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Sandia physicist leads effort to revamp former jail into winter refuge for city’s homeless

November 13, 2017, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One weekend a month, Rosalie Multari drives west through the petroglyphs, past the Three Sisters volcanoes, following dirt paths and loose gravel roads, until she reaches what was once an Albuquerque jail. Just inside the perimeter gate — still adorned with razor wire in some areas —...

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...

New Sandia fellowship named after first female director of nuclear security lab

July 24, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has established a new fellowship program, named after its immediate past director, Jill Hruby, in hopes of attracting and recruiting talented women in engineering and science fields who are interested in becoming technical leaders in national security. The Jill Hruby Fellowship Program will immerse...

American Indian engineers present inaugural award to Sandia diversity specialist

November 10, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Introducing the first recipient of the Blazing Flame Award from the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) requires a customary introduction. Translated from Navajo: “They call me Marie Capitan. I am Navajo and Alaskan. I am born to the Water’s Edge People clan and born for...
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Lockheed Martin Mars Experience Bus stops in Albuquerque with virtual tour of red planet

October 24, 2016, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The world’s first virtual reality vehicle for groups of participants is making a stop in Albuquerque on a cross-country tour, giving students a chance to traverse the surface of Mars from inside a school bus. The Lockheed Martin Generation Beyond: Mars Experience Bus will stop at Tomasita...
The Generation Beyond: Mars Experience Bus will stop in Albuquerque the week of Oct. 24, giving students a unique opportunity to visit the surface of Mars. (Photos courtesy of Lockheed Martin Corp.)

Sandia experts, students explore mechanical challenges at summer institute

August 30, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — How many engineers does it take to study two steel bars bolted together? Nearly 40 students ranging from local high school youths to international postdoctoral fellows gathered this summer at Sandia National Laboratories’ Nonlinear Mechanics and Dynamics (NOMAD) Summer Research Institute to study this deceptively simple system for...
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Anela Bajric a participant in Sandia National Laboratories’ NOMAD Summer Research Institute

Sandia celebrates 30 years of STEM program for local students

July 27, 2016, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Since 1986, Sandia National Laboratories has helped more than 3,000 middle and high school students get involved in fun, hands-on science and engineering activities and explore a variety of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers. That 30-year milestone will be celebrated July 29 with former students,...
A student works on an HMTech project. HMTech began in 1986 as an after-school program at Albuquerque's Career Enrichment Center.

Joining forces: Military students get a taste of national lab research

July 14, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Two years ago, West Point cadet Willahelm Wan signed on to spend a few summer weeks at Sandia National Laboratories in a real-world research environment. What he learned changed his career. “At Sandia, everything is connected,” he said. “Projects have multiple components and overlap between departments. I...

Former Army ranger receives Sandia-Livermore Chamber of Commerce Student of the Year Award

July 12, 2016 • LIVERMORE, Calif – Former Army ranger Damon Alcorn has received the Sandia National Laboratories-Livermore Chamber of Commerce Student of the Year Award. Presented at the chamber’s State of the City Luncheon on June 23, the annual award highlights a Las Positas College student who demonstrates exemplary academic achievements and leadership....
Damon Alcron has received the Sandia-Livermore Chamber Award

High school girls recognized for math, science accomplishments

June 7, 2016 • LIVERMORE, Calif. – Celeste Rohlfing, chief operating officer at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), presented Sandia National Laboratories’ 25th annual Math and Science Awards to 28 young women from San Francisco Bay Area high schools. Rohlfing, a chemist at Sandia for 11 years, was one of...

Two Sandia student interns named Goldwater Scholars

June 3, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories student interns Hattie Schunk and Julian A. Vigil have been named 2016 Goldwater Scholars. The undergraduate scholarship, established by Congress in 1986 to honor former Sen. Barry Goldwater, annually pays tuition, fees, books and room and board for 250 college sophomores and juniors pursuing...
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Livermore educators win Sandia Excellence in Teaching awards

May 18, 2016 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — A recent knock on the classroom doors of three Livermore teachers brought a welcome surprise — the news that Heather Dion, Donna Lee and Amanda Johnston had won the Sandia National Laboratories Excellence in Teaching Award. Given annually to teachers in the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School...
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Sandia’s California site invites community to 60th anniversary celebration

May 11, 2016, Media Advisory • LIVERMORE, Calif. –Sixty years ago, the Giants played baseball in New York and the Athletics in Kansas City, Dwight Eisenhower was president and Sandia National Laboratories opened its California site in the city of Livermore, which at the time had a population of under 10,000. Because of Sandia’s California site...

