Awards

April 22, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three employees from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories have been selected as part of the “50 Most Important Hispanics in Technology and Business” list for 2004 by Hispanic Engineer & Information Technology magazine.

May 14, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories risk analyst Regina Hunter was recently named “Employee of the Year” by CAREERS & the disABLED magazine at the Ramada New Yorker hotel in Manhattan for her advocacy efforts on behalf of handicapped people in the workplace.

May 7, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) today recognized a family of security assessment tools developed at Sandia National Laboratories with a 2003 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer.

May 7, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) today recognized a collaborative effort between Sandia National Laboratories and Law Enforcement Technologies, Inc. (LET) with a 2003 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer.

February 20, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three Sandia National Laboratories engineers have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE): Al Romig, vice president for Science, Technology, and Partnerships; Jack Jakowatz, manager, Signal Processing and Research; and Jim Asay, a Sandia...

September 26, 2001 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sixteen-year-old Alfredo Morales arrived in Los Angeles from Nicaragua in 1985, broke and speaking no English. His education consisted of schoolwork memorized in a Jesuit-run school in war-torn Managua. Like other impoverished immigrants, he enrolled in...

August 2, 2001 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three research teams from the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories have won R&D 100 Awards in the annual competition for innovative technology sponsored byR&D Magazine,a trade magazine based in the Chicago area.

May 4, 2001 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With their mentors and supporters at their side, 21 graduating seniors from eleven Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), five alternative schools, and five outlying schools — Bernalillo, Rio Rancho, Los Lunas, Belen, and Moriarty — were honored with this year’s...

April 10, 2001 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Cynthia Schneeberger, Manager of Sandia National Laboratories’ Supplier Relations Department, has won two awards from the US Small Business Administration (SBA).

September 27, 2000 • LIVERMORE, CA — A research group led by the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories has won an R&D 100 award for innovative technology from R&D Magazine. The team created materials modeling software to optimize design of automotive parts and reduce waste in heat...

July 28, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has presented Sandia with its Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence (Research and Development category) at the 33rd Annual Joint Industry/SBA Procurement Conference/Business Opportunity Expo held in Washington..

July 14, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Three research groups from the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories have won R&D 100 Awards in the annual competition for innovative technology sponsored by R&D Magazine, a trade magazine based in the Chicago area.

July 8, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Sandia National Laboratories two prestigious awards for its work with small and disadvantaged businesses: the Small Business Award for meeting or exceeding its subcontracting goals and for obtaining high rankings...

June 9, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The editors of Discover magazine have announced that Sandia National Laboratories' memory-retentive computer chip has received one of the magazine's ten 1998 Discover Awards.

May 7, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The editors of Discover magazine have announced that two Sandia National Laboratories technologies are among 45 finalists now in the running for 1998 Discover Awards, issued each year by the magazine for the top inventions and engineering achievements of...

February 16, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories' World Wide Web site (http://www.sandia.gov) has been named the top government site by the Web Marketing Association through its 1997 WebAward competition for corporate web sites.

June 1, 1997 • LIVERMORE, Calif. -- A radiation detector the size of a wristwatch with a new kind of crystal and a camera that images and identifies hidden radiation sources, operating at a fraction of its former size, has won Sandia's first "Academy Award of Innovation" from Discover Magazine.

September 26, 1996 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Two Sandians have been named among this year’s Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) winners. Dan Arvizu, Director of Sandia’s Advanced Energy Technology Center, won the Executive Excellence Award. Jim Pacheco, Senior Member of...

July 18, 1996 • ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have won six R&D 100 Awards in this year's competition.

July 9, 1996 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A Sandia National Laboratories theoretical physicist who says he wants his science to make a difference "in the real world" has been selected as the recipient of one of the top honors in physics.

June 27, 1996 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Sandia National Laboratories recently received an award from the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) in recognition of the Labs' workforce diversity program, introduced three years ago at both the New Mexico and California sites. Termed the...

January 5, 1996 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- If the Department of Energy's Basic Energy Sciences (BES) annual awards competition was a horse race, Sandia National Laboratories' sol-gel research program would be a championship bloodline.