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Braden Smith
Staff Page • Optical Engineer. Biography Since 2021, Braden Smith has worked at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) as an optical engineer. Braden previously worked as an optical engineer specializing in remote sensing, working primarily with the simulation and calibration of remote sensing systems. Now, Braden’s research focuses on...

Brantley Mills
Staff Page • R&D S&E, Mechanical Engineering. Biography In February 2015, Brantley joined Sandia National Laboratories as a senior member of the technical staff in the Thermal Sciences and Engineering Program. He has worked in a broad range of heat transfer and fluids subject areas including thermal systems analysis, thermal-fluid cryogenics, reduced-order modeling,...

Jeremy Sment
Staff Page • Principal Engineer. Biography Jeremy Sment is a researcher and principal engineer at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he has worked since 2010. In his role at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility, Jeremy leads a team of particle-based concentrating solar power experts on the Generation 3 Particle...

Lonnie Haden
Staff Page • R&D S&G, Mechanical Engineer. Biography Lonnie Haden is a software engineer with extensive experience as a system integrator. He uses National Instruments LabVIEW programming language to integrate test and control systems. Education Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, May 1984 Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, December...

Luis Garcia Maldonado
Staff Page • R&D Computer Science. Biography Luis Garcia Maldonado earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science at the School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico. Luis joined the CSP Program at Sandia National Laboratories in November 2018 as a year-round research and development intern. Previously, Luis did a summer internship...

Randy Brost
Staff Page • Concentrating Solar Optics Laboratory Lead. Biography Randy Brost leads optical metrology research within Sandia National Laboratories’ Concentrating Solar Technologies group. His work focuses on developing improvements to indoor and outdoor heliostat optical metrology to benefit the CSP industry, research and education. He is trained as a computer scientist, and throughout...

Rip V. Winckel
Staff Page • Environment, Safety and Health Coordinator. Biography Rip V. Winckel is an Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator supporting Sandia National Laboratories’ Concentrating Solar Power program and the National Solar Thermal Test Facility. Rip is experienced in Program Risk Management, Primary Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessments, Environmental Management Systems, Industrial Hygiene Surveys,...

Roberta Gonzales
Staff Page • Business Management Professional. Biography Roberta Gonzales is a member of the laboratory staff and currently supports the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) in financial matters such as proposals, procurements, NSTTF Utilization fee billing which includes O&M and Test Fee collection and reconcilement and preparation of financial reports. She also...