ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Not everyone can play music. You need timing and rhythm, an ear for pitch and notes and an ability to interpret sheet music and symbols. You need physical coordination to apply those talents plus control of lungs, lips, arms and fingers to match the mechanics of a musical instrument. And you need [...]
Category Archives: Partnerships / Technology transfer
Sandia’s Paul Hommert named FLC Laboratory Director of the Year
February 4, 2013 – 3:30 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — Paul Hommert has been named 2013 Laboratory Director of the Year by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for his support of technology transfer activities at Sandia National Laboratories. The FLC said the award recognized the excellence of work during 2012 by Hommert, Sandia’s president and laboratories director, and the entire Sandia tech [...]
Report spotlights Sandia’s impact on New Mexico economy
February 1, 2013 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories spent roughly $900 million on goods and services in fiscal year 2012 and New Mexico businesses were awarded more than $400 million, or 45 percent, of the total, according to the labs’ latest economic impact report. U.S. small businesses received $472.7 million in Sandia contracts, with the New Mexico [...]
Sustainability push unites Sandia facilities and research
December 18, 2012 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories has launched a Sustainability Innovation Foundry that combines labs-wide resource conservation with efforts to turn research in fields related to sustainability into business opportunities. “Sandia has experience on the facilities side and a tremendous wealth of knowledge on the R&D side,” said Jack Mizner, manager of Facilities Partnerships and [...]
Sandia helps DOE bring large-scale solar systems to market
November 27, 2012 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is advancing viable, low-carbon power through collaborating on five U.S. Regional Test Centers (RTCs) where industry can assess the performance, reliability and bankability of large-scale photovoltaic energy systems. “With the trend in the solar industry toward larger systems and greater capital investment – substantial amounts of money are going [...]
Traumatic brain injury patients, supercomputer simulations studied to improve helmets
November 14, 2012 – 9:39 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico are comparing supercomputer simulations of blast waves on the brain with clinical studies of veterans suffering from mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) to help improve helmet designs. Paul Taylor and John Ludwigsen of Sandia’s Terminal Ballistics Technology Department and Corey Ford, [...]
Northrop Grumman, GE partnerships tap wide range of Sandia Labs expertise
November 5, 2012 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories has signed a pair of cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) that could broadly add to the Labs’ research into combustion, defense, energy and nuclear security. The umbrella CRADAs, which enable Sandia and its partners to pursue multiple projects in a variety of categories, are with Northrop Grumman Information [...]
Four technology transfer awards go to Sandia Labs
October 22, 2012 – 10:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories has won four awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Sandia’s efforts to develop and commercialize innovative technologies. The FLC’s Far West/Mid-Continent regional awards recognized Sandia’s technology transfer work with crystalline silico-titanates (CSTs), biomimetic membranes, the i-Gate Innovation Hub and DAKOTA software. “It is always gratifying when the [...]
First Sandia tech showcase shines a light on research, business
September 5, 2012 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories’ cutting-edge research and technology will be on display next week at a daylong event. Tips on intellectual property issues and on how to do business with the Labs through licensing, partnership agreements, procurement and economic development programs also will be featured at the first Sandia Research & Technology Showcase [...]
Sandia Science & Technology Park fuels economy with jobs, tax revenue, spending
August 28, 2012 – 10:35 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The $1.89 billion in economic activity generated by the Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) since it was established in 1998 has produced more than $73 million in tax revenue for the state of New Mexico and $10.4 million for the city of Albuquerque, according to a new report by the Mid-Region [...]
Sandia Science & Technology Park to host news conference on economic impact results
August 23, 2012 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) will host a news conference Tuesday to announce the results of an economic impact report by the Mid-Region Council of Governments (MRCOG). The findings will be reported by the city of Albuquerque, represented by Chief Administrative Officer Rob Perry, and Bernalillo County, represented by Commissioner Maggie [...]
