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Sandia applied mathematician wins DOE Early Career Research Award

July 21, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Examination of very fine real-world data can improve the fidelity by which complex computer simulations are guided, says Sandia National Laboratories applied mathematician Pete Bosler.He investigates multiscale simulations that, integrated, could combin…

Categories: Awards, Climate Security, Computing, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: applied math, applied mathematics, computer simulations, DOE Early Career Award

Radar gets a major makeover

July 19, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If radars wore pants, a lot of them would still be sporting bell-bottoms. Significant aspects of radar haven’t fundamentally changed since the 1970s, said Kurt Sorensen, a senior manager who oversees the development of high-performance radio frequency imaging technologies at Sandia National Laboratories. Like a record player,...

Categories: Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: communication, electronic warfare, imaging, military systems, radar, synthetic aperture radar

A man and a woman sit in a darkened room illuminated by computers and miscellaneous electronic equipment.

Exploring explosives for expanding geothermal energy

June 21, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Why are scientists setting off small-scale explosions inside 1-foot cubes of plexiglass? They’re watching how fractures form and grow in a rock-like substance to see if explosives or propellants, similar to jet fuel, can connect geothermal wells in a predictable manner. Geothermal energy has a lot of...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: enhanced geothermal systems, explosives research, fracture prediction, geothermal

Build-a-satellite program could fast track national security space missions

June 8, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Satellites equipped with remote sensing technology execute many critical national security missions, from detecting explosions to tracking sea ice, but until now it could take a team years to move from a concept to a deployable space system. Valhalla, a Python-based performance modeling framework developed at Sandia...

Categories: Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: high performance computing, national security, satellite, satellite constellation, satellite design, satellites, space

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Seashell-inspired Sandia shield protects materials in hostile environments

May 3, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Word of an extraordinarily inexpensive material, lightweight enough to protect satellites against debris in the cold of outer space, cohesive enough to strengthen the walls of pressurized vessels experiencing average conditions on Earth and yet heat-res…

Categories: Chemistry, Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Nuclear Weapons, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: coating, satellites, shield, Z

Cheers to five more years

April 14, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An initiative that helps businesses transform New Mexico national laboratories’ technologies into viable products and services will continue driving innovations to market into 2027. Passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. Michelle …

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: commercialization, Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, CRADA, intellectual property, licensing, New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program, NMSBA, tech transfer, Technology Readiness Gross Receipts Tax Credit, technology transfer, TRGR

Could quantum technology be New Mexico’s next economic boon?

April 1, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Science, education and economic development leaders across New Mexico have formed a coalition to bring future quantum computing jobs to the state. Sandia National Laboratories, The University of New Mexico and Los Alamos National Laboratory announced the new coalition today at UNM during the Quantum New Mexico...

Categories: Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: collaborations, quantum computing, quantum information science, technology and economic development

Truman and Hruby 2022 fellows explore their positions

March 17, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Postdoctoral researchers who are designated Truman and Hruby fellows experience Sandia National Laboratories differently from their peers. Appointees to the prestigious fellowships are given the latitude to pursue their own ideas, rather than being trained by fitting into the research plans of more experienced researchers. To give...

Categories: Awards, Bioscience / Medical Research, Climate Security, Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: biofuels, chemistry, climate change, fellowship, Hruby Fellowship, postdoc, postdoctoral, pulsed power, quantum computing, Truman fellowship, wearable sensors, z machine

Alicia Magann will explore the possibilities of quantum control in the era of quantum computing during her Truman fellowship at Sandia National Laboratories

Record-breaking, ultrafast devices step to protecting the grid from EMPs

March 15, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories have announced a tiny, electronic device that can shunt excess electricity within a few billionths of a second while operating at a record-breaking 6,400 volts — a significant step towards protecting the nation’s electric grid from an electromagnetic pulse. The team published...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: electric cars, electric grid, electromagnetic pulse, EMP, grid, power converters, power electronics, smart transformers, solar panels

Foreground: Two men, one passing a nickel-sized wafer. Background: A device for testing the diodes on the wafer and a computer screen showing an array of dots/diodes

Neuromorphic computing widely applicable, Sandia researchers show

March 10, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With the insertion of a little math, Sandia National Laboratories researchers have shown that neuromorphic computers, which synthetically replicate the brain’s logic, can solve more complex problems than those posed by artificial intelligence and may even earn a place in high-performance computing. The findings, detailed in a...

Categories: Climate Security, Computing, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: AI, artificial intelligence, brain-based computing, energy efficiency, high performance computing, HPC, neuromorphic computing

Safer, more powerful batteries for electric cars, power grid

March 7, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Solid-state batteries, currently used in small electronic devices like smart watches, have the potential to be safer and more powerful than lithium-ion batteries for things such as electric cars and storing energy from solar panels for later use. However, several technical challenges remain before solid-state batteries can...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: Batteries, battery, battery abuse testing laboratory, battery safety, battery testing, lithium metal battery, lithium-ion batteries

Two men, one holding a shiny battery testing case, stand beside a beach-ball-sized, thick-metal testing instrument.

Black engineer awards distinguish Sandia Labs

February 28, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Ten Sandia National Laboratories engineers received Black Engineer of the Year Awards this year, including Most Promising Scientist in Government, Research Leadership, Science Spectrum Trailblazers and Modern-Day Technology Leaders. Honorees include Sandia mechanical, electrical, civil, aerospace and aeronautical engineers who excel in their respective fields. From the...

