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Sandia hosts Education With Industry officer
December 8, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With the resiliency and determination that earned her the U.S. Air Force call sign “Fenix,” Capt. Justine Wolff is using her position as an Education With Industry student at Sandia National Laboratories to better herself and the Air Force. “How great of an opportunity this is to...
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Photo of Capt. Justine Wolff

Solar tower exposes materials to intense heat to test thermal response
June 21, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is using its solar tower to help assess the impact of extreme temperature changes on materials. The tests, now in their second year, take advantage of the ability of Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility to simulate a very rapid increase in temperature followed...
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Tower tests photo

Wind tunnel tests support improved aerodynamic design of B61-12 bomb
April 14, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has finished eight days of testing a full-scale mock unit representing the aerodynamic characteristics of the B61-12 gravity bomb in a wind tunnel. The tests on the mock-up were done to establish the configuration that will deliver the necessary spin motion of the bomb...
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Sandia pair honored by Travis AFB for helping service members, families
March 12, 2014 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Two members of Sandia National Laboratories’ Military Support Committee (MSC) in Livermore, Calif., have been awarded a special commendation in recognition of their efforts to assist enlisted families in need at Travis Air Force Base near Fairfield, Calif. The award ceremony took place March 8, with Brig....
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Brig. Gen. John C. Flournoy Jr., second from left, presents a U.S. flag to Heather Egtervanwissekerke, to the left of the flag, and Michele Clark of Sandia National Laboratories' Military Support Committee at the 945th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Travis AFB.