To the opposite ends of the Earth: Studies show what happens when an asteroid hits our planet Yucatan crater, India volcanism linked in hellish blast?

By Ken Frazier Lab News Managing Editor

Now that scientists have seen what happens when a comet crashes into the atmosphere of Jupiter, a question slightly closer to home has arisen: What would happen if a similar object with the same kinetic energy struck Earth? It's not a moot question. We now know from wide• spread geochemical evidence that an asteroid some 10 kilometers across did strike the Earth some 65 million years ago. Debate has been raging for years over whether its effects account for the extinctions of entire groups of life forms at that time- including the dinosaurs -that mark the transition from the Cretaceous to Tertiary periods of Earth history. The team of Sandia scientists whose analyses accu• rately predicted visible fireballs from the comet-Jupiter collision have turned their powerful computational• simulation tools to the effects of an Earth impact. At the 1994 Hypervelocity Impact Symposium in Santa Fe last week, Mark Boslough of Experimental Impact Physics Dept. 1433 delivered their verdict. And the big surprise is not just the magnitude of the effects unleashed but their locations. DISCOVERER- Eugene Shoemaker (seated), co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, The Sandians used two different types of simulations which crashed into jupiter in july, sees a computational model of fireball from the collision to model the asteroid impact and resulting seismic distur• demonstrated on Sandia's Multidimensional User-oriented Synthetic Environment virtual bance in the Earth's interior. reality system during a visit to Sandia last week. Shoemaker came to Sandia the mj:>rning Seismic energy is refocused after giving the keynote address at the Hypervelocity Impact Symposium in Sant!l F~. Behind him are (from left) Jim Asay, Manager of Defense Programs Technology Base {'rei• They found that due to axial focusing of seismic gram Office 5602; Mark Boslough of Experimental Impact Physics Dept. 1433; and waves from such a hypervelocity impact, the antipode - contractor Craig Peterson. Mark was part of a Sandia team whose computer simulations the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth from accurately predicted visible plumes from the comet-jupiter impact. He is now studying • the impact point- would be subjected to displacement the geophysical effects of an asteroid colliding with the Earth (see story at left). (Continued on page 4) President's science adviser visits Sandia, praises partnerships with industry Vol. 46, No. 22 October 28, 1994 By Ken Frazier Lab News Managing Editor

Labs-industry partnerships of the kind Budget basically steady, says Stanford Sandia is increasingly pursuing received strong praise from President Clinton's science adviser, FY94 carryover money helps stabilize Labs operations John Oack) Gibbons, during his visit to Sandia Oct. 12. By Larry Perrine Gibbons, Assistant to the President for Editor Sandia National laboratories total budget Science and Technology and Director of the FY94 actual and FY95 estimated costs White House Office of Science and Technology Sandia expects to spend about (dollars in millions) Policy (OSTP), spent the entire day at Sandia. $1.5 billion in fiscal year 1995, He was accompanied by two OSTP associates, FY94 FY95 compared with nearly $1.42 billion Katherine (Kitty) Gillman, Special Assistant for OPERATING COSTS in FY94, according to Sandia's Defense Conversion; and Fred Tarantino, Chief Financial Officer, VP Paul Defense Programs Sector $ 752.0 $ 778.7 Defense Liaison. Stanford (10000). Operating costs Energy & Environment Sector 309.5 343.0 They got overview and wrap-up briefings shown in the chart at right are Work For Others Sector 242.8 240.1 from Sandia President Al Narath and were organized by the Labs' three busi• Total Operating 1,304.3 1,361.8 briefed and saw displays on electronics, manu• • ness sectors. The chart also facturing, information, and pulsed power and includes construction and capital CAPITAL EQUIPMENT COSTS 50.2 50.0 on Sandia's three business sectors, Defense equipment purchases. CONSTRUCTION COSTS 64.5 90.0 Programs, Work for Others, and Energy and Although the FY95 figure is Environment. nearly 6 percent larger, Paul says TOTAL $1,419.0 $1,501.8 In an interview with Radio Sandia and (Continued on page 6) the Lab News at midday, Gibbons said public• private partnerships are going to be increas• ingly important in the nation's research Labs, H-P collaborate on enabling enterprise. "Ever since Ben Franklin we have been a technologies for telecommuting 3 nation that has been committed collectively to supporting research in the public sector," said Gibbons. "I don't see any reason why that Sandia Day '94: Families, friends