Science / Technology / Engineering

June 22, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories’ Engineering Sciences Center, and its Fire Science and Technology Department, have established a collaborative research and development agreement (CRADA) with FM Global, a large-los...

June 22, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A wireless nanodevice that functions like a fluorescent light — but potentially far more efficiently — has been developed in a joint project between the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories.

June 10, 2004 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — A dedication ceremony for the new Distributed Information Systems Laboratory (DISL) took place today on the grounds of Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore.

May 18, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories completed its third year of providing technical assistance to New Mexico small businesses last year through a tax credit passed by the New Mexico Legislature. Nearly 300 small businesses were assisted throughout New Mexico in 2003.

May 6, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) as a basis for future technical collaborations at 11 a.m. May 11 at the UCCS...

May 3, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In an effort to expand teaming efforts with the Native American community, Sandia has entered into a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED).

May 3, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jim Tegnelia, VP for Department of Defense Programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories, has been appointed chairman of the Army Science Board (ASB) for approximately two years.

April 30, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories’ dedicated its Joint Computational Engineering Laboratory (JCEL) this week.

April 22, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A wish list for nanotechnologists might consist of a simple, inexpensive means — actually, any means at all — of self-assembling nanocrystals into robust orderly arrangements, like soup cans on a shelf or bricks in a wall, each separated from the next by an...

March 22, 2004 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., have developed a high temperature, high strength structural support foam, TEPIC, that has proven to be an exceptionally versatile material for use as molded-to-shape..

March 18, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New construction is under way at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories on a $110 million, five-year program to revitalize the Laboratories’ large-scale test capabilities.

March 18, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Dallas, and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, all components of the University of ...

February 25, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A cooperative effort is underway between a group of Arab scientists and a U.S. national security lab to help rebuild key elements of Iraq’s scientific infrastructure.

February 18, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Within a year the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories will be flying the smallest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ever to be used for reconnaissance on near-model-airplane-sized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and...

February 10, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Small radioactive sealed sources, designed to provide useful tools for measurement and analysis in a variety of industry and laboratory settings, have moved from the beneficial category to the threatening category in the post 9/11 world. The Department of...

January 27, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have developed a new way of mimicking photosynthetic proteins to manipulate platinum at the nanoscale. The method has the potential of changing the...

December 17, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two hundred sixty-one Sandia National Laboratories inventors and authors earned almost $660,000 in royalty award distributions during FY03, ending September 30, 2003. The award average was $795, and the highest award was $84,124.

December 11, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Using a method usually more suitable to billiards than atomic physics, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Columbia University have created extremely cold molecules that could be used as the first step in creating Bose-Einstein molecular...

December 1, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Cooperative Monitoring Center-Amman (Jordan), modeled after Sandia’s Cooperative Monitoring Center, officially opened with a recent inauguration ceremony. Sandia germinated the idea for the new center, worked hard to bring it to reality, and continues...

November 19, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The budget for the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories is on the road to surpassing $2.2 billion for FY2004, a record amount as the Labs expands its efforts in key national security, energy, and defense programs.

November 18, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From decontamination to white light generation, semiconductor based ultraviolet (UV) light sources will have many applications, including an important role in America’s security,” says Jerry Simmons, manager of Semiconductor Material and Device Science...

November 18, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developing ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) recently demonstrated two deep UV semiconductor optical devices that set records for wavelength/power output. One emits at a wavelength of 290 nanometers...

November 17, 2003 • PHOENIX, Ariz. — At the Supercomputing 2003 show in Phoenix this week, Sandia National Laboratories and an interdisciplinary team of scientists representing seven other institutions are demonstrating a new online data-sharing Web portal that may eventually change the way...

October 29, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories will conduct a security stand-down at all of its sites in the latter part of November. This is the latest in a series of initiatives to improve security at the lab.

October 21, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is offering the nation’s outstanding new Ph.D.s in science and engineering an opportunity to conduct independent research of their own choosing within a national security context through a new prestigious postdoctoral research...