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Chemical engineer named University of New Mexico distinguished alumna
October 14, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The director of Sandia National Laboratories’ Energy Technologies and System Solutions Center has received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Engineering. Carol Adkins was honored as one of seven distinguished alumni recognized this year for her significant impact on UNM’s...
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Carol Adkins

Sandia Labs HENAAC honorees find common threads in diversity
September 21, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Thousands of miles separate the hometowns of Patrick Sena and Abraham Ellis. Sena grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Ellis in Chitre, Panama, but they shared upbringings centered on family, community and culture. “What does it mean to be Hispanic?” said Ellis, manager of Photovoltaic...
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Sandia Labs takes home regional tech transfer awards
August 17, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has won four regional awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for its work to develop and commercialize innovative technologies. One award honored business development specialist Bianca Thayer as Technology Transfer Professional of the Year. Sandia technologies recognized by the FLC’s Far West/Mid-Continent regions...
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Computational mathematician at Sandia receives DOE’s Lawrence Award
June 11, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Pavel Bochev, a computational mathematician, has received an Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award for his pioneering theoretical and practical advances in numerical methods for partial differential equations. “This is the most prestigious mid-career honor that the Department of Energy awards,” said Bruce Hendrickson, director...
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Pavel Bochev

RAPTOR turbulent combustion code selected for next-gen supercomputer readiness project
May 27, 2015 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — RAPTOR, a turbulent combustion code developed bySandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer Joseph Oefelein, was selected as one of 13 partnership projects for the Center for Accelerated Application Readiness (CAAR).CAAR is a U.S. Department of Ene…
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Optical diagnostics researcher at Sandia wins DOE Early Career award
May 15, 2015 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Christopher Kliewer has won a $2.5 million, five-year Early Career Research Program award from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science for his fundamental science proposal to develop new optical diagn…
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Christopher Kliewer

Pulsed-power physicist receives IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science award
May 5, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — William Stygar, manager of Sandia National Laboratories’ Advanced Accelerator Physics department, has been selected to receive the Erwin Marx Award by the Pulsed Power Science and Technology Committee of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society. The award’s previous recipients “are a who’s who of the leaders...
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Bill Stygar

Nuclear power safety expert from Sandia elected to National Academy of Engineering
May 4, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A former Sandia National Laboratories senior scientist and nuclear safety expert who studied the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear power plant accidents during his more than 40-year career has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Dana Powers, who recently retired from...
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Dana Powers

Asian American engineering honorees credit families for success
February 19, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two scientists at Sandia National Laboratories thought back to their roots when they won Asian American Engineer of the Year (AAEOY) awards: Somuri Prasad to a village in India and Patrick Feng to a refuge in America. Prasad’s father helped found the first school in his native...
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Sandia Labs BEYA winner listened and excelled
February 16, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Growing up in Wichita, Kansas, Jon Madison had a strong sense of who he was and where he was going. “I wasn’t an average kid,” he said. “Whatever my peers were doing, chances are I wasn’t doing it. After school and weekends I helped with my family’s...
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Two Sandia leaders elected AAAS Fellows
December 1, 2014 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="180"] Gil Herrera, director of Sandia’s Microsystems Science, Technology and Components Center and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Photo courtesy of Sandia National Labs) Click on the thumbnail fo…
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State safety award goes to Sandia engineer
November 26, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Luis G. Amezcua, a surveillance assessment engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, began his safety career in Mexico helping improve safety standards in the construction industry. His career has followed an interesting trajectory. Amezcua received the New Mexico Safety Professional of the Year award from the American Society...
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Math skill put Sandia Labs HENAAC honoree on the path to success
October 2, 2014 • 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 fro…
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Security professional at Sandia nationally recognized with annual NNSA award
July 18, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories security professional Paulette Solis has received the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Bradley A. Peterson Contractor Security Professional of the Year Award. This year’s federal honoree is Susan Christian-Payne of the Nevada Field Office, who received the NNSA’s Bradley A. Peterson Federal Security Professional...
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Sandia researchers win three R&D 100 awards
July 11, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers — competing in an international pool of universities, corporations and government labs — captured three R&D 100 Awards in this year’s contest. R&D Magazine presents the awards each year to researchers whom its editors and independent judging panels determine have developed the year’s...
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IED detector developed by Sandia Labs being transferred to Army
June 26, 2014 • Copperhead Synthetic Aperture Radar system helps troops by detecting IEDs day or night, in any weather ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Detecting improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan requires constant, intensive monitoring using rugged equipment. When Sandia researchers first demonstrated a modified miniature synthetic aperture radar (MiniSAR) system to do just that, some...
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Copperhead

DOE Early Career award won by Sandia researcher Stephanie Hansen
June 9, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A $2.5 million, five-year Early Career Research Program award from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has been won by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Stephanie Hansen for her fundamental science proposal to improve existing atomic-scale models for high-energy-density matter. Thirty-five winners were chosen by peer...
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Stephanie Hansen

Licensing executive named distinguished fellow by international organization
June 5, 2014 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Craig Smith, a licensing and business development specialist at Sandia National Laboratories, has been selected as a distinguished fellow by the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) and its Chemicals, Energy, Environment and Materials (CEEM…
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Sandia researcher Mike Desjarlais wins 2014 IEEE Plasma Science and Applications Award
May 23, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Plasma Science and Applications Award has been won by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Mike Desjarlais. His work was cited for “pioneering contributions to the understanding of electrical and thermal transport properties, and [for] equations of state for materials...
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Michael Desjarlais

Scientists help entrepreneurs make business dreams come true
May 12, 2014 • 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...
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American Physical Society names four Sandia fellows
May 7, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Four Sandia researchers have been named Fellows of the American Physical Society, an honor that indicates recognition by scientific peers of exceptional contributions to physics. No more than one half of 1 percent of APS membership can be elected in a given year. Those honored are: Charles...
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