should change. get an inside look at Labs' work g ...... "What we do need is to line up public and (Continued on page 7) Lovelace Health plan 7his&That changes are effective Not a leg to stand on - I know that this is no laughing matter to jan. 1 for New Mexico the folks in Geohydrology Dept. 6115, but I couldn't suppress a snicker or two when I read their recent Weekly Bulletin announcement asking if employees/area retirees anyone knows the whereabouts of 54 boxes of table legs that ended up Sandia has been notified that some somewhere else when the group ordered some furniture for their new changes will be made in the benefits and ser• office space. I couldn't help wondering what you'd do with 54 tables vices provided under the Lovelace Health without legs except possibly put them together as flooring. When I last Maintenance Organization (HMO) and checked, the legs were still missing. Maybe those legs walked off. Let's Lovelace Senior Option plan effective jan. 1, hope they find the road back. * * * 1995. Sandia/New Mexico employees and area retirees are encouraged to study these changes Who's not essential? - Speaking of the Weekly Bulletin, an Oct. 17 carefully before they decide whether to join or item noted that "essential employees" - groups of employees among whom stay in one of these Lovelace plans or change an absence rate of 50 percent or more would seriously impair the to the Sandia Medical Care Plan (MCP, admin• operations of the Labs- are being encouraged to get flu shots. Several istered by Mutual of Omaha) for 1995. groups were given as examples, including security personnel, mail Lovelace plan participants - employees services employees, steam plant operators, key maintenance personnel, and retirees - should have received written and others. I couldn't help noticing that the Lab News staff didn't make material from Lovelace this week explaining the the "essential" list. Our feelings are bruised, and we're starting to changes in the HMO and Senior Option plans. get this group headache and the chills! Employees and retirees can choose to stay * * * in or switch to Lovelace or to the MCP during .. I like being an employee - Some companies have started calling the current benefits open enrollment period their employees "associates." I don't know about you, but "associate" that ends Nov. 9. sounds pretty strange to me. I would certainly prefer being an associate For additional information, Sandia/New to being unemployed, but I much prefer being an "employee." It's an Mexico employees and area retirees may attend honorable word, and I hope we keep using it here. one of the Lovelace informational meetings * * * that are being held in Albuquerque. Name change in order? - Last year I reprinted several tidbits from a Sandia report titled "Annual Statistical Charts," which shows all Meeting schedule kinds of interesting stats about the Sandia work force. I asked about Here is the schedule for the remaining getting a copy of this year's report and found out that the annual meetings for employees: charts are printed every two years. • Monday, Oct. 31, 9-10 a.m., Technology * * * Transfer Center (TTC, Bldg. 825) Nomination deadline nearing - If you'd like to nominate a Sandian • Tuesday, Nov. 1, 9-10 a.m., Coronado for an Employee Recognition Award, keep in mind that the deadline is Club next Friday, Nov. 4. There are four categories- technical achievement, • Thursday, Nov. 3, 9-10 a.m., TIC • management achievement, outreach achievement, a~d oper~tions and.support • Tuesday, Nov. 8, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., achievement. More information and forms are ava1lable 1n the off1ces of TIC all vice presidents, directors, and personnel reps. Here is the schedule for the remaining * * * meetings for retirees: Delightful Sandia Day! - Thousands of Sandians took advantage of • Wednesday, Nov. 2, 10-11 a.m. the great weather last Saturday to bring their families and friends to • Friday, Nov. 4, 10-11 a.m. Sandia Day. We have photos of folks at the Sandia/New Mexico festivities • Monday, Nov. 7, 10-11 a.m. on page eight, and we'll have more from Sandia/California in the next All meetings for retirees will be held at the issue. Retired Lab News Editor John Shunny reports that he sold out of Lovelace Educational Building at 5400 Gibson Sandia T-shirts and sold more than $2,500 worth of Sandia logo items at Blvd. SE. his Sandia Day booth; all "profit" goes to charitable causes. If you cannot attend one of the meetings, * * * you can request further information and leave Not even close - Thanks to everyone who sends me those creative questions on the Benefits Department message and entertaining botched spellings of Sandia and Albuquerque they get on line on 844-7575. Please leave your request, correspondence. The worst that I've seen lately is provided by