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Texas Tech, U of Utah win Sandia microdevice competition

June 15, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The world’s smallest chess board — about the diameter of four human hairs — and a pea-sized microbarbershop were winners in this year’s design contest for, respectively, novel and educational microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), held at Sandia National Laboratories in mid May. The two winning teams will see...

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Sandia Dream Catcher Program applications now available

June 3, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is accepting applications for the 2010 Dream Catcher Science Program. The Dream Catcher Science Program is a hands-on science and engineering program designed for middle-school and high-school student in grades 6 through 12 who are interested in science, math, and engineering. There is no...

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Sandia National Laboratories leads reliability workshop for growing field of photovoltaic systems integration

May 11, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is using its expertise and long history in photovoltaic (PV) research and development to accelerate the adoption of reliability tools within the growing industry of PV power gen...

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Jennifer Granata and Michael Quintana examine a photovoltaic solar panel at Sandia National Laboratories.

Powering tribal lands: Sandia researcher to discuss off-grid, green technologies for rural areas at law seminar

April 30, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandra Begay-Campbell, leader of Sandia’s Tribal Renewable Energy Program and member of the Navajo Nation, will present “The Potential for Tribal Energy Resource Development in the Southwest” at the Tribal Energy in the Southwest Conference May 3-…

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Topics: women in STEM

Sandra Begay-Campbell stands in front of Window Rock with a solar panel.

Alternative Fuels Challenge allows middle school students to race their own creations

April 16, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On Saturday, April 17, Albuquerque Public Schools, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Public Service Company of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratories will host the fourth annual Alternative Fuels Challenge at Wilson Middle School. More than 30 middle schools teams from Carlsbad, Albuquerque and northern New Mexico will...

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Sandia sponsors Expanding Your Horizons to encourage girls to pursue STEM careers

March 31, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hundreds of middle school and high school girls will investigate rocketry, solar fountains, crime scenes and seismic waves at the annual Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) workshop in Albuquerque on April 3. The event is sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, a

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Assembling robots made of Legos was the focus of one workshop at a recent Sandia-sponsored EYH event in California.

Sandia Labs employees and retirees pledge $4 million to the United Way of Central New Mexico

January 28, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories employees and retirees have pledged more than $4 million to the United Way of Central New Mexico. Sandia is the No. 1 contributor again, a role Sandia has always owned. The $4 million includes $70,000 from Lockheed Martin Co…

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Sandia and Lockheed Martin’s ‘It’s the Write Thing to Do’ essay contest rewards three local students with savings bonds

December 21, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three students from Albuquerque’s traditional public high schools each earned $2,000 U.S. Savings Bonds in the fourth annual scholastic “It’s the Write Thing to Do” essay contest.The program is sponsored by Sandia and Lockheed Martin Corp. as pa…

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Sandia’s Shoes for Kids program makes new shoes possible for needy school children

December 15, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Many children in the Albuquerque area will receive new shoes this year thanks to a program started 53 years ago by two Sandia National Laboratories scientists who instead of exchanging gifts with each other decided to buy shoes for needy school children…

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Sandia/California to celebrate achievements, evolving national security mission during 60th anniversary event

December 9, 2009 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories’ California site will celebrate 60 years of laboratory achievements at a Dec. 17 commemorative event at Sandia’s Livermore campus. News media are invited to attend the event, which kicks off at 10 a.m.Sandia President an…

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Sandian honored by American Indian organization

November 24, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandra Begay-Campbell, a Sandia National Laboratories engineer and a member of the Navajo Nation, was selected for the prestigious Ely S. Parker Award by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society at an honors banquet Oct. 31 in Portland, Ore. Begay-Campbell, who has worked at Sandia for...

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Topics: diversity, women in STEM

Sandia engineer Sandra Begay Campbell received the Ely S. Parker award

“Microswimmer” and extremely tiny testing tool are big winners at Sandia student MEMS contest

June 9, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —A “microswimmer” about the diameter of a human hair won the “novel design” category of the fifth annual Sandia National Laboratories-sponsored MEMS University Alliance Design Competition. The microswimmer, which resembles a tiny fish, is designed to have an aluminum tail that whips back and forth from being heated...

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Sandia, Mesalands Community College sign agreement to jointly research new wind energy technologies

April 23, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In the first arrangement of its kind between a national laboratory and a two-year college, Sandia National Laboratories and Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, N.M., recently signed a memorandum of understanding committing the two organizations to...

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New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program helps 286 small businesses in 2008

March 30, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory, assisted 286 small businesses in 2008 with projects ranging from helping a door restoration company to assisting Nambe Pueblo create a water model.

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Sandia, KAFB volunteers to pack more than 10,000 care packages for troops Saturday, March 7

March 5, 2009 • Event part of Operation USO Care Package ProgramALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — More than 150 volunteers from Sandia National Laboratories and Kirtland Air Force Base will pack more than 10,000 care packages for troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, Saturday, March 7, from 8 a.m. un…

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Sandia Science & Technology Park receives top award

February 11, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sandia Science & Technology Park has received the 13th annual Outstanding Research/Science Park Achievement Award given by the national Association of University Research Parks (AURP).

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Brochure outlining Sandia’s impact to New Mexico now available

February 9, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ economic impact on New Mexico is detailed in a recently released brochure.

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Sandians play key roles in nuclear power associations

February 2, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two employees of Sandia National Laboratories are leading well-respected nuclear power associations, and a retiree has been honored by one of the top organizations in the country.Steve Ortiz, a 29-year Labs employee, is president of the Institute of Nuc…

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Local high schools to compete at kickoff 2009 Bay Area Regional Science Bowl this Saturday

January 29, 2009 • Regional winners qualify to compete in Department of Energy’s National Science BowlLIVERMORE, CALIF. – This Saturday, Sandia National Laboratories California and Las Positas College will host the first of three high school Regional Science Bowls scheduled for the Bay Are…

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Sandia to host first-ever Economic Impact Summit Jan. 22

January 22, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ impact on the State of New Mexico will be the focus of the Labs’ first-ever Economic Impact Summit scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Albuquerque Convention Center, East Building, San Miguel Room.The purpose of the…

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Sandia awards more than $200,000 to community development programs

December 23, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Lockheed Martin Corporation on behalf of Sandia National Laboratories is pleased to award more than $200,000 in grants to programs benefitting the Middle Rio Grande area in the annual Community Development Grant Program.More than 60 percent of the funds …

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Sandia’s giving tree has many branches

December 22, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ employees have just completed the yearly Employee Caring Program.Sandia broke their giving record. Sandia employees and retirees have pledged $3.738 million to the United Way of Central New Mexico, making it the number on…

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Sandia’s microencapsulation project gives local entrepreneur warm glow

December 16, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Microencapsulation isn’t a new technology, but it’s always finding new applications. Familiar uses include the scratch-and-sniff perfume ads in magazines, certain time-release pharmaceuticals, and (perhaps mostly for an older generation) carbonless copy paper.

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Sandia Christmas campaign brings new shoes for needy school children

December 15, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — More than 50 years ago two scientists at Sandia National Laboratories decided to buy shoes for needy children instead of exchanging gifts with one another. “Everyone was very enthusiastic about our idea,” says Sandia retiree John Haaland.

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Sandia’s giving tree has many branches

December 19, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Excitement fills the air as Sandia National Laboratories employees celebrate breaking their own Employee Caring Program giving record. Sandia employees and retirees have pledged $3.559 million to the United Way of Central New Mexico.

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