Page • Providing the critical combination of value, safety, and reliability needed for next generation grid-scale electrical energy storage starts with materials innovation. Through innovation of novel electrochemical systems, understanding of material interactions, and detailed investigations of critical structure/property/processing/performance relationships, Sandia meets the challenges needed for large-scale, cost-effective electrochemical energy storage. Our...
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Matthew J. Hoffman
Staff Page • Principal Member of Technical Staff. Biography Matthew Hoffman has over 18 years of experience in project leadership and in simulation, optimization and data analytics of complex systems for national security. He received his MS in applied mathematics from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, where his work on...
Matthew J. Reno
Staff Page • Distinguished Member of Technical Staff. Biography Matthew Reno is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in the Electric Power Systems Research Department at Sandia National Laboratories. His research focuses on distribution system modelling and analysis with high penetration PV, including advanced software tools for automated analysis of hosting capacity, PV...
Matthew Lave
Staff Page • Distinguished Member of Technical Staff. Biography Matthew Lave is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration Group. He focuses on enabling the implementation of resilient energy systems. His work has included monitoring, analysis, and modeling of the grid integration of solar photovoltaics...
Matthew Sandlin
Staff Page • Mechanical Engineer. Biography Matthew Sandlin is a mechanical engineer working in the Concentrating Solar Technologies program. Prior to working at Sandia National Laboratories, Matthew performed experimental testing and numerical validation of falling particle receiver concepts at the Georgia Institute of Technology. During his post-doctoral appointment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory,...
Measurements
Page • The Arctic has a special effect on global weather, commerce, and security. The ability to collect data in this rapidly changing region has become a key enabling capability for research, forecasting, and regional and national planning. Atmospheric measurements collect data for predicting the weather, monitoring severe weather, and improving climate...
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...
Megan Anderson
Staff Page • R&D Mechanical Engineer. Biography Megan Anderson is an R&D Mechanical Engineer in the Hydrodynamic Energy Systems Program at Sandia National Laboratories. She first joined Sandia in 2021 as a graduate student intern. Her research mainly focuses on stakeholder engagement, sociotechnical assessments of wave energy converters (WECs) for ocean-based economy applications,...
Melissa Meyerson
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Researcher. Biography Melissa Meyerson is a materials scientist and chemist at Sandia National Laboratories. She completed her bachelor’s degree in chemistry at the University of Maryland, College Park and her PhD in chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin where she researched electrode materials to improve the energy...
Micaela Padilla
Staff Page • Administration Clinical Support. Biography Micaela began her career at Sandia National Laboratories as a year-round undergraduate intern during her senior year of college. She was then brought on as a regular staff member after receiving her bachelor’s degree. She has experience working in both television and cinema. One of her...
Michael Devin
Staff Page • R&D Mechanical Engineer. Biography Michael Devin joined Sandia National Laboratories in 2021 and is a member of the Wind Energy Computational Sciences Department. He supports platform design optimization and computational hydro-structural analysis for offshore vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs). His research interests include multidisciplinary design optimization, novel wake control strategies, and...
Michael Rios
Staff Page • Electrical Engineer. Biography Michael Rios is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. He completed his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering in 2011 at the University of San Diego where he was a Ronald E McNair Scholar. He completed his masters and doctorate degrees at the...
Michael Ropp
Staff Page • Principal Member, Technical Staff. Biography Dr. Ropp has over twenty years of experience in research and education in power engineering, power electronics, and photovoltaics. He has authored over eighty technical publications and holds six patents. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and is active in standards creation, and...
Michelle Bester
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Appointee. Biography Michelle Bester is a Postdoctoral Appointee in the Electric Power Systems Research department at Sandia National Laboratories. Her primary research includes remote sensing analysis and modeling of fuel characteristics and vegetation treatments for wildfire grid resilience. She received her doctorate degree from West Virginia University and was...
Michelle Williams
Staff Page • Materials Research. Biography Michelle joined Sandia National Laboratories in July 2020 and is a senior member of the technical staff in the Wind Energy Design and Experimentation Department. Her research focuses on materials characterization supporting the DOE sponsored-Blade Reliability Project; specifically, lightning effects on wind blades and the NDI robotic...
Microgrid Design Toolkit
Page • Sandia National Laboratories developed the Microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT), a decision support software for microgrid designers that is publicly available for download. Intended for use in the early stages of the design process, MDT uses powerful search algorithms to identify and characterize alternative microgrid designs in terms of user-defined inputs and...
Microgrids & Energy Storage for Emergency Grid Resilience Webinar Series
Page • As extreme weather events and other potential disruptions to the electric grid increase in frequency, the need for new technologies and approaches for providing resilience in the grid increase as well. This five-session series explored technologies, policies, economics, applications, and case studies associated with microgrids and battery energy storage as...
Microgrids, Infrastructure, and Advanced Controls Launchpad (MIRACL)
Page • Microgrids, Infrastructure, and Advanced Controls Launchpad (MIRACL) The Microgrids, Infrastructure, and Advanced Controls Launchpad project is a four-year research effort funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office, and led by the National Laboratory of the Rockies with partners at Idaho National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory...
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...
Microsystems Engineering, Science, and Applications (MESA)
Facility • The Microsystems Engineering, Science, and Applications (MESA) Complex integrates the numerous scientific disciplines necessary to produce functional, robust, integrated microsystems and represents the center of Sandia’s investment in microsystems research, development, and prototyping activities. Visit the MESA website Take a virtual tour of MESA
Miguel D. Leyba
Staff Page • R&D S&E, Systems Engineering. Biography Miguel D. Leyba joined Sandia National Laboratories in 2020, as a Senior R&D Electrical Engineer. He has been a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia since 2023, as part of the National Solar Thermal Test Facility team, which is an extension of the Concentrating...
Miguel Jimenez Aparicio
Staff Page • Senior Member of Technical Staff. Biography Miguel Jimenez Aparicio is a Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Electric Power Systems Research Department at Sandia National Laboratories. His research focuses on fast, signal-based protection for distribution systems under scenarios of high renewable energy penetration. Miguel is also involved on the...
Minnesota Dept. of Commerce Energy Storage Systems Workshops
Page • Presented by:Minnesota Dept. of Commerce, U.S. DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program, and Sandia National Laboratories Energy storage is the key to unleashing the power of reliability; relieving generation, transmission, and distribution demands; and hastening the transition to a resilient future. Stakeholders and other employees affiliated with the Minnesota...
Mobile Instrumentation Data Acquisition System (MIDAS)
Facility • Sandia created the Mobile Instrumentation Data Acquisition System (MIDAS) to provide on-site data acquisition and analysis capabilities for testing of radioactive and hazardous materials packages. MIDAS allows researchers, designers, and regulators to examine and understand how a package behaves in a variety of environments. MIDAS is exceptionally consistent and widely trusted throughout...
Modeling
Page • Informed policy and decision-making related to the Arctic requires better understanding of this complex region. Achieving this understanding depends on not only increasing the amount of data available for analysis, but also improving existing Earth system models—efforts that call for a coordination across multiple disciplines. What We Do Sandia’s climate...
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