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Sandia studies vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure
News Article, November 17, 2022 • Review of vulnerabilities helps prioritize grid protections, informs policy makers With electric vehicles becoming more common, the risks and hazards of a cyberattack on electric vehicle charging equipment and systems also increases. Jay Johnson, an electrical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, has been studying the varied vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging...
Kaedi Sanchez plugs in her car at a City of Albuquerque electric vehicle charger before heading to work. Sandia National Laboratories researchers have been studying the vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, including public chargers, to better inform policymakers. (Photo by Craig Fritz)

Sandia switches to hydrogen weather balloons
News Article, May 24, 2023 • Hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, Sandia National Laboratories researchers ensure the collection of important weather and climate data. By switching the gas used in their weather balloons, they have reduced their metaphorical footprint on the fragile Arctic ecosystem. More than three years ago, the Sandia-operated atmospheric measurement...
A hydrogen-filled weather balloon launches automatically from a Department of Energy atmospheric measurement facility in Utqiaġvik, formerly known as Barrow. About three years ago, Sandia National Laboratories switched from launching helium-filled balloons to launching hydrogen-filled balloons to reduce costs and carbon emissions. (Photo by Ben Bishop)

Sandia team receives prestigious recognition at ARPA-E EVs4ALL Annual Meeting
News Article, August 12, 2025 • Sandia recently received a Best Booth award for exceptional content, engagement and innovation at the 2025 ARPA-E Summit held in March. The award was presented to the Sandia team during the ARPA-E EVs4ALL Annual Meeting in Detroit. The award-winning booth showcased an innovative framework for the safety evaluation of batteries....
photo of winning booth at the 2025 ARPA-E Summit.

Sandia to host Deployable Wind Power for Defense and Disaster Response Workshop on June 17th
News Article, June 13, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, and the University of Dayton Research Institute will present the Deployable Wind Power for Defense and Disaster Response Workshop on June 17, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Stakeholders from the defense and disaster response communities are invited to attend to...

Sandia to Host Discussion of Progress in Fusion Energy
News Article, March 14, 2022 • What is fusion energy? Why are we hearing more about it recently? Could fusion energy change the world? Sandia invites the public to learn more about these and other questions related to fusion energy startups and technological innovations on March 29, 2022, 10-11:00 a.m. MDT on Microsoft Teams. This virtual...
PHOTO: The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is a collaborative nuclear fusion research and engineering project aiming to build the world’s largest magnetic fusion device, also known as a tokamak, in southern France. CREDIT: ITER Organization

Sandia to study snow-related energy losses using Morgan Solar’s sensor
News Article, August 11, 2023 • Photovoltaic researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are partnering with tech-company Morgan Solar to identify and quantify the amount of energy lost when a solar PV plant is covered in snow. Scientists will evaluate Morgan’s I IOT sensor, the IV DAQ, which captures continuous in situ data and can operate in...

Sandia uses electric-grid analytics to combat wildfire risks and aid post-wildfire recovery
News Article, February 1, 2024 • Wildfires impact the safety and security of society. The electric grid can initiate wildfires and is susceptible to wildfires. Sandia’s wildfire grid resilience program aims to mitigate and determine the risk of ignition, reduce wildfire spread, and decrease the consequences of major wildfires through new tools and better-informed decision making....

Sandia Wave Energy Power Take-off (SWEPT) Laboratory
Facility • The Sandia Wave Energy Power Take-off (SWEPT) Laboratory offers mobile, specialized testing for systems that produce power from wave energy. SWEPT is used to test wave energy converter (WEC) power take-off (PTO) systems. WECs are unique because they convert the oscillatory mechanical energy from ocean waves to generate electricity, which differentiates them...

Sandia Wind Energy Technologies Program takes lead for six incubator awards
News Article, November 8, 2023 • Sandia National Laboratories received the lead on six new incubator awards announced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office on October 20. WETO provided the wind-specific seed funding for a new program to create novel pathways to innovation while allowing the national labs a higher degree of risk...

Sandia Wind Turbine Loads Database
Page • Sandia Wind Turbine Loads Database eval_id: Simulation number The Sandia Wind Turbine Loads Database is divided into six files, each corresponding to approximately 16 years of simulation. The files are text files with data in columnar format. The first line in each file is a header line defining the contents...

