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Inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers Sandia's K-12 education programs inspire a passion for the next generation to pursue STEM careers in support of national security.    Looking for volunteers? Volunteers may be available to serve as presenters, judges, tutors or mentors. Please submit a request. Programs Department of...

Laboratories Director As the Director of Sandia National Laboratories, Laura McGill provides leadership and management direction for the safe and secure execution of all Sandia missions. Before her appointment as Labs Director on May 1, 2025, Laura served as the Deputy Laboratories Director for Nuclear Deterrence and Chief Technology Officer...

July 8, 2013 Sandia National Laboratories’ Lead Bank, operated by the Materials Sustainability & Pollution Prevention (MSP2) group since FY11, makes clean excess lead available for reuse within Sandia.  To reduce Sandia’s impact on worker health and the environment, in FY13, the Lead Bank shipped a load of clean scrap...

Throughout its history, Sandia has been guided by the core principle of — in the words of President Harry Truman — providing "exceptional service in the national interest". Laura McGill Laboratories Director Labs Director Laura McGill provides leadership and management direction for the safe, secure execution of all Sandia missions. ...

The goal of the LTS Program is the long-term protection of human health and the environment from hazards associated with residual contamination at former Environmental Restoration Project (ER) sites, and minimization of Sandia's environmental liability by ensuring environmental compliance with the requirements provided in multiple NMED permits.  The LTS Program...

Consultant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Board of Managers, National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC Maja Lehnus has four decades of Intelligence Community (IC) experience and a three-decade track record of leading, transforming and driving lasting results at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Office of the Director of...

The Sandia Women’s Connection (SWC) hosts an annual awards ceremony to recognize students from local Livermore, California, high schools for their accomplishments in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects. Each year, SWC asks teachers from local high schools to nominate two students, one for outstanding achievement in math and one...

Senior Advisor, Longenecker & Associates, Inc. Board of Managers, National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC Michael (Mike) Hazen is a Senior Associate and Senior Advisor for Longenecker & Associates, Inc. In this role he serves, supports, and advises the company and its national security clients on the company’s...

To render exceptional service in the national interest has been Sandia's core purpose since 1949 Everyone at Sandia contributes to our purpose Our unique responsibilities in the nuclear weapons (NW) program create a foundation from which we leverage capabilities, enabling us to solve complex national security problems. As a multidisciplinary...

Empowering Middle School Students in STEM The New Mexico Middle School Electric Car Challenge is a battery-powered model car race and design competition, with the option to participate in a research presentation competition. Students embark on an exciting journey to build a battery-powered car while developing their STEM skills. This challenge teaches...

The New Mexico Electric Car Challenge will be held on November 15, 2025 and will be in-person only. Please register below. Note: The Participation Release Form must be completed for all participating students. Event Schedule In-Person Event Kennedy Middle School November 15 8:00 AM - 3:45 PM Teacher Workshop Jefferson Middle School September...

Lead Bank Replaces Aging Bricks with Coated BricksJuly 08, 2013 Due Diligence on Lead Acid Battery RecyclingMarch 23, 2011

Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and 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 under contract DE-NA-0003525. Rich DeGraff Chair, Board of Managers View full biography Download...

The first of Sandia’s large environmental test facilities, the Old Centrifuge was built in 1952 to test the Mk7 Honest John warhead. Environmental test facilities replicate the environments a component, device, or system is likely to encounter in its working life. The centrifuge simulated acceleration, as a missile carrying a...

Pollution Prevention (P2) promotes awareness about Sandia’s environmental impact and how to reduce the impact both internally to the workforce and externally to the public. These overlap when the workforce takes home the attitude of continuous improvement toward the environment. Internal Communication P2 communicates with the workforce through several internal...

The Pollution Prevention (P2) program is a central element in Sandia National Laboratories' Environmental Management System and applies to all activities that use resources and generate waste. P2 provides programmatic guidance and specifies strategies, activities, and methods to reduce the quantity and toxicity of waste and pollutants, conserve energy and...

1 Policy 1.1  This policy intends to promote objectivity in research funded by Public Health Service (PHS) Agencies by establishing standards that provide a reasonable expectation that the design, conduct, and reporting of research performed under PHS contracts will be free from bias resulting from Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) Investigators’...

In collaboration with the Department of Defense (DoD), Sandia and the Department of Energy (DOE) provide information about ongoing environmental activities at semi-annual public meetings in New Mexico.  One meeting is held in the spring and one in the fall.  These meetings are typically at a community center near Kirtland...

Chair, Board of Managers, National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCPresident, Mechanical Systems & Components, Honeywell Aerospace Rebecca Sidelinger is a member of the Honeywell Aerospace leadership team and President of the Mechanical Systems & Components Strategic Business Unit. In this role, she is responsible for running a $3.5B...

Sandia goes beyond basic recycling of common papers, plastics, and metals. We divert as many waste streams for recycling as feasible. The list of materials diverted grows every year. We regularly re-evaluate processes for efficiency and improved revenues as well. Revenue received from recycling goes back into the program to...

Federal Regulatory Drivers Pollution Prevention Act Department of Energy Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan This plan outlines the Department of Energy’s (DOE) direction and high-level environmental goals it wishes to achieve, reiterating many goals set forth in the Executive Order described above.  It also calls for a Site Sustainability Plan that...

Reuse is more important and environmentally rewarding than recycling or waste-to-energy incineration, according to the waste management hierarchy. These highlighted programs are examples of how reuse has been successfully applied in a variety of large office and laboratory settings at Sandia. Chemical Exchange The Chemical Exchange is a free web...

Chair Board of Managers, National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC President, Control Systems, Honeywell Rich DeGraff serves as president of Control Systems for Honeywell. As a key member of Honeywell’s Aerospace Leadership Team, he reports directly to the president and CEO of Aerospace. In his role as president,...

Deputy Laboratories Director – Nuclear Deterrence & Science and Chief Technology Officer As the Deputy Laboratories Director for Nuclear Deterrence & Science and Chief Technology Officer, Rita Gonzales is responsible for Sandia’s nuclear deterrence (ND) mission, which ensures the credibility and modernization of the existing U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and...

Vice President and General Manager, Civilian, Financial, and Regulatory Business, Peraton Board of Managers, National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC Mr. Davies previously served as the CEO of Base Technologies, a $50M, 250-person IT engineering firm. He sold Base Technologies to CA Technologies in 2011 and then ran...