Facility • The Design, Evaluation and Test Technology Facility focuses on simulating a wide range of environments for component and system testing.
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Detonation in multilayer explosives: Effects of characteristic length scale of mixing
News Article, April 10, 2023 • Predicting explosive performance at length scales near the minimum needed for a detonation to propagate is often a challenge—surrounding materials, non-ideal interfaces, sample geometry, and local microstructure variations can all significantly impact explosive output. For accurate predictions of performance, reactive burn models are needed that can capture the details around...
Developing engineered probiotics to combat respiratory infections
News Article, July 14, 2025 • Sandia researchers are focused on protecting soldiers and citizens from biological threats by creating innovative solutions to prevent and treat infectious diseases, especially those affecting the respiratory system. Advances in synthetic biology have led to the concept of “living countermeasures,” where cells are genetically engineered to act as sensors and...
Developing new and improved safety technology for nuclear weapons
News Article, May 13, 2026 • Two B61-12 joint test assemblies loaded on an F-35 aircraft for a flight test on Aug. 19, 2025. (Photo by Craig Fritz) The Time-Resolved Elastodynamic Discrimination (TRUE-D) Laboratory Directed Research & Development project is focused on improving safety systems for new nuclear weapons, with the goal of making them more...
Digital Assurance for High Consequence Systems
Page • The DAHCS Mission Campaign aims to develop the scientific foundation needed for rigorous, rapid, cost-effective, generalizable digital assurance across high consequence lifecycles, enabling the efficient characterization, assessment, and management of digital risk. The Digital Assurance for High Consequence Systems (DAHCS, pronounced "Dax") Mission Campaign seeks to create new tools and...
Digital Assurance for High Consequence Systems (DAHCS) Mission Campaign Resources
Page • LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DAHCS MISSION CAMPAIGN: FY26 Call for DAHCS Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) proposals (This is informational only and not a request for external submissions) FY26 DAHCS LDRD Info Session complete presentation (This is informational only and not a request for external submissions) FY26 DAHCS LDRD...
Discover cutting-edge Sandia tech in just 60 seconds
Page • Explore R&D capabilities ready to make a huge impact At Sandia, innovation in service of the mission drives everything. In this new video series, you'll get quick, impactful insights into advanced technologies and capabilities developed by expert researchers. Each video highlights a capability ready to be further explored and developed...
Distributed Energy Technology Laboratory (DETL)
Facility • DETL is a multipurpose research facility designed to integrate emerging energy technologies into new and existing electricity infrastructure to accommodate the nation’s increasing demands for clean, secure, and reliable energy.
DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program Awards
News Article, August 13, 2025 • Sandia scientists Mitchell Wood (left) and Gianluca Geraci (right) received 2024 DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program awards. Each will receive $2.75 million over five years to support their research in Fusion Energy Sciences and Advanced Scientific Computing Research. They were selected from a competitive pool of applicants,...
DOE’s next-generation climate model empowers national security planning
News Article, August 24, 2026 • The Energy Exascale Earth System Model version 3 (E3SMv3), developed by Sandia researchers and collaborators as part of a large national lab effort, is a state-of-the-science tool designed to advance our understanding of the Earth and energy systems. This model simulates interactions between the atmosphere, land, rivers, oceans, and sea...
Dynamic Socket
Page • Challenge A prosthetic socket is the interface between an amputee's residual limb and a prosthetic limb. Unlike the tissues under the foot, the soft tissues of the residual limb aren't well adapted to tolerate weight-bearing loads. Prosthetists are tasked with creating a comfortable, custom interface for the amputee that appropriately...
Earth, Energy, and Environmental Science
Page • Electrical circuits encased in fluid may reshape data-center design Detecting battery failures quicker Sandia supports superior geothermal bits Sandia’s world-class work in earth, energy, and environmental science contributes solutions to areas of national importance, including energy and climate security, defense, intelligence, nuclear weapons, nonproliferation, and disaster response. Why Our Work...
