Media advisories

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Sandia showcase shines a light on research and tech transfer

September 4, 2013, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories will again take its cutting-edge research and technology to the community at a daylong event that will also spotlight intellectual property and how to do business with the labs through licensing, partnership agreements, procurement and economic development programs. The second annual Sandia Research &...

Categories: Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, community, economic development, national laboratories, national labs, partnerships, research, showcase, small business, tech transfer, technology

Sandia hosts annual Robot Rodeo

June 17, 2013, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories is hosting the seventh annual Western National Robot Rodeo and Capability Exercise, a lively and challenging five-day event that draws civilian and military bomb squad teams from across the country to see who can most effectively defuse dangerous situations with the help of robots....

Categories: Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: bomb technicians, competition, first responders, police, robot, Robot Rodeo, Robotic Vehicle, robotics, simulation

Sandia hosting national conversation on engineering

May 28, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia President and Laboratories Director Paul Hommert says U.S. prosperity depends on effective use of engineering to turn scientific innovation into products that come rapidly to market and increasingly are made in the U.S.A. The National Engineering Forum (NEF) and Sandia are bringing together regional leaders for...

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories

Sandia employees reach out to Hispanic students with Manos

April 15, 2013, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories is hosting its annual Manos program, which targets Hispanic middle school students and is designed to encourage interest in math, science and engineering. The program was launched 23 years ago by Sandia’s Hispanic Leadership Outreach Committee, today led by Sandia employees Pat Sena and...

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories

Topics: education, national laboratories, Sandia, STEM

National workshop brings career development help to Sandia postdocs, student interns

July 17, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The American Chemical Society’s ACS on Campus is bringing career development workshops for scientists and engineers to Sandia National Laboratories’ postdoctoral fellows and interns, only the second time the program has come to a national laboratory. ACS on Campus will kick off the evening of July 19...

Categories: Chemistry, Conferences / Symposia, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: American Chemical Society, chemistry, national laboratories, Sandia, Science Cafe, science workshops

Sandia continues long tradition of holiday giving

December 22, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories continues a more than 50-year tradition of generosity with donations of gifts of shoes, toys, gift cards and food. This year, more than 500 children benefitted from Sandia’s longest holiday tradition, Shoes for Kids, which was started in Sandia’s early days by two scientists...

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories, Operations / Budget

Sandia webinar to discuss real estate appraisals for photovoltaic installations

December 1, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Finding a way to appraise residential and commercial properties with photovoltaic installations is a growing challenge facing the nation’s real estate industry. As more homes and businesses turn to solar PV power, the need grows for ways to fairly assess the value of the installations and the...

Categories: Media advisories, Renewable energy

Annual Robot Rodeo at Sandia National Laboratories to help prepare first responders

May 23, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Media representatives are welcome at the fifth annual Western National Robot Rodeo on Wednesday, May 25, from 8-10 a.m. at Sandia National Laboratories. The Robot Rodeo is a four-day, 10-event technical competition for bomb squads and other public safety organizations that use hazardous duty robots. “This competition...

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Topics: robotics

Sandia, Los Alamos labs to honor businesses’ innovations at New Mexico Small Business Assistance event

April 4, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A baler design that could economically bring alpaca fleece to market. A method to remove sediment from a northern New Mexico reservoir. An improved pesticide sprayer to reduce disease-carrying mosquitoes in the developing world. These are among the 10 projects by small companies that received technical assistance in...

Categories: Media advisories, Operations / Budget

Sandia re-dedicates building 898 as Pete V. Domenici National Security Innovation Center

February 16, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Labs director Paul Hommert will re-dedicate Sandia’s Weapons Integration Facility (building 898) as the Pete V. Domenici National Security Innovation Center at a ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18, at the southeast corner of Sandia National Laboratories’ MESA complex on Kirtland Air Force Base. Sen. Domenici...

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Needy children to receive new shoes thanks to Sandia’s Shoes for Kids Program

January 25, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Since Sandia’s Shoes for Kids campaign began 54 years ago, the volunteer effort has provided about 12,300 pairs of shoes to needy school children. The program began when two Sandia National Laboratories scientists decided that instead of exchanging …

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Albuquerque mayor to address summit showcasing Sandia’s economic impact on local economy, small businesses

January 5, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories will host Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry and other community leaders at its 2010 Economic Impact Summit on Tuesday, Jan. 11. The summit will highlight the role Sandia plays in the local economy and community. At the summit, Sandia will release its annual “Economic Impact...

