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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...

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

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,...

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

New Microgrid Design Toolkit tutorial site
News Article, April 30, 2024 • Sandia National Laboratories developed the Microgrid Design Toolkit (MDT), a decision support software for microgrid designers that is publicly available for download. Intended for use in the early stages of the design process, MDT uses powerful search algorithms to identify and characterize alternative microgrid designs in terms of user-defined inputs and...
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New tool models viability of closed-loop geothermal systems
News Article, November 20, 2023 • Web tool looks belowground for an economically viable renewable energy source ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Geothermal power has a lot of promise as a renewable energy source that is not dependent on the sun shining or the wind blowing, but it has some challenges to wide adoption. One of these challenges is...
Illustration of a closed-loop geothermal system with various important factors labeled.

Powering the moon: Sandia researchers design microgrid for future lunar base
News Article, May 17, 2022 • Reliable, resilient microgrid to sustain astronauts, mining and fuel processing Sandia National Laboratories is well-known for designing reliable and resilient microgrids for military bases and vital city services. Now, Sandia researchers are working with NASA to design one for the moon. This is not the first time Sandia has partnered...
An artistic rendering of what a resilient microgrid for a lunar base camp might look like. Sandia National Laboratories engineers are working with NASA to design the system controller for the microgrid. (Illustration by Eric Lundin)

PR100 Final Results Public Webinar
News Article, January 23, 2024 • Puerto Rico has committed to 100% renewable energy by 2050—and the new Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transition to 100% Renewable Energy (PR100) Study results can help them get there. Join the U.S. Department of Energy on Feb. 7 at 2:30 ET for a presentation of final results from PR100....
aerial photo of Puerto Rico city

Record-Breaking, Ultrafast Devices Step to Protecting the Grid from EMPs
News Article, April 6, 2022 • New Sandia diode can shunt excess electricity in a few billionths of a second Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories have announced a tiny, electronic device that can shunt excess electricity within a few billionths of a second while operating at a record-breaking 6,400 volts — a significant step towards protecting...
Two Sandia engineers examine a wafer will an array of diodes

Register for the 2026 Energy Storage Symposium
News Article, February 3, 2026 • Register to join fellow researchers, innovators and technology scouts as they convene in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 10-12 for the 2026 Energy Storage Symposium of TechConnect! The symposium will cover energy storage topics, such as:  Grid-Scale Battery Innovation (Sodium, Zinc, Flow, Lithium, etc.)  Non-Battery Storage (Thermal, Mechanical, Chemical Storage)  Storage Integration...

Registration is now open for the 2025 Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop
News Article, June 12, 2025 • The Sandia Power Electronics and Energy Conversion Workshop (PEEC), held annually, focuses on the latest technical advancements in power electronics and energy conversion technologies. The workshop features technical sessions and panels that delve into topics across applications, converter topologies, and components. By bringing together experts from academia, industry, and government,...
photos of participants from 2024 PEEC

Researchers share HyBlend Phase I results and progress at H2IQ Webinar
News Article, December 11, 2023 • Sandia hydrogen and metallurgy expert Chris San Marchi joined collaborators from other national labs for the Department of Energy Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office monthly H2IQ Hour in October. The researchers provided an overview of materials and analysis research conducted under the HyBlend initiative. The recorded webinar and slides are...
Oil, Gas Or Water Transportation With Pipe Line Valves On Soil With Defocused Background

Sandia addresses barriers to hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines
News Article, November 18, 2024 • Pre-ignition is one of the key barriers preventing hydrogen-fueled combustion engines from achieving efficiency and power-density parity with current diesel powertrains. To address this issue, Sandia has developed an experimental framework to isolate and study various sources of pre-ignition. The research team recently updated the framework with a new methodology...
Conceptual schematic of the pre-ignition mechanisms in a hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine (left). A multi-camera, high-speed system for testing and visualizing oil pre-ignition using Sandia's optical engine (right).

