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13-Jul-2022
20th anniversary of Sandia tribal energy internship program
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
2022 marks a major milestone for Sandia National Laboratories’ groundbreaking tribal energy internship program: two decades of meeting the growing renewable energy technical needs of Native American tribes and providing valuable, real-world experience for Native and Alaska Native STEM students.
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
21-Jun-2022
Exploring explosives for expanding geothermal energy
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Why are scientists setting off small-scale explosions inside 1-foot cubes of plexiglass? They’re watching how fractures form and grow in a rock-like substance to see if explosives or propellants, similar to jet fuel, can connect geothermal wells in a predictable manner.
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
8-Jun-2022
Build-a-satellite program could fast track national security space missions
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Valhalla, a Python-based performance modeling framework developed at Sandia National Laboratories, uses high-performance computing to build preliminary satellite designs based on mission requirements and then runs those designs through thousands of simulations. The results of the simulations feed into an interactive multidimensional video-like view of satellites executing their mission and hundreds of plots that show the user the relationship between each of the outputs and inputs at a glance. This data enables the user to quickly find the solution that best executes the mission.
15-Apr-2022
International collaboration compares geologic repository assessment tools
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and partner U.S. national laboratories will compare their Geologic Disposal Safety Assessment software framework to the safety assessment software of international peers at a late-April workshop.
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
25-Mar-2022
Truman and Hruby 2022 fellows explore their positions
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Truman and Hruby postdoctoral fellows at Sandia National Laboratories are given extraordinary latitude to pursue their own ideas, rather than being trained by fitting into the research plans of more experienced researchers. To give wings to this concept, the four annual winners — two for each category – are 100 percent pre-funded for three years. This enables them, like bishops or knights in chess, to cut across financial barriers, walk into any group and participate in work by others that might help illuminate the research each has chosen to pursue.
22-Mar-2022
Preserving the past
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Christina Chavez, Sandia National Laboratories' first full-time archaeologist, works with teams throughout Sandia to ensure the U.S. Department of Energy remains in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
2-Mar-2022
Sandia engineer elected fellow of two prestigious national societies
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Babu Chalamala, an engineer and manager of Sandia National Laboratories’ energy storage group, was recently elected fellow of two prestigious national societies. On Jan. 26, he became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. On Dec. 7, he became a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
21-Feb-2022
Sandia scientist to lead materials science organization
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Brad Boyce, a materials scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, was elected president of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. Boyce will become vice president of the society on March 3 at its annual meeting,
16-Feb-2022
Improved nuclear accident code helps policymakers assess risks from small reactors
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories recently updated the Maccs code to better aid the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the global nuclear industry in assessing the consequences of nuclear accidents. The Maccs code can also evaluate the potential health and environmental risks posed by advanced nuclear reactors and small modular nuclear reactors.
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- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission