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Sandia User Experience: Examples of Sandia's intranet user experience.
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Sandia adds radiation detection scenario to 2013 Urban Shield Exercise (Sandia Lab News).
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Postdoctoral insights on mentoring excellence: a framework for best practices at Sandia National labs
The Sandia National Laboratories Strategic Plan FY24-FY27, updated for FY25, outlines Sandia’s two Big Labs-wide Goals, Accelerate Innovation and Lead in Modern Engineering. The goal of Accelerate Innovation is that “by FY27, Sandia will be a leader in scientific, engineering and operational innovation and an employer of choice for highly innovative and creative talent.” Sandia’s postdocs are leaders in innovation, well-versed in emerging techniques and cutting-edge methods, and capable of acting as a highly agile technical force across domains at the lab. As a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), Sandia National Laboratories attracts top doctoral talent by offering a unique opportunity for postdoctoral researchers to develop at the crossroads of government, academia, and industry, working in multi-disciplinary teams and performing cutting-edge, mission-specific research that responds to immediate needs of national interest. However, this creates unique opportunities and demands of both postdoctoral appointees and the Sandia staff who act as their mentors, making mentorship key to attract talent. Since 2007 the Sandia Postdoctoral Development (SPD) Board, originally Postdoc To Professional (PD2P), a networking group at Sandia composed of a voluntary board of current postdocs and two staff liaisons, has advocated for postdoctoral development within Sandia National Labs. In this white paper, SPD board members and the Sandia Postdoctoral Development Office, organized in 2019, have come together to develop a comprehensive overview of the postdoctoral mentoring landscape at Sandia National Labs as we currently know it. By scouring various forms of data from efforts since 2018, we’ve compiled a community-derived perspective on what makes postdoctoral mentorship at Sandia unique. First, we analyze working sessions held between mentors and mentees to develop a comprehensive map of who is involved in postdoctoral mentorship at the lab and how the responsibilities are divided amongst mentors and mentees. We then combine multiple forms of data, including exit surveys, annual surveys, and community workshops, to identify the specific challenges that mentors and mentees encounter at the national lab. Finally, we use text mining and sentiment analysis to analyze mentoring award data to develop an idea of what postdocs are self-identifying as excellent mentorship within the lab. It is our goal that this white paper act as an ongoing resource to the postdoc and postdoc mentoring communities and provide a firm foundation for further conversations on the future of postdoctoral mentorship at Sandia National Labs.
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A brief history of Sandia National Laboratories and the Department of Energy%3CU%2B2019%3Es Office of Science : interplay between science, technology, and mission.
In 1957, Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) initiated its first programs in fundamental science, in support of its primary nuclear weapons mission. In 1974, Sandia initiated programs in fundamental science supported by the Department of Energy's Office of Science (DOE-SC). These latter programs have grown to the point where, today in 2011, support of Sandia's programs in fundamental science is dominated by that Office. In comparison with Sandia's programs in technology and mission applications, however, Sandia's programs in fundamental science are small. Hence, Sandia's fundamental science has been strongly influenced by close interactions with technology and mission applications. In many instances, these interactions have been of great mutual benefit, with synergies akin to a positive 'Casimir's spiral' of progress. In this report, we review the history of Sandia's fundamental science programs supported by the Office of Science. We present: (a) a technical and budgetary snapshot of Sandia's current programs supported by the various suboffices within DOE-SC; (b) statistics of highly-cited articles supported by DOE-SC; (c) four case studies (ion-solid interactions, combustion science, compound semiconductors, advanced computing) with an emphasis on mutually beneficial interactions between science, technology, and mission; and (d) appendices with key memos and reminiscences related to fundamental science at Sandia.
