Facility • The Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML) is one of seven laboratories that comprise Sandia’s Materials Science and Engineering Center. The AML has expertise in the development of materials and coatings for marine renewable energy and provides consultation and solutions for industry needs. About the Facility This unique Sandia facility is located on...
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Computer Science Research Institute (CSRI)
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...
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...
Geomechanics Laboratory
Facility • Sandia has extensive experience understanding the mechanical, hydrological, chemical, and thermal forces at play in geothermal systems and during drilling projects. Geothermal drilling and development require thorough characterization of the in-situ rock properties, fracture processes, and borehole stability, all of which can be characterized through our experimental facilities at Sandia....
High Performance Computing (HPC) Resources
Facility • The technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories have access to High Performance Computing (HPC) Production Clusters for solving, visualizing, and interpreting large, complex science and engineering problems. Currently there are 4 such Linux clusters available, Sky Bridge, Chama, Uno and Ghost, with a total of over 75,000 processing cores. The...
Measurements & Instrumentation
Facility • Current speed and wave measurements are critical for assessing the resource and hydrodynamic characteristics at an MHK site. Sandia’s team has the capability and sensors/instrumentation for conducting field- and laboratory-scale measurements, such as ADCPs, ADVs, echo sounders, and a survey boat. Wave and current energy converters withstand millions of load...
Robotic Vehicle Range (RVR)
Facility • The Water Power Technologies department leverages these capabilities in robotics to support wave energy converter (WEC) design and testing. Visit the Robotics website
Sandia Wave Energy Power Take-off (SWEPT) Laboratory
Facility • The Sandia Wave Energy Power Take-off (SWEPT) Laboratory offers mobile, specialized testing for systems that produce power from wave energy. SWEPT is used to test wave energy converter (WEC) power take-off (PTO) systems. WECs are unique because they convert the oscillatory mechanical energy from ocean waves to generate electricity, which differentiates them...
