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Roy Lopez
Staff Page • Principal Technologist. Biography C. Roy Lopez a Principal Technologist with the Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration program at Sandia. This includes support for distributed energy resources, capabilities, performance, safety, interoperability, cybersecurity and grid support. Roy supports many of The PIs involved in power electronics materials and systems, Distributed Energy...

Rural and Agricultural Income and Savings from Renewable Energy (RAISE) Initiative
Page • Rural and Agricultural Income and Savings from Renewable Energy Initiative (RAISE) To help rural small businesses, farmers, and electric cooperatives cut costs and increase income, the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture created the Rural and Agricultural Income and Savings from Renewable Energy initiative using smaller-scale renewable...

Ryan Coe
Staff Page • R&D Mechanical Engineer. Biography Ryan Coe received a B.S. degree in Ocean Engineering (2009) and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering (2013), both from Virginia Tech, and he subsequently joined Sandia National Laboratories’ Water Power Technologies group in 2013. Ryan’s research focuses primarily on wave energy converters (WEC) modeling, testing, control,...

Ryan T. Elliott
Staff Page • Principal Member of Technical Staff. Biography Ryan T. Elliott received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2020 from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, where he studied in the Renewable Energy Analysis Lab (REAL). He is currently a Principal Member of Technical Staff with the Electric...

Safer, more powerful batteries for electric cars, power grid
News Article, March 15, 2022 • Solid-state batteries with little liquid electrolyte are safer than lithium-ion batteries Solid-state batteries, currently used in small electronic devices like smart watches, have the potential to be safer and more powerful than lithium-ion batteries for things such as electric cars and storing energy from solar panels for later use. However,...
Sandia National Laboratories engineers, examine a lithium-ion battery in front of a specially designed battery testing chamber.

Safety and Reliability
Page • Sandia National Laboratories is advancing the understanding of safety and reliability of electrochemical energy storage systems for grid scale applications. Battery systems have the potential for improving the resiliency of the electric grid by providing on-demand energy storage for a variety of applications. The use of advanced battery technology however...

Safety, Safeguards, and Informed Security Design
Page • The next generation of nuclear reactors and fuel cycle facilities must incorporate Safety, Safeguards, and Security by Design (3SBD) in order to develop safe and secure facilities that meet regulatory requirements in an efficient manner. Sandia provides safeguards analysis capabilities that tie into safety and security expertise to design and...

Samuel T. Ojetola
Staff Page • Senior Member of Technical Staff . Biography Samuel T. Ojetola is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. His expertise includes, power system dynamics and control, improvement of grid reliability and resilience to extreme events, machine-learning based protection for distributed networks, and resilient energy integration. Before joining...

Sandia addresses barriers to hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines
News Article, November 18, 2024 • Pre-ignition is one of the key barriers preventing hydrogen-fueled combustion engines from achieving efficiency and power-density parity with current diesel powertrains. To address this issue, Sandia has developed an experimental framework to isolate and study various sources of pre-ignition. The research team recently updated the framework with a new methodology...
Conceptual schematic of the pre-ignition mechanisms in a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine (left). A multi-camera, high-speed system for testing and visualizing oil pre-ignition using Sandia's optical engine (right).

Sandia awarded $15 million to advance thermal energy storage for industrial solutions
News Article, January 29, 2026 • The U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Office awarded Sandia National Laboratories $15 million to advance American industrial innovation. The National Solar Thermal Test Facility’s Thermal Energy Storage testbed (TESBed) award is one of sixteen projects chosen to accelerate the development and adoption of transformational technologies. ”Adoption of stored thermal...

Sandia cloud-resolving climate model meets world’s fastest supercomputer
News Article, April 13, 2023 • Focused on the accuracy of climate predictions, a computational team led by Sandia National Laboratories recently achieved a major milestone with a cloud-resolving model they ran on Frontier, the world’s first exascale supercomputer. “We have created the first global cloud-resolving model to simulate a world’s year of climate in a...
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Sandia conducts cybersecurity research to reduce threats to nation’s wind fleet
News Article, February 17, 2023 • Wind energy-specific cybersecurity research and development is critical to the defensive protection of wind assets from cyber threats. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) recognizes the need to assess risks and consequences associated with malicious activities—whether physical or cyber—and has prioritized the strengthening of the...