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2014 Annual Site Environmental Report for Sandia National Laboratories, Tonopah Test Range, Nevada, and Kauai Test Facility, Hawaii
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is a multiprogram laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation (Sandia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. The DOE/NNSA Sandia Field Office administers the contract and oversees contractor operations at the SNL, Tonopah Test Range (SNL/TTR) in Nevada and the SNL, Kauai Test Facility (SNL/KTF) in Hawaii. Sandia manages and conducts operations at SNL/TTR in support of the DOE/NNSA’s Weapons Ordnance Program and has operated the site since 1957. Navarro Research and Engineering subcontracts with Sandia to administer most of the environmental programs at SNL/TTR. The DOE/NNSA/Nevada Field Office retains responsibility for cleanup and management of SNL/TTR Environmental Restoration sites. Sandia operates SNL/KTF as a rocket preparation launching and tracking facility. This Annual Site Environmental Report summarizes data and the compliance status of Sandia’s sustainability, environmental protection, and monitoring programs at SNL/TTR and SNL/KTF during calendar year 2014. Major environmental programs include air quality, water quality, groundwater protection, terrestrial surveillance, waste management, pollution prevention, environmental restoration cleanup activities, and implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act. Sandia is responsible only for those environmental program activities related to its operations. Environmental monitoring and surveillance programs are required by DOE O 231.1B, Change 1, Environment, Safety, and Health Reporting .
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2015 Annual Site Environmental Report for Sandia National Laboratories Tonopah Test Range and Kaua'i Test Facility Hawai'i
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is a multiprogram laboratory managed and operated by Sandia Corporation (Sandia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation, for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. The DOE/NNSA Sandia Field Office administers the contract and oversees contractor operations at the SNL, Tonopah Test Range (SNL/TTR) in Nevada and the SNL, Kaua‘i Test Facility (SNL/KTF) in Hawai‘i. Sandia manages and conducts operations at SNL/TTR in support of the DOE/NNSA’s Weapons Ordnance Program and has operated the site since 1957. Navarro Research and Engineering subcontracts with Sandia to administer most of the environmental programs at SNL/TTR. The DOE/NNSA/Nevada Field Office retains responsibility for cleanup and management of SNL/TTR Environmental Restoration sites. Sandia operates SNL/KTF as a rocket preparation launching and tracking facility. This Annual Site Environmental Report (ASER) summarizes data and the compliance status of Sandia’s sustainability, environmental protection, and monitoring programs at SNL/TTR and SNL/KTF during calendar year 2015. Major environmental programs include air quality, water quality, groundwater protection, terrestrial surveillance, waste management, pollution prevention, environmental restoration, oil and chemical spill prevention, and implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act. Sandia is responsible only for those environmental program activities related to its operations. This ASER is prepared in accordance with and as required by DOE O 231.1B, Admin Change 1, Environment, Safety, and Health Reporting .
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2024 Annual Site Environmental Report for Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California
Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia Field Office administers the Prime Contract and oversees contractor operations at Sandia National Laboratories, California. Activities at this multi-program engineering and science laboratory support the nuclear weapons stockpile program, energy and environmental research, homeland security, micro- and nanotechnologies, and basic science and engineering research. The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and its management and operating contractor are committed to fulfilling regulatory obligations, safeguarding the environment, assessing sustainability practices, and ensuring the validity and accuracy of the monitoring data presented in this annual site environmental report (ASER). This report provides a summary of environmental monitoring and compliance activities that occurred at Sandia National Laboratories, California, during calendar year 2024, unless noted otherwise. General site and environmental program information is also included. This report was prepared in accordance with DOE Order 231.1B, Admin Change 1, Environment, Safety and Health Reporting.
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A Case for Sandia Investment in Complex Adaptive Systems Science and Technology
This white paper makes a case for Sandia National Laboratories investments in complex adaptive systems science and technology (S&T) -- investments that could enable higher-value-added and more-robustly-engineered solutions to challenges of importance to Sandia's national security mission and to the nation. Complex adaptive systems are ubiquitous in Sandia's national security mission areas. We often ignore the adaptive complexity of these systems by narrowing our 'aperture of concern' to systems or subsystems with a limited range of function exposed to a limited range of environments over limited periods of time. But by widening our aperture of concern we could increase our impact considerably. To do so, the science and technology of complex adaptive systems must mature considerably. Despite an explosion of interest outside of Sandia, however, that science and technology is still in its youth. What has been missing is contact with real (rather than model) systems and real domain-area detail. With its center-of-gravity as an engineering laboratory, Sandia's has made considerable progress applying existing science and technology to real complex adaptive systems. It has focused much less, however, on advancing the science and technology itself. But its close contact with real systems and real domain-area detail represents a powerful strength with which to help complex adaptive systems science and technology mature. Sandia is thus both a prime beneficiary of, as well as potentially a prime contributor to, complex adaptive systems science and technology. Building a productive program in complex adaptive systems science and technology at Sandia will not be trivial, but a credible path can be envisioned: in the short run, continue to apply existing science and technology to real domain-area complex adaptive systems; in the medium run, jump-start the creation of new science and technology capability through Sandia's Laboratory Directed Research and Development program; and in the long run, inculcate an awareness at the Department of Energy of the importance of supporting complex adaptive systems science through its Office of Science.