Labs small-business assistance program named Manufacturing Advocate of the Year
July 13, 2012 – 8:26 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) Program has received the 2012 Manufacturing Advocate of the Year award from the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) under the U.S. Department of Commerce. The MEP award recognized the program’s “commitment to the business growth and transformation of U.S.-based manufacturing through work in the manufacturing sector.” [...]
Sandia seeks commercial partners for revolutionary “SpinDx” medical diagnostic tool
July 12, 2012 – 8:43 am
Faster, less expensive device gives lab test results in 15 minutes at point-of-care LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a lab-on-a-disk platform that they believe will be faster, less expensive and more versatile than similar medical diagnostic tools. Lab officials are seeking industry partners to license and commercialize the SpinDx technology, [...]
Sandia wins four R&D 100 Awards
June 20, 2012 – 12:14 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers — competing in an international pool of universities, corporations and government labs — captured four prestigious R&D 100 Awards in this year’s contest. R&D Magazine presents the awards each year to researchers whom its editors and independent judging panels determine have developed the year’s 100 most outstanding advances in [...]
Sandia Labs technology used in Fukushima cleanup
May 29, 2012 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Sandia National Laboratories technology has been used to remove radioactive material from more than 43 million gallons of contaminated wastewater at Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Sandia researchers had worked around the clock following the March 2011 disaster to show the technology worked in seawater, which was pumped in [...]
Partnership program seeks small-business groups needing technical help
May 15, 2012 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) Program is looking for groups of companies facing common challenges that could use technical assistance from researchers at Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories. NMSBA is soliciting proposals for 2013 leveraged projects, in which two or more small businesses request assistance as a group. The [...]
Innovation Celebration spotlights teamwork between science and business
May 1, 2012 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A kick in the teeth got Delano Romero thinking about mouth guards. An Albuquerque martial artist, Romero was sparring in Brazilian jiu-jitsu when his mouth took a hit. His over-the-counter mouth guard didn’t do its job, and his teeth fractured. Romero decided to develop a better mouth guard, started a business, Albuquerque Delicate [...]
ER doc, Sandia engineer join forces on better trauma shears
April 23, 2012 – 8:05 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque physician teamed with a Sandia National Laboratories engineer to improve the doctor’s trauma shears design so emergency personnel can get to the injuries they need to treat more quickly. “Sometimes seconds count. This product will make a difference for the medical community,” said Mark Reece of Sandia’s Multiscale Metallurgical Science [...]
Vestas to install research wind turbine at Sandia facility in Texas
April 18, 2012 – 9:14 am
The initial phase of Sandia National Laboratories’ Scaled Wind Farm Technology facility (SWIFT), currently being constructed in partnership with Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, will be a little bigger than originally planned. Leading wind turbine manufacturer Vestas will add its own 300-kilowatt, V27 research turbine to the two Sandia V27 research turbines. The Labs [...]
Sandia Labs garners two tech transfer awards
March 5, 2012 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories will be honored twice for its work to transfer innovative technologies to the private sector at an awards ceremony May 3 at the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) national meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) will receive the State and Local Economic Development Award, and [...]
Anthrax-killing foam proves effective in meth lab cleanup
February 16, 2012 – 5:00 am
Sandia’s decontamination foam is now also a meth eraser Sandia’s decontamination foam, developed more than a decade ago and used to decontaminate federal office buildings and mailrooms during the 2001 anthrax attacks, is now being used to decontaminate illegal methamphetamine labs. Mark Tucker, a chemical engineer in Sandia’s Chemical & Biological Systems Dept. and co-creator [...]
Sandia tool determines value of solar photovoltaic power systems
January 31, 2012 – 11:20 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Consistent appraisals of homes and businesses outfitted with photovoltaic (PV) installations are a real challenge for the nation’s real estate industry, but a new tool developed by Sandia National Laboratories and Solar Power Electric™ and licensed by Sandia addresses that issue. Sandia scientists, in partnership with Jamie Johnson of Solar Power Electric™, [...]
