Science / Technology / Engineering

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...

October 21, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers are assisting with NASA’s HyTEx (Hypersonic Technology Experiment) program to create new mature technologies that will benefit next-generation launch vehicles, a follow-on to the current...

October 20, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Association of University Research Parks (AURP) has presented Sandia National Laboratories its 2003 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award. The association presented the award in September at its 2003 Annual Conference in Vancouver, Canada.

October 16, 2003 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Addressing the need to provide information to the public on an important national security capability, Sandia National Laboratories has launched an external web site devoted to its Chemical/Biological Defense (“Chem/Bio”) program.

October 15, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new lightweight material to withstand ultra-high temperatures on hypersonic vehicles, such as the space shuttle.

October 7, 2003 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories has developed a series of compact, hand-held detection systems that place the capability of a fully functional chemistry laboratory at the fingertips of a trained field operator. Sandia is actively soliciting industry partners...

September 29, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. As the popularity of wind energy rapidly grows worldwide, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories are developing ways to lower the cost of this alternative energy and enable turbines to produce more power.