Facility • Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility (SWiFT) Sandia National Laboratories’ Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility in Lubbock, Texas, was a state-of-the-art public research and training facility funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. SWiFT partnered with industry and academia to: Test industry technologies Enable workforce development programs Drive rotor advancements and...
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Scientists chip away at a metallic mystery, one atom at a time
News Article, September 28, 2022 • Gray and white flecks skitter erratically on a computer screen. A towering microscope looms over a landscape of electronic and optical equipment. Inside the microscope, high-energy, accelerated ions bombard a flake of platinum thinner than a hair on a mosquito’s back. Meanwhile, a team of scientists studies the seemingly chaotic...
Serial innovator takes top award in ‘Oscars of Innovation’
News Article, January 22, 2026 • In a remarkable recognition of his research and development leadership contributions to scientific and innovative technologies, Hongyou Fan has been named the R&D 100 Researcher of the Year for 2025. This prestigious award, often referred to as the “Oscars of Innovation,” highlights the most significant advancements in research and development across...
Shamina Hossain-McKenzie
Staff Page • Principal Member of Technical Staff. Biography Dr. Shamina Hossain-McKenzie is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff in the Cyber Resilience R&D Department at Sandia National Laboratories; she focuses on grid cybersecurity research. She received her electrical engineering Ph. D. and Master’s degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...
SHARCC-Related Publications
Page • DateArticle TitleAuthors2023The Impact of Nuclear Data Uncertainty on Identifying Plutonium Diversion in Liquid-Fueled Molten Salt Reactors Vidal Soares, Andre Augusto ; Kovacevic, Branko ; Johnsen, Amanda ; Lintereur, Azaree ; Betzler, Benjamin ; Dion, Michael ; Shoman, Nathan ; Walters, William 2023Using the Information Harm Triangle to Identify Risk-Informed Cybersecurity Strategies for...
Simulating Turbine–Turbine Interaction
Page • Simulating Turbine–Turbine Interaction Instantaneous contours of stream-wise velocity from a large eddy simulation of the SWiFT test site using the University of Minnesota's Virtual Wind Simulator. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Scaled Wind Farm Technology facility was commissioned in 2013 to provide an experimental site with research-scale wind turbines for...
Simulation & Analysis
Page • Sandia National Laboratories’ Hydrodynamic Energy Systems program develops innovative technological solutions for marine hydrokinetic (MHK) devices. Before MHK technologies can successfully compete in the energy and applications market, industry developers are working to increase device power performance and reliability. These efforts will lead to reducing the levelized cost of energy...
Siting and Barrier Mitigation
Page • Siting and Barrier Mitigation Wind turbines can potentially interfere with radar systems like the one pictured here. Wind plant installations offer low electricity rates and improve air quality. However, like any form of energy installation, they impact surrounding areas. As the number of large wind plants in the the United...
Small-business success
News Article, December 7, 2022 • The Saturday after Thanksgiving, known as Small Business Saturday, offers an opportunity every year to celebrate the jobs, helpful products and services, and economic wealth that small businesses bring to our communities. They must learn how to mitigate risk and quickly adapt to change — as witnessed now more than ever...
Smart Labs pilot program takes off
News Article, July 26, 2023 • Laboratory practices implemented to improve safety, energy efficiency A new program at Sandia aims to increase occupant safety and make operations more energy efficient. The Sandia Smart Labs pilot has been launched in four buildings in New Mexico and California. On June 28, the team completed its first round of...
Society of Women Engineers bestows awards on 3 Sandia staff, including its highest honor
News Article, October 24, 2022 • The Society of Women Engineers has bestowed awards on three Sandia National Laboratories employees. Senior scientist Tina Nenoff received the society’s highest honor, the Achievement Award, chemical engineer Yuliya Preger received a Rising Technical Contributor Award and researcher Nedra Bonal received a Patent Recognition Award. The society bestows awards annually...
Sociotechnical Systems
Page • The Sociotechnical Systems Group understands successful systems rely on analyzing and designing for the interplay between people, organizations, regulations, and technology. Our mission is to optimize both the social and technical aspects of systems to ensure they work effectively in their intended environments. "Enhancing collaboration between people and technology" Key...
Sodium-ion battery safety research: Advancing the next generation of energy storage technology
News Article, June 25, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories’ Battery Abuse Testing Lab, the Department of Energy’s core facility for battery safety, is investigating the safety of sodium-ion battery technology. Due to sodium’s abundance and an electrochemistry that resembles lithium-ion batteries in some ways, sodium-ion batteries are being considered for grid storage and automotive applications. The...
Software
Page • Software for Complex Environments The Arctic Coastal Erosion (ACE) Model provides a field-validated, predictive model of thermal-chemical-mechanical erosion for the Arctic coastline. The ACE Model is created to solve the limitations of current coastal erosion tools. Albany Land Ice is a dynamical core for ice sheet simulations, featuring PDE constrained optimization tools for...
Southeast Energy Storage Workshop Series
Page • The need to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is becoming ever more obvious and urgent. Energy storage is a critical component of the energy transition. Advances in energy storage technology, policy, and applications are quickly increasing around the world, and keeping up with those changes is an ongoing...
Space Nuclear Systems Launch Safety
Page • “Quantifying radiological risk for mission launch to key decision makers” Launch safety assessment is a fundamental requirement for launching a space vehicle heated, powered, or propelled by a nuclear system. National Security Presidential Memorandum 20 (NSPM-20) establishes safety guidelines and tier levels that form the probabilistic risk baseline used to...