Sandia’s self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away
January 30, 2012 – 8:45 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — Take two Sandia National Laboratories engineers who are hunters, get them talking about the sport and it shouldn’t be surprising when the conversation leads to a patented design for a self-guided bullet that could help war fighters. (Click here for a video showing the prototype’s flight.) Sandia researchers Red Jones and Brian [...]
Economic Impact report spotlights Sandia Lab’s effect on New Mexico economy
January 26, 2012 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories spent close to $1 billion overall on the procurement of goods and services in fiscal year 2011, and small businesses across the nation were awarded more than half those dollars, $540 million or 59 percent, according to the Labs’ latest economic impact report. The 2011 Sandia National Laboratories Economic [...]
UNM and Sandia broaden collaboration in science, technology and education
September 22, 2011 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On Friday, Sept. 23, Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico and will sign a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) that significantly strengthens collaborative research and development between the two institutions, expanding the opportunities for students to participate in cutting-edge research and preparing them for a global job market. The signing [...]
Tribal Energy Program at Sandia empowers Native American students while powering tribal lands
August 15, 2011 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Most Americans take electric power for granted, but for thousands of people living on tribal lands, getting to the grid can be a challenge. A lack of infrastructure, transmission capabilities and policies impede the availability of electricity within the reservations and to outlying tribal areas. A program at Sandia National Laboratories addresses [...]
Sandia hosts 2011 Wind Turbine Reliability Workshop
August 1, 2011 – 1:02 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories will hold its biennial Wind Turbine Reliability Workshop, Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 2-3, 8 a.m. -5 p.m. at the Marriott Pyramid North in Albuquerque. Speakers include Steve Chalk, deputy assistant secretary for renewable energy in Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Chalk oversees applied research, [...]
Advanced wind energy projects test facility moving to Texas Tech University
July 27, 2011 – 8:18 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia is moving its wind energy test facility to a new location near the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Sandia, Texas Tech, and Group NIRE are pursuing a three-way research agreement under which this facility will operate. The Department of Energy’s Wind & Water Power program is funding Sandia’s work. [...]
Fuel cell mobile lighting system featured at Space Shuttle Atlantis launch
July 14, 2011 – 8:25 am
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Fuel cells are used in the space shuttle as one component of the electrical power system, so perhaps it was appropriate that a hydrogen fuel cell-powered mobile lighting system could be seen on the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center as the Space Shuttle Atlantis launched into space last week, the 135th [...]
Sandia’s “Cooler” technology offers fundamental breakthrough in heat transfer for microelectronics, other cooling applications
July 7, 2011 – 12:18 pm
Licensing opportunities now available LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new technology with the potential to dramatically alter the air-cooling landscape in computing and microelectronics, and lab officials are now seeking licensees in the electronics chip cooling field to license and commercialize the device. The “Sandia Cooler,” also known as the “Air [...]
Sandia National Laboratories partners with TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC to advance nation’s photovoltaic industry
June 23, 2011 – 5:30 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Testing techniques from Sandia National Laboratories are helping accelerate the growth of the nation’s photovoltaic solar power industry through a partnership with TUV Rheinland PTL, LLC, a private testing and certification company in Tucson, Arizona. “The unique, multiplatform test capabilities developed at Sandia Labs are providing a tremendous value to our customers,” [...]
NMSBA program seeks groups of companies facing common challenges to receive technical assistance grants
June 13, 2011 – 6:00 am
The New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program (NMSBA) is looking for groups of small businesses facing common challenges that could use technical assistance from researchers at Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories. The NMSBA is soliciting initial proposals for 2012 leveraged projects, in which two or more small businesses to request assistance as a group. [...]
New thermal battery manufacturing method to be industrialized under Sandia, ATB research agreement
June 1, 2011 – 11:45 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — A new thin-film coating process for manufacturing thermal batteries used in nuclear weapons and other munitions that was invented at Sandia National Laboratories will be industrialized under a new corporate partnership with a Maryland company. The process could lead to create lighter batteries in a variety of shapes for future applications. A [...]
