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Facing radiation challenges head on
News Article, May 13, 2026 • Evolving semiconductor technology for national security applications Silicon wafers serve as the foundationalsubstrate in semiconductor production. With the goal of enhancing the reliability and performance of microelectronics in the face of radiation challenges, Laboratory Directed Research & Development researchers have made significant strides in developing non-volatile, radiation-hard ferroelectric memory using...

Fin-ion tunable transistor for ultra-low power computing 
News Article, June 7, 2023 • Work on this project revealed fundamental principles of electrochemical random access memory and established a viable path toward its integration with complementary metal-oxide semiconductor. Data-heavy workflows such as AI require in to increase system efficiency. Work on this memory computing, so this LDRD team focused on creating analog resistive nonvolatile...
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Fortifying fire control algorithms for cooperative hypersonic target prediction and interception
News Article, May 13, 2026 • Side-by-side comparison of aimpoint selection methods including traditional, literature-based, and Sandia’s multi-hypothesis approach for defending an asset from a hypersonic threat. (Click image to expand) Hypersonic weapons pose a challenge to missile defense systems due to their extreme speed, unpredictable maneuvers, and aimpoint ambiguity. To meet this threat, Sandia Laboratory...

Four Sandia researchers win PECASE awards in 2024
News Article, August 13, 2025 • The Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. The PECASE awards aim to encourage innovation, raise awareness about careers in science and engineering, and connect research with national goals.Four Sandia...

From early R&D to mature technology
News Article, January 8, 2026 • Advancing memory technologies through strategic partnerships HARNESSING INNOVATION - This memory tester probe card with the landing zone for one of the instances of the stacked DRAM demonstrates both the manufactured material meeting the assembly and design objectives, as well as the automated tester equipment that aligns with standard memory...

Future hypersonics could be artificially intelligent
News Article, April 22, 2024 • A test launch for a hypersonic weapon — a long-range missile that flies a mile per second and faster — takes weeks of planning. So, while the U.S. and other states are racing to deploy hypersonic technologies, it remains uncertain how useful the systems will be against urgent, mobile or...

FY24 Hruby and Truman Postdoctoral Distinguished Fellows
News Article, August 14, 2025 • The Harry S. Truman Postdoctoral Fellowships and Jill Hruby Postdoctoral Fellowships are three-year distinguished positions at Sandia created to attract nationally recognized PhD scientists and engineers. They each conduct groundbreaking research that support Sandia's national security mission. Hruby Fellow Samantha Jaszewski (top right) is researching computer memory based on ferroelectric...

Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF)
Facility • The GIF provides high-fidelity simulation of nuclear radiation environments for materials and component testing.
Two colleagues walking outside of GIF building, located in Albuquerque, NM.

Gamma Irradiation Facility and Low-Dose-Rate Irradiation Facility
Page • The Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF) provides high-fidelity simulation of nuclear radiation environments for materials and component testing. The GIF can produce a wide range of gamma radiation environments (from 10-3 to over 6.5 x 10^2 rad/second) using cobalt-60 sources and can irradiate objects as small as electronic components and as...

Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue Vehicle
Page • The Gemini-Scout Mine Rescue Robot was designed by Sandia robotics engineers to replace humans in the early stages of rescue planning and response during a mining accident. The robot can enter potentially dangerous situations ahead of rescuers to evaluate hazardous environments and help them determine how operations should proceed, even...

Geochemistry of Interfaces
Page • From surfaces to interlayers to clusters A geoscience project under Sandia's Energy, Climate, & Infrastructure Security mission area. Problem Molecular phenomena at the metal oxide-water interface control many geochemical and environmental processes critical to water quality and treatment, the fate and transport of contaminants, radionuclide isolation and waste forms, carbon...

Geomechanics Laboratory
Facility • The Geomechanics Laboratory enables researchers to measure rock properties under a wide range of simulated environmental conditions, including high-pressure and complex load paths
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Guided Bullet Technology
Page • Leveraging the capabilities of the High Consequence, Automation, & Robotics Precision Micro Assembly Lab, we have designed a self-guided .50 caliber projectile that utilizes a laser designated target and is configured to be fired from a small caliber, smooth bore gun barrel. Self-guided projectiles increase the probability of hit at...

