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California Energy Commission Long Duration Energy Storage Systems Workshops
Page • Presented by: California Energy Commission,U.S. DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program,and Sandia National Laboratories Energy storage is the key to unleashing the power of renewables; relieving generation, transmission, and distribution demands; and hastening the transition to a decarbonized future. Policymakers, regulators, and other employees affiliated with state energy offices...
Capabilities
Page • Sandia’s geothermal research program sustains multiple capabilities that reduce the cost and risk of research for novel geothermal technology while advancing national R&D capabilities. Geothermal capabilities available at Sandia span high temperature, pressure, and vibration testing; fabricating new components and systems; and evaluating drilling components. Browse our unique capabilities below....
Capabilities
Page • Capabilities Our facilities, tools, and partners form the basis of our energy programs’ capabilities. The energy programs draw on the Laboratories’ core competencies—leveraging decades of work supporting national security areas—to quickly address emerging needs.
Carlos Michelen
Staff Page • R&D Engineer & Data Scientist. Biography Carlos Michelen is a senior member of the technical staff in Sandia National Laboratories’ Water Power Technologies Program. His research interests include machine learning and data science methods for marine renewable energy applications, open source code development, statistical methods, computational fluid mechanics, and computational...

Carlsbad Sandia Site
Facility • Carlsbad Sandia acts as the scientific advisor to the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) repository project for WIPP regulatory compliance and recertification. Carlsbad Sandia’s geochemistry work is primarily laboratory-based, with focused research on engineered barrier structure and chemistry interactions, gas generation and corrosion analysis, solubility and Pitzer interaction...

Carolee Wheeler
Staff Page • Office Administrative Assistant. Biography Carolee Wheeler is the Office Administrative Assistant for the Wind Energy Computational Sciences and Wind Energy Design and Experimentation Departments. Much of Carolee’s work is providing behind the scenes support to ensure both departments’ administrative processes are accomplished in an orderly and timely manner. Carolee holds...

Case Western Reserve University researchers use AI and machine learning to improve ‘photovoltaic’ power plants
News Article, January 29, 2021 • Researchers from Case Western University, the University of Central Florida, and New Mexico-based Sandia National Laboratories will focus on developing Case's ArgoPV technology. Read the complete article at Case Western Reserve University. Go to the article
Cement & Concrete
Page • Sandia has longstanding experience developing and testing cements, supplemental cementitious materials, and low-cost, alternative heating technologies. Our capabilities span modeling, testing, characterization, monitoring, and life-cycle assessments for traditional Portland cement as well as next-generation compositions. Development and testing of next-generation cement formulations Large-scale materials testing and in-situ monitoring High-temperature process-heat...
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT)
Facility • The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) is a Department of Energy/Office of Science Nanoscale Science Research Center operating as a national user facility devoted to establishing the scientific principles that govern the design, performance, and integration of nanoscale materials. CINT features laboratories for low-vibration for sensitive characterization, chemical and biological synthesis, a...

Center of collaboration
News Article, April 28, 2022 • It may not be common knowledge within Sandia that the Labs are home to the Plasma Research Facility, but those who study plasma around the nation and the world are not only acutely aware, they are also coming in great numbers to perform experiments and work with the experts. “There are...

Cesar Castillo
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Appointee. Biography Cesar R Castillo, PhD, is a postdoctoral appointee in the Water Power Technologies Program at Sandia National Laboratories. Cesar’s research focuses on the use of numerical modeling to characterize the performance and environmental effects of marine and hydrokinetic devices, and on the development of portals and repositories...

CHAMA: Open Source Software for Sensor Placement Optimization
Page • Continuous or regularly scheduled monitoring can quickly identify changes in the environment. However, even with low-cost sensors, only a limited number of sensors can be deployed. The physical placement of deployed sensors, sensor technology, and operating conditions, can significantly impact the performance of a monitoring strategy. Monitor more effectively: optimize...
Characterization of Convective and Particle Losses inHigh-Temperature Particle Receivers
Page • High-temperature particle receivers are being pursued to enable next-generation concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) systems that can achieve higher temperatures (> 700 °C) to enable more efficient power cycles, lower overall system costs, and emerging CSP-based process-heat applications. The objective of this work was to develop characterization methods to quantify...
Charles Robinson
Staff Page • Principle Engineering Technologist. Biography Charles D. Robinson is an engineering technologist in the Photovoltaics (PV) and Materials Technology Program at Sandia National Laboratories. He has facilitated photovoltaic module research activities at Sandia’s Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Laboratory (PSEL) since 2011. His focus is on improvement of characterization methodologies in support of...

Chemist honored for ‘major impacts’ in physical chemistry
News Article, May 11, 2022 • Chemist Krupa Ramasesha has received a competitive award for her major contributions to the field of physical chemistry, in only her seventh year at Sandia. Ramasesha, who works in gas phase chemical physics at the Combustion Research Facility at Sandia/California and began as a postdoc in 2015, is one of...

Chemistry Labs
Page • Sandia has access to a full suite of chemistry labs (materials synthesis) and characterization equipment, including: tube and box furnaces (up to 1400°C) for solid state synthesis and high temperature treatment; thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry analyzers (TGA/DSC) to measure weight gain/loss and thermodynamic properties vs. temperature (e.g., phase change,...
Chris Chartrand
Staff Page • Lead Modeling and Simulation Analyst & Developer. Biography Chris Chartrand is a member of the Water Power Technologies Program at Sandia National Laboratories. His research concentrates on the implementation and development of numerical models for simulating wave, tidal, and current energy capture devices. He is the developer of the WEC...

Christopher Kelley
Staff Page • Rotor Wake Lead. Biography Chris is a member of the Wind Energy Design and Experimentation Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He leads the Rotor Wake project for experimental testing of the NRT rotor and producing validation data for DOE multi-lab projects. He also leads the development of two new experiments...

Clifford Hansen
Staff Page • Distinguished Member of Technical Staff. Biography Dr. Clifford Hansen is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff in the Renewable and Distributed Systems Integration Program. He leads efforts to develop reusable open source software capabilities for renewable energy systems. Current projects include pvlib-python (https://github.com/pvlib/pvlib-python.git) for solar power modeling, pvanalytics (https://github.com/pvlib/pvanalytics.git)...

Clifford Ho
Staff Page • R&D S&E, Mechanical Engineering. Biography Dr. Cliff Ho is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and senior scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, where he has worked since 1993 on problems involving solar energy, energy storage, water safety and sustainability, heat- and mass-transfer processes in porous media, microchemical...

Coal & Carbon Management
Page • As a Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration lab, Sandia National Laboratories has an enduring interest in energy security. Sandia conducts research and development for technologies related to coal and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). Sandia has a long history of investigating subsurface processes relevant to: Hydrocarbons...
Code Development
Page • Sandia National Laboratories develops and maintains open source code for a wide range of marine renewable energy applications, including resource assessment, environmental effects analysis, device performance, hydrodynamic response, extreme conditions, and others. Open source code development is an ongoing area of research in Sandia’s Water Power Technologies department. Open Source...
Cody Newlun
Staff Page • Electrical Engineer. Biography Cody J. Newlun is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Electric Power Systems Research Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He received a B.A. in physics with a minor in mathematics from Hasting College. He received a M.Eng. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering with an...