Sandia cloud-resolving climate model meets world’s fastest supercomputer
News Article, April 13, 2023 • Focused on the accuracy of climate predictions, a computational team led by Sandia National Laboratories recently achieved a major milestone with a cloud-resolving model they ran on Frontier, the world’s first exascale supercomputer. “We have created the first global cloud-resolving model to simulate a world’s year of climate in a...
A snapshot of a global simulation superimposed on a view of the earth from space

Sandia develops mobile cybersecurity test for electric vehicle charging stations
News Article, November 1, 2024 • Sandia, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, developed a new approach that allows for agile, mobile testing of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The new testing method, which focuses on communications and cybersecurity functionality of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), could fill a critical need in the future of grid...

Sandia launches new cyber labeling webpage
News Article, August 1, 2024 • Sandia partnered with five other DOE national laboratories to investigate the applicability of a labeling program for operational technology, such as solar inverters and smart meters. We are now excited to share research findings on our new cyber labeling webpage.   Our cyber labeling research is intended to answer a variety...

Sandia National Labs joins DOE’S SHASTA initiative to advance underground hydrogen storage capabilities
News Article, September 8, 2022 • The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Subsurface Hydrogen Assessment, Storage and Technology Acceleration (SHASTA) collaboration, a project designed to use unique capabilities and expertise of key national laboratories to determine the viability, safety, and reliability of storing hydrogen in subsurface environments, has added Sandia National Laboratories as its fourth research...

Sandia partners with other labs to bolster nuclear security
News Article, July 24, 2023 • Sandia is collaborating with international partners to collect data to better protect nuclear sites from cyberattacks and physical intrusions. As part of the multiyear research project with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Sandia developed software to emulate a cyberattack on a site’s central alarm station during exercises, with the goal of improving...
DUAL ATTACK — Sandia global security staff works with a team from a private Canadian nuclear power plant during a cyberattack exercise on May 17. The mock cyberattack was followed by a simulated physical intrusion. The exercise was the culmination of two-year project involving Sandia, Idaho National Laboratory and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. (Photo by Craig Fritz)

Sandia releases Microgrid Design Toolkit 1.4 to the public
News Article, October 31, 2024 • Sandia has released the latest Microgrid Design Toolkit 1.4 software download to the public. MDT 1.4 expands on Sandia’s existing MDT build, which serves as a decision support software for microgrid designers. Download the Microgrid Design Toolkit Intended for use in the early stages of the design process, MDT uses...
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Sandia researcher wins career achievement award from Asian technical society
News Article, September 29, 2022 • The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers has selected Sandia National Laboratories materials scientist Hongyou Fan to receive its 2022 Career Achievement Award. “It is evident that you embody the reason SASE created this category, and we are proud to present you this award,” wrote the organization’s CEO and Executive...

Sandia scientists achieve breakthrough in tackling PFAS contamination
News Article, June 5, 2023 • A team at Sandia National Laboratories is developing materials to tackle what has become one of the biggest problems in the world: human exposure to a group of chemicals known as PFAS through contaminated water and other products. Sandia is now investing more money to take their research to the...
Jessica Kustas, left, and Andre Benally work with a mass spectrometer at Sandia National Laboratories while trying to pair up technologies to go beyond just absorbing PFAS. (Photo by Craig Fritz)

Sandia showcases Heavy-Duty Optical Engine Laboratory capabilities to California Energy Commission and Noble Thermodynamics Systems partners
News Article, March 4, 2026 • Sandia National Laboratories recently hosted representatives from the California Energy Commission (CEC) and Noble Thermodynamics Systems, Inc. (NTS) at the Sandia Livermore campus. The visit provided the CEC with an overview of how Sandia’s Heavy-Duty Fuel-Flexible Optical Engine Laboratory capabilities are leveraged to support NTS’ development of the Argon Power...
Photo of staff in engine library

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)
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