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Detecting battery failures quicker

November 12, 2024 • Batteries in electric vehicles can fail quickly, sometimes catching fire without much warning. Sandia National Laboratories is working to detect these failures early and provide sufficient warning time to vehicle occupants.

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

Topics: battery safety, battery testing, electric vehicles, national labs, Sandia

DOE awards $7.4M for energy projects at Sandia National Laboratories

June 28, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions has awarded $7.4 million to develop seven projects at Sandia National Laboratories aimed at advancing clean energy technologies. Vanessa Chan, the Chief Commercialization Officer and director of DOE’s OTT office, announced the funding at an event in Albuquerque on...

Categories: Climate Change, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: clean energy, commercialization, Department of Energy, national labs, Sandia, Sandia National Labs, technology transfer

Sandia pumps $140B into the economy through technology development

April 2, 2024 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — To say that the technology and products Sandia National Laboratories researchers have helped imagine, innovate and industrialize have had a massive impact on the country would be an understatement. Two studies commissioned by Sandia and the National Nuclear Security Administration show Sandia’s work has had an overall...

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

Topics: economic impact, national labs, Sandia, tech transfer

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

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

Catching dreams

June 7, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories in a new partnership with New Mexico Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement, or NM MESA, has increased the number of students in Sandia’s Dream Catchers Science Program. The latest hands-on science and engineering program was recently held at the University of New Mexico-Gallup campus....

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: American Indian, community, diversity, education, national labs, Native American, outreach, partnerships, robotics, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, STEM, technology

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

New Mexico firm uses motion of the ocean to bring fresh water to coastal communities

July 5, 2017 • Sandia Labs provides a fourth year of technical help ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hurricane Katrina whipped up huge, powerful waves that caused severe destruction in 2005 along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Their size and strength convinced Phil Kithil of Santa Fe, New Mexico, there had to be a way to harness...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: clean energy, collaboration, desalination, economic development, national labs, NMSBA, partnerships, small business, tech transfer, wave power

NM construction companies awarded $135 million in Sandia contracts

May 25, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Fourteen New Mexico companies, most of them small businesses, have been chosen to provide about $135 million in general, electrical, mechanical and civil construction work at Sandia National Laboratories. The companies are subcontractors for the labs and will compete for individual construction projects as they occur, said...

Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, construction, contracting, economic impact, national labs, partnerships, procurement, small business

More small, clean-energy businesses will tap into Sandia technical expertise

April 25, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Department of Energy has chosen five more small, clean-energy businesses to work with Sandia National Laboratories to speed the commercialization of next-generation technologies and gain a global competitive advantage for the U.S. “Sandia is excited to bring these small businesses together with our scientists and engineers...

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

Topics: clean energy, collaboration, economic development, national labs, small business, small business vouchers, tech transfer

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

Energy work brings Sandia Labs two national technology transfer awards

February 15, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories won the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s (FLC) national 2017 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer for a heat-exchanger technology that makes power generation more efficient. And Sandia won the FLC’s State and Local Economic Development Recognition award for its work on the New Jersey TRANSITGRID...

Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, economic development, energy, flc, national labs, partnerships, tech transfer

Sandia’s solar glitter closer to market with new licensing agreement

January 31, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque company founded by a Sandia National Laboratories scientist-turned-entrepreneur has received a license for a “home-grown” technology that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used. The licensing agreement was signed Jan. 23 between mPower Technology Inc. and Sandia for microsystems enabled photovoltaics (MEPV)....

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

Topics: business, economic impact, energy, licensing, national labs, renewable energy, solar, solar glitter, tech transfer

Small, NM businesses key factor in Sandia’s 2016 economic impact

January 12, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories spent more than $1 billion on goods and services in fiscal year 2016, up more than $56 million from the previous year, and New Mexico businesses received more than $381 million, or 37 percent of the total, according to the labs’ latest economic impact...

Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, contracting, economic development, economic impact, national labs, procurement, small business

Kirk McWethy, owner and president of SDV Construction Inc. of Albuquerque, has been a Sandia contractor since 2006. His service-disabled veteran-owned small business has 44 employees and has completed numerous construction projects at the Labs, including an addition to Bldg. 905 shown in this photo. “I love being a Sandia contractor because it is a true partnership. Both sides work to make the other successful,” says McWethy, an Air Force veteran. “The people at Sandia want us to succeed and continue to grow.” (Photo by Randy Montoya) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.

Face to face: Sandia Labs invites businesses to talk contracts

December 12, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Companies that want to supply products and services to Sandia National Laboratories have a new way to learn the ropes. Sandia now is offering open houses where small and diverse suppliers can talk to staff and contracting experts about doing business with the labs. The first open...

