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Three Sandia engineers recognized for contributions to advancing women in STEM

October 24, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three Sandia National Laboratories engineers have been recognized by the Society of Women Engineers as part of its annual awards program for their support in the enrichment and advancement of women in engineering. Janet Williams won the Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes members who have made significant...

Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: APS, ASME, diversity, fusion, inertial confinement fuison program, inertial confinement fusion, LDRD, MESA, microscale, Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications, nuclear weapons, Sandia, Society of Women Engineers, STEM, SWAN, SWE, women in STEM, z machine

Lockheed Martin Mars Experience Bus stops in Albuquerque with virtual tour of red planet

October 24, 2016, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The world’s first virtual reality vehicle for groups of participants is making a stop in Albuquerque on a cross-country tour, giving students a chance to traverse the surface of Mars from inside a school bus. The Lockheed Martin Generation Beyond: Mars Experience Bus will stop at Tomasita...

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories

Topics: Albuquerque Public Schools, APS, community, education, Lockheed Martin, STEM

The Generation Beyond: Mars Experience Bus will stop in Albuquerque the week of Oct. 24, giving students a unique opportunity to visit the surface of Mars. (Photos courtesy of Lockheed Martin Corp.)

Sandia researcher David Osborn elected physics fellow

January 18, 2016 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher David Osborn has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society’s (APS) Division of Chemical Physics. Election to fellowship in the APS is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the membership and is recognition by Osborn’s peers...

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

Topics: American Physical Society, APS

Electric Car Challenge sparks students’ STEM interest

November 20, 2014, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Aspiring automotive engineers from 27 middle schools across New Mexico will compete in the New Mexico Electric Car Challenge on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Highland High School gymnasium in Albuquerque. Forty-six teams will participate in a race, a design competition...

Categories: Community / Education

Topics: Albuquerque Public Schools, APS, electric car challenge, McKinley Middle School, model car, STEM