The Geomechanics Laboratory enables researchers to measure rock properties under a wide range of simulated environmental conditions, including high-pressure and complex load paths
Geomechanics Laboratory
Facilities
High Operating Temperature (HOT)
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.
Integrated Materials Research Laboratory (IMRL)
IMRL integrates research from atomic scale to full scale components, investigates organic materials, advanced alloys, electronic and photonic semiconductors, high temperature superconductors, ceramics, quantum systems, and laser, optical and dielectric materials.
Ion Beam Laboratory (IBL)
The IBL enables scientists to study and modify materials systems using ion and electron accelerators.
Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI)
JBEI is a DOE Bioenergy Research Center dedicated to developing advanced biofuels—liquid fuels derived from the solar energy stored in plant biomass that can replace gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels.
Joint Test Assembly (JTA)
JTA program allows critical assessment of weapon systems, Department of Defense (DOD) platforms, and support personnel performance.
Laser Application Facility (LAZAP)
LAZAP tests and calibrates U.S. reconnaissance and Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. The facility propagates visible high-powered lasers of multiple wavelengths through the atmosphere with a large aperture beam director.
Materials Science and Engineering Center (MSE)
MSE provides knowledge of materials structure, properties, and performance and the processes to produce, transform, and analyze materials.
Mechanical Shock Complex
The Mechanical Shock Complex provides tailored impact environments, such as shock and crush. The complex simulates dynamic environments such as weapon delivery, severe accident, and pyroshock.
Mechanical Test and Evaluation Facility
The Mechanical Test and Evaluation Facility conducts experimental research and develops diagnostics to study the mechanical behavioral of materials.
Micro and Nano Technologies Laboratories (MANTL)
MANTL comprises four buildings with office and lab space and Sandia’s Plating Research Laboratory. MANTL research focuses on mechanical and electrical engineering, chemistry, radiography plating, and more.
Microsystems Engineering, Science and Applications (MESA)
MESA integrates scientific disciplines to produce functional, robust, integrated microsystems. Today researchers pursue advanced concepts that integrate not only electronics at the micro scale, but embody sensors, photonics, and MEMS components.
Mobile Gun Test Complex
The MGTC is a set of mobile projectile launch systems (guns) used to test a variety of projectiles and/or targets. The MGTC enables investigation of terminal ballistic events into in-situ geologies or engineered targets.
National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF)
Operated by Sandia for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) is the only large-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) and solar thermal test facility in the United States.
Nuclear Energy Systems Laboratory (NESL)/Brayton Lab
NESL focuses on creating a thermal-to-electric power conversion technology in a configuration called the recompression closed Brayton cycle that uses supercritical carbon dioxide as the working fluid.
Nuclear Energy Work Complex (NEWC): Cyclindrical Boiling Facility (CYBL) and SURTSEY
NEWC focuses on performing high-quality and real-world testing of nuclear power components, including prototypic spent fuel assemblies and storage systems.
Nuclear Facilities Resource Center (NUFAC)
NUFAC provides designing, operating, and experimentation with nuclear reactors.
Photovoltaic System Evaluation Laboratory (PSEL)
Sandia’s Photovoltaic Systems Evaluation Laboratory (PSEL) enables performance characterization of photovoltaic (PV) cells, modules, and systems. PSEL research is conducted on behalf of the Department of Energy (DOE) and other government sponsors, in direct collaboration with industry and academic partners.
Plasma Research Facility (PRF)
The PRF offers collaborators access to cutting edge diagnostic and computational capabilities and the expertise that is needed to set up and execute experiments and analyze data generated during the collaborative endeavor.
Primary Standards Laboratory (PSL)
The PSL provides technical guidance, support, and consultation and anticipates future measurement needs of the nuclear weapons complex and other DOE programs.
Processing & Environmental Lab (PETL)
PETL R&D ranges from understanding mechanisms at the atomic level to developing nuclear weapons components and evaluating the lifetime and reliability of the nuclear stockpile.
Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed (QSCOUT)
QSCOUT is a quantum computing testbed based on trapped ions that is available to the research community as an open platform for a range of quantum computing applications.
Rocket Sled Track
The sled track provides a controlled environment for high-velocity impact, aerodynamic, acceleration, and other related testing for both small and large test items.
Sandia Wave Energy Power Take-off (SWEPT) Laboratory
The Sandia Wave Energy Power Take-off (SWEPT) Laboratory offers mobile, specialized testing for systems that produce power from wave energy. SWEPT is used to test wave energy converter (WEC) power take-off (PTO) systems.
Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility (SWiFT)
At the Scaled Wind Farm Technology Facility (SWiFT) in Lubbock, Texas, Sandians partner with other researchers to study the interaction of multiple wind turbines in a wind farm.
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