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Sandia, AMD collaborate to improve stockpile mission

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national labs, has awarded a contract to AMD that funds research and development of advanced memory technologies expected to accelerate high-performance simulation and computing applications in support of the nation’s stockpile stewardship mission.

What’s driving re-burns across California and the West?

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Seasonal temperature, moisture loss from plants and wind speed are what primarily drive fires that sweep across the same landscape multiple times, a new study reveals. These findings and others could help land managers plan more effective treatments in areas susceptible to fire, particularly in the fire-ravaged wildland-urban interfaces of California.

Journal: Environmental Research
Funder: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Economic impact: Sandia Labs tops $4.2B in spending for first time, added 480 jobs in FY22

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

For the first time, Sandia National Laboratories’ contributions to the economy have topped $4.2 billion in a fiscal year. Sandia also reported today it created 480 new jobs in fiscal year 2022. Sandia also reported today it created 480 new jobs in fiscal year 2022.

Research sheds light on how countries responded to the COVID-19 pandemic

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new paper by a team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is giving researchers new insight into how countries respond to systemic shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal: PLOS One

National Hispanic technical honor goes to Sandia Labs engineer

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories data engineer Rudy Garcia received the 2022 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Technical Achievement and Recognition, or STAR, Award.

Surveilling carbon sequestration: A smart collar to sense leaks

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories engineers are working on a device that would help ensure captured carbon dioxide stays deep underground — a critical component of carbon sequestration as part of a climate solution.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Unusual gamma-ray burst reveals previously undetected hybrid neutron-star merger event

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The standard view of gamma-ray bursts as a signature for different types of dying stars might need a rewrite. Recent astronomical observations, supported by theoretical modeling, reveal a new observational fingerprint of neutron-star mergers, which may shed light on the production of heavy elements throughout the universe.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Laboratory Directed Research and Development program at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Sandia studies vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

With electric vehicles becoming more and more common, the risks and hazards of a cyber attack 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 infrastructure for the past four years.

Journal: Energies
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Great minds in STEM salutes Sandia Labs engineer

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories mechanical engineer Frank DelRio likes to think small — microscopically small. His groundbreaking work in nanomechanics and nanotribology earned him a trip to Pasadena, California, recently for the 2022 Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference, where he was honored for his technical achievements.

At Sandia Labs, a vision for navigating when GPS goes dark

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team at Sandia National Laboratories is reengineering a quantum inertial sensor into a compact, rugged device so the technology can safely guide vehicles where GPS signals are jammed or lost.

Journal: Nature Communications

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