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Boost your H2IQ: Newly available webinar provides overview of hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2ICE) technologies

News Article, March 23, 2023 • Sandia hydrogen expert Aleš Srna joined researchers from Argonne National Laboratory on February 22nd to present an overview of hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2ICE) technologies as part of the monthly H2IQ webinar series organized and hosted by the Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office. The February...

Illustrated cars adjacent to a fuel pump labeled with the atomic symbol for hydrogen

Boosting battery research

News Article, June 18, 2024 • Most Americans don’t leave home without at least one lithium battery-powered device, and someday, the house itself may have a battery back-up. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are working to make these large back-up batteries less expensive, hold more energy and be less prone to bursting into flame. One way...

Braden Smith

Staff Page • Optical Engineer. Biography Since 2021, Braden Smith has worked at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) as an optical engineer. Braden previously worked as an optical engineer specializing in remote sensing, working primarily with the simulation and calibration of remote sensing systems. Now, Braden’s research focuses on...

Brandon Davis

Staff Page • Testing and Operations Engineer. Biography Brandon Davis is a senior member of the engineering staff in Sandia National Laboratories’ Wind Energy Design and Experimentation Department. Since 2010 he has worked in renewable energy technologies and has a background in electrical power systems and control. Since joining the department, he has...

Brandon Ennis

Staff Page • Rotor Aeroelastic Lead. Biography Dr. Brandon Ennis joined Sandia National Laboratories in 2014 and is a member of the Wind Energy Computational Sciences Department. He has supported multiple projects performing rotor structural design as the aeroelastics lead for the National Rotor Testbed and offshore vertical-axis wind turbine projects, wind turbine...

Brantley Mills

Staff Page • R&D S&E, Mechanical Engineering. Biography In February 2015, Brantley joined Sandia National Laboratories as a senior member of the technical staff in the Thermal Sciences and Engineering Program. He has worked in a broad range of heat transfer and fluids subject areas including thermal systems analysis, thermal-fluid cryogenics, reduced-order modeling,...

Brent G. Austgen

Staff Page • Member of Technical Staff. Biography Brent G. Austgen is a Member of the Technical Staff in the Electric Power Systems Research Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He attained his Ph.D. degree (2024) and M.S. degree (2019) in operations research at The University of Texas at Austin and his B.S. degree...

Brian J. Pierre

Staff Page • Manager, Electric Power Systems Research Department. Biography Dr. Brian J. Pierre is the Manager of the Electric Power Systems Research Department at Sandia National Laboratories. Brian also manages Sandia’s Advanced Grid Modeling Program, Wildfire Electric Grid Resilience Program , and the Consortium for Education and Research in Power and Energy...

Bridging the Gap: How Emerging State Policies are Making Energy Storage Affordable and Accessible

News Article, December 16, 2024 • NEW REPORT As energy storage becomes an increasingly integral tool to deliver numerous benefits to communities and to the electric grid, the question of how to make this new technology broadly affordable and accessible becomes more urgent, particularly for state agencies tasked with meeting clean energy goals. A new report...

Brooke Marshall-Garcia

Staff Page • Principal Member of Technical Staff. Biography Brooke Marshall Garcia is a principal member of technical staff and technical project manager in the Renewable Energy and Distributed Systems Integration group. She is a licensed civil engineer with extensive experience in water resource modeling and site planning. She has an advanced business...

Bruce King

Staff Page • Technical Lead for PV Proving Grounds (Sandia). To view Dr. King's biography, please go here.

Bruised and bleeding: New materials show where they’re hurt

News Article, March 18, 2024 • Cody Corbin spreads oxygen sensitive material inside two concentric cylinders at Sandia National Labs on Nov. 30, 2023. One constructed the cylinder will protect contents by indicating if there has been tampering. Photo by Craig Fritz Every over-the-counter medication bottle sports a protective seal, usually a plastic wrap or foam...

Scientist Cody Corbin stands at a lab station, his body is separated from the material he is working with by glass, and his arms are protected by rubber sleeves.

Bryan Arguello

Staff Page • Senior Member of the Technical Staff. Biography Bryan is an optimization modeler who has focused on power grid resiliency and microgrid cost analysis. In addition, he has a keen interest in scheduling problems. Education Masters of Science in Engineering, Operations Research from the University of Texas at AustinMasters of Art,...

