Annual Meeting

February 18, 2010 • SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Solid-state lighting and its potential as a near-term generator of energy efficiencies will be the topic of a presentation by Julia Phillips, director of the Physical, Chemical, and Nano Sciences Center at Sandia National Laboratories, at the 2010 AAAS annual meeting. The meeting runs Feb. 18-22...

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Tom Sanders appointed to U.S. Department of Commerce’s Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee (CINTAC)

February 15, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tom Sanders, president of the American Nuclear Society and manager of Global Nuclear Futures Program at Sandia National Laboratories, was recently appointed to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee (CINTAC). CINTAC advises the Secretary of Commerce on issues related to programs that expand...

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Sandia signs agreement with New Zealand institute to address critical transportation energy issues

February 4, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories and Scion, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, have signed an agreement that will focus research on the cooperative development of technical information and system studies relevant to low-carbon energy technologies.The…

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Sandia Labs employees and retirees pledge $4 million to the United Way of Central New Mexico

January 28, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories employees and retirees have pledged more than $4 million to the United Way of Central New Mexico. Sandia is the No. 1 contributor again, a role Sandia has always owned. The $4 million includes $70,000 from Lockheed Martin Co…

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Sandia National Laboratories earns ISO 9001 certification

January 11, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia has received ISO 9001 certification by the British Standards Institute (BSI-Americas). Sandia received its ISO 9001:2008 Certificate of Registration following a comprehensive ISO audit conducted by BSI-Americas. In late October, BSI auditors visi…

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Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results

December 21, 2009 • Adventures in microsolar supported by microelectronics and MEMS techniques ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used. The tiny cells could turn a person into a walking solar battery charger if they were fastened...

Categories: Nanotechnology, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Representative thin crystalline-silicon photovoltaic cells – these are from 14 to 20 microns thick and 0.25 to 1 millimeter across.

Sandia and Lockheed Martin’s ‘It’s the Write Thing to Do’ essay contest rewards three local students with savings bonds

December 21, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three students from Albuquerque’s traditional public high schools each earned $2,000 U.S. Savings Bonds in the fourth annual scholastic “It’s the Write Thing to Do” essay contest.The program is sponsored by Sandia and Lockheed Martin Corp. as pa…

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Two Sandia researchers elected AAAS Fellows

December 17, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia researchers Dave Haaland and David Myers have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. Haaland was cited for “distinguished contributions in the area of chemometrics and spectral...

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Red Sky at night, Sandia’s new computing might

December 17, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – There’s a new high-performance computer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories, and it stands on the shoulders of giants. Red Sky is located in the space where legendary system ASCI Red once stood, ready to provide computing might for a variety of Sandia projects,...

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Kathye Chavez inspects a component board in one of the many cabinets that make up Sandia’s Red Sky.

Sandia’s Shoes for Kids program makes new shoes possible for needy school children

December 15, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Many children in the Albuquerque area will receive new shoes this year thanks to a program started 53 years ago by two Sandia National Laboratories scientists who instead of exchanging gifts with each other decided to buy shoes for needy school children…

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Online computer program aids food producers in assessing vulnerabilities

December 14, 2009 • Individual farmers can play roles in national defense, says Sandia researcher ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An online computer program that Sandia National Laboratories helped develop two years ago to protect the entire U.S. food manufacturing industry — from field to retail or food services — has been extended for use by...

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Sandia/California to celebrate achievements, evolving national security mission during 60th anniversary event

December 9, 2009 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories’ California site will celebrate 60 years of laboratory achievements at a Dec. 17 commemorative event at Sandia’s Livermore campus. News media are invited to attend the event, which kicks off at 10 a.m.Sandia President an…

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Erik Ridley named to government relations staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore

December 9, 2009 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Erik Ridley, who spent six years on the staff of former U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher, has been named to the government relations team at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif.

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Stopping MRSA before it becomes dangerous is possible, Sandia/UNM researchers find

December 3, 2009 • Drug-resistant hospital bacteria could be inactivated at their outset ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Most scientists believe that staph infections are caused by many bacterial cells that signal each other to emit toxins. The signaling process is called quorum sensing because many bacteria must be present to start the process. But the...

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Sandia National Laboratories researcher Jeff Brinker sits next to a cell-suspension wheel that contains bacteria suspended in media. Brinker is also a professor at the University of New Mexico.

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