Colorado Energy Office Energy Storage Webinar Series
Page • Presented by:Colorado Energy Office,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. Policymakers, regulators, and other employees affiliated with the Colorado Energy Office...
Colorado Public Utilities Commission Energy Storage Systems Workshops
Page • Presented by: Colorado Public Utilities Commission,U.S. DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program,and Sandia National Laboratories Energy storage is the key to unleashing the power of renewables; relieving generation, transmission, and distribution demands; and hastening the transition to a decarbonized future. Policymakers, regulators, and other employees affiliated with state energy...
Combustion Research Facility (CRF)
Facility • Established as the first Department of Energy user facility in the 1970s and designated as a DOE collaborative research facility in 2008, the Combustion Research Facility (CRF) has served as a national and international leader in combustion science and technology for more than 35 years. The CRF develops advanced, laser-based diagnostics and...

Commercial Nuclear Power Generation
Page • One of Sandia’s goals is to develop, demonstrate and deploy solutions for a secure, safe, and resilient energy future. The commercial nuclear power generation component of the nuclear energy fuel cycle contributes to this goal by supporting: The sustainability of the current operating nuclear power plants by assessing and implementing...
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...
Concentrating Solar Power
Page • Developing and testing CSP technologies for the Department of Energy, industry and the world for over 40 years. The Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) program performs research and development on next generation CSP at Sandia National Laboratories National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The CSP team works...
Concentrating Solar Power Staff
Page • Name Position E-mail Phone Andrea AmbrosiniR&D, S&E Chemistry aambros@sandia.gov(505) 284-1340 Kenneth ArmijoR&D, Systems Engineering kmarmij@sandia.gov(505) 284-3425 Randolph (Randy) BrostR&D, S&E Electronics Engineerrcbrost@sandia.gov(505) 284-1483H. Evan BushR&D, S&E Mechanical Engineering hebush@sandia.gov(505) 284-1237Luis Garcia MaldonadoR&D, Computer Scientistlgarci1@sandia.gov(505) 845-7338Margaret GordonSenior Manager, Concentrating Solar Power megord@sandia.gov(505) 284-9630Clifford HoR&D, Mechanical Engineeringckho@sandia.gov(505) 844-2384Benjamin JacksonAdministrative Assistantbjacks@sandia.gov(505) 844-1445Rob KeeneManager, National...
Concentrating Solar Seminar Series to examine advances in metrology, deep learning-based airborne monitoring methods
News Article, August 22, 2023 • Join Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) manager Margaret Gordon and CSP researcher Randy Brost on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. MT as they host the next installment of the Sandia National Solar Thermal Test Facility Concentrating Solar Seminar Series. This series’ installment will focus on advances...

Concentrating Solar Technologies Program to host System Advisor Model (SAM) seminar
News Article, November 28, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories’ Concentrating Solar Technologies Program, as part of its Concentrating Solar Seminar Series and in conjunction with the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF), will present, “System Advisor Model (SAM) for Concentrating Solar Power,” facilitated by Paul Gilman, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00...

Conference Proceedings
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Control and Optimization of Networked Energy Technologies Laboratory (CONET)
Facility • Researchers at the Control and Optimization of Networked Energy Technologies (CONET) Laboratory conduct research, development, and testing on networked and distributed systems. Research at CONET is interwoven with cybersecurity objectives and focuses on: coordinated communications, controls and distributed systems, optimal dispatch, protection and reconfiguration, and prognostics and decision support. In order to...

Craig Rodine
Staff Page • Principal Member, Technical Staff – S&E Cybersecurity R&D. Biography Craig Rodine is Principal Investigator for multiple DOE-funded projects, directing R&D on communications and cybersecurity applied at the ‘converged energy edge’. These projects cover a range of areas and interests, including Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure; the foundations of cybersecurity in...

Creating diamonds to shed light on the quantum world
News Article, September 26, 2022 • Diamonds are a scientist’s best friend. That much is at least true for physicist Andy Mounce, whose work with diamond quantum sensors at Sandia National Laboratories has earned him the DOE’s Early Career Research Award. As a scientist in Sandia’s Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, he specializes in making microscopic sensors...

