Basic Research in Science and Technology Sandia pushes frontiers of knowledge to meet the nation?s needs today and tomorrow.
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Sandia pushes frontiers of knowledge to meet the nation's needs, today and tomorrowSandia National Laboratories' fundamental science and technology research leads to greater understanding of how and why things work and is intrinsic to technological advances.Basic research that challenges scientific assumptions enables the nation to push scientific boundaries.Innovations and breakthroughs produced at Sandia allow it to tackle critical issues, from maintaining the safety, security and effectiveness of the nation's nuclear weapons and preventing domestic and international terrorism to finding innovative clean energy solutions, developing cutting-edge nanotechnology and moving the latest advances to the marketplace.Sandia's expertise includes:Geosciences: Geosciences focuses on multi-scale, multiphysics approaches to understanding natural systems, "engineering the earth" with sensing and drilling technologies and characterizing geomaterials in extreme environments, primarily temperature and pressure.Research in such vital areas as climate and energy security, disaster response and clandestine underground facilities includes experimental and molecularscale modeling of water-rock interactions, developing and applying 3-D seismic imaging techniques, experimental and computational geomechanics and studying fluid flow through complex geomaterials.
Author: Clark, Heather
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4294141378