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Transforming environmental testing one shake at a time

July 25, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Testing weapons and components in a lab-controlled environment has always been at the center of Sandia National Laboratories’ mission. Since the U.S. stopped underground explosives tests on weapons in the early 1990s, Sandia has developed other methods to conduct experiments that mimic the range of environments a...

Categories: Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons

Topics: engineers, nuclear deterrence, nuclear weapons

American Chemical Society honors Sandia Labs scientist

May 8, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories materials scientist Dorina Sava Gallis has been honored by the American Chemical Society with a 2024 Women Chemists Committee Rising Star Award, recognizing her excellence in the scientific enterprise demonstrating outstanding promise for contributions to her field. In her 14 years at Sandia, Sava...

Categories: Awards, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Topics: awards, chemistry, engineers, materials science, national laboratories, research, Sandia National Laboratories

Engineer taps into Sandia’s deep knowledge base to design high-reliability component

February 26, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Robert Petterborg saw an opportunity to improve a critical part used to test a weapons system. Using his spare time at work and with the help of his Sandia National Laboratories colleagues, he designed a new cable connector that eliminates misalignments that could interfere with testing and...

Categories: Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: 3D printing, additive manufacturing, engineering, engineers

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

Mechanical engineer at Sandia named Asian American Engineer of the Year

November 10, 2020 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer Bo Song has been recognized as an Asian American Engineer of the Year by the national DiscoverE Program, which honors outstanding Asian American professionals in science and engineering for their technical achievements, leadership and public service. “This is a big honor for...

Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: asian american engineer, diversity, engineers, impact mechanics, mechanical engineering

Sandia measurements expert named Asian American Engineer of the Year

April 10, 2018 • [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories senior scientist Hy Tran has been named a 2018 Asian American Engineer of the Year. Tran, whose family came to the United States from Vietnam during the Vietnam War, said "the values of education, har…

Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: aaeoy, asian american engineer, Asian American Engineer of the Year, awards, diversity, engineers, Hy Tran, LDRD, metrology, Primary Standards Laboratory, STEM

Trio of Sandia women recognized as leaders in STEM, diversity

August 9, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three Sandia women have received a Women Worth Watching Award, presented by Profiles in Diversity Journal. Chemical engineers Carol Adkins and Justine Johannes each received a Women Worth Watching in STEM Award and were recently profiled in the special STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) edition of...

Categories: Awards, HR / Personnel

Topics: awards, diversity, engineers, materials science, national labs, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, STEM, women in STEM

Asian-American engineer sees prestigious national award as Sandia ‘career achievement’

February 20, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Ireena Erteza has engineering in her blood. She’s had a love for it as far back as she can remember. “My father showed me what it is to be a scholar and an engineer,” she said. “He was playful and creative. He gave me free rein to play...

Categories: Awards, Military / Defense

Topics: aaeoy, algorithms, asian american engineer, asian-american, awards, diversity, engineers, national laboratories, national labs, Sandia National Laboratories, SAR, STEM, synthetic aperture radar, women in STEM

Joining forces: Military students get a taste of national lab research

July 14, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Two years ago, West Point cadet Willahelm Wan signed on to spend a few summer weeks at Sandia National Laboratories in a real-world research environment. What he learned changed his career. “At Sandia, everything is connected,” he said. “Projects have multiple components and overlap between departments. I...

Categories: Community / Education, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: cadets, education, engineers, military academies, national labs, STEM

Sandia Labs BEYA winner listened and excelled

February 16, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Growing up in Wichita, Kansas, Jon Madison had a strong sense of who he was and where he was going. “I wasn’t an average kid,” he said. “Whatever my peers were doing, chances are I wasn’t doing it. After school and weekends I helped with my family’s...

Categories: Awards, HR / Personnel, Materials Science

Topics: african american, awards, BEYA, community, diversity, engineers, materials science, STEM

Moly 99 reactor using Sandia design could lead to U.S. supply of isotope to track disease

June 16, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque startup company has licensed a Sandia National Laboratories technology that offers a way to make molybdenum-99, a key radioactive isotope needed for diagnostic imaging in nuclear medicine, in the United States. Known as moly 99, it is made in aging nuclear reactors outside the country,...

Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, diagnostic imaging, DOE, economic development, economic impact, engineers, licensing, molybdenum-99, national laboratories, national labs, nuclear medicine, partnerships, radioisotopes, reactor, research, startup, tech transfer, technology

Scientists help entrepreneurs make business dreams come true

May 12, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bill Watts knows a thing or two about data-center computers. One is that they’re dangerous to move. “A server cabinet is 8 feet tall with 3,500 pounds of equipment,” he said. “If it starts to tip over, there’s no way you can stop it.” Watts, an Intel...

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

Topics: assistance, awards, business, collaboration, economic development, economic impact, engineers, entrepreneurs, innovation, national laboratories, national labs, NMSBA, partnerships, research, small business, tech transfer, technology

Tech transfer program shares Sandia’s science, creates jobs for two decades

April 24, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For 20 years, Sandia National Laboratories researchers have been able to leave to start or join small companies, knowing they can return. Their work has made a difference: creating jobs, bringing Sandia expertise into the private sector and boosting economic development, a new survey shows. “The Entrepreneurial...

