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Black Engineer of the Year honoree inspires youth to excel in STEM
January 20, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — There’s more to receiving a Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) award than being a winner, says Aaron Brundage of Sandia National Laboratories.“The intent of the award is to provide guidance to young people to pursue careers in science, technology, en…
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California educators win Sandia Excellence in Teaching awards
December 20, 2013 • LIVERMORE, Calif.— Sandia National Laboratories’ Livermore, Calif., site presented two local teachers with Excellence in Teaching Awards at the regular meeting of the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District’s Board of Education on Dec. 10. Terry Greenaway, a sci…
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N.M. Safety Professional of the Year awarded to Sandia Labs employee
December 19, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Sandia National Laboratories employee has been named New Mexico Safety Professional of the Year for her expertise in the safety profession, including working with Sandia researchers to make their labs as safe as possible. Terri Wallis, an environment, safety and security professional who joined Sandia in...
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Engineer honored for contributions to precision strike systems
December 4, 2013 • Advanced Hypersonic Weapon work caps Sandia Labs honoree’s career ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The chief engineer of Conventional Prompt Global Strike programs at Sandia National Laboratories has been honored with a national award for his outstanding contributions to precision strike systems. Gary Polansky, an engineer in Sandia’s Flight Systems department, won...
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American Indian group names Sandia engineer 2014 Professional of the Year
November 19, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Randy McKee’s passion is engineering excellence. “I’m a process guy,” says the Cherokee Nation member. “I always put that first in anything I do.” Close behind is his desire to help young people become professional engineers. McKee has spent countless hours mentoring in minority recruitment, graduate and...
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Sandia’s Katherine Guzman receives national Hispanic award for technical contributions
October 31, 2013 • [caption id="attachment_8051" align="alignright" width="239"] Sandia's Katherine Guzman, who was recently named a HENAAC 2013 Luminary honoree. (Photo by Dino Vournas) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.[/caption]LIVERMORE, Calif.— The Hispanic Engineer Na…
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Sandia recognized for sustainable greenhouse gas management
October 24, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) awarded Sandia National Laboratories a Best in Class Sustainability Award for improvements in the labs’ Saturn and High Energy Radiation Megavolt Electron Source (HERMES) III pulsed power facilities. Sandia was recognized for reducing the use of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) with an...
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High Energy Radiation Megavolt Electron Source (HERMES) pulsed power facility

Already “outstanding poster” selected for international exhibit
July 22, 2013 • Sandia researchers score MRS “outstanding” rating two years running ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Hongyou Fan was honored for his “outstanding poster” at the 2013 Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in San Francisco. His was one of only 12 posters selected out of 2,147 at...
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Sandia wins three R&D 100 awards
July 8, 2013 • 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...
Categories: Awards, Chemistry, Computing, Energy / Environment / Water, Homeland security, Materials Science, Military / Defense, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

New Mexico group wins money to educate public on climate science
June 20, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With interest in climate change heating up, a New Mexico group has won a $3,000 American Chemical Society Presidential Climate Science Challenge Grant to help educate the public on climate science issues. The award to the Central New Mexico section of the ACS will help the group...
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Scientists team with entrepreneurs to make business happen
May 2, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hurricane Katrina whipped up huge, powerful waves that caused severe destruction in 2005 along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. The size and strength of the waves convinced Phil Kithil of Santa Fe there had to be a way to harness that energy. His invention of a...
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White House honors nurse for helping women veterans, children
April 29, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Michelle Racicot, a contract family nurse practitioner at Sandia National Laboratories, was one of 14 women recognized by first lady Michelle Obama at the White House as Champions of Change. The event during Women’s History Month honored women veterans who have made a major impact on the...
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Sandia researchers bring lab experience to world of business
March 28, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Three Sandia National Laboratories workers were recognized for taking technology out of the labs and into the private sector. Laurence Brown, Matt Donnelly and Jim Pacheco received Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards for their participation in a Sandia program that encourages researchers to take jobs at startup or expanding...
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Black engineers get national awards for reaching beyond the expected
February 26, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Three Sandia National Laboratories staff members who share a commitment to quality and diversity are winners of 2013 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) awards. J. Anthony Wingate, manager of Subsystems and Component Quality Engineering, was named Professional Engineer of the Year for Diversity Leadership. Dennis Owens,...
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Keeping tabs on the world’s dangerous chemicals
February 15, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – In the chemistry labs of the developing world, it’s not uncommon to find containers, forgotten on shelves, with only vague clues to their origins. The label, if there is one, is rubbed away.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Sandia…
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Sandia awards information technology contracts to three firms
February 13, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories has issued three information technology contracts totaling $353 million over a potential term of seven years. The awards streamline IT contracting at the labs. “These contracts replace current IT contracts that are expiring,” said Chris Slater of the Sandia Procurement group. “We are integrating...
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Sandia’s Paul Hommert named FLC Laboratory Director of the Year
February 4, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — Paul Hommert has been named 2013 Laboratory Director of the Year by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for his support of technology transfer activities at Sandia National Laboratories. The FLC said the award recognized the excellence of work during 2012 by Hommert, Sandia’s president and laboratories director,...
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Report spotlights Sandia’s impact on New Mexico economy
February 1, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories spent roughly $900 million on goods and services in fiscal year 2012 and New Mexico businesses were awarded more than $400 million, or 45 percent, of the total, according to the labs’ latest economic impact report. U.S. small businesses received $472.7 million in Sandia...
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