Bryan Wygant

Staff Page • Chemist. Biography Bryan R. Wygant is a Postdoctoral Appointee at Sandia National Laboratories in the Photovoltaics & Materials Tech organization. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Texas Tech University in 2014 and received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020. His research...

Budi Gunawan

Staff Page • Principal R&D Engineer. Biography Budi Gunawan is a principal research engineer in the Water Power Technologies Program at Sandia National Laboratories. He has experience in environmental fluid dynamics, hydraulic engineering, and marine and hydrokinetic energy. Since 2011, Budi has overseen various projects involving hydrodynamic measurements and modeling, component and system...

Building systems engineer helps lessen climate impact of Sandia’s campuses

News Article, April 25, 2022 • Robin Jones, manager of building systems engineering at Sandia, makes a daily effort to only use the resources she needs. Energy efficiency is her lifelong passion, and it shows — from her exuberant discussions about reducing waste, to her desire to make Sandia campuses more energy efficient, Robin is driven...

Burping bacteria: Identifying Arctic microbes that produce greenhouse gases

News Article, October 17, 2022 • As greenhouse gases bubble up across the rapidly thawing Arctic, Sandia National Laboratories researchers are trying to identify other trace gases from soil microbes that could shed some light on what is occurring biologically in melting permafrost in the Arctic. Sandia bioengineer Chuck Smallwood and his team recently spent five days...

Sandia National Laboratories technologist Jenna Schambach working with a sample of Alaska lakebed soil. By studying the microbes in the soil, and the gases they emit, Schambach and project lead Chuck Smallwood hope to improve our understanding of the rapidly melting Arctic permafrost and improve computer models of climate change. (Photo by Craig Fritz)

C. Birk Jones

Staff Page • Principal Member Technical Staff, Renewable Energy and Distributed Systems Integration. Biography Dr. Birk Jones has accumulated over two decades of experience committed to improving the construction, operation, and utilization of buildings and the electric grid. His comprehensive professional history includes roles as a design engineer, construction engineer, and research staff...

C. Ramesh Koripella

Staff Page • Materials Scientist. Biography Ramesh Koripella is a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories since 2011. He is a materials scientist and engineer with more than 30 years R&D experience in electronic components and power sources development. In the energy storage systems group, he performs technical analysis of...

Can clay capture carbon dioxide?

News Article, March 23, 2023 • The atmospheric level of carbon dioxide — a gas that is great at trapping heat, contributing to climate change — is almost double what it was prior to the Industrial Revolution, yet it only constitutes 0.0415% of the air we breathe. This presents a challenge to researchers attempting to design artificial trees...

Two researchers peer through an artistic representation of the chemical structure of a kind of clay

Carbon fiber optimized for wind turbine blades could bring cost, performance benefits

News Article, February 8, 2021 • A new carbon fiber material could bring cost and performance benefits to the wind industry if developed commercially, according to a study led by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories. Wind blades containing carbon fiber weigh 25% less than ones made from traditional fiberglass materials. That means carbon fiber blades could...

Sandia National Laboratories’ Brandon Ennis holds a carbon fiber plank, a new material that could bring cost and performance benefits to the wind industry.

Carlos Michelen

Staff Page • R&D Engineer & Data Scientist. Biography Carlos Michelen is a senior member of the technical staff in Sandia National Laboratories’ Water Power Technologies Program. His research interests include machine learning and data science methods for marine renewable energy applications, open source code development, statistical methods, computational fluid mechanics, and computational...

Carlsbad site welcomes new leader

News Article, December 7, 2023 • “I wanted to be an archaeologist when I was young. I didn’t get too far into school before I realized that there’s only one Indiana Jones, so I turned to my second love — rocks,” Greg Roselle said about his entry into the field of geology. While Greg may have...

Carolee Wheeler

Staff Page • Office Administrative Assistant. Biography Carolee Wheeler is the Office Administrative Assistant for the Wind Energy Computational Sciences and Wind Energy Design and Experimentation Departments. Much of Carolee’s work is providing behind the scenes support to ensure both departments’ administrative processes are accomplished in an orderly and timely manner. Carolee holds...

Case Western Reserve University researchers using artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve ‘photovoltaic’ power plants as part of federal energy program

News Article, January 29, 2021 •

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