Sandia and Cray Inc. to tackle “big data” in new supercomputing institute
May 27, 2011 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and supercomputer manufacturer Cray Inc. are forming an institute focused on data-intensive supercomputers. The Supercomputing Institute for Learning and Knowledge Systems (SILKS), to be located at Sandia in Albuquerque, will take advantage of the strengths of Sandia and Cray by making software and hardware resources available to researchers who [...]
World’s smallest atomic clock on sale
May 2, 2011 – 4:00 am
Sandia researchers develop tiny laser that reduced power consumption 1,000-fold ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A matchbook-sized atomic clock 100 times smaller than its commercial predecessors has been created by a team of researchers at Symmetricom Inc. Draper Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories. The portable Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) — only about 1.5 inches on a [...]
Scientists’ ideas, businesses’ know-how spark innovation through New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program
April 7, 2011 – 10:51 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Rod Dakan, owner of Royal Fiber Spinnery in Ruidoso, N.M., wanted an economical method of baling fleece from small, scattered alpaca herds for transport to the mills, so he turned to the New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) Program for help. Royal Fiber was one of 339 small businesses in 27 counties [...]
Local college receives a piece of Sandia/California history
March 23, 2011 – 9:29 am
LENS machine to assist future generations of welders LIVERMORE, Calif. — Las Positas College, located just a few short miles away from the Sandia/California campus, might be a close partner of Sandia’s in the near future as the lab continues to pursue academic and industry collaborators on its new open campus. But even with an [...]
Sandia wins 3 national technology transfer awards for bringing ideas, research to market
March 14, 2011 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A water blade that is disabling improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Afghanistan, software that detects water contamination or evidence of terrorists poisoning municipal water systems and a program that provides free technical assistance to New Mexico’s small businesses all have earned national awards for Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia will receive three 2011 [...]
Sandia seeds culture of nuclear energy safety and security
March 7, 2011 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The growing interest among Middle Eastern nations in establishing nuclear power programs prompted a Sandia National Laboratories team to conceive and lead development of a new institute that will seed and cultivate a regional culture of responsible nuclear energy management. The Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII), the product of three years [...]
Sandia Labs wins 3 technology transfer awards for projects, student research
October 14, 2010 – 9:19 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has won technology transfer awards for a water disruptor now diffusing improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan, mobile, fuel cell-powered lighting used at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards® and a national institute that teaches students cutting-edge nanoengineering. The winners of the Federal Laboratories Consortium (FLC) Mid-Continent Regional Awards were honored [...]
Sandia Labs’ device helps U.S. troops in Afghanistan disable improvised explosive devices
September 10, 2010 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A device developed by Sandia National Laboratories researchers that shoots a blade of water capable of penetrating steel is headed to U.S. troops in Afghanistan to help them disable deadly improvised explosive devices, or IEDs — the No. 1 killer and threat to troops in Afghanistan, according to the Pentagon. Sandia licensed [...]
Sandia National Laboratories helping to safeguard world’s dangerous biological agents
September 2, 2010 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Safeguarding the world’s most dangerous biological agents has been a top priority for a dedicated group of Sandia scientists for more than a decade, and now, this team is training laboratory leaders from around the world to secure deadly agents such as anthrax and HIV from accidental or intentional misuse. This year, [...]
Sandia honors scientists-turned-entrepreneurs for innovations beyond the Laboratories
August 27, 2010 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Hong Hou is the CEO of one of the largest publicly traded companies in New Mexico, and Dan Neal helped commercialize a device that has helped improve the vision of more than a million people. The entrepreneurs are former Sandia National Laboratories scientists who left the Labs under the Entrepreneurial Separation to [...]