Sandia wins 5 R&D 100 awards and a silver specialty award
News Article, September 19, 2022 • Competing in an international pool of universities, corporations and government labs, Sandia National Laboratories researchers captured four R&D 100 Awards this year and supported a fifth. One entry also won the R&D 100’s Special Recognition Market Disrupter Silver Award. R&D World Magazine — formerly R&D Magazine — presents the awards...
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Sandia-led team develops an end-to-end Generative AI platform to automate and protect confidential communications 
News Article, September 30, 2025 • A Sandia-led team, in partnership with Idaho National Laboratory, recently made a significant step toward secure and efficient inter-organizational collaboration using advanced generative AI technologies.   Large Language Models (LLMs) are part of artificial intelligence systems that rely on massive datasets to understand and generate human language. LLMs use patterns...

Sandia’s concentrating solar quarterly seminar addresses challenges associated with surfaces at high temperatures
News Article, June 22, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories’ Concentrating Solar Power Program will present its third quarterly concentrating solar seminar, “Textured Surfaces for Applications in Concentrating Solar Power,” on June 23, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. MDT. Professor Ranga Pitchumani, of the Advanced Materials and Technologies Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering...

Sandia’s geoscience group organizes conference on the mechanical behavior of salt
News Article, July 30, 2025 • Sandia’s Geoscience Research and Applications Group organized and sponsored the 11th SaltMech conference July 8-10, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. SaltMech XI focused on research findings and practical experiences regarding the mechanical behavior of rock salt in the context of safe use in mining, energy storage and waste disposal. Retired Sandian Keri Sobolik...
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Sandia’s Grid Modernization team for PR100 report receives Secretary’s Honor Award
News Article, March 28, 2024 • A multi-laboratory research team, including members from Sandia’s Grid Modernization group, received a 2023 Secretary’s Honor Award for its contributions to the Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transition to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100).The prestigious award recognizes the Department of Energy’s employees and contractors who make positive, lasting impacts on...

Sandia’s marine researchers to host MASK Basin WEC Workshop Information Session
News Article, May 11, 2023 • Join Sandia National Laboratories as it hosts the “WEC Design, Modeling, Control, and Testing Workshop Information Session,” Tuesday, June 6, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. MT. During this informative session, you’ll learn what to expect at the in-person WEC workshop hosted by Sandia later this year. The in-person...
Wave Energy Converter floats in MAASK Basin pool

Sandia’s photovoltaic performance and modeling workshop takes place in November 2023
News Article, July 7, 2023 • Proposals sought for PV Performance Modeling Collaborative sessions Sandia National Laboratories’ PV Performance Modeling Collaborative (PVPMC) will hold its European Workshop Nov. 8–9, 2023. SUPSI PVLab will host the event at the campus of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The event will...
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Sandia’s Water Power program to present WEC Power-Takeoff (PTO) Testing webinar
News Article, March 14, 2023 • Join Sandia National Laboratories as it hosts the webinar, “WEC PTO Testing” on March 24, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. MT. The design and testing of power take-off (PTO) systems for wave energy converters (WECs) is critically important to functionality and performance. This webinar will discuss the key...

Sandia’s Wildfire Grid Resilience Program helps reduce grid ignited wildfires and impact of major wildfires in New Mexico and beyond
News Article, December 8, 2025 • Sandia’s Wildfire Grid Resilience Program is dedicated to reducing the risk and impact of major wildfires through innovative tools and enhanced information systems. By focusing on pre-wildfire preparedness, timely responses during wildfires, and swift recovery efforts, the program aims to mitigate grid ignited wildfires, safeguard communities from wildfire, and ensure...
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Sandia’s Wind Energy Program releases its FY22 Accomplishments Report
News Article, April 5, 2023 • Sandia National Laboratories Wind Energy Program has released its Wind Energy Program FY22 Accomplishments Report. The portfolio consists of projects funded by the DOE EERE Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), DOE Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office, and the Sandia Laboratory Directed Research and Development...

