Sandia National Laboratories

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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

Hydrogen-powered passenger ferry in San Francisco Bay is possible, says Sandia study

October 6, 2016 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] An engineering design of the proposed San Francisco Bay Renewable Energy Electric Vessel with Zero Emissions (SF-BREEZE). A Sandia National Laboratories-led study found that a high-speed, hydrogen-fueled passenger ferry is feas…

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Transportation

Topics: American Bureau of Shipping, Coast Guard, Elliott Bay Design Group, ferry, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell, Maritime Administration, Port of San Francisco, Red and White Fleet, San Francisco, Sandia National Laboratories, SF-BREEZE, zero emissions

An artistic rendering of the proposed San Francisco Bay Renewable Energy Electric Vessel with Zero Emissions (SF-BREEZE), A Sandia-led study found that a high-speed, hydrogen-fueled passenger ferry is feasible. (Image courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.

Turning ubiquitous lignin into high-value chemicals

September 16, 2016 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories researchers Arul Varman, left, and Seema Singh, who is the principal investigator, are part of a team that mapped the metabolic pathway of a bacteria that lives solely off lignin. The breakthrough, p…

Categories: Biology, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Topics: biofuel production, lignin, metabolic flux analysis, metabolic pathway, metabolizing lignin, Sandia National Laboratories, Sphingobium

Sandia researchers discover mechanism for Rift Valley fever virus infection

June 16, 2016 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Brooke Harmon, a virologist at Sandia National Laboratories, led research that found a cellular pathway for Rift Valley fever virus infection, the first step in developing treatment for the highly infectious deadly disease. (P…

Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research

Topics: Biology, disease-carrying mosquito, Ebola, infectious disease, Journal of Virology, mosquito, mosquito-borne disease, Rift Valley fever virus, RVFV, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, virus, Wnt pathway, Zika

High school girls recognized for math, science accomplishments

June 7, 2016 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Celeste Rohlfing, chief operating officer at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, congratulates Audrey Kurz, a student at Livermore Valley Charter Preparatory, for her outstanding achievement in math. Rohlfin…

Categories: Awards, Community / Education

Topics: awards, Celeste Rohlfing, community, education, mentoring, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, women in STEM

Livermore educators win Sandia Excellence in Teaching awards

May 18, 2016 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Transitional kindergarten teacher Heather Dion received a Sandia National Laboratories Excellence in Teaching Award for her innovative use of technology in her classroom. (Photo courtesy of Livermore Valley Joint Unified School …

Categories: Community / Education

Topics: education, Livermore Valley Education Foundation, Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District, Sandia National Laboratories, STEM education

Sandia’s California site invites community to 60th anniversary celebration

May 11, 2016, Media Advisory • LIVERMORE, Calif. –Sixty years ago, the Giants played baseball in New York and the Athletics in Kansas City, Dwight Eisenhower was president and Sandia National Laboratories opened its California site in the city of Livermore, which at the time had a population of under 10…

Categories: Community / Education, Cybersecurity, Energy / Environment / Water, Homeland security, Nuclear Weapons, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: 60th Anniversary, 60th Anniversary Community Event, additive manufacturing, algae, Altergy, Bankhead Theater, California Fuel Cell Partnership, Combustion Research Facility, cybersecurity, Explosive Destruction System, Fuel Cell Mobile Light, Jill Hruby, Livermore, Marianne Walck, National Security talks, Sandia California, Sandia National Laboratories, SpinDx

Lighting up disease-carrying mosquitoes

March 21, 2016 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Mosquitoes are deadly efficient at spreading disease. Despite vaccines and efforts to eradicate the pesky insects, they continue to infect humans with feared diseases like Zika virus, malaria and West Nile virus.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="…

Categories: Biology, Bioscience / Medical Research

Topics: Analytical Chemistry, chikungunya virus, disease-carrying mosquito, Ebola, mosquito, Sandia National Laboratories, West Nile virus, Zika

Algae raceway paves path from lab to real-world applications

February 2, 2016, Media Advisory • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] The new algae raceway testing facility at Sandia National Laboratories will help scientists advance laboratory research to real-world applications. Shown here is one of the three 1,000-liter ponds, outfitted with custom lighting…