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UT Austin's 2022 Sandia Day (Summary Report)
On March 30th and 31st, 2022, the University of Texas at Austin (UT) Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) hosted Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) for “Sandia Day at UT Austin” to understand the status of the strategic partnership and explore opportunities for partnership growth. The event brought together more than 115 UT and Sandia participants including executive leadership, researchers, faculty, staff, and students. Sandia Day primarily consisted of a half-day leadership meeting, a research poster session and networking event, and three break-out sessions focused on strategic priority areas: Microelectronics, Energy and Climate Security, and High-Performance and Edge Computing. Appendix A contains the full Sandia Day agenda. Additional meetings and workshops (adjunct meetings) were held in conjunction with Sandia Day to maximize partnership exploration. Adjunct meetings were Hypersonics, Decarbonization, Disinformation, and Battery Workshops. A summary of Sandia Day events, sessions, and meetings follows.
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Remote-Handled TRU Storage Challenges at Sandia National Laboratories/ New Mexico - 16071
The events at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in February 2014 had a significant impact on the packaging, storage, and disposal options at Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (Sandia) as with other transuranic generator sites. In 2012, Sandia had identified accountable material for disposal, fresh and irradiated mixed oxide (MOX) and uranium oxide (UO{sub 2}), which had been used in experiments conducted in the 1970's and 1980's. During the 2012/2013 timeframe, discussions with WIPP determined the samples and experimental vessels qualified as remote-handled (RH) transuranic (TRU) waste for disposal at WIPP. Sandia began discussions with WIPP to determine the process to repackage and characterize the material for disposal at WIPP in addition to obtain funding to complete the project. By January 2014, Sandia had contracted with Nuclear Waste Partnerships, LLC (NWP) to provide Central Characterization Program (CCP) certified visual examination (VE) and dose-to-curie (DTC) support to package and certify the accountable material/waste. Work began on February 3, 2014 with the arrival of two VE operators. On February 5, 2014, a salt truck caught fire in the underground and on February 14, 2014, the radiological release occurred at WIPP initiating a suspension of shipments. The length of the suspension was not known at the time. Sandia was only a couple of days into this long-term project, had signed a contract with NWP for support, and was still responsible for meeting earlier negotiated milestones. There were 37 parent containers which included experimental vessels from 3 to 10 feet long and unused material pieces. The original plan was to package each of the 37 parent containers separately, but several issues, including the suspension of shipments, made it imperative that a new path forward be developed. Because space is limited in the Auxiliary Hot Cell Facility (AHCF), the storage configuration for criticality safety and material-at-risk was of the highest importance. Therefore, packaging in the fewest number of containers without exceeding WIPP limits, keeping the accountable items together, and not violating any safety basis requirements was Sandia's goal. (authors)
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2013 Annual Site Environmental Report for Sandia National Laboratories Tonopah Test Range Nevada & Kauai Test Facility Hawaii
Tonopah Test Range (TTR) in Nevada and Kauai Test Facility (KTF) in Hawaii are government-owned, contractor-operated facilities managed and operated by Sandia Corporation (Sandia), a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), through the Sandia Field Office (SFO), in Albuquerque, New Mexico, administers the contract and oversees contractor operations at TTR and KTF. Sandia manages and conducts operations at TTR in support of the DOE/NNSA’s Weapons Ordnance Program and has operated the site since 1957. Navarro Research and Engineering subcontracts to Sandia in administering most of the environmental programs at TTR. Sandia operates KTF as a rocket preparation launching and tracking facility. This Annual Site Environmental Report summarizes data and the compliance status of the sustainability, environmental protection, and monitoring program at TTR and KTF through Calendar Year 2013. The compliance status of environmental regulations applicable at these sites include state and federal regulations governing air emissions, wastewater effluent, waste management, terrestrial surveillance, Environmental Restoration (ER) cleanup activities, and the National Environmental Policy Act. Sandia is responsible only for those environmental program activities related to its operations. The DOE/NNSA/Nevada Field Office retains responsibility for the cleanup and management of TTR ER sites. Environmental monitoring and surveillance programs are required by DOE Order 231.1B, Environment, Safety, and Health Reporting (DOE 2012).