Sandian named Scientist of the Year
News Article, September 11, 2023 • “I was the only farm worker who had a calculus book in his car,” Sal Rodriguez joked when I asked him about his upbringing. But it was no joke. The son of immigrants, Sal grew up in the tiny town of Calexico, California and worked in the fields to put...
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Sandians visit Puerto Rico to participate in grid resilience and distributed energy conversations in wake of Hurricane Fiona
News Article, November 9, 2022 • Sandians Summer Ferreira, Matt Lave, and Olga Hart recently visited San Juan, Puerto Rico, where they participated in an Advisory Group Meeting associated with the multi-National-Lab PR100 project to discuss lessons learned related to grid resilience and distributed energy in the wake of Hurricane Fiona. Meeting participants included community leaders,...

Save the Date — 2022 Sandia Blade Workshop: Oct. 17-20, Albuquerque, NM
News Article, March 1, 2022 • Save the Date! When: October 17—20, 2022 Where: Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Please mark your calendars for the return of the Sandia Blade Workshop, in-person and in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. 17-20, 2022. The workshop brings together wind industry experts, wind farm stakeholders and operators, manufacturers, and researchers to address...

Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility (SWiFT)
Facility • Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility (SWiFT) Enabling rapid, cost-effective research and making unique assets available to improve wind plant performance, advance technology, and build trusted partnerships. The Sandia Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) Facility, in Lubbock, Texas, is a state-of-the-art public research and training facility funded by the U.S. Department of...

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...
In this photo from 2020, Christopher Barr, right, a former Sandia National Laboratories postdoctoral researcher, and University of California, Irvine, professor Shen Dillon operate the In-situ Ion Irradiation Transmission Electron Microscope. Barr was part of a Sandia team that used the one-of-a-kind microscope to study atomic-scale radiation effects on metal. (Photo by Lonnie Anderson)

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’ Water Power Technologies 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...
INNOVATION CELEBRATION — The New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program held the first Innovation Celebration since the onset of COVID-19 at Santa Fe Brewing in Santa Fe on Sept. 29. NMSBA recognized the New Mexico small businesses and laboratory principal investigators from projects in 2020 and 2021. (Photo by Lucas Reigelsperger, Los Alamos)

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...
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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...
Yuliya tests batteries in her lab to understand how their performance degrades under different conditions.

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” Sandia has led space nuclear launch safety for both the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) since 2006. Meanwhile, Sandia’s engagement in space nuclear launch safety in an advisory and supporting role dates back...

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...

Staff
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

Staff
Page • Staff NamePositionEmailKevin AndersonR&D S&E, Systems Research and Analysisksande@sandia.govKenneth Armijo, PhDR&D, Systems Engineeringkmarmij@sandia.govLaurie Burnham, PhDScientistlburnha@sandia.govSteven DiGregorioPostdoctoral Researchersdigre@sandia.govThushara Gunda, PhDEngineer and Data Scientisttgunda@sandia.govCliff Hansen, PhDR&D, Mathematicscwhanse@sandia.govJames Hartley, PhDMechanical Engineerjkyuan@sandia.govNicole JacksonR&D S&E, Systems Research and Analysisnjacks@sandia.govNorman JostPostdoctoral Researchernrjost@sandia.govBruce King, PhDMaterials Science, Systems Research Analystbhking@sandia.govTom LowryPhotovoltaic Solar Energy Managertslowry@sandia.govDaniel RileyResearch Engineerdriley@sandia.govCharles RobinsonPrinciple Engineering Technologistcdrobin@sandia.govJoshua Stein,...

Staff
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...

Staff
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...

Staff
Page • Resilient and Distributed Energy Systems Program Staff Contact an expert within Sandia’s Resilient and Distributed Energy Systems Program. NamePositionSummer Ferreira, Ph.D.Manager, Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems IntegrationJeewon Choi, Ph.D.Postdoctoral AppointeeRachid Darbali-Zamora, Ph.D.Principal Member, Technical StaffJohn Eddy, Ph.D.Principal Member, Technical StaffJack Flicker, Ph.D.Principal Member, Technical StaffGeorgios Fragkos, Ph.D.Principal Member, Technical StaffBrooke...

Stan Atcitty
Staff Page • Senior Scientist, Power Electronics Lead. Biography Dr. Stan Atcitty received his BS and MS degree in electrical engineering from the New Mexico State University in 1993 and 1995, respectively. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech University in 2006. He is presently a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Sandia...