Mentoring café a forum for Sandia researchers to spark girls’ interest in STEM careers

March 12, 2016, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque middle school and high school girls will receive speed mentoring from influential female leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at Sandia National Laboratories’ first STEM Mentoring Café on Saturday, March 12, at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History. STEM Mentoring Café is...
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Sandia Labs recruiter, scientist win Black Engineer of the Year awards

February 9, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two members of the Sandia National Laboratories staff are recipients of 2016 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) awards. Ken Holley was honored for community service and Conrad James with a special recognition award. BEYA is a program of the national Career Communications Group, an advocate for...

Sandia, Georgia Institute of Technology form academic collaboration

June 9, 2015 • ATLANTA — Sandia National Laboratories and The Georgia Institute of Technology today signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU), establishing a strategic collaboration that seeks to solve science and technology problems of national importance. Sandia President and Laboratories Director Paul Hommert and Georgia Tech President G. P. “Bud” Peterson signed...
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High school girls honored for math, science achievements

May 21, 2015 • LIVERMORE, Calif. – Sandia National Laboratories has presented its annual Math and Science Awards to 31 girls from San Francisco Bay Area high schools, celebrating their academic accomplishments and potential. “I want to congratulate each of you for your academic excellence and encourage you to continue your passion for math...
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Sandia, Purdue University sign memorandum of understanding to establish strategic alliance

April 16, 2015 • WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sandia National Laboratories and Purdue University today signed an extensive, five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic alliance that seeks to solve science and technology problems of national importance. The document was signed by Sandia President and Laboratories Director Paul Hommert and Purdue President Mitch...
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Sandia Labs tops $6.5 million in United Way donations

March 23, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories employees and retirees in 2014 increased donations to the United Way of Central New Mexico (UWCNM) by 8.2 percent over the previous year, giving $6,556,666 to the charitable organization. “Sandians are amazingly generous and recognize the community’s needs,” said Pam Catanach, who coordinates the...
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Sandia, University of Illinois sign research agreement

December 11, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have signed an extensive, five-year agreement that aims to solve science and technology problems of national importance. The enhanced partnership has three principal goals: solve big problems, sustain and engage human capital and accelerate technology adoption. The...
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Electric Car Challenge sparks students’ STEM interest

November 20, 2014, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Aspiring automotive engineers from 27 middle schools across New Mexico will compete in the New Mexico Electric Car Challenge on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Highland High School gymnasium in Albuquerque. Forty-six teams will participate in a race, a design competition...
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Two boys design their electric car.

Sandia to ink MOU with New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

November 19, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories President and Labs Director Paul Hommert will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science’s executive director Charles Walter and foundation executive director Jotina Trussell at the museum’s Start Up exhibit Friday, Nov. 21, at 11:45...

High school girls honored for math, science achievements

May 30, 2014 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories’ California site recently presented its annual Math and Science Awards to 27 girls from area high schools, celebrating their academic accomplishments and potential. “For more than two decades, Sandia has recognized young women from various public schools for academic excellence,” said the vice president...

Sandia chemist Mitch Anstey to illuminate the Smithsonian Future Is Here Festival

May 16, 2014, Media Advisory • WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chemist Mitch Anstey of Sandia National Laboratories will join Patrick Stewart, George Takei, Brian Greene, Sara Seager and other notable minds from the galaxy of science and science fiction at Smithsonian Magazine’s The Future Is Here Festival on May 16-18 in Washington, D.C. Anstey’s talk, “Let’s Make...
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Cyber Technologies Academy at Sandia offers free classes to high school students

May 2, 2014, Media Advisory • LIVERMORE, Calif. — In the rapidly changing world of cybersecurity, who better to learn from than the professionals who live in that world every day? High school students are getting just that opportunity through Sandia National Laboratories’ Cyber Technologies Academy, free classes for high school students interested in computer science...
Cyber Technologies Academy
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