Two Sandians Honored in 2015 Hispanic Engineer of the Year Awards August 26, 2015 10:53 pm On Friday, August 7th, Great Minds in STEM™ announced the 2015 class of Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC)... View Article
Sandian Contributes to Western Electricity Coordinating Council Photovoltaic Power Plant Model Validation Guideline August 21, 2015 9:48 pm As part of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s (WECC’s) Modeling and Validation Work Group, Sandia researcher Ryan Elliott (in Sandia’s... View Article
Upcoming Release of the University of Minnesota’s Virtual Wind Simulator August 5, 2015 4:22 pm Large-eddy simulation (LES) of wind farms with wind-turbine parameterization is emerging as a powerful tool for improving existing wind farm... View Article
Sandia Wind-Turbine Blade Flaw Detection Experiments in Denmark August 5, 2015 3:55 pm Wind-turbine blades pose a unique set of inspection challenges: from very thick and attentive spar-cap structures to porous bond lines,... View Article
Structural Health Monitoring and Prognostics Management for Offshore Wind Plants August 5, 2015 3:36 pm Offshore wind energy could potentially play a significant role in helping the nation establish a diversified energy-generation portfolio composed of... View Article
Sandia Modifies Delft3D Turbine Model July 29, 2015 11:28 pm Delft3D is a state-of-the-art, open-source hydrodynamics software suite capable of modeling hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and water quality in rivers, lakes,... View Article
Sandia Research on Rooftop Structural Strength Gains Attention July 29, 2015 5:24 pm Two Sandia research reports, “Structural Code Considerations of Solar Rooftop Installations” and “Empirically Derived Strength of Residential Roof Structure for... View Article
Sandia Pilot Program to Assist Small Clean-Energy Companies July 23, 2015 10:46 pm The DOE chose Sandia as one of five leads in a pilot that will give small, clean-energy companies access to... View Article
Navy/Marine Engineering Command Visits Sandia July 15, 2015 11:55 pm Steven Chung, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest (NAVFAC SW),1 Dwight Deakin, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR),2 Melanie Anderson (NAVAIR PAX... View Article
Australian Renewable-Energy Official Visits Sandia July 15, 2015 11:43 pm At the end of June, Louise Vickery, General Manager, Renewable Futures at the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) visited Sandia.... View Article