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...
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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,...
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