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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...

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)

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...
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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...

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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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...

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...

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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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.
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