Sandia National Labs Academic Alliance Collaboration Report 2020-2021

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Bio-inspired computing opens up pathways for collaboration . . . . 72

Ready, set… design a flight accelerometer switch! . . . . . . . . . 74

Investigating climate change and evaluating the impact . . . . . . 76

Sandia and UT Austin collaborations move into hyperspeed. . . . . 78

Developing nanoscience in the lab and taking it to the marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Teaching lab stepped in as test facility when Sandia’s research reactor schedule backed up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

First-of-its kind software creates accurate digital representations of complex objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

KEY LEADERSHIP UT Austin Dan Jaffe Vice President of Research Jennifer Lyon Gardner Associate Vice President of Research John Ekerdt Associate Dean of Research, Cockrell School of Engineering

Sandia Labs Justine Johannes Director of Center 6600, Campus Executive Alex Roesler Deputy Director in Center 5400 Deputy Campus Executive Nadine Miner Manager in Center 1900, Campus Partnership Manager Nicole Streu Technical Recruiting Specialist Michelle Pang UT Recruiting Lead (20+ person recruiting team)