Suzy . name, address (mail stop for employees), and Wagner (7612): Albourquirquie. -Larry Perr~ne phone number. Annual holiday Shoes for Kids campaign Sandia LabNews accepting donations through Dec. 10 Sandia National Laboratories Donations are now being accepted for the shoes. Kinney's Shoes in Coronado Center pro• An Equal Opportunity Employer annual holiday Shoes for Kids campaign. vides the shoes at $25 a pair. "Many Albuquerque children go to school Marge Zinger-Knorovski (wife of Gerry Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-0413 without warm shoes and coats during the win• Knorovski, 1831) teaches kindergarten at Mis• Livermore, California 94550-0969 Tonopah, Nevada • Nevada Test Site • Amarillo, Texas ter months," says Liz Scott-Patterson (5501), sion Avenue Elementary School. She says it's Shoes for Kids coordinator. "The shoes might obvious which children need shoes and warm Sandia National Laboratories, a prime contractor to the be the only holiday gift these children receive clothing. US Department of Energy, is operated by Sandia Corporation, all year." 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Janet Carpenter, Publications Coordinator ...... 844-7841 Employees are asked to send donations to Nancy Campanozzl, Secretary ...... 844-7522 A 37-year tradition Liz Scott-Patterson at Mail Stop 0461. Retirees Barry Schrader, California Reporter ...... 51 0/294-2447 Shoes for Kids began 3 7 years ago when, and others who wish to contribute should add instead of sending each other greeting cards, the rest of the address: Sandia National Labora• fax 505/844-0645 Lab News 505/844-7841 employees in what are now Defense Programs tories, Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0461. Div. 5000 and Surety Assessment Center 12300 Call Liz on 844-9108 for more information. Published fortnightly on Fridays by Employee Communications Dept. 12622, MS 041 3 decided to help needy children by buying them shoes. Shoes for Kids is coordinated with Albuquerque Public Schools. APS teachers and • Af'ARF'IN Af'ARIE'rrA principals select which children will receive SANDIA LAB NEWS • October 28, 1994 • Page 3 'Telecollaboration': The latest in telecommuting Sandia/California helps Hewlett-Packard expert work from New Mexico

By Pat Radin ally, new capabili• Summer Science Writer ties, including a digi• tal video link, would Most people with big-city jobs have to wait be added as the nec• until retirement to live in that cabin in the essary bandwidth country. and hardware And then there is Bill Cadier, a Hewlett• became available. Packard operating systems expert who solves Also built into some of Silicon Valley's thorniest technical the W ARO project -~ questions while living at the edge of the wilder• were evaluation cri• ness in New Mexico. teria for measuring Cadier's ability to work productively some productivity gains 1,100 miles away from his office is the result of and a plan for mak• a pioneering project between Sandia and ing the results pub• Hewlett-Packard. With creative use of new licly available. communications technology, he can talk face• As a result of to-face with other engineers over a video link trying to connect while working with data or diagrams appearing Sandia's and simultaneously on his computer screen in New Hewlett-Packard's Mexico, and on his collaborator's screen in networks together California. for the WARO proj• ELECTRONIC COMMUTE- Hewlett-Packard operating systems engineer Bill The implications are enormous. Simple ect, the team real• Cadier collaborates with a colleague in California (image on screen) from his "telecommuting," or working on a personal ized there were company's office in Albuquerque. He's using communications technology computer at home, becomes "telecollabora• many security issues Sandia helped establish in an informal Work At Remote Office project. tion"- interactive knowledge sharing that to be resolved. H-P includes face-to-face contact via video. has subsequently joined a consortium formed by Sandia and others to develop a standard net• Shared need with Sandia work "firewall" so that companies can work Sandia is doing groundbreaking work in together over a common network and still pro• Sandia CaliforniaNews this area because of the Labs' need to link tect their private information. "One of the employees in New Mexico and California who exciting things about these informal collabora• are collaborating on projects. tions with industrial partners," Rich says, "is mance of some of Hewlett-Packard's most Sandia's Rich Palmer, Manager of Califor• that they often lead to relationships we didn't sophisticated products can hinge on his exper• ... nia Program Development Dept. 8901, says anticipate at the outset." tise, which in turn depends on the quality of that Sandia and Hewlett-Packard discovered Cadier made his move