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Use Attainability Analysis Aquatic Life Uses for Perennial Reach of Sandia Canyon [Slides]
The following information will be presented during the February 23, 2022 Accord Pueblos Technical Meeting. The purpose of the study is to determine if natural thermal conditions are preventing the attainment of Coldwater Aquatic Life Use in the perennial reach of the upper Sandia Canyon Assessment Unit (Sandia AU). The New Mexico Water Quality Standards allow for a change in the designated use if a Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) demonstrates that the use is not attainable due to one or more of six factors listed in 40 CFR 131.10(g), including naturally occurring pollutant concentrations. The Sandia AU is located in a perennial reach of upper Sandia Canyon between Sigma Canyon and NPDES Outfall 001. The classified Segment 20.6.4.126 NMAC comprises perennial waters within Los Alamos National Laboratory boundaries and includes the Sandia AU. Persistent surface flows originate from NPDES permitted effluent releases. These releases have occurred since the early 1950’s and continue today. The UAA examines several lines of evidence. NMED’s Air-Water Temperature Correlation (AWTC) model is used for identifying appropriate stream classifications and attainable aquatic life use subcategories. The model correlates between July average air temperatures (ATEMP) and maximum weekly average stream temperatures. Air temperatures are obtained from PRISM and LANL Meteorological Towers and used to derive ATEMP. Thermographs were placed in the Sandia AU to obtain measured stream temperatures during summer months when stream temperatures are the highest. Measured data is used with AWTC modeled data to determine if the Sandia AU is meeting its natural air temperature driven thermal condition.
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SIS-AOP Cueing/Segmenting Algorithm (FOA_SIS-AOP) Using the Sandia FOA 4.0 Framework
For machine vision, one of the most important operations is fast and effective object cueing or segmentation. Sandia National Labs has a long history of development and implementation of very fast and effective cueing/segmentation algorithms. This report covers the history, motivation and implementation of evolving frameworks (Sandia FOA Frameworks) upon which this long legacy of successful algorithms are built. The report describes the innovative microprocessor implementation, enabling extremely fast morphological processing, combined with a novel adaptive quantization front - end and a feature - based backend that resulted in Sandia developing fast and effective cueing in a wide variety of applications, from defect detection to SAR ATR. The report covers evolution from Sandia FOA 1.0 Framework (1995) to current Sandia FOA 4.0 Framework (2021). Requirements for the cueing algorithm for SIS - AOP (FOA_SIS - AOP) that drove the Sandia FOA 4.0 Framework development are discussed, along with information on how to use the Sandia FOA Frameworks.
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Sandia Wind Energy Program - FY23 Accomplishments
This report summarizes Fiscal Year 2023 accomplishments from Sandia National Laboratories Wind Energy Program. The portfolio consists of funding provided by the DOE EERE Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO), the Sandia Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program, and private industry. These accomplishments were made possible through capabilities investments by WETO, internal Sandia investment, and partnerships between Sandia and other national laboratories, universities, and research institutions around the world. Sandia’s Wind Energy Program is primarily built around core capabilities as expressed in the strategic plan thrust areas, with 29 staff members in the Wind Energy Design and Experimentation department and the Wind Energy Computational Sciences department leading and supporting R&D at the time of this report. Staff from other departments at Sandia support the program by leveraging Sandia’s unique capabilities in other disciplines.
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2023 Sandia Day at UT Austin
On Wednesday, March 8 th and Thursday, March 9 th , 2023, the University of Texas at Austin hosted Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) for “Sandia Day 2023 at UT Austin” with the intention of reviewing, planning and shaping ongoing and future collaborations in key areas that reflect each organization’s priorities and strengths. The event brought together nearly 100 UT and Sandia participants including executive leadership, researchers, faculty, staff, and students. The primary sessions of Sandia Day consisted of a half-day tour of select J.J. Pickle Research Campus facilities, a networking happy hour, leadership meetings, presentations by both Sandia and UT Austin representatives in areas of research strategic priorities: Grid Resiliency, Examining Climate Change, and Microelectronics, and a research poster session with lunch. The group also discussed growth opportunities in the following research areas: nuclear and radiation engineering, pulsed power and fusion physics, and digital engineering, specifically as it related to materials discovery and advanced manufacturing. Appendix A contains the full Sandia Day agenda.
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