Weapon Intern Program graduates 25th class
Sandia’s Weapon Intern Program has graduated 25 classes in 22 years. The program was created in 1998 to accelerate the learning process and transfer decades of knowledge and experience in all phases of the nuclear weapon lifecycle, from experienced weaponeers to the new generation of stockpile stewards.
Sandia Science & Technology Park spurs economic growth
A new, independent report has concluded that Albuquerque’s Sandia Science & Technology Park contributed significantly to the local economy in 2018-19 by adding 310 jobs and generating increases in economic activity and tax revenue to both the city and the state.
Expanding testing capacity for Sandia weapons modernization programs
The Sandia Programs Engineering and Assembly Research facility, or SPEAR, is the newest facility in nuclear weapons systems engineering at Sandia’s California site, expanding the Labs’ capacity to assemble and electrically test nuclear weapons components and systems.
Eric Wollerman visit
New Kansas City National Security Campus President Eric Wollerman visited Sandia in July.
Digital strategy boosts Labs recruiting efforts
Sandia’s recruiting team started preparing to locate and hire talent in the midst of a pandemic long before anyone had heard of social distancing or COVID-19. The team has employed a largely digital strategy that includes implementing a new candidate relationship management tool, Yello.
Building Sandia: Home of the MESA Complex
Part three in the Building Sandia architecture series explores the Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Applications Complex, or MESA, which is set apart aesthetically and functionally from other buildings and sites at the Labs.
COVID-19 can’t stop these kids
Sandia collaborated with local nonprofit R4 Creating for the third annual Robotics Training Institute for teens, a weeklong event that has become a summer highlight for the Labs’ robotics group. This year, they went virtual.
Quantum computing expert honored by DOE
Sandia computer scientist Kevin Young believes that he can improve the performance of modern quantum information processors, and now the DOE Office of Science has named him to its Early Career Research Program.
NNSA Administrator Gordon-Hagerty thanks Sandia during B61-12 recognition event
Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty, DOE under secretary for nuclear security and NNSA administrator, touted the work of Sandia and the entire Nuclear Security Enterprise during a B61-12 team recognition event, part of a tour of Sandia on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the Trinity Test.
Cybersecurity researchers take spotlight at national showcase
Two Sandia computer scientists were invited to pitch their software to investors, entrepreneurs and prospective customers at a special virtual event sponsored by DOE to accelerate the commercialization of federally developed technologies.