to Albuquerque technical information he receives. "a lot of common goals" that enabled the early this year. After years of living in Silicon electronics giant to work productively with Valley, he says, "I just wanted to get out of Cali• First urgent test the DOE-funded national lab. He says it all fornia. I went to New Mexico every chance I Could he work as well from Albuquerque as began in spring 1993, when he attended a got. I used to buy plane tickets to Albuquerque from Silicon Valley? The test came recently, meeting of the Smart Valley Project, a Silicon four at a time." when a major Hewlett-Packard customer hit a Valley consortium devoted to making the He was already accustomed to communi• snag while trying to consolidate a huge most of advanced telecommunications cating with far-flung Hewlett-Packard col• amount of data into a new, multimillion-dollar technology. leagues via fax and system. At the meeting, Rich met Tom Crosby, telephone, and he "The call came on Saturday," Cadier says. Manager of Support Engineering at Hewlett• often called up data " ...what we "We had to have a solution to them by Tues• Packard's North American Response Center, from distant sites day night. I had to look at the code, find out which provides engineering support to on his computer learn can be what they were doing, find out where the prob• Hewlett-Packard clients. Over lunch, Crosby screen, so he didn't applied to lem was, and then add additional code to the told Rich that one of his top engineers, Bill think the transition routine to make it work for them. Cadier, was planning to move to New Mexico, to New Mexico many other "We made the deadline." even if it meant quitting his job. Rich was would be difficult. situations in So much for productivity, but what about immediately interested. Even though Sandia Gradually, with the quality of life? Isn't it lonely working 1,128 had never tackled this type of problem, he help of members of the future." miles from the home office? Cadier dismisses thought perhaps the Labs could help. Centers 8900 and that idea with a chuckle. The situation was urgent. Cadier was "very 13900, who operate "As it turns out, I'm pretty much staying highly trained," Rich relates. "H-P didn't want Sandia's Livermore/Albuquerque link, and on top of everything," he says, "even the office to lose him. It was worth trying to network their counterparts at Hewlett-Packard, Cadier gossip. I work in the H-P sales office, so I actu• Cadier into Silicon Valley from Albuquerque, has been provided with more sophisticated ally do have to get dressed and get out in the and what we learn can be applied to many technology. morning, and I do see other people." other situations in the future." And then, he says happily, there are the Crosby adds, "What Sandia could bring to Face to face hours at home, where he's situated at the edge this was the engineering, networking, and This month, he will start using the digital of the city with a mountain wilderness for a related expertise. Hewlett-Packard could test video link, along with desktop video confer• back yard. this technology in a commercial environment." encing software - being developed for other "Five minutes and you're out of town," he Before long, the two had agreed to cooper• Sandia projects- that Jeff Jortner (1408) says. "I get into my new four-wheel-drive truck, ate in an informal, one- or two-year project and Jerry Friesen (8920) are adapting for use drive it to the mesa, and there's not another they dubbed "WARO"- Work At Remote on the WARO project. When the system is living thing in sight, except maybe a jackrabbit Office. It would involve setting up high• operational, Cadier's co-workers in California or a cactus." capacity data lines between Hewlett-Packard's will see his face on their computer screens Mountain View and Cupertino offices and and hear his voice, along with displays of the More expected to follow Sandia/California; feeding H-P's data into data on which they are working. In turn, Expansion of telecommuting at Hewlett• Sandia's Livermore/ Albuquerque link; and Cadier will see the California office on his Packard will be based on business needs and finally, at the other end, establishing a line monitor. costs, but employee interest is high and word between Sandia/New Mexico and Hewlett• Underlying all of the effort has been the of Cadier's new telecollaboration lifestyle has Packard's sales office in Albuquerque, where realization that there is no room for error already begun to spread at H-P. "I often get Cadier wanted to work. because of the nature of Cadier's job- "hot• calls from people wanting to do the same At first, Cadier would use a program called site engineer," as it is nicknamed. This involves thing," he says. "One guy has already moved to Shared-X to view information on his computer solving problems so tough that they have been Colorado Springs. screen simultaneously with his clients as he passed up the line to him from other H-P oper• "I'm one of the first, butthere will be many spoke with them over the telephone. Eventu- ating systems experts. The smooth perfor- more." .. SANDIA LAB NEWS • October 28, 1994 • Page 4