Categories: Awards, Computing, Cybersecurity, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: awards, community, computing, diversity, diversity and inclusion, engineers, national laboratories, national labs, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, STEM

Algorithm could shorten quality testing, research in many industries by months

February 15, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A machine-learning algorithm developed at Sandia National Laboratories could provide auto manufacturing, aerospace and other industries a faster and more cost-efficient way to test bulk materials. The technique was published recently in the scientific journal Materials Science and Engineering: A. Production stoppages are costly. So, manufacturers screen...

Categories: Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: machine learning, materials testing, microstructure, technology transfer

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Great Minds in STEM celebrates two Sandia engineers

January 31, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories systems engineer Kenneth Armijo has been named a 2021 Most Promising Engineer Advanced Degree at the Hispanic Engineering National Achievement Awards Conference. Sandia mechanical engineer Michael Omana was named a 2021 Most Promising Scientist, Masters at the conference. Armijo, who holds a doctorate in...

Categories: Awards, Community / Education, Coronavirus, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: diversity, HENAAC awards, STEM

Powerful Sandia machine-learning model shows diamond melting at high pressure

January 26, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Sandia National Laboratories supercomputer simulation model called SNAP that rapidly predicts the behavior of billions of interacting atoms has captured the melting of diamond when compressed by extreme pressures and temperatures. At several million atmospheres, the rigid carbon lattice of the hardest known substance on Earth...

Categories: Materials Science, Military / Defense, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: carbon, diamond, exoplanets, Gordon Bell, machine learning, quantum mechanical, supercomputer simulationst

How Sandia Labs is revealing the inner workings of quantum computers

January 19, 2022, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A precision diagnostic developed at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories is emerging as a gold standard for detecting and describing problems inside quantum computing hardware. Two papers published today in the scientific journal Nature describe how separate research teams — one including Sandia researchers —...

Categories: Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: gate set tomography, quantum computing, quantum information science

Neutralizing antibodies for emerging viruses

December 14, 2021 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created a platform for discovering, designing and engineering novel antibody countermeasures for emerging viruses. This new process of screening for nanobodies that “neutralize” or disable the virus r…

Categories: Biology, Bioscience / Medical Research, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: antibodies, antiviral therapeutics, bioscience, COVID-19, medical countermeasures, nanobodies, R&D, tech transfer

New testing method yields pathway to better, longer-lasting batteries

December 2, 2021 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Using a microscopic method for measuring electrical potential, a team of scientists at Sandia National Laboratories may have discovered how to make a longer-lasting, more efficient battery. The team of Elliot Fuller, Josh Sugar and Alec Talin detailed their findings in an article published Oct. 19 in...

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: Batteries, energy, lithium-ion, Sandia, solid-state batteries

Testing sensors in fog to make future transportation safer

November 17, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Self-flying drones and autonomous taxis that can safely operate in fog may sound futuristic, but new research at Sandia National Laboratories' fog facility is bringing the future closer.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="272"] Watch Sandia Nationa…

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Transportation

Topics: advanced air mobility, autonomous driving, fog, optical sensors, self-flying, transportation

This device could usher in GPS-free navigation

October 26, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Don’t let the titanium metal walls or the sapphire windows fool you. It’s what’s on the inside of this small, curious device that could someday kick off a new era of navigation. For over a year, the avocado-sized vacuum chamber has contained a cloud of atoms at...

Categories: Military / Defense, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: GPS, navigation, quantum sensing

‘I’m melting, melting’ — environmentally hazardous coal waste diminished by citric acid

October 25, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In one of nature’s unexpected bounties, a harmless food-grade solvent has been used to extract highly sought rare-earth metals from coal ash, reducing the amount of ash without damaging the environment and at the same time increasing an important national resource. Coal ash is the unwanted but...

Categories: Chemistry, Climate Security, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: citric acid, coal ash, computer chips, mining, rare earth, smart phones, supercritical carbon dioxide

1 day. 3 rockets. 23 experiments.

October 22, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One year to design, build and test three rockets. Six weeks to unpack, assemble and test them at the flight range. One day to launch them. Sandia National Laboratories launched three sounding rockets in succession for the Department of Defense on Wednesday. The triple launch was conducted...

Categories: Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: Conventional Prompt Strike, Department of Defense, hypersonics, Long-Range Hypersonic Weapons, sounding rockets

National 2021 Diversity Team Award goes to Sandia National Labs

September 30, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories recently was recognized for its contributions to its organization and communities as a 2021 Diversity Team Award winner by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Fifteen companies and 16 diversity teams are being celebrated this summer for their teamwork to advance the cause of diversity and...

Categories: Awards, Community / Education, HR / Personnel, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: awards, diversity, diversity and inclusion, national laboratories, national labs, Sandia, Sandia National Labs

Sandia-developed solar cell technology reaches space

September 29, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Somewhere among the glitter of the night sky is a small satellite powered by innovative, next-generation solar cell technology developed at Sandia National Laboratories.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Former Sandia National Laboratories s…

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: DragonSCALES, Entrepreneurial Separation of Transfer Technology program, ESTT, MEMS, MEPV, MESA, mPower, satellite, satellites, solar cells, solar glitter, solar power, tech transfer, technology transfer

Kauai Test Facility launches its largest missile

September 28, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The largest missile ever to launch from Sandia National Laboratories’ Kauai Test Facility in Hawaii has shown the storied test range is still growing to meet the testing needs of advanced weapons systems. Sandia used the four years leading up the launch to ensure the test facility...

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: advanced weapons systems, Kauai Test Facility, missile defense, Missile Defense Agency

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