Categories: Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, economic impact, government contracting, national labs, procurement, small business, suppliers

Sandia National Laboratories supplier diversity specialist Patricia Brown, right, and Theresa Carson, senior manager of Policy, Assurance and Outreach, greet business owners at a Sandia supplier open house. (Photo by Lonnie Anderson)

Sandia Labs, Singapore join forces to develop energy storage

December 6, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the government of Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) that will tap into the labs’ expertise in energy storage. EMA is the statutory body in Singapore responsible for ensuring a reliable and secure energy supply,...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, collaboration, CRADA, economic impact, energy storage, national labs, partnerships, tech transfer

Dan Borneo, center in blue shirt, and other researchers from Sandia National Laboratories met with government representatives in the Southeast Asian island city-state of Singapore. Sandia will help Singapore’s Energy Market Authority set up the country’s first grid energy storage test-bed through a Comprehensive Research and Development Agreement. (Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.

Former Sandia Labs executive named to National Science Board

November 16, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — President Barack Obama appointed former Sandia National Laboratories acting Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Julia Phillips to a seat on the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation. The president said Phillips and other recent appointees and to national boards are “fine public servants who...

Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: education, Julia Phillips, national labs, National Science Board, National Science Foundation, women in STEM

Julia Phillips, whose career at Sandia National Laboratories spanned 14 years and a variety of management positions, said she will work to keep the U.S. at the forefront of science and engineering as a member of the National Science Board. (Photo by Randy Montoya) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.

Small businesses can apply for Sandia clean-energy help

October 10, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Department of Energy (DOE) today launched the third round of its Small Business Vouchers Pilot, which lets companies in the clean-energy sector apply for technical help from Sandia National Laboratories and other DOE labs. Johanna Wolfson, Technology-to-Market director in the office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: clean energy, collaboration, economic development, national labs, partnerships, small business, tech transfer

Tech transfer awards recognize Sandia’s work in eye tracking, hydrogen refueling, heat exchange efficiency

September 14, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories won three regional 2016 awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for its work to develop and commercialize innovative technologies. The FLC’s Mid-Continent/Far West regions recognized Sandia’s achievements in the following innovations: GazeAppraise: Eye Movement Analysis Software, which won a Notable Technology Development Award;...

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

Topics: awards, business, collaboration, economic development, flc, national labs, partnerships, tech transfer

Sandia National Laboratories researcher Mike Haass demonstrates how an eye tracker under a computer monitor is calibrated to capture his eye movements on the screen. Haass and others are working with EyeTracking Inc. to figure out how to capture within tens of milliseconds the content beneath the point on the screen where the viewer is looking. (Photo by Randy Montoya) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image

Exascale Computing Project awards $39.8 million for application development

September 9, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Improved computer climate models of the Earth’s clouds and more accurate simulations of the combustion engine are goals for two projects led by Sandia National Laboratories that were funded in the first round of activities from the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP). Sandia also will...

Categories: Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: climate, collaboration, computing, energy, exascale, high performance computing, national labs, NSCI, partnerships

The Exascale Computing Project ... Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.

X-ray vision: Bomb techs strengthen their hand with Sandia’s XTK software

September 6, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In the chaos that followed the terrorist attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon, bomb squads scanned packages at the scene for explosive devices. Two homemade pressure cooker bombs had killed three people and injured more than 250, and techs quickly had to determine if more were waiting...

Categories: Homeland security, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: bomb squads, defense, Homeland security, national labs, tech transfer, X-ray, XTK

Path to success: Sandia women honored for leadership, science

August 26, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two women at Sandia National Laboratories were recognized by professional organizations for their leadership and groundbreaking scientific research. The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) recently gave Sandia President and Laboratories Director Jill Hruby — the first woman to lead a national security laboratory — its 2016 Suzanne...

Categories: Awards, Physics

Topics: awards, community, ieee, leadership, national labs, physics, SWE, women in STEM

More small businesses get Sandia help in clean-energy voucher pilot

August 18, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of five more small, clean-energy businesses to work with Sandia National Laboratories to bring next-generation technologies to market faster. “These are innovative companies working to build the clean-energy economy,” said Mary Monson, Sandia’s senior manager of industrial partnerships....

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: clean energy, collaboration, economic development, national labs, partnerships, renewable energy, small business, tech transfer

Lessons from Fukushima

August 16, 2016 • Sandia helps industry learn from Japanese reactor accident ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. –When you’re an operator or engineer at a nuclear power plant, there are things you want to know long before you’re faced with an emergency. Reactor safety experts from Sandia National Laboratories and elsewhere are sharing lessons learned in Japan’s...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: energy, Fukushima, national labs, nuclear accident, nuclear power

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