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New program aims to BRIDGE gap in solar

November 18, 2024 • Hands-on training. Native American women learn to install photovoltaic panels as part of a collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories.

Categories: Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: clean energy, CRADA, national laboratories, Native American, solar installation, women in tech

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

Five Sandia Labs scientists earn 2024 Black Engineer of the Year Awards

February 28, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Dissecting doorbells, exploring music, mastering retail software, love of the arts and old-fashioned hard work were early paths that led five Sandia National Laboratories engineers to their callings and recently earned them national Black Engineer of the Year Awards. The awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in engineering, science...

Categories: Awards, HR / Personnel

Topics: awards, BEYA, Black Engineer of the Year, diversity and inclusion, national awards, national laboratories

National award goes to Sandia Labs engineer

January 17, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tony Garcia often reflects on his grandfather’s words: “Work hard and be good to people, and you’ll end up happy.” This simple principle has been Garcia’s beacon throughout his academic and professional journeys, and now has led to his recognition with a prestigious 2023 Society of Hispanic...

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

Topics: awards, community, diversity, national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, STEM

Sandia 2023 economic impact reaches record high

January 11, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ economic impact for fiscal year 2023 reached an all-time high of nearly $4.8 billion, which was $559 million more than in 2022. The impact is evident in the 1,200 new jobs added in the last year, the $114 million in gross receipts taxes paid...

Categories: HR / Personnel, Media advisories, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: awards, community, diversity, national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, STEM

Society of Women Engineers celebrates Sandia employees

December 21, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Women engineers at Sandia National Laboratories achieved significant recognition in 2023 from the Society of Women Engineers. These accolades included Advocating Women in Engineering, Distinguished New Engineer and 10 patent recognition awards. SWE’s awards program celebrates high levels of achievement among individuals who identify as women and...

Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: awards, diversity, national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, Society of Women Engineers

Asian American Engineer of the Year goes to Sandia Labs computer scientist

October 26, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tian Ma, a distinguished computer engineer in research and development at Sandia National Laboratories, has been honored as a 2023 Asian American Engineer of the Year by the Chinese Institute of Engineers-USA. Each year, CIE recognizes exceptional Asian American engineers who demonstrate strong technical skills, leadership abilities...

Categories: Awards, Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: awards, community, computing, diversity, national laboratories, national labs, research, Sandia National Laboratories

Pipelines for progress

August 23, 2022 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is sharpening its focus on select historically Black colleges and universities with its Securing Top Academic Research and Talent, or START, program. START builds academic partnerships that align with Sandia’s mission needs to fuel research collaboration and expose prospective underrepresented students to cutting-edge national...

Categories: Community / Education, HR / Personnel, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: business, diversity, national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, STEM

Cycloalkanes a strong candidate for reducing aviation emissions

April 20, 2022 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have released data that could play an important role in the future development of cleaner and more sustainable aviation fuel.[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories recently p…

Categories: Climate Change

Topics: aviation, bioenergy, bioenergy technologies, climate change, climate innovation, cycloalkane, jet fuel, national laboratories, o-ring, physical properties, Sandia National Laboratories, structure-property relationship, sustainability, sustainable aviation fuel

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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

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

Equipped for crises

September 22, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Shovels symbolically speared the ground today at the site of Sandia National Laboratories new $42.5 million Emergency Operations Center.The 25,000-square-foot complex located on Kirtland Air Force Base is expected to be operational by spring 2023. The c…

Categories: Community / Education, Homeland security, Operations / Budget

Topics: business, community, construction, emergency management, emergency preparedness, facility, national laboratories, New Mexico small business

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

Grand Canyon rim-to-rim hikers provide data for Sandia study of health, performance

January 4, 2017 • LIVERMORE, Calif. – It takes a special type of person to hike from one rim of the Grand Canyon to the other in a single day. These motivated, resilient athletes now are helping researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico (UNM) to collect an…

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

Topics: national laboratories, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, unm

Sandia director Hommert to retire

May 12, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia President and Laboratories Director Paul Hommert announced to employees today that he plans to retire in mid-summer, five years after becoming Sandia’s 13th director. Under Hommert’s leadership, Sandia has delivered on a wide variety of national security work and increased its already large economic and community...

