Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Results 126–150 of 203

Economic impact report spotlights Sandia’s commitment to business

February 24, 2014 • 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...

Categories: Community / Education, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, community, diversity, economic development, economic impact, national laboratories, national labs, partnerships, report, small business

Agreement lets Sandia, UNM staff work side-by-side

February 14, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has launched a new kind of collaboration designed to strengthen its research bonds with the University of New Mexico (UNM). “This is another sign of the close and deepening partnership between two of the pre-eminent research institutions in the state,” Sandia Vice President and...

Categories: Community / Education, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, community, economic development, national laboratories, national labs, partnerships, research, tech transfer, technology, University of New Mexico, unm

Sandia Labs wins five regional FLC tech transfer awards

October 24, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories won five regional awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for its work to develop and commercialize innovative technologies. The FLC’s Far West/Mid-Continent regions gave Outstanding and Notable Technology Development awards to Sandia’s: SpinDx medical diagnostic tool; Sandia Cooler, which reduces energy to cool...

Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: awards, business, collaboration, economic development, economic impact, flc, Homeland security, medical, national laboratories, national labs, partnerships, research, tech transfer, technology

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

Ready-to-sign license speeds up Sandia tech transfer

July 29, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is building a portfolio of intellectual property (IP) that can be licensed by businesses in as little as an hour. “This is the simplest process possible,” said Sandia business development specialist Bob Westervelt, who helped create the ready-to-sign licensing program that businesses can access...

Categories: Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, economic development, national labs, partnerships, small business, tech transfer, technology licensing

Sandia wins three R&D 100 awards

July 8, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers — competing in an international pool of universities, corporations and government labs — captured three 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, Chemistry, Computing, Energy / Environment / Water, Homeland security, Materials Science, Military / Defense, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Scientists team with entrepreneurs to make business happen

May 2, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hurricane Katrina whipped up huge, powerful waves that caused severe destruction in 2005 along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. The size and strength of the waves convinced Phil Kithil of Santa Fe there had to be a way to harness that energy. His invention of a...

Categories: Awards, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, economic development, economic impact, NMSBA, partnerships, research, small business, tech transfer, technology

Fertilizer that fizzles in a homemade bomb could save lives around the world

April 23, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A Sandia engineer who trained U.S. soldiers to avoid improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has developed a fertilizer that helps plants grow but can’t detonate a bomb. It’s an alternative to ammonium nitrate, an agricultural staple that is also the raw ingredient in most of the IEDs in...

Categories: Chemistry, Military / Defense, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: bomb, chemistry, defense, fertilizer, IEDs, improvised explosive device, JIEDDO, military, national laboratories, national labs, non-detonable, security, technology

Sandia researchers bring lab experience to world of business

March 28, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Three Sandia National Laboratories workers were recognized for taking technology out of the labs and into the private sector. Laurence Brown, Matt Donnelly and Jim Pacheco received Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards for their participation in a Sandia program that encourages researchers to take jobs at startup or expanding...

Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: awards, business, community, economic development, energy, engineers, entrepreneur, materials science, materirals science, national laboratories, national labs, Sandia, small business, solar, tech transfer, technology

Caterpillar, Sandia CRADA opens door to multiple research projects

March 26, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories and industrial giant Caterpillar Inc. have signed their first umbrella Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA), opening the door to a wide range of scientific research. “This agreement will lead to an expanded relationship with Caterpillar,” said Vic Weiss, the Sandia business development specialist...

Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, computer, computing, CRADA, economic development, national laboratories, national labs, partnership, research, Sandia, tech transfer, technology

Cool Earth Solar and Sandia team up in first-ever public-private partnership on Open Campus

February 20, 2013 • LIVERMORE, Calif.— In a public-private partnership that takes full advantage of the Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC) for the first time, Sandia National Laboratories and Cool Earth Solar have signed an agreement that could make solar energy more affordable and accessible. The five-year Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) calls...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: Cool Earth Solar, energy, LVOC, national laboratories, Sandia, solar

Disabled kids inspire musical instrument anyone can play

February 6, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Not everyone can play music. You need timing and rhythm, an ear for pitch and notes and an ability to interpret sheet music and symbols. You need physical coordination to apply those talents plus control of lungs, lips, arms and fingers to match the mec…

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

Topics: business, collaboration, computing, economic development, education, nanomaterials, national laboratories, national labs, NMSBA, partnerships, research, Sandia, small business, tech transfer, technology

Sandia’s Paul Hommert named FLC Laboratory Director of the Year

February 4, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — Paul Hommert has been named 2013 Laboratory Director of the Year by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for his support of technology transfer activities at Sandia National Laboratories. The FLC said the award recognized the excellence of work during 2012 by Hommert, Sandia’s president and laboratories director,...

Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: awards, business, director, DOE, economic development, flc, national laboratories, national labs, research, Sandia, small business, tech transfer, technology

Report spotlights Sandia’s impact on New Mexico economy

February 1, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories spent roughly $900 million on goods and services in fiscal year 2012 and New Mexico businesses were awarded more than $400 million, or 45 percent, of the total, according to the labs’ latest economic impact report. U.S. small businesses received $472.7 million in Sandia...

Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, economic development, economic impact, national laboratories, national labs, Sandia, small business

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

Topics: business, climate, energy, facilities, green, national laboratories, national labs, renewable, research, Sandia, sustainability, tech transfer, technology

Sandia helps DOE bring large-scale solar systems to market

November 27, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is advancing viable, low-carbon power through collaborating on five U.S. Regional Test Centers (RTCs) where industry can assess the performance, reliability and bankability of large-scale photovoltaic energy systems. “With the trend in the solar industry toward larger systems and greater capital investment – substantial...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, economic development, energy, national laboratories, national labs, partnerships, power, PV, renewable, research, Sandia, solar, testing

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

Northrop Grumman, GE partnerships tap wide range of Sandia Labs expertise

November 5, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories has signed a pair of cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) that could broadly add to the Labs’ research into combustion, defense, energy and nuclear security. The umbrella CRADAs, which enable Sandia and its partners to pursue multiple projects in a variety of categories,...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Homeland security, Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, combustion, CRADA, defense, economic development, energy, national laboratories, national labs, nuclear, partnership, research, Sandia, security, tech transfer, technology

Four technology transfer awards go to Sandia Labs

October 22, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories has won four awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Sandia’s efforts to develop and commercialize innovative technologies. The FLC’s Far West/Mid-Continent regional awards recognized Sandia’s technology transfer work with crystalline silico-titanates (CSTs), biomimetic membranes, the i-Gate Innovation Hub and DAKOTA software. “It...

Categories: Awards, Chemistry, Computing, Energy / Environment / Water, Nanotechnology, Operations / Budget, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: awards, business, chemistry, computer, computing, economic development, economic impact, energy, nanomaterials, national laboratories, national labs, research, Sandia, small business, tech transfer, technology, water

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...

Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, cybersecurity, energy, nanomaterials, national laboratories, national labs, Sandia, showcase, small business, tech transfer, technology, water

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...

Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, community, economic development, economic impact, jobs, national laboratories, national labs, research parks, Sandia, small business, tech transfer

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...

Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, economic impact, national laboratories, research parks, Sandia

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...

Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: awards, collaboration, national laboratories, national labs, partnerships, Sandia, small business, tech transfer, technology

Sandia seeks commercial partners for revolutionary “SpinDx” medical diagnostic tool

July 12, 2012 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a lab-on-a-disk platform that they believe will be faster, less expensive and more versatile than similar medical diagnostic tools. Lab officials are seeking industry partners to license and commercialize the SpinDx technology, which can determine a patient’s white blood cell...

Categories: Biology, Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

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

Results 126–150 of 203