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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...
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...
Sandia Science & Technology Park

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...
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 by Sandia addresses that issue. Sandia scientists, in partnership with Jamie...
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...
Bullet prototype

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...

Tribal Energy Program at Sandia empowers Native American students while powering tribal lands

August 15, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Most Americans take electric power for granted, but for thousands of people living on tribal lands, getting to the grid can be a challenge. A lack of infrastructure, transmission capabilities and policies impede the availability of electricity within the reservations and to outlying tribal areas. A program...
Interns with Sandra Begay-Campbell

Sandia hosts 2011 Wind Turbine Reliability Workshop

August 1, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories will hold its biennial Wind Turbine Reliability Workshop, Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 2-3, 8 a.m. -5 p.m. at the Marriott Pyramid North in Albuquerque. Speakers include Steve Chalk, deputy assistant secretary for renewable energy in Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy...
2011 Wind Turbine Reliability Workshop

Sandia’s “Cooler” technology offers fundamental breakthrough in heat transfer for microelectronics, other cooling applications

July 7, 2011 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new technology with the potential to dramatically alter the air-cooling landscape in computing and microelectronics, and lab officials are now seeking licensees in the electronics chip cooling field to license and commercialize the device. The “Sandia Cooler,” also known as the...
Jeff Koplow

Sandia National Laboratories partners with TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC to advance nation’s photovoltaic industry

June 23, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Testing techniques from Sandia National Laboratories are helping accelerate the growth of the nation’s photovoltaic solar power industry through a partnership with TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC, a private testing and certification company in Tucson, Arizona. “The unique, multiplatform test capabilities developed at Sandia Labs are providing a...
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...

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...
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...

Scientists’ ideas, businesses’ know-how spark innovation through New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program

April 7, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Rod Dakan, owner of Royal Fiber Spinnery in Ruidoso, N.M., wanted an economical method of baling fleece from small, scattered alpaca herds for transport to the mills, so he turned to the New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) Program for help. Royal Fiber was one of 339...
Royal Spinnery

Sandia wins 3 national technology transfer awards for bringing ideas, research to market

March 14, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A water blade that is disabling improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan, software that detects water contamination or evidence of terrorists poisoning municipal water systems and a program that provides free technical assistance to New Mexico’s small businesses all have earned national awards for Sandia National Laboratories....
Stingray

Sandia seeds culture of nuclear energy safety and security

March 7, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The growing interest among Middle Eastern nations in establishing nuclear power programs prompted a Sandia National Laboratories team to conceive and lead development of a new institute that will seed and cultivate a regional culture of responsible nuclear energy management. The Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII),...
GNEII
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