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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...
Categories: Awards, Chemistry, Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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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,...
Categories: Awards, Materials Science, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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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 by Sandia addresses that issue. Sandia scientists, in partnership with Jamie...
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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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...
Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

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...
Categories: Community / Education, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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...
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 • 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...
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

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...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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....
Categories: Awards, Homeland security, Military / Defense, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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),...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Nonproliferation, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
GNEII
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