Laboratory Information:
Sandia National Laboratories
10520 Research Road SE
Albuquerque, NM 87123
Website: http://www.sandia.gov/
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.sandia.gov/bus-ops/index.html
Agency/Department: Dept. of Energy
Region: Mid-Continent
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Ms. Jackie Kerby-Moore
Phone: 505-845-8107
Fax: 505-844-1389
Email: jskerby@sandia.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
Organized and built as a result of atomic
research that began in New Mexico in 1942, Sandia National
Laboratories (SNL) has undergone many changes, especially in the types of scientific research and
engineering programs carried out at the facilities. Sandia's primary mission remains ensuring that the
nation
has a reliable nuclear deterrent, but over the years other programs of a complementary nature or of
particular
national interest have been added. Almost from its inception, SNL has engaged in some type of technology
transfer. Because Sandia's primary role for the DoE has been converting laboratory prototypes into usable
products, the laboratory has been particularly effective over the past 30 years in sharing inventions,
ideas and
engineering know-how with private industry. Sandia's transferred technologies have become successful
commercial products, accounting for thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in worldwide sales. With
the
emergence of a new threat to our national security--the declining competitiveness of key US industries
in world
markets--transferring technology from the national laboratories to the private sector has taken on important
new
dimensions. Like other DoE laboratories, Sandia has developed a broader, more aggressive technology
transfer program to meet this new responsibility.
Mission of the Laboratory:
Sandia National Laboratories enhances the
security, prosperity and well-being of the nation by responding to
the challenges and opportunities of an increasingly dynamic and demanding world with broad-based research
and development programs that create solutions contributing to military security, energy security, environmental
integrity and economic competitiveness. Our longest standing program (within the military security mission
area) is implementation of the nation's nuclear weapon policies through research, development and testing
in
nuclear ordinance, arms control and weapon surety. As a multiprogram laboratory, we also serve the nation
through a variety of programs that directly contribute to both national energy security and environmental
integrity.
By working through partnerships with industry and academia based on road maps generated by industry,
Sandia is able to assist in the development of multiple national infrastructures (such as manufacturing,
information and transportation systems, and cost-effective health care technologies) that are critical
to our
mission of economic security and that also are day to the objectives of programs within the other mission
areas. In this context Sandia technologies and contributions exhibit a dual-use character.
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
- Facility Sharing
- International Partnerships
- NM Small Business Assistance program
- Patents and Licensing
- Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
- Technical Assistance
- Work for Nonfederal entities
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Hydrogen
- Information Technology
- Intelligence Technologies and Assessments
- Intelligent Systems
- International Cooperation
- Laser Optical Sensing
- Advanced Computing
- Aerospace Engineering
- Basic Energy Science
- BioScience and Technology
- ChemBio Detection
- Combustion, Chemical, and Plasma Sciences
- Cyber security
- Data Instrumentation / Telemetry
- Design and Engineering Information Systems
- Digital and Analog Subsystems
- Directed Energy (DE)
- Electromechanical Components / Firing Sets
- Electronic Components
- Energetic Components
- Energy System and Environmental Characterization
- Engineering sciences
- Environmental Remediation Systems
- Gas Transfer Systems
- GeoSciences
- Manufacturing / Manufacturing Engineering
- Materials Science and Technology
- Microelectronics / Microsystems
- Nuclear and Risk Technologies
- Physical Security / Surety Technologies
- Process Development / Fabrication
- Pulsed Power
- Radars
- Radiation Effects Science
- Radiation Sensing
- Remote Sensing and Satellite Systems
- Simulation and Integration
- Stockpile Surety and Analysis
- Stockpile Surveillance
- System Performance Assessment
- Systems Data Exploitation and Information Technologies
- Transportation Materials Management
- Weapon Engineering / Design
