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21 Turning New Technologies into Products at Sandia National Laboratories
21 Turning New Technologies into Products at Sandia National Laboratories
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Current programs include nuclear weapons fail-safe technologies; nonproliferation and materials control technologies, such as a foam intended to combat biochemical spills and chemical attacks; national infrastructure projects involving water supplies or energy sources, which are easy to contaminate or attack; and projects to prevent the types of disasters that occurred in Oklahoma City, New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. The Sandia vision is to help the nation secure a peaceful and free world through technology.
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Under this model, discretionary revenue can be fed back to the laboratory through licensing agreements. The main differences between the two models arise from the fact that Sandia is national security-centric, works with nuclear weapons, has restricted outsourcing policies, and is a not-for-profit organization.
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Nanotechnology foundries or centers may provide a stopgap solution by offering unique capabilities in key process areas such as metrology. CONCLUSION Venture opportunities exist between national laboratories and private companies.
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