Creating the self-healing grid of the future
News Article, March 14, 2024 • Michael Ropp, Electrical Engineer Self-healing electrical grids: It may sound like a concept from science fiction, with tiny robots or some sentient tech crawling around fixing power lines, but in a reality not far from fiction a team of researchers is bringing this idea to life. What’s not hard to...

CSP seminar series session focuses on bulk solids handling
News Article, January 8, 2025 • Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility welcomes Greg Mehos, director of Greg Mehos & Associates LLC, for the next session of the Concentrating Solar Power Seminar Series. “Storage and Flow of Bulk Solids,” will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. MST to 11:00 a.m. MST. When compared to...

Current Research Projects
Page • On this page Gen 3 Particle Pilot Plant (G3P3): Integrated High Temperature Particle System for CSP Gen 3 Liquid-Pathway to SunShot: Solar Tower Integrated Molten Salt/Sodium High-Temperature System for CSP sCO2 Loop in Support of the CSP Gen 3 Solid, Liquid, and Gas Pathways Characterization of Convective and Particle Losses...
Cy Fujimoto
Staff Page • Chemist. Biography Cy Fujimoto is a Principle Member of the Technical Staff in the Nanoscale Sciences Department at Sandia National Laboratories. Cy’s work focuses on developing membrane separators for electrochemical applications. In the Office of Electricity’s program, he is developing membranes for several flow battery chemistries and partners with various...

Cyber and Physical Security
Page • Sandia delivers grid security and grid modernization through research, development, and evaluation of solutions to maintain operations in an adversarial, compromised environment. A Growing Threat Electric power systems and power-system operators are more reliant on telemetry, automated controls, and communications than ever before in an effort to improve energy reliability,...
Damian Gallegos-Patterson
Staff Page • R&D Mechanical Engineer. Biography Damian Gallegos-Patterson joined Sandia National Laboratories’ Water Power Technologies Program in 2022. Damian’s work focuses primarily on test coordination and analysis for wave energy converters (WECs). Damian received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering (2019) from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and a...

Dan Houck
Staff Page • R&D, S&E, Mechanical Engineering. Biography Dr. Dan Houck joined Sandia National Laboratories in 2020 and is a member of the Wind Energy Design and Experimentation Department. His research supports experiments at the Scaled Wind Farm Test (SWiFT) facility, including the National Rotor Testbed. Much of his research focuses on the...

Daniel Gaebele
Staff Page • R&D Electrical Engineer. Biography Daniel Gaebele is a R&D electrical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories’ Water Power Technologies Program. His research focuses on wave energy converter (WEC) control co-design and control co-optimization, sociotechnical assessments of WECs for blue economy applications, and WEC seasonal deployments. Daniel Gaebele received his bachelor’s and...

Daniel Riley
Staff Page • Research Engineer. Biography Daniel Riley is a research engineer in the Photovoltaics (PV) and Materials Technology Program at Sandia National Laboratories. The scope of Daniel’s work includes PV modules and systems with focus in data acquisition, characterization, and modeling. Daniel has also developed skills for characterizing and modeling non-standard PV...

Data & Software
Page • Software CACTUS Code for Axial and Cross-flow TUrbine Simulation (CACTUS) is a turbine performance simulation code, based on a free wake vortex method, under development at Sandia National Laboratories as part of a Department of Energy program to study marine hydrokinetic (MHK) devices. The current effort builds upon work previously...
Data Modeling Analysis
Page • What We Do Around the world, stable and secure social, economic, and political systems are founded on a reliable supply of resources, including water, energy, and food. Yet natural events and human influences challenge the ability to ensure resources are available at local, regional, and global scales. Researchers at Sandia...
David Maniaci
Staff Page • Rotor Blade and Wind Plant Aerodynamics Lead. Biography Dr. David Maniaci is a principal member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories and is the rotor blade and wind plant aerodynamics lead in the Wind Energy Computational Sciences Department. He is currently leading efforts on the verification, validation and...

David Rosewater
Staff Page • Electrical Engineer. Biography David Rosewater received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte, MT, USA, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. He currently works as a...

