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Sandia researcher Jeff Brinker elected fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

June 27, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jeff Brinker, Sandia National Laboratories fellow and University of New Mexico regents’ professor, has been elected fellow of the oldest learned society and independent policy research center in the United States: the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The academy’s 1780 charter states its purpose is “to...
Brinker

Sandia computational mathematician named SIAM fellow

June 13, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories computational scientist and mathematician John Shadid has been named a 2018 fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Shadid’s selection by SIAM was based upon his research on solution methods for multiphysics systems, scalable parallel numerical algorithms and numerical methods for strongly...
John Shadid

International corrosion society elects first Sandia fellow

June 4, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A decade ago, while studying potential corrosion of containers for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada, Sandia National Laboratories materials scientist David Enos designed an intricate solution to a sticky problem. Computer simulations showed the likelihood of unusually high heat and humidity deep inside...
Categories: Awards, Materials Science
David Enos

First 3-D printed wind-blade mold, energy-saving nanoparticles earn Sandia national awards

April 25, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has won the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer’s national 2018 Technology Focus Award for designing the first wind turbine blades fabricated from a 3-D printed mold, which could dramatically shorten the time and expense of developing new wind energy technology. The labs also...
3D-printed wind turbine blade

Sandia measurements expert named Asian American Engineer of the Year

April 10, 2018 • [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories senior scientist Hy Tran has been named a 2018 Asian American Engineer of the Year. Tran, whose family came to the United States from Vietnam during the Vietnam War, said "the values of education, har…

First Sandia employee honored as 2018 LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year

February 16, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories physicist Danelle Tanner has been named the 2018 Scientist of the Year by the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals. She is the first labs employee to receive the honor since the NOGLSTP created the award in 2004. The annual...

Three Sandia researchers elected fellows of the American Physical Society

February 8, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers Carlos Gutierrez, Alec Talin and Thomas Mattsson have been elected fellows of the American Physical Society. The honor is afforded each year to no more than one half of one percent of the members of the society. Talin, from Sandia’s California site, was...
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National Hispanic engineering organization honors two Sandia engineers

February 5, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The technical achievements of two Sandia National Laboratories weapons engineers have been recognized by Great Minds in STEM, an organization supporting careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Systems analysis manager Steven Trujillo was awarded for his professional achievements and Humberto Santacruz, a lead engineer on Sandia’s...
Santacruz and Trujillo photo

American Indian Science and Engineering Society honors two Sandia employees

January 16, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Ginger Hernandez and Tribal Government Program manager Laurence Brown have been honored by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society for their career accomplishments. Hernandez is the recipient of the AI…
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Sandia National Laboratories researcher Ginger Hernandez has been honored by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society with its 2017 Technical Excellence Award.

Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Award goes to Sandia researcher

December 14, 2017 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Chris LaFleur has received a 2017 Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Award.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories researcher Chris LaFleur, left, receives a Clean Energy …
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Chris LaFleur receives a Clean Energy Education & Empowerment Award

Optical Society elects two Sandia researchers as fellows

November 16, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers Hope Michelsen and Jeff Tsao have been elected fellows of the Optical Society.Michelsen was elected for pioneering contributions to the fundamental understanding of laser-radiation interactions with soot particle…

Sandia researcher receives IEEE Computer Society’s 2017 Sidney Fernbach Award

November 8, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Steve Plimpton, a computational scientist at Sandia National Laboratories’ Center for Computing Research, has received the IEEE Computer Society’s 2017 Sidney Fernbach Award for “high-performance computer simulation frameworks that have advanced r…
Categories: Awards, Computing

Two Sandia engineers named University of New Mexico distinguished alumni

November 1, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico School of Engineering has named two Sandia National Laboratories engineers as distinguished alumni for 2017.Ireena Erteza was honored for electrical and computer engineering and Kenneth Armijo was selected for mechanical eng…

Three Sandia engineers recognized for contributions to advancing women in STEM

October 24, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three Sandia National Laboratories engineers have been recognized by the Society of Women Engineers as part of its annual awards program for their support in the enrichment and advancement of women in engineering. Janet Williams won the Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes members who have made significant...

Sandia computing researcher wins DOE Early Career Research Program Award

October 4, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Tim Wildey has received a 2017 Early Career Research Program award from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Wildey is Sandia’s first winner of the Advanced Scientific Computing Research branch of the prestigious program, said manager Daniel Turner. The national award, now...
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Sandia Labs wins 5 regional technology transfer awards

September 20, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories won five awards from the 2017 Federal Laboratory Consortium for its work to develop and commercialize innovative technologies.The annual FLC awards program recognizes federal laboratories and their industry partners for outs…

Sandia Labs researcher wins national award in computational fluid dynamics

September 12, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Pavel Bochev has been awarded the Thomas J.R. Hughes Medal by the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics. The award is given biannually for “outstanding and sustained contributions to the broad field of computation fluid dynamics.” Sandia manager Michael Parks said Bochev was chosen...

Islamic Center kids, Sandia coach, win big in international STEM competition

September 7, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Motivated by the importance of involving kids in STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math applications, Sandia National Laboratories computer scientist Mohamed Ebeida started a robotics program last year at the Islamic Center of New Mexico for boys and girls from 6 to 14 years old. This...

Trio of Sandia women recognized as leaders in STEM, diversity

August 9, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three Sandia women have received a Women Worth Watching Award, presented by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Chemical engineers Carol Adkins and Justine Johannes each received a Women Worth Watching in STEM Award and were recently profiled in the special STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) edition of...
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Sandia researchers named IEEE fellows

June 27, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two Sandia National Laboratories researchers have been named fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, known as IEEE. Bryan Oliver, senior manager of the Radiation Effects Sciences and Applications Department, was named for his contributions to the theory and simulation of intense particle beams and...
Bryan Oliver
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