Sandia contributes nuclear science expertise to the International Youth Nuclear Congress
News Article, November 14, 2022 • Sylvia Saltzstein, Sandia’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies Senior Manager, will travel to Japan to participate in the upcoming International Youth Nuclear Congress November 27 through December 2. The conference presents an opportunity for young nuclear science professionals to discuss research, collaborate, network, and learn from senior leaders who share their...
Nuclear Energy staff work in laboratory at Sandia

Sandia develops mobile cybersecurity test for electric vehicle charging stations
News Article, November 1, 2024 • Sandia, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, developed a new approach that allows for agile, mobile testing of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The new testing method, which focuses on communications and cybersecurity functionality of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), could fill a critical need in the future of grid...

Sandia economist selected fellow of energy association
News Article, January 10, 2024 • Peter Kobos, an economist and manager of Sandia National Laboratories’ water power research program, was recently selected as a senior fellow of the United States Association for Energy Economics. (Photo by Lonnie Anderson) Peter Kobos, an economist and manager at Sandia National Laboratories, has been selected as a senior fellow...
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Sandia engineer elected fellow of two prestigious national societies
News Article, March 2, 2022 • Babu Chalamala, an engineer and manager of Sandia National Laboratories’ energy storage group, was recently elected fellow of two prestigious national societies. On Jan. 26, he became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. On Dec. 7, he became a fellow of the National Academy of...

Sandia Holistic Advanced Reactor Capabilities Center
Page • Sandia Holistic Advanced Reactor Capabilities Center Scope and Core Nuclear Energy Capabilities Sandia’s Holistic Advanced Reactor Capabilities Center (SHARCC) brings a broad range of unique technical capabilities to support our national vision and reflects our focus on the overall nuclear energy/facility system rather than a specific reactor design or technology. Sandia...

Sandia hosts first workshop devoted to photovoltaic connectors
News Article, July 16, 2024 • The Sandia-EPRI co-hosted Photovoltaic (PV) Connector Reliability Workshop will take place Wednesday, July 17, 2024, from 1-5 p.m. ET, in Charlotte, N.C. The event will occur in tandem with the larger EPRI 7th Annual Wind and Solar Operation and Management (O&M) Innovation Workshop held July 16-18, 2024. The specialized gathering...
image of a connector that connects one pv pnael with another

Sandia Interactive Wave Energy Education Display (SIWEED)
Page • The Sandia Interactive Wave Energy Education Display (SIWEED) gives users a unique hands-on experience with wave energy. This interactive display comprises a small wave tank (about the size of a fish tank), a wave maker, a small wave energy converter, and a small model town. As participants change the waves...

Sandia joins global consortium focused on AI applications for improving the grid
News Article, December 16, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories signed a Memorandum of Understanding to become a member of the Open Power AI Consortium. Led by the Electric Power Research Institute, this consortium aims to develop and deploy cutting-edge AI solutions for the electric sector with the goals to reduce operating costs and to improve customer...
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Sandia launches new cyber labeling webpage
News Article, August 1, 2024 • Sandia partnered with five other DOE national laboratories to investigate the applicability of a labeling program for operational technology, such as solar inverters and smart meters. We are now excited to share research findings on our new cyber labeling webpage.   Our cyber labeling research is intended to answer a variety...

Sandia microgrid expert named IEEE Fellow
News Article, July 1, 2024 • Michael Ropp, Electrical Engineer Sandia National Laboratories electrical engineer Michael Ropp has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, one of the world’s largest technical professional organizations. Ropp’s research focuses on developing algorithms to improve the resiliency of the electrical grid, particularly with the addition of...

Sandia National Laboratories leads perovskite research center
News Article, July 20, 2021 • PV Magazine highlighted a $14 million award for the Perovskite Photovoltaic Accelerator for Commercializing Technologies Center. The facility is led by Sandia National Laboratories to develop research in perovskite solar technology. Go to the article
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