David Schoenwald
Staff Page • Principal Member, Technical Staff. Biography David Schoenwald is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff in the Electric Power Systems Research Department at Sandia National Laboratories. Dr. Schoenwald focuses on control system design to improve dynamic stability of electric power systems. He also develops performance standards for grid-scale energy storage...

Deadline nears for European PVPMC Workshop abstracts
News Article, June 9, 2025 • The deadline for 2025 European Photovoltaics Performance Modeling Collaborative Workshoppresenter abstracts is June 15, 2025. The popular workshop will be held in Ayia Napa,Cyprus, Oct. 29 – 31, 2025. Co-organized by Sandia National Laboratories, EPL Technology Frontiers Ltd., and thePhaethon Centre of Excellence at the University of Cyprus, this two-day...

Defense and Disaster Deployable Turbine (D3T)
Page • When conflicts and natural disasters unfold around the world and military or civil humanitarian response is needed, quick access to energy on location is critical to ensuring a successful mission or crisis response. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Defense and Disaster Deployable Turbine (D3T) project is evaluating the market...
Defense Energy
Page • Working with the DOE and DoD to Enhance National Energy Security Sandia’s world-class technologies, experience, software, and facilities provide support to military customers to address and solve national security energy needs. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to...
Demonstrations and Validation
Page • The Demonstration Projects Team at Sandia National Laboratories plays a crucial role in supporting the energy storage industry and collaborating with key stakeholders through public/private partnerships to advance the Department of Energy's (DOE) objectives of enhancing and modernizing the nation's power grid. Our efforts are essential for ensuring a reliable,...
Detecting nuclear materials using light
News Article, November 22, 2023 • Sandia partners with former employee to get tech on the market Sandia National Laboratories researcher Patrick Feng, left, and Former Sandian Joey Carlson, right, hold Organic Glass Scintillators they helped create to detect radioactive materials. (Photo by Randy Wong) LIVERMORE, Calif. — Blueshift Optics, owned by former Sandia employee Joey...

Disposal and Repository Performance Assessment
Page • Click image to enlarge Sandia performs research on systems engineering processes and postclosure safety assessment methods to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate deep geologic disposal facilities for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW). Geologic disposal options for nuclear waste include mined repository concepts in salt, argillite, and...
Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory (DETL)
Facility • Sandia’s Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory (DETL) is a multipurpose research facility designed to integrate emerging energy technologies into new and existing electricity infrastructure to accommodate the nation’s increasing demands for secure and reliable energy. Utilizing the lab’s highly configurable platform, researchers at Sandia’s DETL perform advanced research on energy generation, storage, and...

Dominic Forbush
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Appointee. Biography Dominic Forbush, PhD, is a postdoctoral appointee in the Water Power Technologies Program at Sandia National Laboratories. Dominic’s research focuses on the control, modeling, and the development of innovative solutions for wave energy convertors (WECs). Particularly, Dominic is involved in developing and supporting open-source WEC modeling tools,...

Dongyoung Kim
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Appointee. Biography Dongyoung Kim, PhD, is a postdoctoral appointee in the Water Power Technologies Program at Sandia National Laboratories. Dongyoung’s research focuses on the numerical assessment and investigation on marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) devices. He works on mid- and high-fidelity simulations, design optimization, river and tidal resource characterization, computational...

