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Jackie Chen inducted into Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame

Post, March 15, 2016 • by Michael Padilla Jackie Chen, a distinguished member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories’ Combustion Research Facility, will be inducted into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame on March 19 in Oakland, California. Jackie is being honored in the area of science and technology for her contributions...
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Jackie Chen to give keynote address at ISC High performance conference in Germany

Post, February 17, 2016 • By Michael Padilla Jackie Chen, distinguished member of technical staff at the Combustion Research Facility, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address on Tuesday, June 21, at the ISC High Performance conference in Frankfurt, Germany. The keynote session will highlight contributions from female researchers and scientists in advancing the field...
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Mark Musculus named SAE fellow

Post, March 15, 2016 • by Michael Padilla Sandia National Laboratories combustion researcher Mark Musculus has been named a fellow of SAE International, formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers. Established in 1975, the fellow designation honors long-term SAE members who have made a significant impact on society’s mobility technology through leadership, research and innovation. Only...
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Robert Kolasinski wins DOE Early Career Award

Post, May 10, 2016 • By Michael Padilla Robert Kolasinski (8366) has received a $2.5 million, five-year Early Career Research Program award from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science to support his work on how intense fusion plasmas interact with the interior surfaces of fusion reactors. Robert’s research will develop the scientific foundations...
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Sandia develops autoignition model designed for efficient, accurate engine simulations

Post, May 13, 2016 • About the photo: Sandia National Laboratories postdoctoral researcher Layal Hakim, center, working with Joe Oefelein, left, and Guilhem Lacaze, designed and implemented an optimized chemical model that describes autoignition of a diesel fuel surrogate. By Michael Padilla Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a model for how diesel engines...
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Sandia researcher David Osborn elected physics fellow

Post, January 21, 2016 • By Michael Padilla Sandia National Laboratories researcher David Osborn has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society’s (APS) Division of Chemical Physics. Election to fellowship in the APS is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the membership and is recognition by Osborn’s peers...
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Understanding hazardous combustion byproducts reduces factors impacting climate change

Post, August 30, 2016 • Sandia researchers focus on soot, furans, oxygenated hydrocarbons By Michael Padilla  Researchers at Sandia’s Combustion Research Facility are developing the understanding necessary to build cleaner combustion technologies that will in turn reduce climate impact.  Their work focuses on understanding the oxidation chemistry of organic carbon species critical to many processes...