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More ways to grow and advance Sandia redesigned its promotion and advancement processes to provide year-round flexibility, increasing advancement opportunities for employees. The Labs’ career development event expanded from one to multiple events, connecting more employees than ever before with resources and support to explore career options at Sandia. A new internal talent marketplace capability…
Research improves geothermal energy drilling rates Sandia partnered with Calpine Corp., Texas A&M University and the University of Utah to improve geothermal energy drilling rates, which are a major barrier to widespread deployment of geothermal energy. The team implemented redesign workflows and alternative bit designs to significantly reduce the on-bottom time, the period when the […]
Enhanced environmental testing capabilities Infrastructure Operations, Engineering Sciences and Nuclear Deterrence System Modernization teams collaborated to design and build a cutting-edge package system for new six-degree-of-freedom shakers for mission use. This system is vital for W80-4 warhead qualifications, enhancing Engineering Science’s testing capabilities, reliability and capacity for…
B61-13 realized one year ahead of schedule To reduce the weapon’s production timeline by 50%, the B61-13 team developed a novel approach to system qualification resulting in completion of the newest weapon in the U.S. nuclear stockpile a year ahead of schedule. Activities included Pantex authorization basis reviews, final design review, system qualification evaluation releases, […]
Enhancing nuclear explosion monitoring capabilities Experiments at Sandia’s Large Centrifuge Facility advanced U.S. capabilities in monitoring low-yield underground nuclear explosions. The team used the superfuge to achieve acceleration-scaled yield and depth conditions that nearly matched those of field-scale experiments. These methods significantly lowered costs and increased the frequency of…
A researcher measures film thickness on wafers at MESA. MESA Silicon Microfabrication team reduces production cycle time The Microsystems Engineering, Science and Applications Silicon Microfabrication team has significantly reduced production cycle times, enabling early wafer deliveries and accelerating product teams’ learning cycles and risk mitigation testing. They have made important…
Joint appointments increase university collaborations Sandia added four new joint appointment agreements, bringing the total number of partnerships to 20 universities and increasing the Labs’ collaboration with academic institutions. The program includes 25 joint appointments. About a dozen more joint appointments are in progress, which will enhance research capabilities and knowledge exchange…
Federated AI model Sandia, Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories have developed a federated machine-learning model prototype to advance AI for national security. Federated learning is a technique for training AI models on decentralized data. Each of the three labs possesses datasets that are not easily shareable, yet they hold valuable insights for collaboration […]
Delivering new classified solutions Sandia implemented commercial solutions for classified technology that were approved by the National Security Agency, delivering a significant mobile classified solution to enhance NNSA’s classified capabilities. The initiative enables secure remote access to the national security network via unclassified transport, allowing people to conduct classified work…
A letter from the Labs Director Welcome to the 2026 edition of Labs Accomplishments, our annual look at the work Sandians delivered throughout the previous fiscal year. This publication offers a window into the talent, creativity and determination that define our laboratory. It captures what we achieved and how we achieved it through collaboration, technical […]