Heavy Ion Backscattering Spectrometry (HIBS)
Page • Description of Technique: HIBS is used to detect ultra-trace levels of heavy impurities on the surface of a Si wafer. HIBS has advantages over TXRF, including: Improved sensitivity for most elementsQuantifying composition without standardsMeasurement on rough surfaces. HIBS is accomplished by focusing a 120 keV beam of C+ions onto a...

High Altitude Chamber
Page • High Altitude Chamber Technical Characteristics 27-foot diameter vacuum sphereSimulate altitudes up to 230,000 feetTest articles up to 1-ton weight and 60 inch diameterTesting centrifuge to 600 rpm15-20 minutes to reach maximum altitudeExplosive and pyrotechnic testingEjection, inflation, and free-fall testingRemote high-speed video capability

High Consequence, Automation, & Robotics
Page • High-Consequence Automation Developing cost-effective, reliable systems to handle materials used in conventional and nuclear weapons Unique Mobility Specializing in advanced mobility technologies to support a broad range of challenging missions Advanced Manipulation Automating robots for difficult manipulation tasks for more than 25 years Cybernetics Specializing in the development of advanced...

High Operating Temperature (HOT)
Facility • The HOT site researchers simulate conditions found deep underground to study the effects of heat on the drill rig hammer, and drill into various types of rock.
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High-Consequence Automation
Page • High Consequence, Automation, & Robotics specializes in the research, design, and development of automated systems for high-consequence tasks; tasks where a system failure can result in catastrophic consequences. These systems must be robust to a wide variety of failure modes and in the event of a failure, must fail-safely. In...

High-quality feedstocks address sustainability challenges associated with rising global demand for protein
News Article, January 23, 2023 • RuBisCO variants increase Methionine and Lysine content. (Graphic courtesy of Sandia Licensing and Technology Transfer.) Ryan Davis, a principal member of Sandia’s technical staff in Bioresource and Environmental Security, and his team developed a high-quality feedstock to address sustainability challenges to meet the growing global demand for protein. RuBisCO (Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate...
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Hongyou Fan awarded Materials Research Society Medal
News Article, August 13, 2025 • Sandia researcher Hongyou Fan was awarded the prestigious 2024 Materials Research Society (MRS) Medal, recognizing his innovative approach to synthesizing nanomaterials using pressure instead of traditional chemical solutions. The MRS Medal is the society’s highest accolade, celebrating significant advances expected to greatly impact progress in materials science. His work is...

Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
Page • Technical Characteristics Blowdown to vacuumM = 5, 8, 14Re = 0.2 - 10 x 106/ftRun times: ~45 sec at 45 minute intervalsGases:air at Mach 5N2 at Mach 8 and 1418" diameter test section4" - 5" maximum diameter model sizeStagnation temperature to 2500°R Related Links Wind tunnel operation mapsOverview briefing of...

Hyperspectral Upper-Bound Spectrum
Page • Sandia Hyperspectral Upper-Bound Spectrum (Sandia Hyper-UBS) v 1.0 Download (Matlab Code) Sandia Hyper-UBS is designed to remove cosmic ray spikes from hyperspectral data sets. This software was based upon the UBS-DM algorithm by D.M. Zhang and D. Ben-Amotz.1 The UBS-DM-HS algorithm is designed to be more robust and is better...

Imaging gas-phase methyl radicals
News Article, March 3, 2025 • Positive and negative correlations of measured gas-phase methyl and formaldehyde with predicted surface coverages Scientists at Sandia are studying how certain chemical reactions happen on surfaces, especially when using special techniques that allows them to see what is occurring while the reactions are taking place. This is important because many...

Imaging the visible emissions from plasmas in pulsed power experiments
News Article, March 16, 2023 • The center section of Sandia's Z Machine Low density plasmas are predicted to impact Sandia’s Z machine experiments in a variety of ways. Magnetic Resonance Tomography instability development during the target implosion can lead to broad trailing density profiles and potentially redistribute current away from the on-axis stagnation region. Low...
A technician gets a target ready for the center section in the Z machine pulsed power facility

Improving assurance of high-consequence systems using formal methods and automated reasoning 
News Article, July 14, 2025 • Error from imperfect computer representations of numbers when visualizing a sphere at 1km and 20,000km distance from an observer. Computers typically represent numbers one of two ways: fixed-point (via integers) and floating-point numbers. Floating point provides improved efficiency and productivity, but errors can accumulate if not managed carefully. Error from...
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