is that material on or near the Asteroid impact axis of symmetry experiences much greater strain cycles with (Continued from page 1) much higher amplitude- more than 10 times greater- than effects almost equal to those within a few elsewhere. As a result, it experi• hundred kilometers of impact. ences much greater irreversible Because of the essential spherical symme• heating. try of the Earth, all the impact energy radiated "For a sufficiently energetic as seismic waves into the Earth is refocused• impact," say Mark, Eric Chael minus attenuation - onto the axis of symme• (9236), Tim Trucano (1431), and try defined by the impact point and the David Crawford (1433) in their antipode (pronounced anti-pode). The result paper, "this mechanism might generate enough local heating to create an isostatic instability leading to uplift, possibly result• Focusing effect seen ing in rifting, volcanism, or other rearrangement of the interior on moon, Mercury dynamics of the planet." Antipodal focusing from impacts is In other words a kind of geo• not a new concept. Planetary scientists physical hell would be unleashed. have invoked this process to explain The simulations, in showing .. unusual surface features on the moon, how hypervelocity impact Mercury, and icy satellites that are on energy can be transported to the the opposite side of the body from large Earth's interior- even to the impact structures. exact opposite side of the Earth One example is "disrupted" terrains - help demonstrate a possible observed antipodal to the Caloris impact causal link between large basin on Mercury and the Imbrium impacts on Earth and major ...... basin on the moon. Peter Schultz of internally driven geophysical Brown University and Don Gault noted processes. Some of these geo• these correlations in a 1975 paper. physical processes, such as On Earth, antipodal focusing of greatly increased volcanism, are seismic waves from earthquakes is a in tum the kind that, depending well-known phenomenon that has been on their extent, severity, and exploited by seismologists in studying duration, can have seriously Earth's deep interior. In fact, Eric Chael disruptive effects on life. -· of Seismic Verification Technology The Chicxulub coincidence Dept. 9236, one of the authors of the new Sandia studies, did his doctoral There is more. What's espe• research at Caltech on how antipodal cially intriguing about the degree waves place constraints on details of the of antipodal focusing, Mark and nonspherical structure of the Earth. Eric point out, is this: The sus• But the situation with a large impact pected site of the impact of the event as modeled in the Sandia simula• tO-kilometer-wide object that hit tions is very different from that of a the Earth 65 million years ago is giant earthquake. An impact the size of the partially buried Chicxulub the one at Chicxulub (a tO-kilometer crater, centered on the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula of IMPACT AND REACTION -Visualization of vertical surface dis• asteroid impacting Earth's surface at 10 placement (exaggerated) shortly after impact of a 1 a-kilometer• Mexico and by some estimates up kilometers/second) releases an energy diameter asteroid on the Yucatan Peninsula (top). Simulation at to 300 kilometers across. In the equivalent of about 60 million megatons bottom shows the resulting vertical displacement 86 minutes past four years, various of TNT, the Sandia scientists say. (This is later on the opposite side of the Earth. Outlines show present the energy of 3 billion atomic bombs the researchers have commented on positions of the continents. These images were generated by size of the first nuclear explosion at the the nearly coincident timing and Debra Campbell (9432) using synthetic seismic data from com• Trinity test.) Even a giant earthquake has nearly antipodal locations of the puter code developed by Eric Chael (9236). far less energy, the energy is diffused Chicxulub site and the Deccan over a much wider area, and a quake's Traps flood basalts in India. The Deccan roughly 65 million to 67 million years ago. focal mechanism is not symmetric. basalts, the biggest basaltic flows on Earth in Both events have been invoked to explain the past 100 million years or so, are the result mass extinctions at the Cretaceous-Tertiary of a lengthy period of extensive volcanic flows (Continued on next page)

