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Sandia awarded significant positions in DOE’s $777 million ‘Energy Frontier Research Center’ program
May 5, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers scored big in the $777 million, five-year DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced last week by the White House. Sandia expects to become home to one of 46 new multimillion-dollar centers, be a significant partner in three others, and may be involved...
Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget

Sandia researchers construct carbon nanotube device that can detect colors of the rainbow
April 30, 2009 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created the first carbon nanotube device that can detect the entire visible spectrum of light, a feat that could soon allow scientists to probe single molecule transformations, study how those molecules respond to light, observe how the molecules change shapes, and...
Categories: Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Sandia names two new directors
April 27, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories Vice President for Human Resources and Communications John Slipke has named two new directors: Karen Gardner, director of the Human Resources Center, and George Rhynedance, director of the Public Relations & Communications Center. “Both bring a breadth of knowledge and experience to our division...
Categories: Operations / Budget

Sandia, Mesalands Community College sign agreement to jointly research new wind energy technologies
April 23, 2009 • MOU is first ever between a two-year college and national laboratory ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In the first arrangement of its kind between a national laboratory and a two-year college, Sandia National Laboratories and Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, N.M., recently signed a memorandum of understanding committing the two organizations to...
Categories: Community / Education, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Energy policy must reconcile values across security, economics, and the environment, energy leaders assert
April 2, 2009 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — At a workshop convened by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sustainability Solutions Institute (SSI), some 25 leaders from academia, government, and the private sector gathered on March 18-19 to discuss key energy policy issues and proposed values- and outcomes-based approaches to...
Categories: Conferences / Symposia, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program helps 286 small businesses in 2008
March 30, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory, assisted 286 small businesses in 2008 with projects ranging from helping a door restoration company to assisting Nambe Pueblo create a water model. This was Sandia’s eighth year and Los Alamos’ second year of helping small businesses through the...
Categories: Community / Education, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia receives DoD “trusted design” accreditation
March 14, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has received accreditation to provide “trusted design” services for both unclassified and classified integrated circuits at its Albuquerque, N.M., facility. Sandia’s Category 1A status was awarded through the Trusted IC Supplier Accreditation Program (www.dmea.osd.mil/trustedic.html) of the Department of Defense (DoD)’s Defense MicroElectronics Activity (DMEA)...
Categories: Awards, Military / Defense, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering

Tameka Barrentine honored as Modern-Day Technology Leader
February 23, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tameka Barrentine, computer scientist in the Software Engineering and Qualification Environments Department at Sandia National Laboratories, was named “Modern-Day Technology Leader” during the 23rd annual National Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) Global Competitiveness Conference held Feb. 20 in Baltimore, Md. Modern-Day Technology Leaders are men...
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Huge pressures that melt diamonds on planet Neptune determined by Sandia researchers – February 17, 2009
February 17, 2009 • Technique may provide data for NIF nuclear fusion effort ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The enormous pressures needed to melt diamond to slush and then to a completely liquid state have been determined ten times more accurately by Sandia National Laboratories researchers than ever before. As a bonus to science, researchers Marcus...
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Sandia’s diamond-like films on board NASA satellite
February 16, 2009 • IBEX looks at materials coming into solar system Tom Friedmann checks out a sample diamond-like carbon film he created for the low-energy sensor (IBEX-Lo) on board NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX). (Photo by Randy Montoya) Media are welcome to download/publish this image with related news stories. Click the image to...
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Sandia Science & Technology Park receives top award
February 11, 2009 • National group recognizes park for success, total community impact ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sandia Science & Technology Park has received the 13th annual Outstanding Research/Science Park Achievement Award given by the national Association of University Research Parks (AURP). The award recognizes research parks that excel in bringing technology from the...
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Biofuels can provide viable, sustainable solution to reducing petroleum dependence, say Sandia researchers
February 10, 2009 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — An in-depth study by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. has found that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year 2030. The goal of the 90-Billion Gallon Biofuel Deployment Study was to assess...
Categories: Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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Brochure outlining Sandia’s impact to New Mexico now available
February 9, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ economic impact on New Mexico is detailed in a recently released brochure. “The purpose of the brochure to let the public know how much Sandia contributes to the state’s economy in both dollars and community efforts,” says Don Devoti, manager of Sandia’s Small Business...
Categories: Community / Education
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Sandia announces executive leadership changes
February 5, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories Director Tom Hunter this week announced changes to the Lab’s executive leadership. The changes take effect Feb. 16, 2009. Sandia’s top management structure includes three deputy lab directors who report to Hunter. Each oversees one of Sandia’s major mission or operational organizations. The changes...
Categories: Operations / Budget

Sandians play key roles in nuclear power associations
February 2, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two employees of Sandia National Laboratories are leading well-respected nuclear power associations, and a retiree has been honored by one of the top organizations in the country. Steve Ortiz, a 29-year Labs employee, is president of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), and Tom Sanders, manager...
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Two Sandia researchers win nation’s most prestigious “early career” awards
January 28, 2009 • Leadership cited in condensed-matter physics, improved simulation methods ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Of eight DOE researchers selected to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), two were researchers at Sandia National Laboratories. The awards, presented at a White House ceremony in mid-December, are the U.S. government’s most...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget
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Sandia adopts new agreement forms to allow universities/industry to use facilities
January 14, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is adopting two new Department of Energy (DOE) model agreements that will simplify the way universities and industry use the Labs facilities. DOE recently finalized the agreement forms — one designed for proprietary research and the other for nonproprietary research — and is encouraging...
Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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