75 Ways Sandia Has Changed The Nation

Since 1949, Sandia National Laboratories has developed science-based technologies that support national security. Americans depend on Sandia technology to solve national and global threats to peace and freedom. Here, portrayed in no particular order, are 75 of those solutions…

Model of a missile
1. Nuclear Deterrence
President Kennedy inspecting VELA satellite
2. Satellites
A female technician working on a piece of equipment
3. Nonproliferation
Weapon security lock
4. Nuclear Weapons Security
Alaska research station. There is snow on the ground and small buildings.
5. Climate change
6. Sniffing Out Chemical Dangers
6. Sniffing Out Chemical Dangers
Woman attaching shooter ID kit to officer's vest
7. Shooter ID
8. Quantum Computing
8. Quantum Computing
Technicians working on the Integrated Correlation and Display System
9. National Security
Sandia scientists looking at computer simulation of the Columbia accident
10. Columbia Accident Investigation
ASTR Supercomputer
11. Supercomputing
Man disabling explosive device
12. Bomb Disablement
Man in a mine inspecting a piece of mineral
13. Nuclear Waste Management
Microdevice
14. Microdevices in Space
Two men holding copies of MELCOR software on disc
15. Nuclear Power Safety
Technician adjusting equipment
16. Satellite Interception
17. Hot-air Soldering
17. Hot-air Soldering
Two researchers looking at data on computer
18. Cybersecurity
19. Climate Innovations
19. Climate Innovations
Men in airplane cockpit shell
20. Safer Aircraft Electronics
Two men inspecting computer generated image of damaged fuselage
21. Aviation Security
Man inspecting airport security checkpoint
22. Airport Screening
Material Characterization Analysts (from left) Joseph Michael, Paul Kotula, and Ray Goehner (all 1822) helped the FBI rule out state-sponsored terrorism as the source for the anthrax used in the 2001 anthrax attack on the US.
23. Anthrax Investigation
Man at Technical On-Site Inspection system
24. Treaty Verification
Man in hazard suit spraying decontamination liquid
25. Anthrax Decontamination
26. Robotics
26. Robotics
Wind turbines at sunset
27. Wind Energy Efficiency
Technician working in explosives destruction facility
28. Chemical Weapons Destruction
29. Making Nuclear Weapons Last Longer
29. Making Nuclear Weapons Last Longer
Woman holding green fuel
30. Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Men using SNIFFER to detect airborne chemicals in a sports stadium
31. Counterterrorism
Technician holding bucket of salt
32. Molten Salt Technology
Computer combustion model
33. Combustion Science
Technician inspecting rock-drilling technolog
34. Drilling Technology
Five people holding a solar panel.
35. Solar Power
Man holding up air-dropped sensor to the camera
36. Military Sensing
SAR image of Washington DC
37. Advanced Radar
Men looking at computer simulation of tires. Tire imaging is very large.
38. Computation-based Product Design
Men in suits looking at models
39. International Cooperation
US Naval destroyer
40. USS Iowa Investigation
Computer combustion model
41. Chemistry
Researcher conducting experiment at the Sago Mine
42. Mine Safety
Washington Metro moving at a high speed
43. Chemical Attack Detection
Sensor and robotic arm
44. Spacecraft Inspections
45. Clean Room Technology
45. Clean Room Technology
Man inspecting airplane door from inside the plane.
46. Aviation Safety
Scientist examining computer generated asteroid imagery
47. Asteroid Tracking
Black and white image of Gustavus Simmons sitting at a desk. He has a book in his hand.
48. Cryptology and Authentication
Superlattice
49. Modern Electronics
EUVL system
50. Next-Generation Microelectronics
Ariel shot of Sandia Science and Technology Park
51. Economic Development
Computer generated image of a dinosaur vocalization
52. A digital dinosaur voice
Woman in a pile of toys
53. Employee Giving
Magnifying glass view of rolamite sensor
54. Airbag Sensors
55. Automated Wheelchair Cushion
Crystalline silico-titanate, or CST, is an inorganic molecular sieve that can capture and separate highly volatile elements from radioactive wastewater.
56. Fukushima Accident Cleanup
Deepwater accident. A drilling rig in the ocean is on fire. Boats are spraying water on the flames.
57. Deepwater Horizon Accident Response
58. Stingray Bomb Disruptor
58. Stingray Bomb Disruptor
59. Rapid Medical Response
59. Rapid Medical Response
Man standing in front of transformer with his arms crossed.
60. Grid Modernization
National Solar Thermal Test Facility multimegawatt solar tower
61. Concentrating Solar Power
Student is working on a science experiment using two tubes with different diameters.
62. Education Outreach
Hydrogen-powered research vessel. A red and white boat going under a bridge. (Photo courtesy of Glosten)
63. Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Lab design expert Bill Arndt sits in a biosafety demonstration lab.
64. Global Diagnostic Labs
Rocket launching at night
65. Hypersonics
Z Machine while it is firing. Blue and purple shots of energy are shooting across the surface..
66. Pulsed Power
Men holding neuromorphic silicon wafers
67. Neuromorphic Computing
Man examining algae specimen
68. Harnessing Algae’s Multiple Benefits
69. Safe Batteries
69. Safe Batteries
Two law enforcement officers testing deterrent technology.
70. Law Enforcement
Two scientists examining hydrogen monitoring sensor
71. Hydrogen Monitoring
View of Mars from the Pathfinder rover
72. Planetary Exploration
Man inspecting damaged airplane
73. TWA Flight 800 Investigation
NASA Galileo spacecraft in orbit
74. Radiation Hardening
Footprint on the moon with Earth in the background
75. Going to the Moon