Impacts have shaped Earth~ history Hypervelocity impacts are now widely enriched in iridium (rare on Earth but more evolution. recognized as haVing strongly influenced the abundant in asteroids) as evidence that~ It is now thought that Earth has under• history of the Earth. Much of that realization giant asteroid impacted Earth 65 million years gone hundreds of impacts on at least the scale has come just within the past decade or so. ago. The case for that impact has now become of Chicxulub, with much of this cratering Over the past 10 years a scientific consen• very strong, and in the early 1990s the Chicx• record erased by Earth's active geologic sus has emerged that our moon was itself cre• ulub impact structure in Mexico was identi• processes. ated by a colossal collision of a Mars-sized fied with that impact. Mark Boslough (1433) and his colleagues planetesimal (a large body left over after for• The asteroid impact coinddes dosely with hope Sandia's computational simulations can mation of the solar system) into the very the demise of species on a worldwide scale begin to determine the effect of hypervelocity young Earth. The same impact added enough (inducting, but hardly limited to, the impacts of this size on the internal workings angular momentum to increase the Earth's dinosaurs) -the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinc• of the Earth. The paper Mark presented at last rotation rate in addition to keeping the moon tion. This and the recognition that large week's Hypervelocity Impact Symposium in in orbit. Computational simulations at Sandia impacts have been more common than earlier Santa Fe puts it succinctly: "If hypervelocity by Marlin Kipp (1432) and jay Melosh of the assumed have brought a realization that what impacts can influence the Earth's interior, University of Arizona provided an under• paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould calls con• they may have played other roles in its his• standing of the physics of such an event and tingency, or chance, plays a major role in the tory in addition to creating the moon, deter• contributed to its general acceptance. evolution of life-unpredictable catastrophic mining the length of the day, and generating In 1980 Walter and Luis Alvarez reported events disrupt the normal processes of natural the conditions that allowed humans to -. discovery of a globally distributed day layer selection and suddenly redirect the course of evolve." SANDIA LAB NEWS • October 28, 1994 • Page 5 Sandia technology to lure job-creating co111panies

Labs' AI Narath, TVC president sign formal agreement '· Sandia President Al Narath and Technology nology from Sandia Ventures Corporation (1VC) President Sher• and expand their man McCorkle have signed an agreement for• work forces. The malizing a mutual commitment to use transfer• symposium also able Sandia technology to attract job-creating attracted investors companies to New Mexico. interested in ven• In its bid for the DOE contract to manage turing capital to and operate Sandia, Martin Marietta Corpora• such companies. tion (MMC) committed to create the non• "This agree• profit TVC as part of a $10 million effort to ment," says Al, help strengthen the New Mexico economy. "specifies close In keeping with that agreement, MMC is collaboration spending $5 million on a new TVC building in between Sandia the University of New Mexico research park and TVC to search and will spend an additional $5 million to out technology fund TVC's activities over the next five years. that can be trans• ferred, organiza• Symposium attracts investors tions and individ• In addition to housing the small TVC staff, uals willing to McCorkle says the building will provide office venture money on space for representatives from Sandia, DOE, promising busi• and several venture capital concerns. "We nesses, and com• JOBS-CREATING AGREEMENT- Technology Ventures Corporation President think bringing all these people together under panies that can Sherman McCorkle, left, and Sandia President AI Narath sign an agreement one roof will enhance our efforts to transfer exploit that tech• formally committing the two organizations to combine technology and venture technology from Sandia into the private sector, nology and money capital to create jobs for New Mexico. thus creating jobs," he says. to create jobs that TVC's first anniversary was celebrated benefit New Mexico's economy." or licensings of Sandia intellectual property, recently with a symposium on equity capi• Among the immediate goals of the agree• operations, or technical assistance. tal, at which McCorkle introduced represen• ment are formation or expansion of five busi• Longer-term, the goal of the agreement is tatives of seven firms interested in attracting nesses during fiscal year 1995-this month to generate 1,000 direct or indirect jobs by venture capital in order to transfer tech- through September 1995-through agreements 1998, and 5,000 total jobs by 2003.

