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Thermal Test Complex shines during university professors visit

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026

<strong>BEHIND THE SCENES</strong> — The Defense Science Study Group, a program comprising university professors and mentors, listen during a tour of the Thermal Test Complex facility during their Aug. 3 visit. Fire Science and Technology manager Carlos Lopez, center, describes how his team has adapted a 12-panel radiant-heat array to mimic heat loads relevant to hypersonic flight. The group also visited the Robotics Lab and Microsystems Engineering, Science and Applications Complex, and they received briefings on Sandia’s work in artificial intelligence, quantum and more. (Photo by Craig Fritz)
BEHIND THE SCENES — The Defense Science Study Group, a program comprising university professors and mentors, listen during a tour of the Thermal Test Complex facility during their Aug. 3 visit. Fire Science and Technology manager Carlos Lopez, center, describes how his team has adapted a 12-panel radiant-heat array to mimic heat loads relevant to hypersonic flight. The group also visited the Robotics Lab and Microsystems Engineering, Science and Applications Complex, and they received briefings on Sandia’s work in artificial intelligence, quantum and more. (Photo by Craig Fritz)
<strong>FIRED UP</strong> — On July 30, 2025, the Fire Science and Technology team performed one of many tests on the array, which is designed to simulate fire environments, for a new application: mimicking dynamic heat loads relevant to hypersonic flight environments. The array uses 480 custom halogen lamps mounted to water-cooled reflectors and can draw up to 5.2 megawatts of power. (Photo courtesy of Sandia Photometrics)
FIRED UP — On July 30, 2025, the Fire Science and Technology team performed one of many tests on the array, which is designed to simulate fire environments, for a new application: mimicking dynamic heat loads relevant to hypersonic flight environments. The array uses 480 custom halogen lamps mounted to water-cooled reflectors and can draw up to 5.2 megawatts of power. (Photo courtesy of Sandia Photometrics)
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