A quarterly research and development magazine.Sandia National Laboratories has just recorded its 74th and 75th R&D 100 awards. These are the latest in a series of engineering and scientific accomplishments going back to 1976. In that year, two Sandia engineers won for the development of a machine for solder coating and hot-air leveling.
In recent years, more and more of the awards have been won in partnerships between Sandia, our academic partners, and companies out there in private industry. Thanks to the State University of New York, the University of Illinois, Cray Inc., the High Power Battery Systems Company, and General Atomics, that trend continues.
Another observation about these awards and the fact that we have been a consistent winner over the years is that our engineering expertise has sparkled in this competition. Although these pages are often full of the term “researchers” and “scientists,” the truth is that Sandia is a premier engineering laboratory, where science and application come together.
At mid-summer, Sandia’s technical staff included 2,580 engineers of various types, with a heavy emphasis on electrical and mechanical engineering. Another 630 technical staff members are grouped under the educational heading of “computer” by our HR statisticians. No doubt a significant number of them are also engineering graduates. We’ve got physicists, mathematicians, chemists, and earth scientists as well, but Sandia has always had an eye — and a reputation — for successfully tackling engineering challenges.
The rest of this issue is a testament to that fact, with articles on wind energy, energy security, nanotechnology, aircraft safety, high-temperature electronics, and several successful Sandia-private sector work agreements.
Will Keener Editor
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