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Sandia adds augmented reality to training toolbox

February 6, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When you hear the term “serious gaming” you might envision professional eSports competitors gearing up for a League of Legends World Championship in front of tens of thousands of live fans and tens of millions of streaming fans. At Sandia National Laboratories, serious gaming means something else...

Categories: Homeland security

Topics: augmented reality, global security, international atomic energy agency, international training course, nuclear power, nuclear reactor, physical security, training

Tam Le and Todd Noel use augmented reality

Designing diagnostic labs that are safe, specific and sustainable

January 24, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An outbreak is like a wildfire; the sooner it’s caught, the easier it is to fight, said Vips Halkjaer-Knudsen, a lab design expert at Sandia National Laboratories. To detect an outbreak early — whether Ebola, Zika or influenza — healthcare workers must have a local, trustworthy diagnostic...

Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research, Homeland security

Topics: biorisk management, biosafety, biosecurity, global security, laboratory design, laboratory security, public health, sustainable design

Bill Arndt in biosafety demonstration lab

Aircraft inspectors have new Sandia course to help detect composite material damage

November 28, 2016, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As manufacturers build more wings, fuselages and other major commercial aircraft parts out of solid-laminate composite materials, Sandia National Laboratories has shown that aircraft inspectors need training to better detect damage in these structures. So the Airworthiness Assurance Center — operated by Sandia for the Federal Aviation...

Categories: Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering, Transportation

Composite Nondestructive Inspection Techniques course

Radiation security team from Sandia works behind the scenes at events to protect public

November 14, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Richard Stump has been to five Super Bowls and hasn't seen a single pass, run or touchdown.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories Radiological Assistance Program senior scientist Richard Stump monitors a football fie…

Categories: Homeland security

Topics: Department of Energy, first responders, NNSA, preventative detection, radiation detection, radiation protection, radiological assistance program, RAP, training

Cleaning concrete contaminated with chemicals

September 19, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – In March 1995, members of a Japanese cult released the deadly nerve agent sarin into the Tokyo subway system, killing a dozen people and injuring a thousand more. This leads to the question: What if a U.S. transportation hub was contaminated with a chemical agent? The hub...

Categories: Chemistry, Homeland security

Topics: basic research, chemical agents, chemistry, computational chemistry, concrete, decontamination, Homeland security

Chemical engineer Craig Tenney analyzes modeling results at the John B. Robert Dam

When hurricanes take aim officials can get Sandia’s guidance

September 13, 2016 • LIVERMORE, Calif. – When a hurricane approaches landfall, local, state and tribal governments must work together to decide whether and how they should evacuate large populations to save lives. Emergency managers must make quick decisions, often with outdated information an…

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Homeland security

Topics: DHS, FEMA, Homeland security, hurricane, National Hurricane Program

X-ray vision: Bomb techs strengthen their hand with Sandia’s XTK software

September 6, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In the chaos that followed the terrorist attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon, bomb squads scanned packages at the scene for explosive devices. Two homemade pressure cooker bombs had killed three people and injured more than 250, and techs quickly had to determine if more were waiting...

Categories: Homeland security, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: bomb squads, defense, Homeland security, national labs, tech transfer, X-ray, XTK

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…

Categories: Community / Education, Cybersecurity, Energy / Environment / Water, Homeland security, Nuclear Weapons, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: 60th Anniversary, 60th Anniversary Community Event, additive manufacturing, algae, Altergy, Bankhead Theater, California Fuel Cell Partnership, Combustion Research Facility, cybersecurity, Explosive Destruction System, Fuel Cell Mobile Light, Jill Hruby, Livermore, Marianne Walck, National Security talks, Sandia California, Sandia National Laboratories, SpinDx

Sandia inks emergency response pact with California Fire and Rescue Training Authority

March 30, 2016 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories and the California Fire and Rescue Training Authority (CFRTA) this month signed a memorandum of agreement to develop new concepts and capabilities for emergency planning, exercise and response.The agreement was signed by Mar…

Categories: Homeland security, Nonproliferation

City resilience: Sandia analyzes effects of rising sea levels in Norfolk

March 28, 2016, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In Norfolk, Virginia, an East Coast city that’s home to the world’s largest naval station and important seaports, catastrophic flooding could damage more than homes and roads. A new study from Sandia National Laboratories assesses how much the city, its region and the nation would suffer in...

Categories: Climate Security, Homeland security

Topics: Norfolk, resilience, resiliency, resilient infrastructure, Rockefeller Foundation

Suicide bomb detector moves forward with Sandia engineer’s help

February 18, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On the chilling list of terrorist tactics, suicide bombing is at the top. Between 1981 and 2015, an estimated 5,000 such attacks occurred in more than 40 countries, killing about 50,000 people. The global rate grew from three a year in the 1980s to one a month...

Categories: Homeland security, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: bomb detector, business, collaboration, economic development, Homeland security, NMSBA, partnerships, small business, suicide bombing, suicide vest, tech transfer

Managing the data deluge for national security analysts

November 17, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — After a disaster or national tragedy, bits of information often are found afterward among vast amounts of available data that might have mitigated or even prevented what happened, had they been recognized ahead of time. In this information age, national security analysts often find themselves searching for...

