Sandia National Labs FY20 LDRD Annual Report

FY20 ANNUAL REPORT

Sandia’s Joint Computational Engineering Laboratory (Photo by Randy Montoya)

National/Federal Awards 2020 DOE Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards. On January 20, 2021, DOE announced winners of the Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards, and Sandia Labs researchers were recipients of one of the highest honors a DOE employee or contractor can receive. These awards recognize the achievements of those who have gone above and beyond in fulfilling DOE’s mission and serving the nation. A new group of awards for 2020 reflect DOE responses to the coronavirus pandemic. • DOE National Laboratories’ COVID-19 Clinical Testing Teams . These national laboratory teams developed on-site testing capabilities to keep the workforce safe and allow for safe resumption of work, while in turn helping reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. • National Virtual Biotechnology Laboratory Team. This team, including Sandia’s Anup Singh, Joseph Schoeniger, Mark Rintoul, was honored for accomplishments to harness and mobilize the formidable scientific facility and research capabilities of the DOE national laboratories to meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. • High-performance Computing Resource Team. This team, including Sandia’s Corey Hudson, Joel Stevenson, and Stephen Monk, facilitated optimal mobilization of the nation’s supercomputing capabilities to meet the multiple challenges of the pandemic. This team rapidly organized an effective infrastructure for the selection of research projects and their assignment to supercomputing facilities.

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