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Sustainability push unites Sandia facilities and research
December 18, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories has launched a Sustainability Innovation Foundry that combines labs-wide resource conservation with efforts to turn research in fields related to sustainability into business opportunities. “Sandia has experience on the facilities side and a tremendous wealth of knowledge on the R&D side,” said Jack Mizner,...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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Traumatic brain injury patients, supercomputer simulations studied to improve helmets
November 14, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico are comparing supercomputer simulations of blast waves on the brain with clinical studies of veterans suffering from mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) to help improve helmet designs. Paul Taylor and John Ludwigsen of Sandia’s Terminal Ballistics...
Categories: Military / Defense, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Traumatic brain injury simulation

First Sandia tech showcase shines a light on research, business
September 5, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories’ cutting-edge research and technology will be on display next week at a daylong event. Tips on intellectual property issues and on how to do business with the Labs through licensing, partnership agreements, procurement and economic development programs also will be featured at the first...
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Sandia Science & Technology Park fuels economy with jobs, tax revenue, spending
August 28, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The $1.89 billion in economic activity generated by the Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) since it was established in 1998 has produced more than $73 million in tax revenue for the state of New Mexico and $10.4 million for the city of Albuquerque, according to a...
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Sandia Science & Technology Park to host news conference on economic impact results
August 23, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) will host a news conference Tuesday to announce the results of an economic impact report by the Mid-Region Council of Governments (MRCOG). The findings will be reported by the city of Albuquerque, represented by Chief Administrative Officer Rob Perry, and Bernalillo...
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Labs small-business assistance program named Manufacturing Advocate of the Year
July 13, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) Program has received the 2012 Manufacturing Advocate of the Year award from the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) under the U.S. Department of Commerce. The MEP award recognized the program’s “commitment to the business growth and transformation of U.S.-based manufacturing through...
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Sandia wins four R&D 100 Awards
June 20, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers — competing in an international pool of universities, corporations and government labs — captured four prestigious R&D 100 Awards in this year’s contest. R&D Magazine presents the awards each year to researchers whom its editors and independent judging panels determine have developed the year’s...
Categories: Awards, Computing, Energy / Environment / Water, Nuclear Weapons, Operations / Budget, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Neutron generator

Sandia Labs technology used in Fukushima cleanup
May 29, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Sandia National Laboratories technology has been used to remove radioactive material from more than 43 million gallons of contaminated wastewater at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Sandia researchers had worked around the clock following the March 2011 disaster to show the technology worked in...
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Partnership program seeks small-business groups needing technical help
May 15, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) Program is looking for groups of companies facing common challenges that could use technical assistance from researchers at Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories. NMSBA is soliciting proposals for 2013 leveraged projects, in which two or more small businesses request...
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Innovation Celebration spotlights teamwork between science and business
May 1, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A kick in the teeth got Delano Romero thinking about mouth guards. An Albuquerque martial artist, Romero was sparring in Brazilian jiu-jitsu when his mouth took a hit. His over-the-counter mouth guard didn’t do its job, and his teeth fractured. Romero decided to develop a better mouth guard,...
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ER doc, Sandia engineer join forces on better trauma shears
April 23, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque physician teamed with a Sandia National Laboratories engineer to improve the doctor’s trauma shears design so emergency personnel can get to the injuries they need to treat more quickly. “Sometimes seconds count. This product will make a difference for the medical community,” said Mark Reece...
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Vestas to install research wind turbine at Sandia facility in Texas
April 18, 2012 • The initial phase of Sandia National Laboratories’ Scaled Wind Farm Technology facility (SWIFT), currently being constructed in partnership with Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, will be a little bigger than originally planned. Leading wind turbine manufacturer Vestas will add its own 300-kilowatt, V27 research turbine to the two Sandia...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
SWIFT site illustration

Sandia Labs garners two tech transfer awards
March 5, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories will be honored twice for its work to transfer innovative technologies to the private sector at an awards ceremony May 3 at the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) will receive the State and...
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Anthrax-killing foam proves effective in meth lab cleanup
February 16, 2012 • Sandia’s decontamination foam, developed more than a decade ago and used to decontaminate federal office buildings and mailrooms during the 2001 anthrax attacks, is now being used to decontaminate illegal methamphetamine labs. Mark Tucker, a chemical engineer in Sandia’s Chemical & Biological Systems Dept. and co-creator of the original decontamination...
Categories: Biology, Chemistry, Homeland security, Materials Science, Military / Defense, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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Mark Tucker and Intelagard's Decon foam formulation

Sandia tool determines value of solar photovoltaic power systems
January 31, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Consistent appraisals of homes and businesses outfitted with photovoltaic (PV) installations are a real challenge for the nation’s real estate industry, but a new tool developed by Sandia National Laboratories and Solar Power Electric™ and licensed …
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
PV Tool

Sandia’s self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away
January 30, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — Take two Sandia National Laboratories engineers who are hunters, get them talking about the sport and it shouldn’t be surprising when the conversation leads to a patented design for a self-guided bullet that could help war fighters. (Click here for a video showing the prototype’s flight.) Sandia...
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UNM and Sandia broaden collaboration in science, technology and education
September 22, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On Friday, Sept. 23, Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico and will sign a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) that significantly strengthens collaborative research and development between the two institutions, expanding the opportunities for students to participate in cutting-edge research and preparing them for a...
Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia’s “Cooler” technology offers fundamental breakthrough in heat transfer for microelectronics, other cooling applications
July 7, 2011 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia’s Jeff Koplow makes an adjustment to an earlier prototype of his Air Bearing Heat Exchanger invention. The technology, known as the “Sandia Cooler,” significantly reduces the energy needed to cool the processor chip…
Categories: Computing, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Jeff Koplow

Sandia National Laboratories partners with TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC to advance nation’s photovoltaic industry
June 23, 2011 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="The test yard used by TUV-PTL in Arizona. (Photo courtesy of TUV-PTL) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image."][/caption]ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Testing techniques from Sandia National Laboratories are helping …
Categories: Awards, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
TUV-PTL yard

NMSBA program seeks groups of companies facing common challenges to receive technical assistance grants
June 13, 2011 • The New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program (NMSBA) is looking for groups of small businesses facing common challenges that could use technical assistance from researchers at Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories. The NMSBA is soliciting initial proposals for 2012 leveraged projects, in which two or more small businesses to...
Categories: Technology transfer / Economic Impact

New thermal battery manufacturing method to be industrialized under Sandia, ATB research agreement
June 1, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — A new thin-film coating process for manufacturing thermal batteries used in nuclear weapons and other munitions that was invented at Sandia National Laboratories will be industrialized under a new corporate partnership with a Maryland company. The process could lead to create lighter batteries in a variety of...
Categories: Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Frank Delnick

Sandia and Cray Inc. to tackle “big data” in new supercomputing institute
May 27, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and supercomputer manufacturer Cray Inc. are forming an institute focused on data-intensive supercomputers. The Supercomputing Institute for Learning and Knowledge Systems (SILKS), to be located at Sandia in Albuquerque, will take advantage of the strengths of Sandia and Cray by making software and hardware...
Categories: Computing, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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