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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...
Two researchers hold up a scintillator, a blue disk

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...

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...
A man with a face shield, apron, and gloves works on a computer server submerged in liquid

Exploring explosives for expanding geothermal energy
News Article, June 23, 2022 • Sandia researchers test explosives and propellants to create geothermal power sites Why are scientists setting off small-scale explosions inside 1-foot cubes of plexiglass? They’re watching how fractures form and grow in a rock-like substance to see if explosives or propellants, similar to jet fuel, can connect geothermal wells in a...
Technicians and students examine a plexiglass cube fractured by a small explosion

Family-friendly Earth Day virtual event
News Article, April 20, 2022 • Sandia is partnering with national laboratories across the country to host a ‘Sunrise to Sunset’ Earth Day celebration on April 22. The day-long event will feature science-based, educational activities for kids K-12. At 11:30AM (MST) Sandia’s Kenny Armijo will provide a tour of the National Solar Thermal Test Facility and...

HelioCon Highlight: Solar Dynamics, NSTTF to demonstrate off-the-shelf wireless control system
News Article, September 6, 2023 • Earlier this year the Heliostat Consortium, co-led by Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), announced seven awards related to a request for proposals (RFP) targeting the U.S. Department of Energy’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation, and improved solar field performance. Sandia’s National Solar...
Two technologist stand atop the solar tower with the helioststa and control room behind them

HelioCon’s latest request for proposals supports widespread use of concentrating solar power
News Article, January 29, 2024 • The Heliostat Consortium has released its next request for proposals focused on lowering the costs of heliostat technologies, improving performance, and creating new heliostat industry opportunities. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the consortium consists of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (lead) and partnering organizations Sandia National Laboratories and the...

How do you ship a wave? In a box, of course. A WaveBox.
News Article, September 12, 2024 • A forklift loads the SWEPT Lab onto a flatbed truck A group of engineers watch as a forklift moves a shipping container onto a flatbed truck. The container is about to embark on a four-day trip from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Corvallis, Oregon. Inside the container is a one-of-a-kind mobile...

IEA Task 13 report offers new guidelines for photovoltaic bifacial tracker systems
News Article, September 20, 2024 • Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories were part of an international team to publish a new report featuring best practices for bifacial photovoltaic tracking systems. In August, the International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme Task 13 released, “Best Practices for the Optimization of Bifacial Tracking Systems 2024,” which provides an...

In celebration of innovation
News Article, December 8, 2022 • Event honors Sandia efforts to advance the science frontier with innovative technologies On Oct. 27, Sandia/California hosted a hybrid Innovation Award Celebration to recognize innovators at the Labs. The annual event — which went on hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic — honors Sandians who have developed innovative technical solutions to...
ACTIVATING CREATIVE IDEAS — Michelle Gonzales, manager of the California Partnerships and Innovation organization, served as master of ceremonies at the Innovation Award Celebration.

Increasing efficiency and power density for next-generation electric drivetrains
News Article, December 23, 2024 • (a) Simplified diagram of the GaN trench MOSFET. (b) Image of the MOSFET devices under test. (c) Image of the 2” wafer as fabricated. While the underlying science benefits a range of potential applications and industries, the team’s research was funded by the DOE Vehicle Technologies Office which is investigating...

International collaboration compares geologic repository assessment tools
News Article, April 18, 2022 • Sandia software supports assessment of future spent nuclear fuel disposal Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and partner national laboratories will compare their Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment software framework to the safety assessment software of international peers at a late-April workshop. The Sandia-led Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment framework is a computer...
Sandia National Laboratories engineers discuss recent results from their Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment software framework

International team plans to transform battery databases
News Article, January 30, 2023 • A consortium of researchers, including Sandia battery experts Yuliya Preger and Valerio De Angelis, are working together to stimulate battery innovation by developing battery databases. Ultimately, they hope to expand the role of batteries in supporting the transformation of electric grid infrastructure including the integration of renewable energy resources and...
Two researchers stand by battery testing equipment

Internship prepares Native students for careers in tribal energy
News Article, September 20, 2023 • Three interns who participated in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy-sponsored student internship program shared their experiences in a recent post published to DOE's website. The program is administered by Sandia — Sandra Begay, a member of the Navajo Nation, has been implementing the program on behalf...
a researcher and two interns standd alongside each other with mountains in the background

Labs researchers capture R&D 100 Awards
News Article, October 18, 2023 • Among the R&D 100 awards and nominations Sandia took part in this year, two awards featured innovations with implications for energy and manufacturing. R&D World magazine honors inventors by identifying the 100 most technologically significant products and advancements each year and recognizing the winning innovators and their organizations. Winners are...

