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Safety matters at Sandia Labs
October 27, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ Cynthia Rivera has been named a Rising Star of Safety, Class of 2021, by the National Safety Council. Rivera joined Sandia as an environment, safety and health coordinator in 2014. Since then, she has guided the development of safety training sessions and materials, ergonomics...
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Cynthia for safety

National 2021 Diversity Team Award goes to Sandia National Labs
September 30, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories recently was recognized for its contributions to its organization and communities as a 2021 Diversity Team Award winner by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Fifteen companies and 16 diversity teams are being celebrated this summer for their teamwork to advance the cause of diversity and...
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Legendary licenses
April 28, 2021 • Licensing expert Bob Westervelt, who has worked to transfer Sandia National Laboratories technologies in the medical, solar and hydrogen production fields, received the 2021 Outstanding Technology Transfer Professional Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium.The consort…
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Black engineer awards expand Sandia Labs spotlight
March 3, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Ten Sandia National Laboratories engineers received Black Engineer of the Year Awards, including Most Promising Scientist, Modern Technology Leaders and Science Spectrum Trailblazers. Honorees include Sandia systems, chemical, computer, electrical, petroleum, manufacturing and mechanical engineers who excel in their respective fields, powering innovation while flexing their technological...
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Sandia radiation expert to lead national health physics organization
February 24, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Charles Potter, a certified health physicist at Sandia National Laboratories, was elected president of the American Academy of Health Physics, an organization that supports certified health physicists and the profession’s certification process. Potter previously served as the organization’s parliamentarian for three years, and as president, he plans...
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Gus Potter

Women rank Sandia National Laboratories among best places to work
January 21, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories was recognized recently by Fairygodboss as one of the Best Companies for Women 2020 and Best Companies where CEOs Support Gender Diversity. Released annually, the honors are based entirely on women’s anonymous reviews left on a social and professional network for highly motivated women...
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Fairy God Boss award

Sandia nuclear physicist selected fellow of AAAS
January 13, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Susan Seestrom, associate laboratories director for advanced science and technology and chief research officer at Sandia National Laboratories, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The physicist was cited “for her pathbreaking work in nuclear physics, especially using ultra cold...
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Global security and cooperation leader recognized by NNSA for leadership, service
December 3, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Rodney Wilson, former director of Sandia’s Center for Global Security and Cooperation, received the National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator’s Distinguished Service Gold Award in recognition of his leadership and service to advance NNSA programs. The plaque, signed by former Administrator Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, recognized Wilson’s contributions to...
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Rodney Wilson

Sandia secures six regional technology transfer awards
November 18, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For responding with innovative solutions during the pandemic, developing solar cell and hydrogen research technology, and creatively working with companies, Sandia National Laboratories won six prestigious regional 2020 Federal Laboratory Consortium awa…
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Mechanical engineer at Sandia named Asian American Engineer of the Year
November 10, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer Bo Song has been recognized as an Asian American Engineer of the Year by the national DiscoverE Program, which honors outstanding Asian American professionals in science and engineering for their technical achievements, leadership and public service. “This is a big honor for...
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AAEOY Bo Song

Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers names Sandia Labs Organization of the Year
October 29, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has been named 2020 Organization of the Year in the government category by the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. The award, presented during the society’s virtual conference this month, recognizes organizations with a longstanding commitment to cultural diversity and inclusion in the workplace....
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Sandia diversity

Hispanic organization honors nuclear waste management leader, cyber assurance architect
October 15, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two experts at Sandia National Laboratories have been honored for their achievements and leadership as top engineers and scientists from the Hispanic community. Evaristo “Tito” Bonano, nuclear energy fuel cycle senior manager, and cyber assurance architect Angela “Ang” Rivas were recognized at the 32nd annual Hispanic Engineer...
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Tito Bonano

