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Albuquerque mayor honors Sandia researcher who invests in his community
News Article, November 22, 2024 • Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller recently honored Sandia solar researcher Ken Armijo for his outstanding community service and volunteer impact in the local community. Armijo, along with several other volunteers and one volunteer organization, were recognized in late October during a ceremony for their diverse contributions and work to support those...

Sandia secures six regional technology transfer awards
News Article, November 22, 2020 • For responding with innovative solutions during the pandemic, developing solar cell and hydrogen research technology, and creatively working with companies, Sandia National Laboratories won six prestigious regional 2020 Federal Laboratory Consortium awards. The awards for the Mid-Continent and Far West regions put a spotlight on Sandia successes in transferring technology,...
Efrain O’Neill, left, an electrical engineering professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, who is spending a year working at Sandia, talks energy research with senior manager Tito Bonano. (Photo by Randy Montoya)

Sandia wins $25 million DOE award to build next-generation CSP power plant
News Article, May 4, 2021 • Sandia National Laboratories has won a $25 million award from The Department of Energy to build, test, and demonstrate a next-generation concentrating solar thermal power plant at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility. The funding is part of the roughly $70 million, three-year-old DOE Generation 3 Concentrating Solar Power systems...
Proposed G3P3-USA system at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility. (Illustration by Cliff Ho and Kevin Albrecht)

Sandian named Scientist of the Year
News Article, September 11, 2023 • “I was the only farm worker who had a calculus book in his car,” Sal Rodriguez joked when I asked him about his upbringing. But it was no joke. The son of immigrants, Sal grew up in the tiny town of Calexico, California and worked in the fields to put...
A researcher stands in front of a bank of windows on a bright, sunny day

Sandians named fellows of the Combustion Institute
News Article, May 13, 2019 • Sandia researchers Nils Hansen and Craig Taatjes have been elected as fellows of the Combustion Institute. (Photo by Michael Padilla) By Michael Padilla Sandia researchers Nils Hansen and Craig Taatjes have been elected as fellows of the Combustion Institute, the Class of 2019. This distinction is awarded by peers in...