The DOE Office of Science (SC) is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the U.S., providing more than 40 percent of total funding in this area. Sandia has active research programs funded by the SC Offices of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR), Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Biological & Environmental Research (BER), and Fusion Energy Sciences (FES). This work is foundational to many mission areas at Sandia, from energy, to nuclear weapons, to national security generally. The Office of Science is renowned for its ability to build and operate user facilities to enable fundamental research that are open to researchers from around the world on the basis of peer reviewed proposals. Sandia hosts three SC user facilities – the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT, with Los Alamos National Laboratory), Combustion Research Facility (CRF) (both supported by BES) and the Plasma Materials Test Facility (PMTF) (supported by FES) and is a major partner in a third – Joint Bio Energy Institute (JBEI) (supported by BER).
Point of Contact:
Julia Phillips,
Director
Physical, Chemical, and Nanotechnology Science
(505) 844-1071
Snapshot of precipitable water over the surface of an Aqua planet, simulated using the atmospheric component of the CCSM with the spectral element dynamical core.