In celebration of innovation December 8, 2022 8:00 am Published by Admin Event honors Sandia efforts to advance the science frontier with innovative technologies On Oct. 27, Sandia/California hosted a hybrid Innovation Award Celebration to recognize innovators at the Labs. The annual event — which went on hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic — honors Sandians who have developed innovative technical solutions to the nation’s most pressing national security needs, spanning areas across biology, computer science, energy, materials science and more. The event was an opportunity to celebrate people who received patents and copyrights for the intellectual property they developed at Sandia in 2021. Also honored were new Sandia innovators who received various innovation awards, including R&D 100, Federal Laboratory Consortium, Classified Innovation Recognition awards and the winner of the DOE National Laboratories Pitch Competition. Michelle Gonzalez, manager of the California Partnerships and Innovation organization, served as master of ceremonies and opened the celebration by speaking about the power to create change through innovation. “Our inventors are rising to the occasion as we collectively evolve to meet the new, post-pandemic economy,” Michelle said. “It takes an innovative mindset to create change, and each of you is at the forefront of this wave of innovation at Sandia.” Read more in the complete Lab News article. Share this story: Email « Previous Next »