Stephen J. Verzi
Staff Page • Senior Member of Technical Staff. Biography Stephen J. Verzi earned his PhD from the University of New Mexico in computer science, with a focus in neural network design and analysis at Sandia. His professional experience in algorithm development and computational modeling spans many application domains: artificial intelligence, machine learning, information...

Stephen Percival
Staff Page • Materials Scientist. Biography Stephen J. Percival is a Senior R&D Materials Scientist and electrochemist in the Electronic, Optical, and Nano Materials Department at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Stephen received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno and PhD from the University of Washington, Seattle. Before...

Sterling Olson
Staff Page • R&D S&E, Mechanical Engineer. Biography Sterling Olson is a technical staff member in the Water Power Technologies Program at Sandia National Laboratories. Sterling is the lead developer for the open-source and freely available Marine and Hydrokinetic Toolkit (MHKiT). MHKiT is the foremost data processing toolbox for generalized marine energy data...

Steven DiGregorio
Staff Page • Postdoctoral Researcher. Biography Steven DiGregorio is a postdoctoral researcher in the Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Laboratory (PSEL) at Sandia National Laboratories. His current research focuses on the characterization and statistical analysis of PV connector failures and the quantification of cell and glass cracking due to hail impacts on PV modules. Prior...
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Structural Health Monitoring
Page • Structural Health Monitoring One of the key challenges facing the industry is to develop reliable methods to detect damage in the rotor blades early enough to improve operations and repair/maintenance decisions leading to reduced costs and increased revenues. Sandia is addressing this challenge by performing research in the areas of...

Stunning discovery: Metals can heal themselves
News Article, August 8, 2023 • Scientists for the first time have witnessed pieces of metal crack, then fuse back together without any human intervention, overturning fundamental scientific theories in the process. If the newly discovered phenomenon can be harnessed, it could usher in an engineering revolution — one in which self-healing engines, bridges and airplanes...
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Subsurface Energy Storage
Page • Sandia’s program in subsurface energy storage connects our expertise in underground energy storage with researchers and developers in commercial, industrial, and academic settings. Together, we are building national expertise in wellbore integrity for oil, gas, and carbon storage, as well as geologic hydrogen and hydrogen storage. Our combined experts, facilities,...

Successful G3P3 receiver test is a step towards commercial scalability
News Article, September 18, 2024 • Researchers at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility have successfully tested the Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant’s falling particle receiver. This new receiver is double the size of its predecessor and operates at two megawatts of concentrated radiative energy. The test represents an important step toward the commercial scalability of...

Summer Ferreira
Staff Page • Manager, Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration. Biography Dr. Summer Ferreira is the Manager of the Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration (REDSI) department within the Electric Grid Security group at Sandia National Laboratories. Since 2019, she has led REDSI in addressing the critical need for resilient energy solutions at...

Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Nuclear Energy
Page • What is STEP? The Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Generation program constitutes a crosscut to facilitate the commercialization of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO2) technology. STEP is co-sponsored by the offices of Nuclear Energy (NE), Fossil Energy (FE) and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The STEP mission is to reduce the...

Surf’s up! Free webinar on wave energy
News Article, March 20, 2024 • Join our free webinar on March 26 at 11 a.m. Eastern Time with Sandia National Laboratories’ Ryan Coe, Giorgio Bacelli, Dominic Forbush and Tim Donnelly. They will share and discuss recent results from WEC co-design testing on the “WaveBot” device at the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Maneuvering...

Techno-Economic Performance Metrics
Page • There are a wide variety of needs and uses for Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) techno-economic performance metrics. They accomplish a variety of objectives, including enabling consistent evaluation and benchmarking of device/component performance in marine energy across all stages of development; helping to discern technology/industry advancement and identify cost-reduction pathways. Methodology...