Electromagnetic Environments Simulator (EMES)
Page • The Electromagnetic Environments Simulator (EMES) is a large transverse electromagnetic (TEM) cell that propagates a uniform, planar electromagnetic wave through the cell volume where test items are placed. EMES can be used for continuous wave (CW) Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) and transient Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) testing. The electric field is vertically...
Electromagnetics
Page • Electromagnetic Technology at Sandia National Laboratories Electromagnetics (EM) is the study of the nature and interaction of static and dynamic electric and magnetic fields. Telecommunications, navigational guidance, radar, and power transmission depend on our ability to generate, guide, radiate, receive, and detect electromagnetic waves. Virtually all electronic devices either produce or...
Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Laboratory
Page • Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Laboratory We have field and laboratory capabilities to measure electrostatic environment generation, storage, and charge transfer effects. Non-contact electrostatic field surveillance techniques are available to monitor charge generation of conductors or dielectrics, and induction or physical contact charging of wiring or pin voltage for electrical system components....
Elongated ring polymers get tied up in knots
News Article, October 13, 2022 • Many polymer liquids flow easily when stretched gently but become viscous and solid-like when stretched rapidly. This phenomenon, known as strain hardening, happens when the liquid is deformed so fast that individual polymer chains become elongated at the molecular scale. Understanding the physics of strain hardening is important for a range...
Enabling fully predictive simulations using disruptive computational mechanics and novel diagnostics
News Article, April 10, 2023 • Sandia Researcher Rekha Rao Accurately capturing solidification of fluids and the development of residual stress is critical for fully predictive simulations for numerous applications in geoscience, nuclear safety, manufacturing, energy production, and bioscience. Researchers on this LDRD project developed, implemented, and demonstrated advanced constitutive models with yield stress to represent...
Energy Storage Test Pad (ESTP)
Facility • ESTP, in conjunction with the Energy Storage Analysis Laboratory (ESAL), provides long-term testing and validation for electrical energy storage systems. The goal of the ESTP is to develop advanced energy storage technologies that will increase reliability, performance, and competitiveness of electricity generation and transmission.
Engineering Science
Page • Testing heat shields for space Engineering high-reliability W80-4 components Radar is advancing at historic speed. How engineers are setting the pace. The Engineering Science research area at Sandia leads engineering transitions in advanced, highly critical systems by integrating theory development, experimental discovery and diagnostics, modeling, and computational approaches to refine...
Engineering Sciences Experimental Facilities (ESEF)
Facility • The ESEF focuses on advanced diagnostics and fundamental experiments. Researchers seek to improve understanding of phenomena in areas of fluid flow, heat transfer, and aerodynamics.
Enhancing metasurface performance potential
News Article, March 3, 2025 • By rotating the 𝐶3 symmetry breaking deformation ( 𝜑), the angular positions of the Dirac points and the corresponding polarization singularities for both bands can be controlled. New uses for metasurfaces in both regular and quantum optics are creating a need for better control over how light is polarized, especially...
Ensure machine learning results are accurate
News Article, April 22, 2024 • Computational simulation, or CompSim, models are digital prototypes of something a researcher is interested in building or testing. These prototypes make it easier and faster for the researcher to design a product that accomplishes a specific goal without first having to build and test a long list of physical prototypes....
Exascale Earth System Model will harness the next level of supercomputer
News Article, October 12, 2022 • Sandia visualization experts are working with climate scientists to visualize complex simulation results from the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) as part of a DOE project sponsored by the Office of Science. The Sandia team has developed visualization workflows that incorporate DOE open-source visualization tools like ParaView with commercial...
Explore capabilities in popular AI models
News Article, April 10, 2024 • With a couple thousand years and modern science, humanity now knows quite a bit more about human intelligence and the natural world. However, artificial intelligence has humanity once again asking, “What do we really know?” Read more about Capabilities in popular AI models
Explosive Components Facility (ECF)
Facility • The ECF provides unique capabilities allowing staff to design, test, and prototype a wide variety of energetic components in support of Sandia's ND mission.
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