Categories: HR / Personnel, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: director, hommert, national laboratories, retirement

Starting point for suppliers at Sandia is not a recording

November 25, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first voice people hear when they call Sandia National Laboratories for information about becoming a supplier is the real thing. “I was surprised to talk to a live person about how to do business with Sandia,” said Danny Ruiz of Mazda Computing in Albuquerque. “You don’t...

Categories: Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, Business Opportunities, contracting, contractor, economic development, economic impact, national laboratories, national labs, partnerships, procurement, small business, supplier, supply chain

Sandia Science & Technology Park fuels economy with jobs, tax revenue

November 19, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The $2.3 billion worth of economic activity generated by the Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) since it was established in 1998 has produced more than $89 million in tax revenue for the state of New Mexico and $12.9 million for the city of Albuquerque in the...

Categories: Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, business park, collaboration, economic development, economic impact, national laboratories, national labs, partnerships, research, research park, Sandia Science & Technology Park, tech transfer

Sandia Labs plans partnership center to boost collaboration, tech transfer

October 3, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories will pursue a Center for Collaboration and Commercialization to strengthen partnerships, technology transfer and ties to the community. The center, known as C3, will support the city of Albuquerque’s and the University of New Mexico’s Innovation District and Innovate ABQ initiatives. C3 will offer...

Categories: Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, commercialization, community, economic development, economic impact, entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property, licensing, national laboratories, national labs, partnerships, small business, tech transfer, technology

Math skill put Sandia Labs HENAAC honoree on the path to success

October 2, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Edward Jimenez, a Sandia National Laboratories applied mathematician, was named a 2014 HENAAC Award winner as Most Promising Engineer/Advanced Degree by Great Minds in STEM. He joins other honorees at the 26th annual HENAAC conference in New Orleans from Oct. 2-4. HENAAC, formerly the Hispanic Engineering National...

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

Topics: applied mathematics, awards, diversity, education, Great Minds in STEM, HENAAC, math, minorities, national laboratories, national labs, STEM

Showcase to spur commercialization of Sandia technologies

September 16, 2014, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A showcase that brought Sandia National Laboratories’ cutting-edge research and technology to the community the past two years has a new look and target audience. Instead of an annual daylong gathering open to the public, the re-envisioned Sandia Technology Showcase will become a yearlong series of events...

Categories: Media advisories, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, commercialization, economic development, economic impact, entrepreneurs, intellectual property, investors, IP, national laboratories, national labs, partnerships, research, showcase, small business, tech transfer, technology

Sandia cyber-testing contributes to DHS Transition to Practice

September 10, 2014 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Through the Department of Homeland Security’s Transition to Practice (TTP) program, cybersecurity technologies developed at Sandia National Laboratories — and at other federal labs — now stand a better chance of finding their way into the real wor…

Categories: Cybersecurity

Topics: cyber security, cybersecurity, DHS, DoD, licensing, malware, national laboratories, valley of death

New way to report purchases better shows how Sandia Labs spends money

August 18, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has changed the way it categorizes purchased goods and services by linking each acquisition to a specific industry code. “This change in our data systems allows Sandia to better describe to our stakeholders, customers and the general public how we spend our money,” said...

Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, economic development, economic impact, government contracting, minority owned, NAICS, national laboratories, national labs, procurement, small business, suppliers, woman owned

Tech transfer awards salute innovation, commercialization at Sandia Labs

August 14, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories won four regional awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for its work to develop and commercialize innovative technologies. The FLC is a nationwide network of more than 300 members that provides the forum to develop strategies and opportunities for linking laboratory mission technologies...

Categories: Awards, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: awards, business, collaboration, DOE, economic development, economic impact, flc, H2FIRST, Mantevo, national laboratories, national labs, NMSBA, partnerships, renewable, research, technology, technology transfer

Joint hire increases materials science collaboration for Sandia Labs, UNM

July 24, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico (UNM) have hired Fernando Garzon, a nationally recognized scientist and inventor, to work for both institutions. It is the first joint hire recruited together by Sandia and UNM. “Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have...

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

Topics: collaboration, joint hire, national laboratories, partnerships, research, University of New Mexico

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

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