Space Nuclear Systems: Accidents
Page • Accident environments can occur during any phase of the launch. Sandia’s ability to identify and mitigate mission risk across the full mission timeline is critical to launch success and helps mission teams focus mitigation efforts on the highest-risk contributors. For the analysis, missions are typically divided into time-based phases that...
Space Nuclear Systems: Consequence and Risk Integration
Page • Factoring in Launch Weather Conditions Meteorological conditions vary in space and time, which governs the transport and diffusion of the released material. These conditions include wind velocity components, relative humidity, atmospheric turbulence, and pressure. Local meteorology strongly affects both the potential rise of the particles from the fire environments and...
Space Nuclear Systems: Impact, Criticality, Thermal, and Reentry
Page • Some blasts and impacts have the potential to breach the multiple layers of protection. Analyses are performed to prove effectiveness and efficacy of the materials and design used when engineering the radioactive power system. For example, the simulation below shows that due to the numerous layers of containment and protection,...
Space Nuclear Systems: Safety Analysis Reports
Page • Sandia’s approach and methodology to Space Nuclear Launch Safety is centered around the modeling of detailed simulations, combined with Monte Carlo sequence codes, to create a probabilistic risk analysis. This methodology combination aids in the identification and mitigation of the main sources of risk to create a basis for a successful...
Srinivasarao Kamala
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Appointee. Biography Dr. Srinivasarao Kamala is the Postdoctoral Appointee in the Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration (REDSI) group at Sandia National Laboratories. He received his Master of Science by Research in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India in the year 2011. He received his...
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Page • Sandia’s geothermal research program includes experts, technicians, and specialists dedicated to advancing geothermal technologies. Connect with a team member below. Contact NAMEPOSITIONE-MAILGiorgia BettinManagergbettin@sandia.govAndrew WrightElectronics Engineeraawrigh@sandia.govAlfred CochraneElectronics Engineerahcochr@sandia.govWilliam KibikasGeosciences Engineeringwmkibik@sandia.govDavid RaymondMechanical Engineeringdwraymo@sandia.govEric RobeyMechanical Engineeringrerobey@sandia.govMelanie SchneiderMechanical Engineeringmbschne@sandia.govJiann SuMechanical Engineeringjsu@sandia.govManny MontanoElectromechanical Technologistmzmonta@sandia.govTaylor MyersElectromechanical Technologisttamyers@sandia.govJoseph PopeElectromechanical Technologistjspope@sandia.govJoshua TafoyaElectromechanical Technologistjjtafoy@sandia.govKurt KraalPostdoctoralkokraal@sandia.govSivana TorresPostdoctoralsivtorr@sandia.govNatalie HerreraOffice Admin Assistantnrherre@sandia.gov
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Page • Staff NamePositionEmailKevin AndersonR&D S&E, Systems Research and Analysisksande@sandia.govLaurie Burnham, Ph.D.Scientistlburnha@sandia.govCliff Hansen, Ph.D.R&D, Mathematicscwhanse@sandia.govNorman JostPostdoctoral Researchernrjost@sandia.govBruce King, Ph.D.Materials Science, Systems Research Analystbhking@sandia.govTom Lowry, Ph.D.Photovoltaic Solar Energy Managertslowry@sandia.govDaniel RileyResearch Engineerdriley@sandia.govCharles RobinsonPrinciple Engineering Technologistcdrobin@sandia.govJoshua Stein, Ph.D.Photovoltaic Energy Systems Scientistjsstein@sandia.govMarios Theristis, Ph.D.Principal Member of the Technical Staffmtheris@sandia.gov
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Page • Staff Wind Energy Technologies NamePositionEmailKenneth BrownAerodynamic Diagnostics and Modeling Engineerkbrown1@sandia.govBrandon Lee EnnisRotor Aeroelastic Leadblennis@sandia.govThomas HergesInstrumentation and Aeronautical Engineertherges@sandia.govBrent HouchensR&D Mechanical Engineerbchouch@sandia.govAlan HsiehCFD and Aeronautical Researcherahsieh@sandia.govGeoffrey Taylor KliseManager, Wind Energy Sciencesgklise@sandia.govDavid Charles ManiaciRotor Blade Wind Plant Aerodynamics Leaddcmania@sandia.govKevin Ray MooreR&D Mechanical Engineerkevmoor@sandia.govGordon North Piegan IIIYear-Round Interngnpiega@sandia.govEvan SproulR&D Mechanical Engineeresproul@sandia.govGopal YallaPostdoctoral Researchergyalla@sandia.govCarolee...
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Page • NameTechnical SpecialtyEmailPhoneRay Byrne, Ph.D.Program Manager,Energy Storagerhbyrne@sandia.gov(505) 844-8716Sharon RuizOffice Administrative Assistantsaruiz@sandia.gov(505) 221-9565 ANALYTICS & CONTROLS NameTechnical SpecialtyEmailPhoneTu Nguyen, Ph.D.Electrical Engineer,Analytics & Controls Leadtunguy@sandia.gov(505) 844-1722Pedro Barba, Ph.D.Electrical Engineerpbarba@sandia.gov(505) 284-3209Atri Bera, Ph.D.Electrical Engineerabera@sandia.gov(505) 553-5302Hyungjin Choi, Ph.D.Electrical Engineerhchoi@sandia.gov(505) 313-9480John Eddy, Ph.D.Mechanical Engineerjpeddy@sandia.gov(505) 284-1642Ryan Elliott, Ph.D.Electrical Engineerrtellio@sandia.gov(505) 844-8663Cody Newlun, Ph.D.Electrical Engineercjnewlu@sandia.govVictoria ObrienElectrical Engineervaobrie@sandia.govDavid Rosewater, Ph.D.Electrical...
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