(Continued from preceding page) Tertiary transition." antipode caused by a giant impact and deter• The real test of the theory, Mark says, mine the effects of heterogeneities in the boundary. would be if a major impact site were discovered Earth's interior. The Sandians' proof-of-principle computa• on the opposite side of the Earth from where The expertise and the computational codes tional experiments, carried out with Labora• the Columbia River flood basalts in the Pacific used in these simulations were developed for tory Directed Research and Development Northwest erupted, another period of extensive Sandia's weapons programs. These new impact funds, now point to at least the possibility of a basaltic flows on the planet. "That would be a studies, in addition to the insights they pro• causal link between these two extraordinary prediction of our theory," Mark says. vide about nature, help test and refine these geophysical events. Mark says the next phase of the research codes. "I'm not convinced that they are con• will couple Sandia's CTH strong-shock nected," says Mark. "I'm not claiming that this hydrodynamics computer code to the seis• is the cause, but our work does say it is a possi• mic modeling to quantify the heating at the bility." He says the degree of focusing and the coupling of energy from the impact to the asthenosphere (a ZOO-kilometer-thick weak layer FALL AND RISE- Bldg. 838 falls to the bull• of the Earth's upper mantle directly beneath the dozer Oct. 21 while behind it rises the west• lithosphere, or rocky layer) at the opposite side ernmost section of the new four-story Center of the Earth shown by their calculations is so for National Security and Arms Control extraordinary that the possibility exists. (CNSAC). Bldg. 838 was built in 1946. It and "We think our model is a viable hypothe• Bldg. 839, also demolished, are part of a pro• sis," says Mark. "But whatever the answer is, it gram managed by Gerry Lipka of Inspection must agree with the geologic record." and Acceptance Dept. 7914 to decontaminate and demolish old, substandard Sandia build• Challenges ahead ings that are uneconomical to maintain and He says their paper was received very well are on prime space for future development. at last week's symposium in Santa Fe. But that So far seven other buildings have been demol• ished (including 814, former home to the Lab might be expected, since most of the partici• pants were impact specialists. The real chal• News), with 16 more scheduled. One of the Sandians who watched Bldg. 838 fall was lenge will come when the Sandians present Allan Fine (7733). AI started work at Sandia in their findings to the American Geophysical the building in 1953 and was one of its last Union in December, Mark says. There will be occupants before it was vacated last October. plenty of geologists and volcanologists to look CNSAC, a $34.9 million, 152,000-square-foot, for weak points. state-of-the-art structure, will house Sandia's One vulnerable point is that the location of programs in arms-control verification research the Deccan flows 65 million years ago isn't and development and nonproliferation tech• exactly antipodal to Chicxulub, even when nology. A modern display/conference area at considering movement since then due to plate the east end of the building is to open in tectonics. The latitude is right but the longi• December, says Roger Hagengruber, VP for tude is off, Mark says. A second is that geolo• Defense Programs 5000. Interior work on the gists say the flows, which lasted several million rest of the building will proceed throughout years, began roughly 67 million years ago and 1995 with full occupancy scheduled for 1996. thus were already in progress at the time of the The space along H Street opened up by the asteroid impact. removal of Bldgs. 838 and 839 will be land• How certain those dates are, however, may scaped and used for parking, according to be open to some question. And, Mark says, Dave Barber of Services Management System "Everyone agrees that the Deccan volcanism Office 7252. (Photo by Mark Poulsen) increased greatly during the Cretaceous- SANDIA LAB NEWS • October 28, 1994 • Page 6