Categories: Computing, Homeland security, Military / Defense

Topics: big data, data analysis, geospatial analytics, national security analysts, visual cognition

New vice president to oversee energy, security, nonproliferation research at Sandia

September 8, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has appointed James M. Chavez vice president of its Energy, Nonproliferation and High Consequence Security Division and its International, Homeland and Nuclear Security Program Management Unit effective Sept. 11. He replaces Jill Hruby, who became Sandia president and labs director in July. Most recently,...

Categories: Homeland security, HR / Personnel, Nonproliferation

‘Laboratory Biorisk Management’ details safety, security methods for biosciences sites

August 25, 2015 • Sandia, international experts publish first biorisk management how-to book ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Recent mishaps at laboratories that mishandled potentially dangerous biological substances and the transmission of the Ebola virus in a U.S. hospital are symptoms at bioscience facilities that two Sandia National Laboratories researchers think could be prevented by implementing...

Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research, Homeland security

Topics: anthrax, biorisk management, biosafety, CRC Press, Ebola, Laboratory Biorisk Management

Laboratory Biorisk Management book editors

Sandia teams with industry to improve human-data interaction

August 13, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Intelligence analysts working to identify national security threats in warzones or airports or elsewhere often flip through multiple images to create a video-like effect. They also may toggle between images at lightning speed, pan across images, zoom in and out or view videos or other moving records....

Categories: Homeland security, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: cognitive, environment, intelligence, medical, security

Sandia tamper-detecting seal is tough to fool

July 7, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A critical area of security is ensuring that something inside a container stays there. Sandia National Laboratories has made the job easier with an innovative technology that detects signs of tampering. “In our world, one advance by an adversary can make a security technology obsolete overnight,” said...

Categories: Cybersecurity, Homeland security, Nonproliferation, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, cargo, container, cybersecurity, Homeland security, sealing, tamper detection, tech transfer

New Sandia director will be first woman to lead national security lab

June 22, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jill M. Hruby today was named the next president and director of Sandia National Laboratories, the country’s largest national lab. She will be the first woman to lead a national security laboratory when she steps into her new role July 17. A Sandia staff member and manager...

Categories: Homeland security, HR / Personnel, Nonproliferation

Topics: director, executive, first female, first woman, WMD

New fog chamber provides testing options that could improve security cameras

June 17, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Fog can play a key role in cloaking military invasions and retreats and the actions of intruders. That’s why physical security experts seek to overcome fog, but it’s difficult to field test security cameras, sensors or other equipment in fog that is often either too thick or...

Categories: Homeland security, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: AFRL, Air Force Research Laboratory, atmospheric, fog, fog chamber, optical, optics, physical security, security cameras

Robot Rodeo at Sandia Labs showcases bomb squad expertise

May 14, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bomb squads from across the country saddled up their robots and are duking it out at the ninth annual Western National Robot Rodeo and Capability Exercise at Sandia National Laboratories. The five-day event offers a challenging platform for civilian and military bomb squad teams to practice defusing...

Categories: Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: bomb squad, robot, Robot Rodeo, robotics, UAV, unmanned aerial vehicle

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...

Categories: Awards, Homeland security, Materials Science

Topics: aaeoy, asian-american, awards, chemistry, diversity, Homeland security, materials science, national labs

Sandia Labs anthrax detector takes home national technology transfer award

February 12, 2015 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories scientists, from left, Jason Harper, Melissa Finley and Thayne Edwards with a BaDx anthrax detector. The three were recognized by the Federal Laboratory Consortium for their work in commercializing t…

Categories: Homeland security, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: anthrax detection, Aquila, awards, BaDx, business, collaboration, economic development, economic impact, Federal Laboratory Consortium, flc, International Biological Threat Reduction, partnerships, small business, tech transfer

Sandia’s Cooperative Monitoring Center promotes global security for 20 years

November 18, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ Cooperative Monitoring Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary of promoting the principles of cooperation and the value of technology in support of international security agreements. Since it was established in 1994, the CMC has worked to address critical security issues by bringing together policy...

Categories: History, Homeland security

Topics: confidence-building measures, foreign affairs, international affairs, international cooperation, monitoring, nuclear threat reduction

MINER shines in urban emergency response exercise

October 30, 2014 • Mobile imager of fast neutrons spots radiation source at a distance and through shielding[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories' Mark Gerling, left, and John Goldsmith demonstrated the effectiveness of the mobile imager of neutrons for em…

Categories: Homeland security, Nonproliferation, Physics

Topics: chicago, emergency exercise, nonproliferation, nuclear detector, nuclear material, radiation, radiation detection

In-flight sensor tests a step toward Structural Health Monitoring for safer flights

September 29, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Nine commercial aircraft flying regular routes are on the frontier of aviation safety, carrying sensors that monitor their structural health along with their routine maintenance. These flight tests are part of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification process that will make the sensors widely available to U.S....

Categories: Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering, Transportation

Topics: air travel safety, airlines, aviation, aviation safety, Boeing, Delta Air Lines, FAA, NDI, nondestructive inspection, SHM, structural health monitoring

Sandia report draws lessons learned from ‘perfect heists’ for national security

August 19, 2014 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — In 2003, the unthinkable happened at Belgium’s Antwerp Diamond Center. Thieves broke into its reputedly impenetrable vault and made off with hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds, gold, cash and other valuables.[caption id="" align="ali…

Categories: Homeland security

Topics: national security, security

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