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Kelley Ruehl
Staff Page • Wave Energy & Hydrodynamics. Biography Kelley Ruehl joined Sandia National Laboratories in 2011 as a researcher after completing her M.S. from Oregon State University. Kelley’s research is focused on numerical modeling, experimental testing, and software development for marine renewable energy applications. Kelley is the Principal Investigator and lead developer of...

Kenneth Brown
Staff Page • Aerodynamic Diagnostics and Modeling Engineer. Biography Dr. Kenneth (Ken) Brown joined Sandia in 2019 and is a member of the Wind Energy Computational Sciences Department. He supports the Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) experimental facility and contributes to validation of wind turbine wake models and discovery of novel wake control...

Kenneth M. Armijo
Staff Page • R&D S&E, Systems Engineering. Biography Dr. Kenneth Armijo is a systems engineering staff member who leads molten salt and molten alkali metals research and development at Sandia National Laboratories National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF). He holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, with minors...

Kevin Anderson
Staff Page • R&D S&E, Systems Research and Analysis. Biography Kevin Anderson is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Photovoltaics and Materials Technology Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research focuses on PV system performance modeling and operational system performance assessment. He contributes to pvlib-python and many other open-source software projects. Prior...

Kevin Moore
Staff Page • Aeroelastic Software Development Lead. Biography Kevin Moore is a member of the Wind Energy Computational Sciences Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He currently leads aero-elastic and hydro-elastic control co-design, optimization and analysis for a wide variety of applications across the Labs, as well as the development of the OWENS open-source...

Key Spent Nuclear Fuel Documents
Page • Publication TitleSAND#Publication DateAdvanced Reactors Spent Fuel and Waste Streams Disposition StrategiesSAND2023-08602RJune 2023Annual Status Update for OWLSAND2024-01154RNovember 2023ANS Disposal Standards Report-August 2023Advanced Reactor Safeguards and Security Reports; please refer to ARSS webpage--Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS) FY23 UpdateSAND2023-08820RAugust 2023DECOVALEX-2019 task C Final ReportSAND2019-8670ROctober 2020Deep Borehole Disposal Safety CaseSAND2019-1915RFebruary 2019Deep Borehole...

Knowledge Management
Page • Click image to enlarge In 2019, Sandia began a knowledge management pilot program to collect, assemble, and preserve tacit knowledge from experts planning to retire on the Nuclear Energy Fuel Cycle (NEFC) components: Commercial Nuclear Power Generation (CNPG) and Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (BENFC). Under both CNPG...

Kristopher L. Kuhlman
Staff Page • Hydrogeophysicist . Biography I am a hydrogeophysicist interested in radioactive waste disposal (especially in salt), hydraulic well/packer testing, parameter estimation and uncertainty quantification, flow and transport in low permeability rocks (e.g., salt and deep borehole for radioactive waste disposal), and coupled hydrogeophysical processes (i.e., electrokinetics, thermoporoelasticity, heat of wetting, and...
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Kyle Skolfield
Staff Page • Senior Member of Technical Staff. Biography J. Kyle Skolfield is a Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Discrete Math and Optimization department at Sandia National Laboratories. His research interests include power system expansion planning, power system optimization, network resilience, discrete and combinatorial optimization, and process systems engineering. Education Ph.D.,...

Laboratory Publications
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Labs researchers capture R&D 100 Awards
News Article, October 18, 2023 • Among the R&D 100 awards and nominations Sandia took part in this year, two awards featured innovations with implications for energy and manufacturing. R&D World magazine honors inventors by identifying the 100 most technologically significant products and advancements each year and recognizing the winning innovators and their organizations. Winners are...

Laura Biedermann
Staff Page • Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff. Biography Dr. Laura Biedermann is a physicist in the Ceramics and Materials Physics department at Sandia National Laboratories. In her 15 years at Sandia, her research has impacted energy and water security, nuclear deterrence, and electronic materials development. In 2021, Laura earned a Society...

Laurie Burnham
Staff Page • Scientist. Biography Dr. Laurie Burnham is a scientist in the Photovoltaics and Materials Technology Program at Sandia National Laboratories. She is a major contributor to multiple topics in photovoltaic research, including lifetime performance and reliability, design optimization, monitoring and characterization. Dr. Burnham is the technical lead of the US DOE...

Leading Edge Erosion
Page • Leading Edge Erosion Leading edge erosion is an emerging issue in wind turbine blade reliability, causing performance decreases and additional maintenance costs.  Accounting for performance losses due to common blade surface roughness, such as dirt and insects, does not account for the increased performance loss due to the more severe...

Leo Small
Staff Page • Materials Scientist. Biography Leo Small is a materials scientist and electrochemist at Sandia National Laboratories. He received his B.S. degree from Cornell University and Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, both in Materials Science. Over the past ten years, his work at Sandia National Laboratories has spanned the gamut from electrochemical...

Liquid hydrogen spill tests will inform safety standards’ technical basis
News Article, April 18, 2024 • Sandia is helping to enable assessment of large-scale leak scenarios to improve the safety of hydrogen infrastructure by developing a science-based, defensible, and well-documented rationale for liquid hydrogen safety requirements. Sandia recently completed an experimental campaign to simulate and quantify how liquid hydrogen behaves if accidentally spilled or released at...
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Logan Blakely
Staff Page • Member of Technical Staff. Biography Logan Blakely received his Master of Computer Science degree, specializing in Machine Learning, from Portland State University in 2018. His research focus is in machine learning applied to power systems challenges, particularly in the intersection merging physics domain knowledge with machine learning techniques. Education Master...

Long Duration Energy Storage National Consortium hosting first Annual Workshop
News Article, July 29, 2024 • The LDES National Consortium is hosting its first Annual Workshop on September 10-11 in Los Angeles, California. The focus of the Annual Workshop will be to increase partnership opportunities and networking among individuals and organizations directly engaged in LDES technology development, investing, market planning, project management, and policymaking. Hosted by...

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...

Loraine Torres-Castro
Staff Page • Physicist, Battery Safety Lead. Biography Loraine joined Sandia in 2016 to conduct research and development into the safety and reliability of batteries under abusive conditions. The abuse testing work Loraine conducts evaluates batteries well outside of manufacturer recommended specifications and the severity of any catastrophic thermal runaway. Her work in...

Luciano Garcia Rodriguez
Staff Page • Electrical Engineer. Biography Luciano A. Garcia Rodriguez is a postdoctoral appointee at Sandia National Laboratories. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He received his B.S. in electronics engineering from the Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Argentina in 2010. He also received his Ph.D....

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...

Luke McLaughlin
Staff Page • R&D Mechanical Engineering. Biography Dr. Luke McLaughlin is a R&D Mechanical Engineer at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia National Laboratories. He has researched problems involving thermal systems, solar energy, energy storage, heat and mass transfer, combustion, biomass conversion, aerosol characterization, and computational modelling. Dr. McLaughlin has authored...

Making materials more durable through science
News Article, September 12, 2023 • A team at Sandia National Laboratories developed a molecule that helps change the way some materials react to temperature fluctuations, which makes them more durable. It’s an application that could be used in everything from plastic phone cases to missiles. Polymers, which include various forms of plastics, are made up...
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Manufacturing Supply Chain
Page • Manufacturing Supply Chain Targeted Effects of Manufacturing Defects Researchers start by measuring defects in real wind-turbine blades that have failed in the field, such as wavy fibers shown at the top. Then material test coupons can be manufactured (middle) and tested to validate computer models, which can then be used...
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