DTOcean
Page • The DTOcean project pioneered a new, open-source collaborative development model for wave and tidal array design tools that considers the entire ocean energy farm throughout its lifecycle. The software helps to find optimal array designs that minimize the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and identify cost drivers, allowing the industry...
Dynamics & Controls
Page • Sandia leverages a broad range of dynamics and controls capabilities, incorporating experts from robotics, defense, energy systems, and aerospace, to support research on wave energy, tidal energy, and offshore wind. Related Projects and Facilities Advanced WEC Dynamics and Controls SWEPT Lab WEC Co-Design WEC Design Optimization
eGrid 2024 call for papers now open
News Article, May 6, 2024 • The 9th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGrid 2024) will be held on November 19-21, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. This international workshop — sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) and organized by Sandia National Laboratories and University...

eGrid 2024 Workshop registration now open
News Article, October 2, 2024 • The 9th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGrid 2024) will be held November 19–21, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. This international workshop, sponsored by IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) and IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) and organized by Sandia National Laboratories, will provide a forum...

Electric Grid
Page • Electric Grid Grid modernization for ensuring safety, security, and resilience Modernizing our electrical grid is a tremendous undertaking, requiring the coordination and collaboration of a wide range of stakeholders, including government, regulators, utilities, and—perhaps most importantly—the myriad of consumers. Sandia supports national efforts to modernize the electric grid by: Developing...
Electric vehicle battery safety takes the front seat
News Article, April 27, 2023 • A Sandia-led team is working to test and predict the safety of advanced batteries, including solid-state and lithium-metal, while they are still under development. The goal is to create more affordable, convenient, efficient, and resilient electric vehicle batteries. The team, which includes UL Research Institutes, the University of Maryland and...

Electric Vehicle Integration & Charging Infrastructure
Page • With increasing numbers of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road, Sandia researchers are developing cybersecurity threat and grid integration models to accelerate the safe and secure deployment of smart EV charging infrastructure on the nation’s power system. Understanding the Impact to Electric Grid Operations An electric vehicle at a charging...
Electrical circuits encased in fluid may reshape data-center design
News Article, June 26, 2024 • Keeping electrical circuits dry is generally considered a vital safety measure, but at Sandia National Laboratories’ high-performance computing center, technicians adjust live circuits submerged in liquid. “It’s pretty cool — and a little unusual — to walk into a computing lab and see electrical hardware submerged in fluid,” said Sandia...

Electronics Development Lab
Facility • The Electronics Development Lab offers capabilities for high temperature electronic fabrication and assembly, the evaluation of electromagnetic hardware, optical evaluation, 3D printing, and long-term storage of sensitive electronics while under electro-static protection. Image depicts soldering, 3D printing, ESD storage, and ESD assembly at the Electronics Development Lab allows the development...

Emergency Planning, Consequences, and Response
Page • Sandia develops innovative technologies and methodologies through scientific analyses and experiments to enhance the safety of the nuclear fuel cycle and the supporting infrastructure. We provide a scientific basis to support Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing and regulatory decisions and advance the technical foundation for severe accident analysis/management and high...
Emily Moog
Staff Page • R&D S&E Electrical Engineering. Biography Emily Moog researches dynamics, optimization, and interdependency of complex systems and networks, focused on critical infrastructure systems (most recently the electric grid, transportation networks, and access to critical services). Emily’s recent research has incorporated energy and environmental justice (EEEJ) principles and community resilience priorities. Emily...
Energy & Water
Page • Energy & Water Developing science-based engineering solutions, guided by robust understanding of natural and human engineered systems The continued security and economic health of the United States depends on a sustainable supply of both energy and water. The availability of adequate water supplies has a profound impact on the availability...
Energy Efficient Computing for Automated Vehicles (EECAV)
Page • Overview Automated vehicles (AV) hold great promise for improving transportation safety, as well as reducing congestion and emissions. In order to make AVs commercially viable, a reliable and high-performance vehicle-based computing platform that meets ever-increasing computational demands will be key. Meeting energy efficiency and computational performance goals requires research and...
Energy Efficient Computing for Automated Vehicles (EECAV) Workshop Presentations
Page • DAY 1 (May 11, 2021): EECAV Workshop Welcome and Introduction Presenter: Zhiyong Li, Sandia National Laboratories This talk gives the purpose of the EECAV Workshop and the desired outcome. Download the Workshop Welcome and Introduction Overview of Semiconductor and Automated Vehicle Development Projections Presenters: Matt Marinella, Sandia National Laboratories and...
Energy Internship Programs
Page • Sandia energy programs partner with the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, and academia to provide supportive internship opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs. To view internships for all Sandia programs, visit the Sandia Internships and Co-ops page. To find out more about careers at Sandia, visit our...
Energy Storage
Page • Energy Storage Energy Storage Technologies for Electric Grid Modernization A secure, robust, and agile electricity grid is a central element of national infrastructure. Modernization of this infrastructure is critical for the nation’s economic vitality. Sandia National Laboratories supports these national interests through advanced research in power systems, renewable generation and...
Energy Storage and Microgrids for Energy Resilience and Reliability Webinar Series
Page • Presented by:Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program, and Sandia National Laboratories Energy storage is the key to unleashing the power of renewables; relieving generation, transmission, and distribution demands; and hastening the transition to a decarbonized future. FEMA staff & stakeholders are invited to...
Energy Storage Test Pad
Facility • The Energy Storage Test Pad (ESTP), in conjunction with the Energy Storage Analysis Laboratory (ESAL), provides long-term testing and validation for electrical energy storage systems. Sandia also provides pre-certification, pre-installation, and verification of energy storage systems. The goal of the ESTP is to develop advanced energy storage technologies that will increase reliability,...