Technology Commercialization Fund Voucher Call is now open
News Article, June 17, 2024 • Do you know an entrepreneur, innovator, or community partner looking for technical assistance to bring their technology to market? Consider sharing the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Open Voucher Call. The new $2.1 million opportunity will make $100,000 vouchers available to innovators, entrepreneurs,...
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Testing Capabilities
Page • High-Temperature & High-Flux Testing Capabilities The site was built and instrumented to provide test facilities for a variety of solar and non-solar applications. Solar Tower 1. 350W/cm2 2. 6.2 MWth Solar Furnace 1. 16 kW 2. 600 W/cm2 Molten Salt Test Loop 1. Three Test Loops 2. 60% NaNo3/40% KNO3...

Thad Haines
Staff Page • Senior Member, Technical Staff. Biography Thad Haines is a senior member of the technical staff with the Resilient Energy and Distributed Systems Integration department at Sandia National Laboratories where his work contributes to better understanding issues related to resilience, stability, and controllability of electrical power systems due to increased renewable...

The Impact of Snow on PV Performance
Page • The Impact of Snow on PV Performance Introduction With the rapid growth of solar across northern regions, the impact of snow shading on modules is a growing concern. Published estimates of energy losses range from 1 to 12 percent annually, with monthly losses as high as 100 percent, depending on...

The WaveBot goes to Carderock
News Article, February 21, 2024 • The WaveBot, a scale-model wave energy converter (WEC), bobs up and down in the water as researchers cluster around a row of monitors in the control room of the largest wave tank in the United States. This is the WaveBot’s fourth trip to the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock...
The WaveBot at the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin (MASK) in Bethesda, Maryland.

There goes the sun: annular solar eclipse
News Article, October 20, 2023 • Glimpse phases of the annular solar eclipse as it passes Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility in Albuquerque on Oct. 14. The first photograph includes multiple exposures as the sun and moon traveled left to right, as well as an exposure without the eclipse. The second photograph comprises multiple exposures...
a mirrored heliostat reflects the phases of the 2023 solar eclipse.

Thermal Energy Storage
Page • Thermal Energy Storage The National Solar Thermal Test Facility excels in the research and development of heat transfer fluids and thermal energy storage systems. Thermal energy storage has a number of benefits, including high-energy density, low costs, a readily available media storage, the ability to deliver heat and electricity, and...

Thermal Test Complex
Facility • The Thermal Test Complex (TTC) is an international resource for validation of fire physics models as well as the nuclear weapons complex hardware qualification facility for fires. Experimental fire research, validated modeling tools, and phenomenological model development capabilities form the basis of an integrated capability to solve high-consequence problems in fire prevention,...

Thomas Herges
Staff Page • Instrumentation & Aeronautical Engineer. Biography Tommy Herges leads instrumentation development activities for wind plant field campaigns in the Wind Energy Computational Sciences Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He has been a member of the Wind Energy Technologies department since 2013, where he has worked on advanced laser velocity measurements and...

Threat and Impact Modeling
Page • Sandia’s threat modeling work focuses on characterizing the wide-ranging impacts from natural hazards on our infrastructure sectors. Threats serve as the key input to resilience analysis, and accurate assessment of system performance depends on a knowledge of what is likely to go wrong when a disruption occurs. The threats are...

Thushara Gunda
Staff Page • Complex Systems Analyst. Biography Thushara Gunda is a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. Her research portfolio focuses on data-driven decision making in complex systems, including water resources, energy, and security domains. Leveraging insights from interdisciplinary perspective is a key distinguishing feature of Thushara’s work. Her research...

Tim Riley
Staff Page • CEP, CSP, PMP. Biography Timothy G. (Tim) Riley began his professional journey as a helicopter crew chief in the U.S. Air Force and has been passionate about all things that fly or rotate ever since. Following his military service, Tim went on to enjoy an incredible 23-year career in NASA’s...

Timotius Oentung
Staff Page • R&D S&E, Cybersecurity. Biography Timotius Oentung currently works as a Research and Development (R&D) Software and Engineering (S&E) staff member for the Resilient Energy and Distributed System Integration (RDSI) organization. Prior to joining Sandia, he graduated with an MS in Cybersecurity and Privacy from the University of Central Florida with...

Todd Monson
Staff Page • Physicist. Biography Todd Monson is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, where for the past fifteen years his research has focused primarily on the synthesis and characterization of ferromagnetic and ferroelectric nanomaterials for energy related applications. Todd holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in physics from...