Sandia Science & Technology Park’s Applied Technology Associates announces plant expansion
August 18, 2010 – 8:29 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sandia Science & Technology Park and Applied Technology Associates (ATA) will host Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Rep. Martin Heinrich and Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry on Thursday, Aug. 19, as the company announces a building expansion that has more than doubled the size of its Albuquerque headquarters. The award-winning Sandia Science & Technology [...]
Report: Sandia Science & Technology Park fuels economy with jobs, tax revenue, spending
August 3, 2010 – 1:23 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia Science & Technology Park (SS&TP) businesses and Sandia National Laboratories sites in the research park spent $1.2 billion on goods and services and $2.3 billion in wages for more than a decade, giving the local economy a major boost, according to a new report by the Mid-Region Council of Governments (MRCOG). [...]
Sandia’s Bob Carling to speak at upcoming conference on future auto engines
May 11, 2010 – 5:00 am
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Bob Carling, director of Sandia National Laboratories’ Transportation Energy Center in California, will give a plenary presentation on May 31 at 10 a.m. local time during the 11th International Conference on Present and Future Engines for Automobiles. The conference is scheduled to run May 30-June 3 in Shanghai, China. Carling’s presentation will [...]
Sandia National Laboratories leads reliability workshop for growing field of photovoltaic systems integration
May 11, 2010 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is using its expertise and long history in photovoltaic (PV) research and development to accelerate the adoption of reliability tools within the growing industry of PV power generation. Sandia’s PV team and the Department of Energy recently hosted a workshop specifically for PV systems integrators in San Jose, Calif., [...]
City of Pittsburgh honors Sandia for solar work
May 5, 2010 – 5:00 am
Braving “sleet, snow, and ice” for sun Albuquerque, N.M. — The city of Pittsburgh has honored solar researchers from Sandia National Laboratories for training city staff to install and maintain solar thermal and photovoltaic panels on city facilities. The formal proclamation, signed by Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, recognizes the Sandia researchers “who braved sleet, snow, ice, [...]
Defense-scale supercomputing comes to alternative energy research
April 26, 2010 – 5:00 am
Albuquerque, N.M. — A new supercomputer that more quickly models the most efficient ways to harness energy from the sun, wind and other renewable resources is now operating at Sandia National Laboratories. Red Mesa, a 180-teraflop computing platform, is a collaboration between Sandia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The two labs dedicated the [...]
Sandia workshop to focus on codes development for hydrogen-powered industrial trucks
March 30, 2010 – 5:00 am
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories will host a workshop April 28 for industry and code development organizations designed to address research barriers to hydrogen-powered forklifts and other near-term fuel cell market applications. The workshop will include a number of participants, including industry leaders from Plug Power, Nuvera Fuel Cells and Air Products who will [...]
Sandia to break ground for new computational laboratories building
March 22, 2010 – 9:14 am
LIVERMORE, Calif. — A groundbreaking ceremony for a new facility – the Combustion Research Computation and Visualization (CRCV) building, part of the Combustion Research Facility (CRF) – will take place at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 24, on the grounds of Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore. The Department of Energy’s Office of Science (SC) and Office [...]
California selects Livermore Valley’s i-GATE as state innovation hub
February 11, 2010 – 10:25 am
LIVERMORE, Calif. — California’s Business, Transportation and Housing Agency has selected i-GATE (Innovation for Green Advanced Transportation Excellence) as one of six applicants to be recognized as inaugural members of the California iHub demonstration program. i-GATE was submitted by the city of Livermore (iHub coordinator) in close partnership with Sandia National Laboratories/California (Program Lead), Lawrence Livermore National [...]
Sandia signs agreement with New Zealand institute to address critical transportation energy issues
February 4, 2010 – 5:01 am
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories and Scion, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, have signed an agreement that will focus research on the cooperative development of technical information and system studies relevant to low-carbon energy technologies. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlines the intention to develop mutually beneficial research activities between Sandia and Scion. [...]
