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Sandia experimental package of piezoelectric films to be part of NASA space station experiment

August 8, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For the past three years a Sandia research team headed by Mat Celina has been investigating the performance of various piezoelectric polymer films that might one day serve as ultra-light mirrors in space telescopes.

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MAT CELINA displays the piezoelectric polymer films that will be tested on an upcoming Materials International Space Station Experiment.

E M Optomechanical, Inc. obtains license to produce products based on Sandia-developed technology

August 7, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — E M Optomechanical, Inc. (EMOM) of Albuquerque recently obtained a license from Sandia National Laboratories to produce products based on a Labs-developed technology — a new configuration for interference microscopy.

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Sandia researchers solve mystery of attractive surfaces

August 2, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When smooth surfaces that hate water approach each other underwater, scientists have observed that they snap into contact. This is apparently due to attractive forces that extend for tens to hundreds of nanometers.

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Sandia researcher Jeff Brinker bounces water droplets as though they were marbles off a superhydrophobic surface. Such surfaces do not absorb water but instead, actively repel it.

Sandia’s Wind Energy Technology Department uses Labs’ developed device to determine how well wind turbines operate

July 26, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In West Texas, New Mexico, and other places around the world, wind turbines are used to generate electricity. But how can engineers determine their efficiency and health?

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water

ATLAS II PROJECT LEAD Jose Zayas stands next to advanced blades that will be tested at Bushland, Texas.

Michael Dell to visit Sandia Labs this Friday

July 26, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Corporation and the youngest CEO of a company listed on the Fortune 500, will visit Sandia National Laboratories at 4 p.m. Friday, July 28, to tour Sandia’s Dell Thunderbird supercomputer — the sixth fastest in the world — and...

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John Zepper inspects a Thunderbird supercomputer component under the Sandia Thunderbird insignia.

Sandia work reported in Science and launched on space shuttle shows live cells influence growth of nanostructures

July 20, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Far above the heads of Earthlings, arrays of single-cell creatures are circling Earth in nanostructures.

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Cell-directed assembly — lead author Helen Baca, selected the Materials Research Society’s Gold Medal graduate student in 2005 and UNM Outstanding Graduate Student for 2006, looks over the letters “CDA” standing for cell-directed assembly. The letters’ self-assembled materials were prepared by UNM grad student Eric Carnes, who for the picture stained an estimated 10 to the 10th yeast cells with nucleic acid.

Sandia hosts nonproliferation forum

July 20, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories is hosting a free public forum on nonproliferation Monday, July 24, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the University of New Mexico Continuing Education Conference Center, North Building, Room C.

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‘Prettier world’ of computer modeling provides key details, says Sandia researcher

July 12, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Taking issue with the perception that computer models lack realism, a Sandia National Laboratories researcher told his audience that simulations of the nanoscale provide researchers more detailed results — not less — than experiments alone.

Categories: Computing

Rendering of Sandia simulations by Michael Chandross demonstrates significant transfer of material to the probe tip of an atomic force microscope

Sandia researchers apply energy surety model to military bases

July 10, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Sandia National Laboratories research team headed by Dave Menicucci has taken a Labs-developed energy surety model to a tangible level by applying it to military bases.

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JERRY GINN displays some of Sandia’s battery storage capability. Energy storage is an integral part of the Energy Surety Microgrid.

Sandia applies a surety approach in creating solutions to energy challenges

July 10, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With concerns that energy use will rapidly increase over the next several years while fossil fuels diminish, Sandia National Laboratories is looking at a new way to meet growing energy challenges — energy surety.

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Sandia applies a surety approach in creating solutions to energy challenges.

Sandia wins two R&D 100 Awards

July 7, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and their collaborators have won two R&D 100 awards, which are presented by R&D Magazine in recognition of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year.

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Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., receives a briefing at a recent Sandia event by Gloria Chavez and Randy Normann about the HTSS10V high-temperature batteries for deep oil exploration.

Sandia’s ASCI Red, world’s first teraflop supercomputer, is decommissioned

June 29, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On a table in a small meeting room at Sandia National Laboratories rested a picture of the deceased — a row of identical cabinets that formed part of the entity known as ASCI Red, the world’s first teraflop supercomputer.

Categories: Computing

YOU'RE STILL THE ONE — By supercomputer standards, Sandia’s ASCI Red, the world’s first teraflop machine, was ancient, but what a run it had! Here, designer Jim Tomkins (left) talks abuot ASCI Red and its accomplishments with Intel officials Justin Rattner and Stephen Wheat. Rob Leland looks on at right.