Liquid hydrogen spill tests will inform safety standards’ technical basis
News Article, April 18, 2024 • Sandia is helping to enable assessment of large-scale leak scenarios to improve the safety of hydrogen infrastructure by developing a science-based, defensible, and well-documented rationale for liquid hydrogen safety requirements. Sandia recently completed an experimental campaign to simulate and quantify how liquid hydrogen behaves if accidentally spilled or released at...
A researcher leans over a grid array that is covered in frost.

Long Duration Energy Storage National Consortium hosting first Annual Workshop
News Article, July 29, 2024 • The LDES National Consortium is hosting its first Annual Workshop on September 10-11 in Los Angeles, California. The focus of the Annual Workshop will be to increase partnership opportunities and networking among individuals and organizations directly engaged in LDES technology development, investing, market planning, project management, and policymaking. Hosted by...

Making materials more durable through science
News Article, September 12, 2023 • A team at Sandia National Laboratories developed a molecule that helps change the way some materials react to temperature fluctuations, which makes them more durable. It’s an application that could be used in everything from plastic phone cases to missiles. Polymers, which include various forms of plastics, are made up...
A researcher holds a vial of a new batch of a new, more durable material

Modeling, data opportunities available for photovoltaic performance and modeling community
News Article, July 28, 2023 • The Photovoltaic (PV) Performance and Modeling Collaborative (PVPMC) has announced several upcoming solar research opportunities that may be of interest to the PVPMC community, including PV modeling comparisons and the chance to participate in the Department of Energy’s Solar Data Bounty Prize. 2023 Blind PVPMC Modeling Comparison Call for Participants:...
A researcher stands among a field of photovoltaic solar panels

Molten salt facility awarded $2.5M to restart testing 
News Article, June 16, 2025 • Concentrating solar thermal power and nuclear industries may soon have a safe, reliable, radiation-free environment to test components in flowing, molten nitrate salts. The U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Technologies Office awarded $2.5 million in funding to Sandia to restart the Molten Salt Test Loop facility at the National...
Images of Principal Investigator Ken Armijo standing by the Molten Salt Test Loop at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility in Albuquerque, NM.

National Solar Thermal Test Facility and University of Arizona partner for HelioCon project
News Article, January 31, 2024 • Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility is partnering with the University of Arizona's Professor J. Roger Angel for one of four projects the Heliostat Consortium awarded last year. The project, “Twisting Heliostats with Closed Loop Tracking,” targets the U.S. Department of Energy’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation,...

National Solar Thermal Test Facility prepares for new tower construction
News Article, January 23, 2023 • Construction on the new tower at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) is planned to begin Feb. 16, 2023, with a groundbreaking ceremony to take place at the facility. The tower is part of the Phase III, $25 million award announced by The U.S. Department of Energy...

National Solar Thermal Test Facility to take part in American Solar Energy Society Virtual Tour
News Article, September 30, 2022 • Sandia National Laboratories’ (Sandia) Renewable Energy programs will participate in the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour Oct. 1-2, 2022. The largest grassroots solar, renewable energy, and sustainable living event in the nation will offer a glimpse into the renewable energy research and development taking place at Sandia, and...

New connector links structural, electrical systems
News Article, January 10, 2022 • Sandia has filed a patent for a simple modification to traditional rivets that may help engineer safer systems. Kyle LeBlanc and Tim Briggs worked with machinist Brian Holliday to create what they are calling the wire rivet — a rivet with a lengthwise gap that, when crimped together through mechanically...
a labeled wire-rivet diagram
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