Science / Technology / Engineering

Results 26–50 of 626
Date Inputs. Currently set to enter a start and end date.
–
Current Filters Clear all

National achievement awards go to two Sandia Labs engineers
January 31, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories scientists Patrick Feng and Thushara Gunda recently were honored with national achievement awards by the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. The awards recognize recipients’ leadership and accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Feng, a materials scientist, received a Professional Achievement Award, 10-plus...
Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: ,

Sandia and UNM collaborate to build more efficient rocket
January 25, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sal Rodriguez, a nuclear engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, is forging a rocket revolution with the help of the University of New Mexico and student Graham Monroe. Their cutting-edge research is propelling the future of aerospace by infusing rocket science with a touch of golf ball magic....
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Topics: , , , , , ,

National award goes to Sandia Labs engineer
January 17, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tony Garcia often reflects on his grandfather’s words: “Work hard and be good to people, and you’ll end up happy.” This simple principle has been Garcia’s beacon throughout his academic and professional journeys, and now has led to his recognition with a prestigious 2023 Society of Hispanic...
Categories: Awards, Community / Education, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , , , , ,

Sandia 2023 economic impact reaches record high
January 11, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ economic impact for fiscal year 2023 reached an all-time high of nearly $4.8 billion, which was $559 million more than in 2022. The impact is evident in the 1,200 new jobs added in the last year, the $114 million in gross receipts taxes paid...
Categories: HR / Personnel, Media advisories, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Topics: , , , , ,

Invitation: 2023 Sandia economic impact marks biggest ever
January 8, 2024, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ economic impact for fiscal year 2023 reached an all-time high of nearly $4.8 billion, surpassing the previous year by $559 million. That impact is evident in the 1,200 new jobs added in the last year, the $114 million in gross receipts taxes paid to...
Categories: Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: ,

Society of Women Engineers celebrates Sandia employees
December 21, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Women engineers at Sandia National Laboratories achieved significant recognition in 2023 from the Society of Women Engineers. These accolades included Advocating Women in Engineering, Distinguished New Engineer and 10 patent recognition awards. SWE’s awards program celebrates high levels of achievement among individuals who identify as women and...
Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , , , ,

Two researchers elected associate fellows for aerospace contributions
November 15, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two Sandia National Laboratories employees will soon join the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics class of 2024 as associate fellows. “This distinguished group of professionals has made significant and lasting contributions to the aerospace profession,” said AIAA President and Sandia Deputy Laboratories Director Laura McGill. “They...
Categories: Awards, Computing, Military / Defense, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy
Topics: , , , ,

Sandia employees help make the holidays more bountiful for local families
November 9, 2023, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Employees of Sandia National Laboratories will once again come together to help local families in need over the Thanksgiving holiday with the annual “Take a Turkey to Work Day.” As part of the event on Nov. 14, employees are encouraged to bring a frozen turkey to drop...
Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , ,

Detecting nuclear materials using light
November 6, 2023, Media Advisory • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Blueshift Optics, owned by former Sandia employee Joey Carlson, is working to shift the way radioactive materials are detected, using technology that he helped create at Sandia National Laboratories. Radiation detection has long been a critical aspect of national security and efforts to make the world safer....
Categories: Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Topics: , , ,

New Mexico middle schoolers rev up for electric car challenge
October 31, 2023, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Middle school students from around the state are gearing up to put their STEM skills on the line during the annual New Mexico Electric Car Challenge, sponsored by Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories. Teams of sixth, seventh and eighth graders will compete to build an electric...
Categories: Community / Education, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics:

Sandia researchers capture six R&D 100 Awards
October 30, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers took home six R&D 100 Awards, one joint award with Los Alamos National Laboratory and one special award for 2023 in the annual international technical competition that includes researchers from universities, corporations and government labs. “These achievements further Sandia’s mission and demonstrate the...
Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , , ,