Energy Storage Webinars for Regulators
Page • Our Energy Storage webinars for regulators and other stakeholders, free for all attendees and funded by the DOE Office of Electricity, help regulatory commissions and related institutions around the United States (including state energy offices, utilities, and academia) develop the expertise needed to more quickly and efficiently integrate energy storage...
Energy Surety Microgrid™
Page • Click to view the full-size diagram in a new tab. The Sandia-developed Energy Surety Microgrid (ESM) methodology presents a new paradigm in the production of our nation’s power – embracing the concept of “think globally, act locally,” but utilizing an innovative and practical approach. ESM methodology directly links energy surety...
Energy Transition and Microgrid Meetings
Page • The U.S. Department of Energy hosted an in-person workshop on the Municipality of Culebra energy transition and microgrid project on June 25, 2024. This event was a continuation of the virtual microgrid community engagement meeting held in December 2023. Sandia National Laboratories and LUMA were guest speakers, sharing project details...
Environmental Analysis
Page • Understanding the environment is critical to the success of the MHK industry from device design to ensuring energy extraction does not negatively impact device sites. Sandia National Laboratories has developed codes and provided regulatory and IEC standards input for MHK resource characterization and device interactions. SNL’s environmental team can help...
Erik Spoerke
Staff Page • Materials Scientist, Battery Materials Lead. Biography Erik D. Spoerke, Ph.D. is the Energy Storage Materials Thrust Lead in Sandia National Laboratories’ Grid Energy Storage Program, a Principal R&D Materials Scientist in the Electronic, Optical, and Nano Materials Department at Sandia, and a Research Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering...

Ernesto Camarena
Staff Page • Research & Development Aeronautical Engineer. Biography Ernesto Camarena obtained his PhD in aeronautics and astronautics from Purdue University in 2019. There he developed multiscale structural mechanics methodology for piezoelectric composites. That same year, he joined the Wind Energy Design and Experimentation department, where he now leads the micromechanical modeling effort...

Evan Anderson
Staff Page • Research & Development Mechanical Engineer. Biography Evan Anderson is a postdoctoral researcher in the Wind Energy Design and Experimentation Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He grew up in Wyoming and received his master’s degree and PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Wyoming in 2010 and 2019. His research...

Evan Sproul
Staff Page • R&D Mechanical Engineer. Biography Evan Sproul is a mechanical engineer in the Wind Energy Computational Sciences Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He performs techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment to characterize the costs and environmental impacts of renewable energy systems. His current research focuses on improving the efficiency, reliability, and...

