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Sandia Labs wins 3 technology transfer awards for projects, student research
October 14, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has won technology transfer awards for a water disruptor now diffusing improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan, mobile, fuel cell-powered lighting used at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards® and a national institute that teaches students cutting-edge nanoengineering. The winners of the Federal Laboratories Consortium (FLC)...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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Sandia Labs’ device helps U.S. troops in Afghanistan disable improvised explosive devices
September 10, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A device developed by Sandia National Laboratories researchers that shoots a blade of water capable of penetrating steel is headed to U.S. troops in Afghanistan to help them disable deadly improvised explosive devices, or IEDs — the No. 1 killer and threat to troops in Afghanistan, according...
Categories: Military / Defense, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia National Laboratories helping to safeguard world’s dangerous biological agents
September 2, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Safeguarding the world’s most dangerous biological agents has been a top priority for a dedicated group of Sandia scientists for more than a decade, and now, this team is training laboratory leaders from around the world to secure deadly agents such as anthrax and HIV from accidental...
Categories: Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia Science & Technology Park’s Applied Technology Associates announces plant expansion
August 18, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sandia Science & Technology Park and Applied Technology Associates (ATA) will host Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Rep. Martin Heinrich and Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry on Thursday, Aug. 19, as the company announces a building expansion that has more than doubled the size of its Albuquerque headquarters. The...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia’s Bob Carling to speak at upcoming conference on future auto engines
May 11, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Bob Carling, director of Sandia National Laboratories’ Transportation Energy Center in California, will give a plenary presentation on May 31 at 10 a.m. local time during the 11thInternational Conference on Present and Future Engines for Automobiles. The conference is scheduled to run May 30-June 3 in Shanghai,...
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Bob Carling

Sandia National Laboratories leads reliability workshop for growing field of photovoltaic systems integration
May 11, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is using its expertise and long history in photovoltaic (PV) research and development to accelerate the adoption of reliability tools within the growing industry of PV power generation. Sandia’s PV team and the Department of Energy recently hosted a workshop specifically for PV systems...
Categories: Community / Education, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Jennifer Granata and Michael Quintana examine a photovoltaic solar panel at Sandia National Laboratories.

City of Pittsburgh honors Sandia for solar work
May 5, 2010 • Albuquerque, N.M. — The city of Pittsburgh has honored solar researchers from Sandia National Laboratories for training city staff to install and maintain solar thermal and photovoltaic panels on city facilities. The formal proclamation, signed by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, recognizes the Sandia researchers “who braved sleet, snow, ice, and frigid...
Categories: Operations / Budget, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Defense-scale supercomputing comes to alternative energy research
April 26, 2010 • Albuquerque, N.M. — A new supercomputer that more quickly models the most efficient ways to harness energy from the sun, wind and other renewable resources is now operating at Sandia National Laboratories. Red Mesa, a 180-teraflop computing platform, is a collaboration between Sandia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)....
Categories: Computing, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia workshop to focus on codes development for hydrogen-powered industrial trucks
March 30, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories will host a workshop April 28 for industry and code development organizations designed to address research barriers to hydrogen-powered forklifts and other near-term fuel cell market applications. The workshop will include a number of participants, including industry leaders from Plug Power, Nuvera Fuel Cells...
Categories: Conferences / Symposia, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
A PowerEdge fuel cell-powered forklift truck is refueled at Nuveras PowerTap hydrogen dispenser. An April 28 workshop organized by Sandia will help identify the key areas of R&D that are necessary to enable the deployment of hydrogen fuel cell systems for industrial trucks and other applications. (Photo courtesy Nuvera Fuel Cells)

Sandia to break ground for new computational laboratories building
March 22, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — A groundbreaking ceremony for a new facility – the Combustion Research Computation and Visualization (CRCV) building, part of the Combustion Research Facility (CRF) – will take place at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 24, on the grounds of Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore. The Department of Energy’s Office...
Categories: Computing, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Artist’s rendering of Combustion Research Facility (CRF) complex (right) with proposed Combustion Research Computation and Visualization (CRCV) building (left). The new $5 million building, funded by the Department of Energys Office of Science (SC) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE), will enhance the computational and modeling efforts that are central to the CRFs work portfolio. Drawing by Daniel Strong.

California selects Livermore Valley’s i-GATE as state innovation hub
February 11, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — California’s Business, Transportation and Housing Agency has selected i-GATE (Innovation for Green Advanced Transportation Excellence) as one of six applicants to be recognized as inaugural members of the California iHub demonstration program. i-GATE was submitted by the city of Livermore (iHub coordinator) in close partnership with Sandia National Laboratories/California...
Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia signs agreement with New Zealand institute to address critical transportation energy issues
February 4, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories and Scion, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, have signed an agreement that will focus research on the cooperative development of technical information and system studies relevant to low-carbon energy technologies. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlines the intention to develop mutually beneficial research...
Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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Sandia signs agreement with Chinese university
July 1, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Tsinghua University in China have signed an agreement that will focus research on global understanding and technical solutions for low-carbon energy alternatives. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlines the intention to develop cooperative research activities including exchanging technical information and data, developing physics...
Categories: Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia signs MOU with Japanese national institute
May 26, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have signed an agreement to conduct and share research of mutual interest. Areas of immediate importance named in the memorandum of understanding include photovoltaics, nanoelectronics, nanomaterials and computational investigations of the properties of materials....
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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