welcome to the Sandia Science and Technology Park
a master plan technology community located in Albuquerque New Mexico
affiliated with Sandia National Laboratories companies have easy access
to world-class facilities
technologies, scientists and engineers. From its stunning mountain views
and bike paths to its pocket parks with exercise stations
the Sandia Science and Technology Park provides
an excellent blend of high quality technology with quality of life
features and amenities. Join me as I spend a day in the life
of the Sandia Science and Technology Park.
let's check in with the park's executive director Jackie Kirby Moore
who's given us an all-access pass to tour around the park.
Thanks so much for having me around the Sandia Science and Technology Park today
I cannot wait to see everything you guys have in store. There's so many wonderful
companies here and
I know you guys have a lot of technology and talent that I'm
Dying to see. Well Nyika, we're very thrilled that you're here and can't wait
for you to meet
our great companies and all these scientists and engineers
and see what they're up to here. I will report back at the end of the day and
let you know how it went.
Great, have a great day. Thank you.
Let's start at the National Museum at Nuclear Science and History.
We're meeting up with Jim Walther there to show us around museum
well we are in the Manhattan Project exhibit here at the museum and this is a
really unique exhibit because it has
some really important artifacts that date way back to the forties to World
War two
in here in this exhibition you have some the artifacts from that time
the National Museum here at the park is also home to a large
Education section where kids can learn through myriad
hands-on experiments making even chaplain albert Einstein
this is Heritage Park this is a really important part of our
material here so we do have a lot of airplanes and rockets and missiles
we have essentially about seven acres out here
where we can have those on display for people so we have be 47
a b52 a B-twenty nine this is the historic typeof airplane that was used
to drop the bombs in ended World War two
so we have a lot of very interesting material well the museum has been
related to the history of the laboratories
since it began in 1969 so with been around for 45 years
sandia Science and Technology Park great neighbors
great companies lots of families that really enjoy the museum
and so we've just got a great thing going on great
and now a look at one of the largest companies here at the park
team Technologies Incorporated team isn't engineering facility
and incubator for mechanical electrical firmware
and software engineering within on-site manufacturing facility and electronic
fabrication Department
CEO Bob sacks will take us on a tour of the facility
as we move along into this area these are CNC numeric control
of three and four axis milling machine
laying and what we do here we take that engineering data that we get
up top in the engineering department and weary it down here and we
we build a simulation a building that part on the computer
once were satisfied with building that part on the computer
that becomes the program that feeds into the machines that will build the park
were back to donna we're me electrical manufacturing
part a team right so
what we have going on here well this is a this is a lying
for building printed circuit boards and so what we do is this is a
surface mount pick and place machine and we start of here with Rob Moore
where we put the solder paste on and then it goes to this machine which
actually places the components rapidly
on the boards hand from from this position
then it goes into curing in 2007 stage almond
that cures the solder paste until it gets to this point
the solders still like a peanut buttery substance
until it comes out the other end to this that's when it actually hardened the
solder in the components are
firm in place each department works collaboratively
on new products materials allowing for planning and testing and troubleshooting
as the product moves from idea to creation
let's take a lunch break want the unique amenities
the park is also a growing cultural trend
food trucks arrive daily to provide a fast and convenient way for park
employees to grab a bite
well I personal to the Korean tacos with their awesome there every Mondays
come every monday it's convenient to go all the way out
central find them it looks a lot more help on
it is it is wonderful they have it's nice to not have to go to the same place
every
every day but let's dive into a few other park amenities
I spoke with Jerry to hear about how the Sandia laboratory
Federal Credit Union is built to help its tech base members
what's actually really convenient I'm a lot of the companies that deal with the
labs
are high and technology which is the kind of clients that we lean towards
so we had at the ability to help them of love the base since a lot of them can
get on
and we make it as convenient as possible for them
for instance we open a lot earlier than other financial institutions so we
originally open at 7:30
here in the drive thru so that way a lot of the employees that come here and work
at the different companies at the parker able to do
they're banking before they go into work building up the convenience of the
credit union
we move across the heart to the La Luz Early Childhood Center
where parents can drop off their children from invents up to pre-k
it's a it's a wonderful place for them to know that their children are gonna be
nourished
they're gonna be love you too and they're gonna be educated through early
childhood education
wonderful way to wonderful way to work I think the locale was the best
arm it's right here by the base it's right here by the labs
its period a busy place all the time and down that's probably the main reason why
we are as busy as we are
a truly unique factor lollies
keeps teachers and children together for three years
creating a bond that helps too near to the kids through their time
at the center
searle is one of the leading organizations at the sandia Science and
Technology Park
known for their collaborative environment I can't wait to see what
they're doing in there
that's good to get out to the area is really made to
enhance collaboration communication innovation I am going eyeball trying to
look at that across the latter not just here in Sorel
so we're kind using this as a a pilot to really understand how the physical space
influences people's
ability to innovate but we're also telling the other things
the psychosocial space is something the glory night talk about as well
and that's kind of how people interact with the space itself Boston glory
take us through sorrow and show us how they're changing the work environment
exactly %uh the great thing about it is that there's no you know
meetings to schedule or anything you just come to the board in easily write
down
your equations and have these informal meetings comes you really have to
structure them just happens you know innovation is just one of the things
usually will just happen
internationally need a special room for you want to be able to do it on the fly
innovation very flexible and open
me
10 searle has three labs all incorporating
afternoon glories philosophy to help bolster the efficiency and creativity at
its employees
every clay allow allows for cyber security tasks to be done in a group
setting
bringing many minds together to attack a problem
the idea lab showcases a large touch screen kiosk
which enables employees to share and discuss items
and projects in a hands-on and collaborative way
in the third lab the human performance lab I got to see firsthand how sarah is
using
EG technology to study patterns and how we see and think
while sitting in front of the monitor
Sinica how was your day I had
the most incredible time learning all about bosnia Franklin Technology Park
today
I saw many companies I magnin
amazing and intelligent people here Thailand collaboration
and hope the wonderful amenities the right number
everyone in the park thank you so much for having me back today
I had a great time your welcome we sure appreciate you being out here
thank you thank you thank you for joining me today as I tore this and yes
signs & Technology Park
from Alex at the atomic age to lie Salem and knees
and from laboratories to collaborative environment
the Sandia Science and Technology Park it's clearly
where technology wake