Sandia Labs FY22 Laboratory Directed Research & Development Annual Report

SOCIETY OF ASIAN SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. HONGYOU FAN , Sandia nanomaterials researcher,

awards and patents, appointment to scientific societies and outreaches to students. During his 25-year career, he has led eight LDRD projects, published 138 papers, and co-founded a startup company based on his inventions, Lunano LLC, to develop disinfectants that kill viruses, bacteria, and fungi, including the virus that causes COVID-19.

was selected by the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers to receive its 2022 Career Achievement Award. The strong endorsement is confirmed by Fan’s many technical papers,

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS.

MATT LANE was elected as treasurer of the Shock

KRUPA RAMASESHA received the American Chemical Society Physical Chemistry Division Lectureship Award from the Journal of Physical Chemistry for her major contributions to the field. Ramasesha has been PI on four previous LDRD projects and is leading one in 2023. Her impacts across the spectrum

Compression of Condensed Matter Topical Group of the American Physical Society in December 2021. He will serve on the Executive Board through the end of 2024. Lane has served as the PI of three LDRD projects, most recently focusing on simulated x-ray diffraction

Chemist Krupa Ramasesha received a competitive award from the Journal of Physical Chemistry after only seven years at Sandia. (Photo by Dino Vournas)

Matt Lane (Photo by Randy Montoya)

of the Journal of Physical Chemistry’s research areas

and machine learning techniques to better optimize interpretation of data from Sandia’s pulsed power systems. ADAM DARR and LUKE STANEK were the first two James Clerk Maxwell Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows funded by the LDRD Assured Survivability & Agility with Pulsed-Power Mission Campaign. Darr’s research topic is “Power-Flow Model of Behavior, Transitions, and Stability of Five Magnetically Insulated Transmission Line Regimes,” and Stanek’s is “Multi-fidelity Equation of State and Transport Coefficient Datasets for Pulsed Power Applications.” The Fellowship supports exceptional researchers in the domains of pulsed power physics and/or engineering and its application to radiation, electrical, and high energy density sciences.

include atmospheric chemistry and proton transfer dynamics in molecules, hydrogen-bonding

dynamics in liquids and solid-state attosecond dynamics and transfer. BILIANA PASKALEVA was elected chair of the Center for Advanced Electronics through Machine Learning Industry-University Research Partnership’s second phase. This partnership involves Sandia University Partners University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Georgia Tech, and North Carolina State. Paskaleva has led and teamed on numerous LDRD projects, most recently on compact radiation effects modeling and analysis.

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