ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories won the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s (FLC) 2015 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer for a credit-card-size device that can detect bacteria that cause anthrax. BaDx (Bacillus anthracis Diagnostics) works in places with no power, refrigerated storage or laboratory equipment. It requires minimal or no training and makes anthrax testing […]
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Sandia Labs anthrax detector takes home national technology transfer award
February 12, 2015 – 5:00 am
Report spotlights Sandia’s impact on New Mexico economy
January 15, 2015 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories spent nearly a billion dollars on goods and services in fiscal year 2014 and New Mexico businesses received more than 38 percent of the total, according to the labs’ latest economic impact report. Of the total of $961.8 million Sandia spent last year, New Mexico businesses received $362.4 million. […]
Starting point for suppliers at Sandia is not a recording
November 25, 2014 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first voice people hear when they call Sandia National Laboratories for information about becoming a supplier is the real thing. “I was surprised to talk to a live person about how to do business with Sandia,” said Danny Ruiz of Mazda Computing in Albuquerque. “You don’t normally get that with large […]
Sandia Science & Technology Park fuels economy with jobs, tax revenue
November 19, 2014 – 1:00 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The $2.3 billion worth of economic activity generated by the Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) since it was established in 1998 has produced more than $89 million in tax revenue for the state of New Mexico and $12.9 million for the city of Albuquerque in the past 16 years. That’s the […]
From Vietnam with love: Sandia Labs retiree works to return wartime greetings
November 6, 2014 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If you were, or know, a New Mexico Air National Guardsman stationed in Tuy Hoa,Vietnam, in 1968, Art Sena is looking for you. The reason goes back to a long-ago wish to make Christmas merrier for servicemen at war, and a long-lost box of film. Sena, a Sandia National Laboratories retiree, tracked […]
Sandia Labs plans partnership center to boost collaboration, tech transfer
October 3, 2014 – 10:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories will pursue a Center for Collaboration and Commercialization to strengthen partnerships, technology transfer and ties to the community. The center, known as C3, will support the city of Albuquerque’s and the University of New Mexico’s Innovation District and Innovate ABQ initiatives. C3 will offer programming and services to boost […]
Math skill put Sandia Labs HENAAC honoree on the path to success
October 2, 2014 – 9:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Edward Jimenez, a Sandia National Laboratories applied mathematician, was named a 2014 HENAAC Award winner as Most Promising Engineer/Advanced Degree by Great Minds in STEM. He joins other honorees at the 26th annual HENAAC conference in New Orleans from Oct. 2-4. HENAAC, formerly the Hispanic Engineering National Achievement Awards Corp., honors the […]
Showcase to spur commercialization of Sandia technologies
September 16, 2014 – 8:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A showcase that brought Sandia National Laboratories’ cutting-edge research and technology to the community the past two years has a new look and target audience. Instead of an annual daylong gathering open to the public, the re-envisioned Sandia Technology Showcase will become a yearlong series of events geared to investors and entrepreneurs. […]
New way to report purchases better shows how Sandia Labs spends money
August 18, 2014 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has changed the way it categorizes purchased goods and services by linking each acquisition to a specific industry code. “This change in our data systems allows Sandia to better describe to our stakeholders, customers and the general public how we spend our money,” said Don Devoti, manager of the […]
Tech transfer awards salute innovation, commercialization at Sandia Labs
August 14, 2014 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories won four regional awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for its work to develop and commercialize innovative technologies. The FLC is a nationwide network of more than 300 members that provides the forum to develop strategies and opportunities for linking laboratory mission technologies and expertise with the marketplace. […]
Joint hire increases materials science collaboration for Sandia Labs, UNM
July 24, 2014 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico (UNM) have hired Fernando Garzon, a nationally recognized scientist and inventor, to work for both institutions. It is the first joint hire recruited together by Sandia and UNM. “Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have enjoyed a close relationship for […]
Moly 99 reactor using Sandia design could lead to U.S. supply of isotope to track disease
June 16, 2014 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque startup company has licensed a Sandia National Laboratories technology that offers a way to make molybdenum-99, a key radioactive isotope needed for diagnostic imaging in nuclear medicine, in the United States. Known as moly 99, it is made in aging nuclear reactors outside the country, and concerns about future shortages […]
Scientists help entrepreneurs make business dreams come true
May 12, 2014 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bill Watts knows a thing or two about data-center computers. One is that they’re dangerous to move. “A server cabinet is 8 feet tall with 3,500 pounds of equipment,” he said. “If it starts to tip over, there’s no way you can stop it.” Watts, an Intel Corp. veteran who at one […]
Tech transfer program shares Sandia’s science, creates jobs for two decades
April 24, 2014 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For 20 years, Sandia National Laboratories researchers have been able to leave to start or join small companies, knowing they can return. Their work has made a difference: creating jobs, bringing Sandia expertise into the private sector and boosting economic development, a new survey shows. “The Entrepreneurial Separation to Transfer Technology (ESTT) […]
Entrepreneur teams with Sandia scientists to bring life-saving vaccines to far reaches of the world
March 25, 2014 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Getting life-saving vaccines to the most remote parts of the world is no easy feat. Biopharmaceuticals are highly sensitive to heat and cold and can perish if their temperature shifts a few degrees. “The vast majority of the world’s population lives in areas where electricity and refrigeration are not reliable,” said Bruce […]