Experimental Testing, Measurements & Instrumentation
Page • Sandia National Laboratories has a decade of experience in hydrodynamic and load measurements, and MHK sites and laboratory testing facilities. The team also has experience in both wave and current energy converter testing, including power take-off and mechanical load measurements. Related Efforts Facilities & Instrumentation
Exploring explosives for expanding geothermal energy
News Article, June 23, 2022 • Sandia researchers test explosives and propellants to create geothermal power sites Why are scientists setting off small-scale explosions inside 1-foot cubes of plexiglass? They’re watching how fractures form and grow in a rock-like substance to see if explosives or propellants, similar to jet fuel, can connect geothermal wells in a...

Extreme environments testing
Page • The National Solar Thermal Testing Facility (NSTTF) is equipped to create extreme combined thermal environments, making it a premier site for advanced thermal research and testing using the power of the sun. Our facility uses the sun to simulate a range of high temperatures, extreme solar flux levels, and varying...
Facilities
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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...

Fact Sheets
Page • Explore and connect with Sandia’s Energy Programs through our downloadable fact sheets, featuring key research and development areas, facilities, tools, and projects Fact sheets are organized by program. $(document).ready(function () { // this is going to bring the element attribute in from PHP var tocElements = "h2"; var tocView =...
Family-friendly Earth Day virtual event
News Article, April 20, 2022 • Sandia is partnering with national laboratories across the country to host a ‘Sunrise to Sunset’ Earth Day celebration on April 22. The day-long event will feature science-based, educational activities for kids K-12. At 11:30AM (MST) Sandia’s Kenny Armijo will provide a tour of the National Solar Thermal Test Facility and...

Fossil Energy & Carbon Management
Page • Fossil Energy & Carbon Management Combining research, development, and demonstration to enable national energy security and use of subsurface resources Sandia’s Fossil Energy and Carbon Management Program supports the Department of Energy's initiatives to enhance U.S. energy security and critical mineral supplies and reduce emissions from fossil fuel production and...
Fuel Cells
Page • Researchers demonstrate the clarity of a patented polyphenyline membrane developed at Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia has expertise in synthesizing and characterizing ion-containing separators employed in fuel cells and electrolysers. Sandia has developed and patented a novel class of poly(phenylene)s that has shown promise in both acidic and alkaline fuel cells,...
Fueling Safety
Page • Safety standards for maintenance facilities of liquid and compressed gas fueled large-scale vehicles ensures proper facility design and operations. Sandia provides technical assistance to the Department of Energy, Clean Cities coordinators, Clean Cities stakeholders, and advanced technology end-users to investigate natural gas vehicle (NGV) leak scenarios inside maintenance facilities. ...
GAF Energy Partners with Sandia National Labs on Solar Roofing Technology
News Article, December 2, 2021 • Sandia National Laboratories tested GAF Energy’s next generation solar roof using the most rigorous and meticulous testing to ensure the highest levels of performance from the new product. Read the complete article at GAF Energy. Go to the article
Gen 3 Particle Pilot Plant (G3P3)
Page • The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced a Phase III, $25 million award to Sandia National Laboratories to build, test and demonstrate a next-generation Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (CSP) plant at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The award was announced on March 25 during...
Geochemistry Laboratories
Facility • The Geochemistry Laboratories at Sandia support the investigation of basic scientific questions including material behaviors at mineral-fluid interfaces and the effects of chemical environment on fracture. Experimental geochemistry studies allow researchers to build and test quantitative model simulations at multiple spatial and time scales. Researchers at Sandia also apply geochemistry...

Geoff Klise
Staff Page • Department Manager. Biography Geoff Klise currently leads the Sandia Wind Energy Computational Data Sciences Department, which focuses on research and development (R&D) to better understand wind turbine and wind farm flow regimes, including turbine to turbine wake interference, model validation, and uncertainty quantification for multi-fidelity simulations. The department also carries...

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