Categories: Media advisories, Operations / Budget

Sandia opens Employee Caring Program Campaign (United Way) with first ever Domino Dare

October 4, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – In a split-second, dominoes come tumbling down, each one encouraging the other as they spark a chain reaction. As the No. 1 contributor for more than 50 years to the United Way of Central New Mexico, Sandia has continually worked to make a difference in our community....

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Solar cars, green ideas on offer at Sandia Labs’ S3: Safe, Secure, Sustainable Fair

August 23, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A former electrical lineman who lost his arm in a workplace accident and a national expert on food safety and sustainability will give keynote presentations at Sandia National Laboratories’ S3: Safe, Secure, Sustainable Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 25, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. In addition to the speakers,...

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Reborn Ion Beam Lab has grand opening, with talk by Sen. Bingaman to follow

August 19, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Sandia National Laboratories’ President Paul Hommert welcomes U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich and Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry, who will speak at the grand opening of Sandia National Laboratories’ reborn Ion Beam Laboratory in a ceremony from 9:30–10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20. B-roll of the intense beams...

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Sandia Science & Technology Park to host news conference on economic impact results

July 29, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) will host a news conference for Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry to announce the results of an economic impact report by the Mid-Region Council of Governments (MRCOG). The conference will be Tuesday, Aug. 3, at 10:45 a.m. at Ted Hobbs Park on...

Categories: Awards, Media advisories

Sandia Labs returns to normal operations

July 12, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — All shelter-in-place orders to Sandia National Laboratories employees have been lifted. Earlier today, multiple shootings occurred at the EMCORE facility outside Kirtland Air Force Base. The Eubank employee and contractor security gates are closed although it is believed they will open for business tomorrow as normal. Members of the news...

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Sandia employees remain in place after shooting outside Kirtland Air Force Base

July 12, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Multiple shootings have occurred at the EMCORE facility outside Kirtland Air Force Base. Certified and trained Sandia emergency personnel are responding to assist the Albuquerque police and fire departments and Kirtland Air Force Base with the emergency. In addition, off-site emergency organizations have been notified. Sandia employees near the...

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Sandia Labs director and his successor join forces at biannual State of the Labs

June 10, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Media representatives are invited to a press conference with Sandia National Laboratories President and Labs Director Tom Hunter and his successor, President and Labs Director-designee Paul Hommert, just before Sandia’s biannual State of the Labs presentation Tuesday, June 15. Marking a historic transition for Sandia, Hunter and...

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Sandia steam plant demolition marks new era of efficiency, fewer emissions

May 26, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories invites media representatives to watch the start of demolition of an 18,000-square-foot steam plant that has been part of the skyline at the federal laboratory for 60 years. The demolition of the obsolete facility marks the completion of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s $60...

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Sandia Labs press briefing scheduled for 12:30 p.m. today

May 13, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia President and Laboratories Director Tom Hunter will hold a single subject press briefing from 12:30-1 p.m. today at Sandia’s main administration building. News media wishing to attend today’s press briefing should call the Media Relations help line at 844-4902, Iris Aboytes at 844-2282 or Stephanie Holinka...

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Sandia to conduct controlled explosives test today

April 20, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories plans to conduct one controlled explosive test sometime between 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on April 20 at Sandia’s Coyote test field on the south side of Kirtland Air Force Base. Some Albuquerque residents could hear some booms associated with the experiment. Some black...

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Sandia Labs to highlight evolving national security mission in Washington, D.C., 60th anniversary events

September 11, 2009 • Sandia National Laboratories will hold a media availability Sept. 15 at the National Press Club featuring several of the lab’s technical experts and the National Nuclear Security Administration’s top Defense Programs official, followed by a technical exposition Sept. 16 at the Capitol Visitor Center showcasing state-of-the-art national security technologies. News...

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Media Day at Sandia National Laboratories Aug. 19

August 3, 2009 • Media invited to see the future of transportation and electric powerALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Imagine a future of cleaner, safer transportation and cleaner, smarter electric power that reenergizes America and makes the country more secure.Media can get a glimpse of that future a…

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Sandia sponsors Earth, Wind, and Sun conference

July 16, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Speakers, booths, tours and workshops on how to green buildings to conserve energy and water and to reduce the environmental impact of transportation will be part of the second annual Earth, Wind and Sun conference sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories...

Categories: Media advisories, Renewable energy

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