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Terrorist, timed scenarios challenge bomb squads at Sandia’s Robot Rodeo

May 13, 2019, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bomb squad teams from New Mexico and beyond are converging at Sandia National Laboratories for a five-day Robot Rodeo and Capability Exercise where emergency preparedness skills will be put to the test. Twelve challenges for 10 military and civilian teams have been set up for the 13th...

Categories: Media advisories, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: bomb squads, explosives, Robot Rodeo, robotics, robots, Sandia, Sandia Labs, Sandia National Labs, simulated, training

Research from Sandia shows brain stimulation during training boosts performance

April 24, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Your Saturday Salsa club or Introductory Italian class might be even better for you than you thought. According to Sandia National Laboratories cognitive scientist Mike Trumbo, learning a language or an instrument or going dancing is the best way to keep your brain keen despite the ravages...

Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research

Topics: brain, brain stimulation, cognitive, cognitive study, memory research, tDCS, training, University of New Mexico, working memory

Mike Trumbo adjusts an electrode on Laura Matzen's head

Sandia adds augmented reality to training toolbox

February 6, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When you hear the term “serious gaming” you might envision professional eSports competitors gearing up for a League of Legends World Championship in front of tens of thousands of live fans and tens of millions of streaming fans. At Sandia National Laboratories, serious gaming means something else...

Categories: Homeland security

Topics: augmented reality, global security, international atomic energy agency, international training course, nuclear power, nuclear reactor, physical security, training

Tam Le and Todd Noel use augmented reality

Radiation security team from Sandia works behind the scenes at events to protect public

November 14, 2016 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Richard Stump has been to five Super Bowls and hasn’t seen a single pass, run or touchdown. Stump works security — a very special kind of security — at large public events. He’s a senior scientist on Sandia National Laboratories’ Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) team. He, along...

Categories: Homeland security

Topics: Department of Energy, first responders, NNSA, preventative detection, radiation detection, radiation protection, radiological assistance program, RAP, training

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

Motivating business to design a more resilient nation, one building at a time

July 23, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Anyone who’s ever come home from vacation to find a home partly destroyed by a leaking roof, broken water line or backed-up sewage knows the horror of drywall replacement, rotted rugs, mold tests and other measures of reconstruction that force domestic life to a halt. The crisis...

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

Topics: cyberattacks, earthquakes, education, hurricane, infrastructure, publlic-private partnerships, resilience, storms, terror, training

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

Navy pilot training enhanced by AEMASE ‘smart machine’ developed at Sandia Labs

May 16, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Navy pilots and other flight specialists soon will have a new “smart machine” installed in training simulators that learns from expert instructors to more efficiently train their students. Sandia National Laboratories’ Automated Expert Modeling & Student Evaluation (AEMASE, pronounced “amaze”) is being provided to the Navy as...

Categories: Computing, Military / Defense

Topics: cognitive modeling, computer, military, national laboratories, navy, Sandia, smart machine, software, training