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Increasing efficiency and power density for next-generation electric drivetrains
News Article, December 23, 2024 • (a) Simplified diagram of the GaN trench MOSFET. (b) Image of the MOSFET devices under test. (c) Image of the 2” wafer as fabricated. While the underlying science benefits a range of potential applications and industries, the team’s research was funded by the DOE Vehicle Technologies Office which is investigating...

Industrial Technologies
Page • Developing and de-risking technologies to reduce the carbon intensity of heat- and energy-intensive industrial processes. Sandia uniquely offers integrated expertise in basic sciences, such as materials science and scientific computing, with unique component and systems design, testing, and validation capabilities. Researchers within this program advance technologies that enable the use...

Industry Services
Page • Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) offers industry assistance to develop solutions to problems experienced through normal operations. Previous experience includes: Plant operation analysis and corrective measures to increase electricity output Environmental impacts from Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants and mitigating measures Solar glare analysis impacting FAA installations Molten salt component and...

Innovative Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Rotors
Page • Innovative Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Rotors The Innovative Offshore Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Rotors project seeks to advance large offshore vertical-axis wind turbine rotor technology from concept to lab-scale prototype stage through four major research thrusts: VAWTs in deep-water have inherent advantages over HAWTs in deep-water, which is illustrated in the...

Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange
Page • Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2x) In 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office awarded Sandia National Laboratories three Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2x) program projects to examine ways to avoid grid performance issues and address system integration challenges for distributed wind. The award included proposed work for:   A hosting capacity project, which...

International collaboration compares geologic repository assessment tools
News Article, April 18, 2022 • Sandia software supports assessment of future spent nuclear fuel disposal Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and partner national laboratories will compare their Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment software framework to the safety assessment software of international peers at a late-April workshop. The Sandia-led Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment framework is a computer...
Sandia National Laboratories engineers discuss recent results from their Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment software framework

International team plans to transform battery databases
News Article, January 30, 2023 • A consortium of researchers, including Sandia battery experts Yuliya Preger and Valerio De Angelis, are working together to stimulate battery innovation by developing battery databases. Ultimately, they hope to expand the role of batteries in supporting the transformation of electric grid infrastructure including the integration of renewable energy resources and...
Two researchers stand by battery testing equipment

Internship prepares Native students for careers in tribal energy
News Article, September 20, 2023 • Three interns who participated in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy-sponsored student internship program shared their experiences in a recent post published to DOE's website. The program is administered by Sandia — Sandra Begay, a member of the Navajo Nation, has been implementing the program on behalf...
a researcher and two interns standd alongside each other with mountains in the background

Jack Flicker
Staff Page • Principal Member of Technical Staff. Biography Jack is currently a Principle Member of the Technical Staff and joined Sandia as a postdoctoral appointee in 2006. His research focuses on all aspects of power electronics and power conversion systems ranging from incorporation of new materials and devices in power conversion systems...

Jacob Mueller
Staff Page • Electrical Engineer. Biography Jacob A. Mueller is a Senior Member of Technical Staff with the Energy Storage Technology and Systems Department at Sandia National Laboratories. Before joining Sandia, he attended Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, and received the BS, MS, and PhD degrees in 2012, 2014, and...

James Hartley
Staff Page • Mechanical Engineer. Biography James Hartley is a mechanical engineer working with the Photovoltaics (PV) and Materials Technology Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research interests include computational analysis using finite element methods in applications ranging from thermal analysis of complex systems to structural analysis of mechanically loaded assemblies. His current...

Javier Hernandez-Alvidrez
Staff Page • Senior Member of Technical Staff. Biography Javier Hernández-Alvídrez was born in Delicias Chihuahua, México. He received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering and telecommunications from Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies at Monterrey NL, México; where he graduated with honors. He also holds a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in...

Jeewon Choi
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Appointee, Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration. Biography Jeewon Choi is a postdoctoral appointee in the Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration program. Jeewon received her B.S. in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering from Keimyung University, South Korea, M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Mexico,...

Jeffery Greathouse
Staff Page • Geosciences Engineering R&D. Biography Jeffery Greathouse works in the nuclear waste disposal R&D program, specializing in clay mineral properties for engineered barrier systems and host rocks. From 2004-2021 he was a staff member in the in the Geochemistry Department at Sandia. His research involves molecular modeling of geochemical (mineral-fluid) interfaces...
Greathouse mug shot

Jennifer L. Braid
Staff Page • Photovoltaic Energy Systems Scientist. Biography Jennifer L. Braid is a member of the Photovoltaics and Materials Technology Program at Sandia National Laboratories and a research assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science at Case Western Reserve University. Her current research efforts include PV performance modeling and simulation, automated image...

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...

Jesse Roberts
Staff Page • Environmental Analysis Lead. Biography Jesse Roberts has led Sandia National Laboratories’ Marine and Hydrokinetic Market (MHK) Acceleration and Deployment efforts within the Water Power Technologies Program since its inception in 2009. This research is focused on developing and applying numerical modeling tools to assess potential changes to the physical and...

Jimmy Quiroz
Staff Page • Senior Member of Technical Staff. Biography Jimmy Quiroz is a Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration department. His work includes a diverse portfolio of project-level work in topics including grid resilience, distribution system power flow analysis, transmission electromagnetic pulse impacts, and other grid...

John Eddy
Staff Page • Principal Member of Technical Staff. Biography John Eddy, Ph.D. is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff in the Math Analysis and Decision Science Department at Sandia National Labs. His research areas include operations research and System of Systems modeling, simulation, and optimization for civilian and military energy systems. He...

John Hewson
Staff Page • Mechanical Engineer. Biography John Hewson is the technical lead of physics model development for reacting thermal-fluid applications at Sandia. As the technical lead, he manages relations with internal and external customers to ensure predictive modeling capabilities meet customer and program needs. Along with his technical priorities, he regularly mentors users...

Johnny Luevano
Staff Page • SWiFT Facility Site Lead. Biography Johnny Luevano is the site lead for the Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility located at Texas Tech University’s National Wind Institute in Lubbock, Texas. He is a retired Marine who came to Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) in 2017 with experience in the healthcare sector...

Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI)
Facility • The Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is a San Francisco Bay Area research partnership that combines scientific expertise, resources, and support of four national laboratories, five academic institutions, and one industry partner. Led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) in partnership with Sandia National Laboratory, JBEI is sponsored by the DOE Office...

Jonathan (Jon) Berg
Staff Page • Wind Turbine Controls Lead. Biography Jon Berg is the technical lead for the SWiFT facility’s wind turbine control system and related software system in the Wind Energy Design and Experimentation Department. Much of his work is at the intersection of mechanical, electrical, and software systems—creating an integrated system design that...

Jorge A. Leon-Quiroga
Staff Page • Senior Member of the Technical Staff. Biography Jorge A. Leon-Quiroga, PhD, is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration (REDSI) group at Sandia National Laboratories. His research is focused on numerical modeling and power grid integration of energy systems, especially for marine...

Joseph A. Azzolini
Staff Page • Senior Member of Technical Staff. Biography Joe Azzolini is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Electric Power Systems Research Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University with a specialization in Electric Power and Energy Systems and has 8+...
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