New SunCatcher™ power system unveiled at National Solar Thermal Test Facility
July 7, 2009 – 12:00 am
Sandia worked closely with Stirling Energy Systems, Tessera Solar to optimize design ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Stirling Energy Systems (SES) and Tessera Solar recently unveiled four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF). Called SunCatchers™, the new dishes have a refined design that will be used in [...]
Sandia signs agreement with Chinese university
July 1, 2009 – 12:00 am
MOU with Tsinghua University focuses on global issues ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Tsinghua University in China have signed an agreement that will focus research on global understanding and technical solutions for low-carbon energy alternatives. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlines the intention to develop cooperative research activities including exchanging technical information and [...]
Hydrogen Road Tour event in Livermore will showcase fuel cell vehicles
May 27, 2009 – 12:07 pm
LIVERMORE, Calif. — As Sandia National Laboratories prepares to cohost the upcoming Hydrogen Road Tour in Livermore, Calif., Sandia’s hydrogen program manager, Jay Keller, asserts that recent advances in hydrogen technology are real and significant. “Sandia has been at the forefront of significant technical improvements in hydrogen that have been made over the past several [...]
Sandia, Purdue investigate new methods for monitoring and operating wind turbines
May 27, 2009 – 12:00 am
Jon White, a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University, conducts a field test on one of the Sandia experimental wind turbines in Bushland, Texas. (Photo by Mark Rumsey). Media are welcome to download/publish this image with related news stories. Click the image to download a 300 dpi JPEG. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers with Sandia National Laboratories [...]
Sandia signs MOU with Japanese national institute
May 26, 2009 – 12:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have signed an agreement to conduct and share research of mutual interest. Areas of immediate importance named in the memorandum of understanding include photovoltaics, nanoelectronics, nanomaterials and computational investigations of the properties of materials. Collaborations are expected to include [...]
Sandia successfully completes hydrogen storage system for GM
May 7, 2009 – 12:00 am
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system that utilizes a complex metal hydride material known as sodium alanate. The system, developed through a multiyear project funded by General Motors Corp., stores 3 kilograms of hydrogen and is large enough to evaluate control [...]
Sandia, Mesalands Community College sign agreement to jointly research new wind energy technologies
April 23, 2009 – 12:00 am
MOU is first ever between a two-year college and national laboratory ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In the first arrangement of its kind between a national laboratory and a two-year college, Sandia National Laboratories and Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, N.M., recently signed a memorandum of understanding committing the two organizations to cooperate in enhancing the training [...]
New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program helps 286 small businesses in 2008
March 30, 2009 – 12:37 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory, assisted 286 small businesses in 2008 with projects ranging from helping a door restoration company to assisting Nambe Pueblo create a water model. This was Sandia’s eighth year and Los Alamos’ second year of helping small businesses through the New Mexico Small Business Assistance [...]
Sandia Science & Technology Park receives top award
February 11, 2009 – 12:00 am
National group recognizes park for success, total community impact ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sandia Science & Technology Park has received the 13th annual Outstanding Research/Science Park Achievement Award given by the national Association of University Research Parks (AURP). The award recognizes research parks that excel in bringing technology from the laboratory to economically viable business [...]
Biofuels can provide viable, sustainable solution to reducing petroleum dependence, say Sandia researchers
February 10, 2009 – 12:00 am
LIVERMORE, Calif. — An in-depth study by Sandia National Laboratories and General Motors Corp. has found that plant and forestry waste and dedicated energy crops could sustainably replace nearly a third of gasoline use by the year 2030. The goal of the 90-Billion Gallon Biofuel Deployment Study was to assess whether and how a large [...]
Sandia adopts new agreement forms to allow universities/industry to use facilities
January 14, 2009 – 12:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is adopting two new Department of Energy (DOE) model agreements that will simplify the way universities and industry use the Labs facilities. DOE recently finalized the agreement forms — one designed for proprietary research and the other for nonproprietary research — and is encouraging all of its laboratories across [...]