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

Topics: business, collaboration, economic development, economic impact, engineers, entrepreneurship, national laboratories, national labs, research, small business, tech transfer, technology

Entrepreneur teams with Sandia scientists to bring life-saving vaccines to far reaches of the world

March 25, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Getting life-saving vaccines to the most remote parts of the world is no easy feat. Biopharmaceuticals are highly sensitive to heat and cold and can perish if their temperature shifts a few degrees. “The vast majority of the world’s population lives in areas where electricity and refrigeration...

Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research, Chemistry, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Cargo security partnership takes home national tech transfer award

March 10, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and two collaborators won the national Federal Laboratory Consortium’s 2014 Interagency Partnership Award. The award recognizes agency and/or laboratory employees from at least two organizations who together did outstanding work in transferring technology. The winning partnership included Sandia, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems...

Categories: Awards, Homeland security, Technology transfer / Economic Impact, Transportation

Topics: awards, business, collaboration, defense, economic development, economic impact, engineers, flc, Homeland security, military, national laboratories, national labs, partnerships, research, tech transfer

White House honors four early-career Sandia researchers

February 17, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia researchers Matthew Brake, Adrian Chavez, Seth Root and Daniel Stick have been named by President Barack Obama as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE is the highest honor the U.S. go…

Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: awards, engineers, national laboratories, national labs, pecase, Sandia

Black Engineer of the Year honoree inspires youth to excel in STEM

January 20, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — There’s more to receiving a Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) award than being a winner, says Aaron Brundage of Sandia National Laboratories. “The intent of the award is to provide guidance to young people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM),” he says....

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

Topics: awards, BEYA, black engineers, community, diversity, education, engineers, national laboratories, national labs, STEM

American Indian group names Sandia engineer 2014 Professional of the Year

November 19, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Randy McKee’s passion is engineering excellence. “I’m a process guy,” says the Cherokee Nation member. “I always put that first in anything I do.” Close behind is his desire to help young people become professional engineers. McKee has spent countless hours mentoring in minority recruitment, graduate and...

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

Topics: AISES, American Indian, awards, diversity, education, engineers, mentoring, national labs, North Carolina A&T State, professional development, STEM

Sandia internship program serves up challenging national security work with a side of fun

October 17, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Keilan Jackson wanted real-world experience when he shopped for an internship for the summer of 2013. The Arizona State University computer science junior had completed other intern stints where his work was never put to use. From several options, he chose Sandia National Laboratories’ Technical Internships to...

Categories: Computing, Military / Defense

Topics: computing, cybersecurity, defense, education, engineers, Homeland security, internship, national laboratories, national labs, research, security, students, technology, training

Sandia researchers bring lab experience to world of business

March 28, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Three Sandia National Laboratories workers were recognized for taking technology out of the labs and into the private sector. Laurence Brown, Matt Donnelly and Jim Pacheco received Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards for their participation in a Sandia program that encourages researchers to take jobs at startup or expanding...

Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: awards, business, community, economic development, energy, engineers, entrepreneur, materials science, materirals science, national laboratories, national labs, Sandia, small business, solar, tech transfer, technology

Prestigious award lights up Tsao’s wide-ranging career

March 12, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Jeff Tsao has seen it all in his 29-year Sandia National Laboratories career, from research to management to entrepreneurship. But being an idea guy is what he likes best. “It’s what I naturally gravitate toward,” Tsao said.Tsao is a researcher in…

Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget

Topics: aaeoy, asian-american, awards, energy, engineers, national laboratories, national labs, Sandia

Black engineers get national awards for reaching beyond the expected

February 26, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Three Sandia National Laboratories staff members who share a commitment to quality and diversity are winners of 2013 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) awards. J. Anthony Wingate, manager of Subsystems and Component Quality Engineering, was named Professional Engineer of the Year for Diversity Leadership. Dennis Owens,...

Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget

Topics: african american, awards, BEYA, diversity, engineers, National Engineers Week, national laboratories, national labs, Sandia

Sandia explosives legend Paul Cooper hangs up his teaching hat

August 27, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Paul Cooper, one of the world’s foremost explosives experts, retired from Sandia National Laboratories more than a decade ago but continued his labor of love, teaching a new generation of engineers everything they needed to know about blowing things up. Cooper taught explosives safety and technology to...

Categories: Homeland security, Materials Science, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: branch davidians, education, engineers, expert, explosives, materials science, national laboratories, oklahoma city, Sandia, training, twa 800, uss iowa

Award-winning Sandia Labs engineer trods global path of nonproliferation

June 27, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Adam Williams of Sandia National Laboratories won a 2012 Black Engineer of the Year Award for his work in international security and nonproliferation. Williams was named Most Promising Engineer-Government in the prestigious BEYA program, which recognizes some of the nation’s best and brightest engineers, scientists and technology...

Categories: Awards, Homeland security, Military / Defense, Nonproliferation, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: awards, BEYA, engineers, national laboratories, national labs, nonproliferation, Sandia

Asian American Engineer of the Year honors three Sandians

February 27, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three Sandia National Laboratories scientists are among 19 people from across the United States receiving 2012 Asian American Engineer of the Year awards. The AAEOY program and awards ceremony will be held in Albuquerque on March 2-3 at the Marriott Uptown. “It is a great honor to...

Categories: Awards, Conferences / Symposia, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: aaeoy, asian-american, awards, engineers, national laboratories, Sandia