Electric Car Challenge Sparks Students’ STEM Interest January 9, 2015 11:27 am Published by Admin Comments Off on Electric Car Challenge Sparks Students’ STEM Interest Aspiring automotive engineers from 27 NM middle schools competed in the New Mexico Electric Car Challenge on Saturday, November 22nd... View Article
Sandian Recognized as a Top Professional in Energy December 15, 2014 7:14 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Sandian Recognized as a Top Professional in Energy Sandia’s Kenneth Armijo was recognized in Hispanic Engineer and Information Technology magazine’s Fall 2014 issue as a “top professional in... View Article
Two Sandia Leaders Elected American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows December 15, 2014 7:08 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Two Sandia Leaders Elected American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows Gil Herrera (Director of Sandia’s Microsystems Science, Technology, and Components Center and head of Sandia’s Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications... View Article
Recent Sandia International Used Nuclear Fuel Management Collaborations December 15, 2014 12:55 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Recent Sandia International Used Nuclear Fuel Management Collaborations During mid November, Evaristo (Tito) Bonano and Sylvia Saltzstein attended three meetings in Tokyo, Japan. The first two meetings focused... View Article
Sandia Wins DOE Geothermal Technologies Office Funding Award December 15, 2014 12:44 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Sandia Wins DOE Geothermal Technologies Office Funding Award The DOE’s Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) selected twelve collaborative enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) R&D projects that will use novel techniques... View Article
Sandian Receives the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, South Region Technical Award December 12, 2014 1:29 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Sandian Receives the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, South Region Technical Award The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) builds on a century of excellence to create the premier lighting community dedicated to promoting... View Article
New Sandia Mirror Isn’t Shiny: Instead It Reflects Infrared Light Using a Metamaterial December 12, 2014 1:22 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on New Sandia Mirror Isn’t Shiny: Instead It Reflects Infrared Light Using a Metamaterial An optical wave’s reflection from metal arises from strong interactions between the optical electric field and the metal’s free carriers... View Article
Evaluating Powerful Batteries for Modular Electric Grid Energy Storage December 12, 2014 12:55 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Evaluating Powerful Batteries for Modular Electric Grid Energy Storage Sandia has begun lab-based characterization of TransPower’s GridSaver, the largest grid energy storage (ES) system analyzed at Sandia’s Energy Storage... View Article
Sandians Published in American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science & Technology December 11, 2014 12:13 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on Sandians Published in American Chemical Society’s Environmental Science & Technology Vince Tidwell and Barbie Moreland and Katie Zemlick recently published “Geographic Footprint of Electricity Use for Water Services in the... View Article
“Bionic” Liquids from Lignin: Joint BioEnergy Institute Results Pave the Way for Closed-Loop Biofuel Refineries December 11, 2014 12:05 pm Published by Admin Comments Off on “Bionic” Liquids from Lignin: Joint BioEnergy Institute Results Pave the Way for Closed-Loop Biofuel Refineries While ionic liquids (paired-ions salts that are liquid at room temperature) show great promise for liberating fermentable sugars from lignocellulose... View Article