Sandia hosts Sustainable Energy Forum

June 20, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is hosting a free public forum on sustainable energy Wednesday, June 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the University of New Mexico Continuing Education Conference Center, North Building, Room C.

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Sandia preemptive spark helps find intermittent electrical short circuits in airplanes

June 19, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A preemptive spark lasting for nanoseconds that helps find potentially dangerous short circuits hidden in the miles of wiring behind the panels of aging commercial airliners has been patented by Sandia National Laboratories.

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Mike Dinallo and Larry Schneider (left) prepare to employ the PASD diagnostic on a wiring bundle in the cockpit of a retired Boeing 737 at Sandia’s FAA Airworthiness Assurance NDI Validation Center.

Sandia tool speeds up environmental cleanup, reopening of contaminated facilities

June 7, 2006 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — A software-based tool developed by Sandia National Laboratories for managing the collection, visualization, and analysis of environmental sampling data is now available to potential licensing partners.

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Sandia’s BROOM system includes a personal digital assistant (PDA) application that allows users to generate precise contamination maps and sample locations. The application runs on the Pocket PC operating system and makes use of a Bluetooth-controlled laser range finder.

Desalination roadmap seeks technological solutions to increase the nation’s water supply

June 5, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — After one last meeting in San Antonio in April, Sandia National Laboratories researchers Pat Brady and Tom Hinkebein are putting the final touches on the updated Desalination and Water Purification Roadmap — “Roadmap 2” — that should result in more fresh...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water

A BETTER ELECTRODIALYSIS SYSTEM — Sandia researchers Michael Hibbs, foreground, and Chris Cornelius check out an electrodialysis system that removes salt from water with an electric field and special ion exchange membranes. This technology is one that will be included in the final Desalination and Water Purification Roadmap being developed by Sandia.

Address water scarcity, water quality issues around the world now, Sandia/CSIS report says

May 31, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Now is the time to address the devastating effects of increasing water scarcity and declining water quality around the world, according to a recently released white paper written jointly by Sandia National Laboratories and the Washington think tank Center...

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Sandia announces MEMS design contest winners

May 25, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An exceedingly small monorail and a chain with links approximately 1/10 the diameter of a human hair were among the remarkable devices created by the imaginative yet detail-oriented winners of Sandia National Laboratories’ 2006 MEMS University Alliance (UA)...

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Texas Tech’s winning MEMS Device Characterization design includes structures for the measurement of material properties and a biocell for the characterization of cells and tissues.

Sandia, Lockheed Martin honor 21 local high school seniors for achievement in the face of hardships

May 18, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Thunderbird Awards were recently presented to 21 graduating high school seniors who have overcome obstacles with ability, determination, and desire to turn their lives around, and also raise their grade point average.

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Sandia, Next Generation Economy, Inc., New Mexico Business Roundtable to host first ImagiNANOvation™ Workshop

May 17, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first of a series of seminars to examine the ideas, trends, people and practices in the education arena, called ImagiNANOvation™ Workshops will be held at the TVI Workforce Training Center on Thursday, May 25. This all-day workshop will include about 40...

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Sandia accepting applications for Dream Catcher Program

May 16, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is accepting applications for the 2006 Dream Catcher Science Program.

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Repeatable, reliable, low-breakdown voltage antifuses enabled through a Sandia-developed dielectric thin film

May 15, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed an inexpensive, reliable and easy-to-manufacture class of dielectric films that have the capability of enabling programmable antifuses on integrated circuits (IC) at less cost and using easier-to...

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Sandia recognizes local businesses with outstanding service awards

April 17, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories recently presented awards to several Albuquerque businesses for outstanding service to Sandia as part of its Just-In-Time (JIT) procurement system.

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Sandia to dedicate grand new Microfab and Microlab facilities Friday

April 17, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A building dedication celebrating the formal opening — on-time and on-budget — of Sandia National Laboratories’ architecturally attractive Microfab and Microlab facilities will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 21, on Kirtland Air Force Base.

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The setting sun reflects off the glass of the cylindrical training center attached to Sandia’s new MicroLab building. The building is the second of three to come online of the defense lab’s $500 million MESA project.

Nobel Laureate Mario Molina to speak at National Hispanic Cultural Center Wednesday

April 14, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Professor Mario Molina, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, will speak April 19 to students participating in Sandia National Laboratories’ MANOS program about their important role in the future of science and technology during a dinner at the National Hispanic...

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