Page • Sandia partners to anticipate—and resolve—emerging Arctic national security challenges. Security in the Arctic impacts the world stage. A secure Arctic requires the logistics, information, and physical resources needed to prevent or respond to a security event. Security in the Arctic spans operations and infrastructure. Whether the threat comes from sea...
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ARCUS
Page • The concept for the ARCUS vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) was developed in response to the ARPA-e ATLANTIS program call in 2019. This concept was designed to address the unique challenges for floating offshore wind energy in the U.S. where costs are 3-5 times higher than for land-based wind energy installations....
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Page • Vision: Revolutionize the electric power grid through innovative AI/ML research to provide unprecedented efficiency, resilience, and sustainability The increased prevalence of sensors in the grid, ranging from phasor measurement units (PMUs) to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in distribution networks, has resulted in an explosion of grid data. Machine learning techniques...
At Sandia Labs, a vision for navigating when GPS goes dark
News Article, October 25, 2022 • Words like “tough” or “rugged” are rarely associated with a quantum inertial sensor. The remarkable scientific instrument can measure motion a thousand times more accurately than the devices that help navigate today’s missiles, aircraft and drones. But its delicate, table-sized array of components that includes a complex laser and vacuum...
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility
Facility • The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, a Department of Energy scientific user facility, provides the climate research community with strategically located, in situ, and remote sensing observatories. This facility is designed to improve the understanding and representation of clouds and aerosols, as well as their interactions with the Earth’s...
Atri Bera
Staff Page • Electrical Engineer. Biography Atri Bera is a Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Energy Storage Technology and Systems Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India, in 2015, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State...
Atrisco Heritage Academy High School Solar + Storage Project
News Article, October 27, 2022 • Sandia recently partnered with Albuquerque Public Schools, NM Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Department, the Department of Energy, and OE Solar for the opening of the district’s largest solar installation together with the state’s most extensive battery energy storage system. The $3.2 million solar + storage project at Atrisco Heritage...
Austin G. Motes
Staff Page • Controls Engineer. Biography Austin (Gerrit) Motes provides engineering support to multiple projects across the Wind Energy Design and Experimentation and Water Power Technologies Departments at Sandia National Laboratories. While he specializes in dynamics and controls, Gerrit has experience with engineering change management, test and acceptance, electromechanical sensors and actuators, microcontrollers...
Babu Chalamala elected to National Academy of Engineering
News Article, May 8, 2024 • Since joining Sandia in 2015, Babu Chalamala has diligently worked to improve the safety and reliability of grid storage technologies. In the long run, his efforts support the large-scale integration of grid storage and the modernization of the electricity infrastructure. In the short term, they have earned him election to...
Back to the drawing board: Reinventing offshore wind turbines
News Article, August 16, 2022 • New Sandia software allows for design of innovative floating turbines Brandon Ennis, Sandia National Laboratories’ offshore wind technical lead, had a radically new idea for offshore wind turbines: instead of a tall, unwieldy tower with blades at the top, he imagined a towerless turbine with blades pulled taut like a...
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