Facility • The Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI) brings university faculty and students to Sandia for focused collaborative research on Department of Energy computer and computational science problems. CSRI focuses on research in areas of computer and computational science that are critical to the Sandia’s and the Department of Energy’s mission. The...
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Electronics Development Lab
Facility • The Electronics Development Lab offers capabilities for high temperature electronic fabrication and assembly, the evaluation of electromagnetic hardware, optical evaluation, 3D printing, and long-term storage of sensitive electronics while under electro-static protection. Image depicts soldering, 3D printing, ESD storage, and ESD assembly at the Electronics Development Lab allows the development...
Facility for Acceptance, Calibration, and Testing (FACT)
Facility • The Sandia FACT Site provides the equipment and seismically quiet surroundings required for testing infrasound and seismic sensors, instrumentation, and monitoring systems. This site allows for geothermal tools to be tested with a wireline truck to confirm standard operation of communications and power before committing to a geothermal well. The image depicts...
Geochemistry Laboratories
Facility • Sandia’s Geochemistry Laboratories support fundamental research into material behaviors at mineral-fluid interfaces and the influence of chemical environments on fracture processes. Experimental geochemistry studies enable researchers to develop and validate quantitative models across multiple spatial and temporal scales.
Geomechanics Laboratory
Facility • The Geomechanics Laboratory provides advanced facilities to measure rock properties under a wide range of simulated service conditions, including very high pressures, elevated temperatures, and complex loading paths. These capabilities support research and development efforts in underground construction, geothermal drilling and development, mining, oil and gas production, reservoir management, and...
Geothermal Technologies Field Evaluation Site
Facility • A large plot of land, known as Tech Area III, allows Sandia’s geothermal research program to evaluate large systems. For example, the program has 1,000 feet of drilling pipe that was used for evaluating acoustic communications for logging-while-drilling tools, 160 feet of wired pipe for permanent subsurface monitoring, and short-depth...
Geothermal Technology Evaluation Lab
Facility • Sandia maintains a large laboratory facility for the development, assembly, and testing of geothermal technologies. Sandia’s evaluation and assembly facility provides several testing, processing, and packaging stations and capabilities for high-temperature packaging, high-temperature and high-pressure testing, high-temperature and high-pressure rheometer, chemical processing, and a dynamometer test station. Image depicts the...
Hard Rock Drilling Facility
Facility • Geothermal resources are typically associated with igneous and metamorphic rocks, which are harder than the sedimentary rocks through which most oil and gas wells are drilled. The Hard Rock Drilling Facility features a vertical coring machine designed and developed at Sandia. It is used for: Evaluating hard-rock penetration technologies, Researching...
High Operating Temperature (HOT) Facility
Facility • Sandia’s High Operating Temperature (HOT) Facility houses a 20-foot-tall drill rig, heating chamber, and process gas heater. HOT can simulate conditions deep underground by elevating the temperatures directly to the drill bit and can enable drilling through different types of rock, such as granite. In addition to testing drilling tools...
Measurement and Assessment for Novel Technologies in Instrumentation and Sensing (MANTIS)
Facility • The Measurement and Assessment for Novel Technologies in Instrumentation and Sensing (MANTIS) testbed, is a 1000-foot horizontal facility designed to replicate typical well conditions for carbon sequestration, oil and gas, and geothermal applications. Developed under the TotalEnergies Downhole Wireless Acoustic Powering and Communication project, the facility features grouted casing and...
Microsystem Assembly and Brazing Facility
Facility • The Microsystem Assembly and Brazing Facility offers advanced capabilities for epoxy die bonding, soldering, wire bonding, seam sealing, holistic packaging and materials process analysis, metal deposition (e.g., PVD, CVD, ALD), 3D printing (e.g., PEEK, Composite, FDM), laser machining, temperature cycling and aging, and PWA rapid prototyping. The image depicts a...