Tools
Page • Tools Browse select computational codes, data sets, models, software, tools, and toolkits from Sandia National Laboratories' energy programs Arctic Science & Security For software developed at Sandia that covers a variety of applications related to research in the Arctic, please visit the Arctic Software page. Search licensable technologies, patents, applications, and...

Tower-based power systems
Page • Tower-based power systems Solar Power Tower​ The 200 ft. Solar Tower at Sandia National Laboratories provides 212 computer-controlled heliostats to reflect concentrated solar energy onto the tower, producing a total thermal capacity of 6 MW and peak flux up to 300 W/cm2. The NSTTF offers a complete testing environment for...

Transportation & Fuels
Page • Transportation & Fuels Advancing affordable, available, and efficient energy use for America’s energy future Foundational physical and computational research at Sandia helps to accelerate innovation in transportation and fuels. Our research programs span multiple transportation modes, including passenger automobiles, heavy-duty freight, off-road machinery, marine, rail, and aviation, while also investigating...

Travis Anderson
Staff Page • Chemist. Biography Travis M. Anderson is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. He received his B.S degree in Chemistry from Mercer University in 1997 and his Ph.D. degree in Inorganic Chemistry from Emory University in 2002. His research interests include synthetic inorganic chemistry, battery materials...

Tu Nguyen
Staff Page • Electrical Engineer, Analytics & Controls Lead. Biography Tu A. Nguyen is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories. He is also a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and an editor of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He received his B.S...

Two Sandia researchers elected to National Academy of Engineering
News Article, April 15, 2024 • Tina Nenoff and Babu Chalamala recognized for contributions to engineering Two Sandia National Laboratories researchers, Tina Nenoff and Babu Chalamala, have been elected as members of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering. They are among the 114 new members and 21 international members to be inducted as the class of 2024....

Two Sandians honored with 2024 Women in Tech Award
News Article, June 27, 2024 • Two Sandia National Laboratories employees have been honored with the 2024 New Mexico Women in Tech Award from the New Mexico Technology Council. The award recognizes remarkable women who drive innovation and excellence in their tech field and inspire and empower others to pursue careers in the tech industry. Mary Monson If...
Mary Monson, senior manager of Technology Partnerships and Business Development at Sandia National Laboratories, accepts an award from the New Mexico Technology Council on March 13 for her immense impact on tech transfer at Sandia. (Photo by DeAnna Vincent)

U.S. High Arctic Research Center (USHARC)
Facility • Sandia and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) have teamed up to advance the concept of a permanent, comprehensive multi-agency U.S. High Arctic Research Center (USHARC) in the Prudhoe Bay area. Sandia and UAF are actively engaging federal agencies, academic institutions, non-governmental organizations, and international partners to support its development. Visit the...

Ujjwol Tamrakar
Staff Page • Electrical Engineer. Biography Ujjwol Tamrakar received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, in 2011, and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University (SDSU), Brookings, SD, USA, in 2015. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from SDSU in 2020 and is currently...

Ultrafast beam-steering breakthrough at Sandia Labs
News Article, March 28, 2023 •  In a major breakthrough in the fields of nanophotonics and ultrafast optics, a Sandia National Laboratories research team has demonstrated the ability to dynamically steer light pulses from conventional, so-called incoherent light sources. This ability to control light using a semiconductor device could allow low-power, relatively inexpensive sources like LEDs...
Two researchers stand adjacent to optical equipment emitting red light in a lab

Using the power of the sun to roast green chile
News Article, July 7, 2022 • Greener approach to a New Mexican staple opens possibilities for sustainable food roasting Sandia National Laboratories engineer Kenneth Armijo, who grew up on a chile farm in Sabinal, located between Albuquerque and Socorro, New Mexico, thought there was a “greener” way to roast green chile. The results of his experiments...

Using words to look for glitches
News Article, December 3, 2025 • Large language models as a tool to improve electric grid security Georgios Fragkos presenting his paper at the conference. Detecting anomalies in the electric grid using artificial intelligence could be an effective way to improve the grid’s security and performance. Anomalies, or glitches, can happen in the grid due to...
A man in a suit stands in front of a projected image of a Representation Model of Generative AI

Using X-ray science to hit hydrogen storage targets
News Article, November 7, 2023 • Using soft X-ray techniques available through Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source (ALS), a Sandia team including Mark Allendorf and Farid El Gabaly with collaborators from the Hydrogen Materials Advanced Research Consortium (HyMARC) are probing the chemistry of promising hydrogen storage materials to understand how they absorb and release hydrogen. The...

