Sandia Optical Diagnostics Researcher Wins DOE Early Career Award July 1, 2015 9:58 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Sandia Optical Diagnostics Researcher Wins DOE Early Career Award Sandia Combustion Research Facility (CRF) scientist Christopher Kliewer (in Sandia’s Combustion Chemistry Dept.) won a DOE Office of Science (SC)... View Article
Expansion of DOE-DOT Tight Oil Research Work July 1, 2015 6:04 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Expansion of DOE-DOT Tight Oil Research Work The Departments of Energy and Transportation commissioned a technical team through Sandia to examine the properties of tight crude oils... View Article
Small Electric Voltage Alters Conductivity in Key Materials July 1, 2015 5:41 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Small Electric Voltage Alters Conductivity in Key Materials Using only a 9-volt battery at room temperature, a team led by Sandia researcher Jon Ihlefeld (in Sandia’s Electronic, Optical,... View Article
Sandia’s Frontier Observatory for Research In Geothermal Energy (FORGE) Phase 1 Proposals Were Both Successful July 1, 2015 5:24 pm Published by Admin Leave your thoughts The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (DOE-EERE’s) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) defines FORGE’s mission as... View Article
Record of Decision for Mars 2020 Mission July 1, 2015 4:37 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Record of Decision for Mars 2020 Mission NASA issued a record of decision (ROD) to use a nuclear battery (a multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator) on the next... View Article
Sandia Researchers Are First to Measure Thermoelectric Behavior of a Nanoporous Metal-Organic Framework July 1, 2015 4:27 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Sandia Researchers Are First to Measure Thermoelectric Behavior of a Nanoporous Metal-Organic Framework Thermoelectric devices convert heat to electricity and have no moving parts, making them extremely attractive for cooling and energy harvesting... View Article
Sandia Participates in Office of Science’s National Science Bowl July 1, 2015 4:10 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Sandia Participates in Office of Science’s National Science Bowl The Department of Energy Office of Science’s National Science Bowl® (NSB) is a nationwide academic competition that tests middle and... View Article
Sandia, Purdue University Sign MOU to Establish Strategic Alliance June 30, 2015 4:17 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Sandia, Purdue University Sign MOU to Establish Strategic Alliance In April, Sandia and Purdue University signed an extensive, five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic alliance that... View Article
Hongyou Fan Chosen for Prestigious Lecture on Creating Nanomaterials June 30, 2015 4:02 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Hongyou Fan Chosen for Prestigious Lecture on Creating Nanomaterials Sandia researcher Hongyou Fan (at the Advanced Materials Laboratory, operated in cooperation with the University of New Mexico) was selected... View Article
CRF Researchers Develop New Approach for Low-Cost Emissions Diagnostics June 26, 2015 6:02 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on CRF Researchers Develop New Approach for Low-Cost Emissions Diagnostics Modeling and experiments show that it is feasible to perform multiple-species detection at sub-ppm levels with a low-resolution broad-band infrared... View Article