Fellow at Sandia Labs appointed to national quantum computing advisory committee
October 13, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories Fellow Gil Herrera has been appointed to the newly established U.S. National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee. Herrera is one of two committee members representing the Department of Energy national laboratories. He joins 20 others from government, industry and academia tasked with advising the nation’s...
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Gil Herrera

‘Magical’ mathematics unlocks engineering honor for Sandia scientist
October 9, 2020 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Tamara Kolda of Sandia National Laboratories has spent a career finding mathematical patterns in data sets ranging from mouse neurons to crime statistics, so when she talks about how ‘magical’ the results seem, even experts in other fields take notice. Kolda was one of 87 members elected...
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Systems engineer a woman worth watching
September 23, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Carrie O’Hara, a systems engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, has been selected as a 2020 Women Worth Watching award winner by Profiles in Diversity Journal. The award, in its 19th year, recognizes dynamic professional women who are using their talents and influence to change our workplaces and...
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Carrie O'Hara woman worth watching

High-performance computer facility at Sandia honored for sustainable building practices
September 16, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is being recognized by the Department of Energy and the Green Building Council for its efforts to support green and sustainable building and construction regarding a new data center addition to its high-performance computing facility. Recently, the facility was given the LEED Gold certification...
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Water rushes through tubes and computer racks, providing a warm-water cooling system and keeping the high-performance computers from overheating at Sandia National Laboratories' newest data center.

Combustion pioneer named Department of Energy fellow
September 10, 2020 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Jacqueline Chen, whose work on fundamental turbulence-chemistry interactions in combustion helped advance the design of automotive, gas turbine and jet engines, was selected by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science as a distinguished scientist fellow — one of only eight researchers in the nation to hold...
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Basic laws of physics spruce up machine learning
August 6, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A proposed project to help scientists use the laws of physics to view multiscale physical events with a clarity never before achieved has won an Early Career Research Program award from the Department of Energy for Sandia National Laboratories researcher Nathaniel Trask. Such work may require observations...
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Nat Trask

DOE Early Career award sends Sandia quantum computing expert’s research to new level
August 4, 2020 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Kevin Young believes that he can improve the performance of modern quantum information processors, and now the Department of Energy Office of Science has named him to their Early Career Research Program, awarding him a grant to continue his work. The program, now in its 11th year,...
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Sandia National Laboratories’ Kevin Young was selected by the Department of Energy Office of Science for its Early Career Research Program.

High school students excel at STEM
July 27, 2020 • LIVERMORE, Calif. – Sandia National Laboratories honored 26 girls from California high schools in the Tri-Valley, East Bay and San Joaquin County at the annual Sandia Women’s Connection Math & Science Awards. The honorees were nominated by their teachers for outstanding accomplishments in STEM. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the students...
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Sandia senior leaders and California elected officials joined the Sandia Women’s Connection in congratulating area high school girls on their academic achievements in math and science. The annual awards ceremony was held virtually due to current COVID-19 restrictions.

Sandia Labs wins 4 national tech transfer awards
April 29, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Technology that helps men test their fertility is among Sandia National Laboratories’ four national awards winners honored by the Federal Laboratory Consortium for work to develop and commercialize innovative technologies. “These awards are highly competitive,” said Jackie Kerby Moore, Sandia’s manager of Technology and Economic Development and...
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Sandia executive named international diversity leader
March 26, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ Mark D. Sellers has been awarded Profiles in Diversity Journal’s annual Diversity Leader Award for advancing the evolution of diversity and inclusion. Sellers, associate labs director for Sandia’s Mission Assurance division, is being recognized for his design and implementation of hiring practices that are...
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Sandia among top 14 companies worldwide for diversity efforts
February 10, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories was recently recognized by Profiles in Diversity Journal as a winner of the 16th Annual Innovations in Diversity Awards, honoring corporations, organizations and institutions that have developed innovative solutions in workforce diversity, inclusion and human equity. Sandia was included in 14 of the world’s...
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