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 and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, […]
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Mentoring café a forum for Sandia researchers to spark girls’ interest in STEM careers
March 12, 2016 – 5:00 am
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 a national, interagency effort designed […]
Sandia Labs recruiter, scientist win Black Engineer of the Year awards
February 9, 2016 – 5:00 am
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 corporate diversity, and is part […]
Sandia, Georgia Institute of Technology form academic collaboration
June 9, 2015 – 11:59 am
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 the document at the Centergy […]
High school girls honored for math, science achievements
May 21, 2015 – 12:00 pm
Mentorship opportunities key to Sandia recognition program 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 […]
Sandia, Purdue University sign memorandum of understanding to establish strategic alliance
April 16, 2015 – 10:35 am
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 Daniels at Sandia’s office in […]
Sandia Labs tops $6.5 million in United Way donations
March 23, 2015 – 5:00 am
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 labs’ Employee Caring Program (ECP). […]
Sandia, University of Illinois sign research agreement
December 11, 2014 – 10:10 am
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 agreement will augment connections between […]
Electric Car Challenge sparks students’ STEM interest
November 20, 2014 – 8:10 am
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 and an optional oral presentation. The […]
Sandia to ink MOU with New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
November 19, 2014 – 11:00 am
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 a.m. The museum is located […]
High school girls honored for math, science achievements
May 30, 2014 – 6:00 am
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 of Sandia’s California site, Steve […]
Sandia chemist Mitch Anstey to illuminate the Smithsonian Future Is Here Festival
May 16, 2014 – 5:00 am
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 Light of the Situation,” will […]
Cyber Technologies Academy at Sandia offers free classes to high school students
May 2, 2014 – 5:00 am
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 and cybersecurity. “The Cyber Technologies […]
Sandia Labs tops $6 million in United Way donations
February 27, 2014 – 9:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories employees and retirees in 2013 increased donations to the United Way of Central New Mexico by 8.2 percent over the previous year, giving $6,050,426 to the charitable organization. “This level of generosity is astounding,” said Kelly Westlake, Sandia’s 2013 Employee Caring Program campaign chair. “Sandians faced the prospect of […]
Economic impact report spotlights Sandia’s commitment to business
February 24, 2014 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories spent roughly $975 million on goods and services in fiscal year 2013 and New Mexico businesses were awarded more than $420 million, or 43 percent, of the total, according to the labs’ latest economic impact report. U.S. small businesses received nearly $500 million in Sandia contracts, with the New […]