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

Topics: algae raceway, Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation, BETO, bioeconomy, biofuels, clean energy, Department of Energy, Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office, Sandia National Laboratories

Nothing but water: Hydrogen fuel cell unit to provide renewable power to Honolulu port

August 28, 2015 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] "We are pleased to help expand this clean energy technology to new applications," said Young Brothers, Ltd., President Glenn Hong. Young Brothers is hosting a project led by Sandia National Laboratories to test a hydrogen-fuel-c…

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Transportation

Topics: clean energy, energy, Hawaii, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell, maritime, renewable energy, Sandia National Laboratories

RAPTOR turbulent combustion code selected for next-gen supercomputer readiness project

May 27, 2015 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — RAPTOR, a turbulent combustion code developed bySandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer Joseph Oefelein, was selected as one of 13 partnership projects for the Center for Accelerated Application Readiness (CAAR).CAAR is a U.S. Department of Ene…

Categories: Awards, Transportation

Topics: Center for Accelerated Application Readiness, Joseph Oefelein, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, supercomputer, turbulent combustion

Carbon sequestration research continues at Sandia Labs under Energy Department funds

September 15, 2014 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] The Center for Frontiers of Subsurface Energy Security, a project between Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Texas, Austin, the lead partner, studies the long-term geologic sequestration of carbon. (Graphic court…

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: caprock, carbon sequestration, CO2, Department of Energy, DOE, Energy Frontier Research Center, greenhouse gas, Sandia National Laboratories

3-D codes yield unprecedented physics, engineering insights

August 4, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated on re-entry in 2002, sophisticated computer models were key to determining what happened.A piece of foam flew off at launch and hit a tile, damaging the leading edge of the shuttle wing and exposing the unde…

Categories: Computing, Space / Astronomy

Topics: 3-D code, computer codes, DSMC, Open source, Sandia National Laboratories, SPARTA

Sandia National Laboratories researchers Steve Plimpton, left, and Michael Gallis look at a projection of a model of the Russian MIR space station, which fell out of orbit several years ago and disintegrated, with the remains ending up at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. Using Sandia's 3-D code SPARTA, the calculation is simulating an instance of the process of de-orbiting.

Watching neurons fire from a front-row seat

July 28, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — They are with us every moment of every day, controlling every action we make, from the breath we breathe to the words we speak, and yet there is still a lot we don’t know about the cells that make up our nervous systems. When things go awry...

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

Topics: brain, MESA, microscale, Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications, neural probe, neurons, Sandia National Laboratories

Survivor: Sandia ensures US nuclear weapons deterrent can remain effective, credible

July 22, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It may sound strange to say that nuclear weapons must survive radiation. But as part of its mission of ensuring the nation’s stockpile is safe, secure and effective as a deterrent, Sandia National Laboratories must make sure crucial parts can function…

Categories: Computing, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: modeling, neutron damage, nuclear weapons, QASPR, Sandia National Laboratories, Sandia Pulsed Reactor

Novel nanoparticle production method could lead to better lights, lenses, solar cells

June 17, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has come up with an inexpensive way to synthesize titanium-dioxide nanoparticles and is seeking partners who can demonstrate the process at industrial scale for everything from solar cells to light-emitting diodes (LEDs).Tit…

Categories: Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: commercial partner, LEDs, nanoparticles, Sandia National Laboratories, Science and Technology Showcase, solar cells, titanium dioxide

Sandia National Laboratories researchers Dale Huber, left, and Todd Monson have come up with an inexpensive way to synthesize titanium-dioxide nanoparticles, which could be used in everything from solar cells to light-emitting diodes.

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 d…

Categories: Nuclear Weapons

Topics: Air Force, B61, nuclear, nuclear weapons, Sandia National Laboratories, stockpile, wind tunnel test

Shape-shifting alloys hold promise

August 27, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Imagine untwisting a finger-size spring, then holding the flame from a lighter underneath the unraveled section. Like magic, it twirls itself into a spring again because the metal alloy remembered its original shape.Sandia National Laboratories research…

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: materials science, Sandia National Laboratories, weapons components

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