Valerio De Angelis
Staff Page • Chemical Engineer, System Integration Lead. Biography Dr. De Angelis joined Sandia in 2020 to work on battery modeling, system integration, advanced manufacturing, and long-term energy storage. He is co-founder of batteryarchive.org, the first public repository for easy visualization and comparison of lithium-ion battery degradation data across institutions. Before joining Sandia...

Vehicle Technologies
Page • Sandia’s vehicle research supports electrification technologies, automation, and advanced combustion technologies for all transportation modes. Advanced combustion engine research at Sandia emphasizes the use of optical and laser diagnostics to discover fundamental processes that lead to increased engine efficiency and reduced emissions. Our battery research enhances battery safety, battery diagnostics,...

Vermont Public Utility Commission Energy Storage Systems Workshops
Page • Presented by: Vermont Public Utility 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. Vermont Public Utility Commission Staff & Stakeholders were invited...

Victoria Obrien
Staff Page • Electrical Engineer. Biography Victoria Obrien is a Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Electric Grid Security and Communications Department at Sandia National Laboratories. She obtained a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University in 2020, 2021, and 2023, respectively. Her research interests include the cybersecurity...

Video: Validating models for safety codes and standards
News Article, May 10, 2024 • Earlier this year, a test series at Sandia collected data to validate the models used for hydrogen safety codes and standards. Go behind the scenes with the research team who ran the test with partners from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and support from US DOE Office of Energy Efficiency...
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Vincent Neary
Staff Page • Science and Engineering Research and Development. Biography Vincent Neary is the marine renewable energy technologies lead for the Water Power Technologies Program at Sandia National Laboratories. He has spent the last ten years working on a wide-range of topics in marine renewable energy, including modeling and measuring tidal and wave...

Walker Olis
Staff Page • Member of Technical Staff. Biography Walker P. Olis is a Member of the Technical Staff in the Electric Power Systems Research Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He holds a M.S.E.E. from Northeastern University focused on electric power systems and a B.S. in Physics from Pacific University. He is a Member...

Washington DC Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) Energy Storage Webinar Series
Page • Presented by 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 energy transition to a decarbonized future. DOEE Staff & Stakeholders are invited to participate in a...

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Page • The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is the nation’s only licensed and operating deep geologic repository for transuranic nuclear waste disposal. Sandia supports activities including modifications to the repository’s operating permits, periodic recertifications of the repository, and on-going monitoring of the repository performance against regulatory requirements. Building on a fifty year history...

Water Management
Page • The continued security and economic health of the United States depends on a sustainable supply of energy and water. The availability of adequate water supplies has a profound impact on the availability of energy, while energy production and power generation activities affect water availability and quality. Thermoelectric power plants in...

Water Power
Page • Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies harness energy from waves, currents, tides and ocean thermal gradients to generate clean, renewable energy Sandia’s Water Power Technologies department leverages key research and engineering capabilities in support of the growing MHK industry. View our Water Power Program Overview video! Click each pin on the map to...

Water Power Facilities & Implementation
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Water Power Personnel
Page • Staff Contact an expert within Water Power Technologies Program. Support Staff Antoinette Garcia Business Operations Analystamgarci@sandia.gov Marisa Montes Technical Business Development Specialistmmontes@sandia.gov

Water Security
Page • What We Do Sandia’s decision support analysis for water utilities increases the security and resilience of water distribution networks. Example connectivity analysis showing critical hydraulic pathways upstream from a tank (red) and downstream to customers (blue). Water distribution systems are a crucial component of urban infrastructure. They provide essential services,...

Water Treatment
Page • What We Do Since the early 2000s, Sandia has addressed the security challenges associated with growing limitations on water availability through novel water treatment technology development and simple, low-cost solutions to complex water challenges. Our Capabilities Our science and engineering capabilities include: Atomistic to Molecular Chemical and Geochemical Modeling Advanced...
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