Asian American Engineer of the Year goes to Sandia Labs computer scientist
October 26, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tian Ma, a distinguished computer engineer in research and development at Sandia National Laboratories, has been honored as a 2023 Asian American Engineer of the Year by the Chinese Institute of Engineers-USA. Each year, CIE recognizes exceptional Asian American engineers who demonstrate strong technical skills, leadership abilities...
Categories: Awards, Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , , , , , , ,

Rocks may hold key to storing intermittent renewable energy, expanding its use
October 24, 2023, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is collaborating with New Mexico-based CSolPower LLC to develop an affordable method of storing energy from renewable sources. The primary goal of the partnership is to transition to zero-carbon solar and wind energy for generating electricity. “You need to have energy storage and dispatchable...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Topics: ,

Preventing collateral damage in cancer treatment
October 23, 2023 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Using a simple concept and a patented Sandia sensor that detects radioactive materials, a team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a patch to stop damage to healthy tissue during proton radiotherapy, one of the best tools to target certain cancerous tumors. “This is an important need,...
Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research, Materials Science, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact, Transportation
Topics: , ,

Scorpius images to test nuclear stockpile simulations
October 5, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One thousand feet below the ground, three national defense labs and a remote test site are building Scorpius — a machine as long as a football field — to create images of plutonium as it is compressed with high explosives, creating conditions that exist just prior to...
Categories: Computing, Materials Science, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , ,

Beyond Bennu: How OSIRIS-REx is helping scientists study the sonic signature of meteoroids
September 25, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In the high desert of Nevada, Elizabeth Silber watched NASA’s Sample Return Capsule from OSIRIS-REx descend into Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday, but unlike most scientists, she wasn’t there for the asteroid rocks. Silber, a physicist at Sandia National Laboratories, is working with researchers from Sandia and Los...
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , , , , ,

Sandia science and technology researchers to mentor minority students
September 18, 2023 •   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A government-funded consortium offering science and technology learning opportunities to student minorities aims to, over time, equalize workforce demographics at national laboratories, said leaders of the effort at Sandia National Laboratories. The partnership, titled the Rio Grande Consortium for Advanced Research on Exascale Simulation, known as...
Categories: Community / Education, Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: ,

Increasing national security with satellites that team together
September 14, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Imagine a satellite observing ships on the ocean. As it takes pictures of each ship, an algorithm decides what kind of vessel it is. But one sneaky sailor paints a pattern on the deck that confuses the satellite, so it can’t decide what it’s looking at. How...
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy
Topics: , , ,

Testing new technology and research on orbit
August 28, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Industry can develop new computer chips and other potential satellite payload components more quickly than national labs can test and integrate them into satellites that must meet strict security and space-readiness standards. This can create a lag in using the latest technology for national security space systems....
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Topics: , , , , ,

Making materials more durable through science
August 24, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A team at Sandia National Laboratories developed a molecule that helps change the way some materials react to temperature fluctuations, which makes them more durable. It’s an application that could be used in everything from plastic phone cases to missiles. Polymers, which include various forms of plastics,...
Categories: Chemistry, Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Topics: , , ,

Sandia successfully tests heat-powered system
August 21, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Capturing carbon dioxide and pumping it deep underground could be an important part of mitigating the effects of climate change. However, ensuring the carbon dioxide stays trapped away from the atmosphere, where it serves as a heat-trapping greenhouse gas, is critical. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories recently...
Categories: Climate Change, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , , ,
Still from an animation showing how Sandia National Laboratories’ device could produce electricity at a carbon dioxide storage reservoir.

Bigger and better quantum computers possible with new ion trap, dubbed the Enchilada
August 17, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has produced its first lot of a new world-class ion trap, a central component for certain quantum computers. The new device, dubbed the Enchilada Trap, enables scientists to build more powerful machines to advance the experimental but potentially revolutionary field of quantum computing. In...
Categories: Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering
Topics: , , ,
Enchilada Trap

A more holistic and efficient way of testing PPE
August 2, 2023, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a faster and more comprehensive way of testing personal protective equipment, or PPE. The basic principle: modeling a device to fit the human form and human behavior. When COVID-19 hit, PPE testing became an urgent need. In March 2020,...
Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research, Coronavirus, Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Topics: , , , ,
Results 26–50 of 626