pared with $1.304 billion in FY94 (see chart program in the long run unless the R&D fund• Budget steady below). The FY95 figure is an increase of about ing itself improves." 4.4 percent, basically enough to offset inflation The LDRD program is funded by a DOE• .. (Continued from page 1) says Paul. (The operating budget is organized approved internal Sandia activity that "taxes" by program areas within the three sectors and all technical program funds. that's misleading because some of the $1.5 bil• does not show amounts for indirect services lion is carryover money - authorized in FY94 such as security, communications, legal, etc. Employment could rise slightly . that will not get spent (or "costed" in Sandia These services are paid for out of the amounts Paul says Sandia will probably add a hun• accounting terminology) until this fiscal year. shown for the technical programs.) dred or so employees this year, up from about Without this carryover money, the Sandia bud• As the operating budget chart shows, FY95 8,500 to about get for FY95 wouldbe down about $15 million. spending will be up in some areas and down 8,650. The increase 11 Capital equipment purchases this in others. Substantial "ups" in the will be almost exclu• I think the fiscal year are expected to be about Defense Programs (DP) Sector include sively in the non• support we get $50 million, slightly less than the $15.7 million for New Independent nuclear component $50.2 million last year. States' (Former Soviet Union) assis• production area reflects the fact The FY95 budget contains tance programs, an increase of (thermal batteries that our pro- about $25 million more for major about $20 million in the Technolo• and neutron genera• construction projects; $64.5 mil• gy Transfer Initiative/CRADAs tors) that Sandia is grams are lion was spent for construction last area, and increases in Reconfigura- gearing up to handle appreciated by fiscal year, and the Labs expects to tion (production activities), Verifi• as part of the DOE spend about $90 million this year, cation and Control Technology, and weapon production government up nearly 40 percent. Construction Intelligence areas. The DP Research reconfiguration and industry costs are up substantially this year because and Development budget is down this effort. Most of the several major building and modification proj• year nearly $40 million, continuing a down• new employees are alike." ects are under way at Sandia/New Mexico. ward trend of the past two years. transferring to San- Major new facilities scheduled to be com• Most Energy and Environment (E&E) Sec• dia from Martin Marietta's Pinellas, Fla., plant, pleted and/or occupied this fiscal year include tor programs show moderate increases this which is being phased out of this component the Strategic Defense Fadlity, Explosive Com• year. The largest increases are in the Energy production area. Some of the Martin Marietta ponent Facility, Integrated Materials Research Research program and Nuclear Waste Manage• employees have already transferred to Sandia, Lab, Weapons Primary Standards Lab, and ment program, up $11.6 million and $11 mil• and more will join the Labs later. Technology Support Center. Construction is lion, respectively. The new Molybdenum 99 Summarizing the FY95 budget outlook, going strong on the new Robotics Manufactur• Medical Isotope Project (Lab News, Sept. 30) Paul says, "I think all Sandians should be very ing Science and Engineering Lab and the new adds $8 million to the E&E budget. pleased with the '95 plans. They took a lot of Center for National Security and Arms Control. The FY95 operating budget for the Work hard work on the part of our sectors and pro• Major modifications are under way to the for Others Sector is down slightly (less than gram people, and I think the support we get power system and to several buildings that will $3 million) from '94, with each of the three reflects the fact that our programs are appreci• house non-nuclear weapon component pro• program areas projected to spend just a bit less ated by government and industry alike. Indus• duction, primarily thermal batteries and neu• this year. try is behind us with matching funds [much in tron generators. (See ]an. 7, 1994, Lab News for Paul cautions that spending plans can the form of CRADAs] to do cooperative details on major construction projects.) change during the fiscal year and that DOE and research. other Sandia customers can sometimes require "In short, I'm very pleased. Things look OK Operating budget up 3112 percent that plans be put on hold or changed. In other for FY95, and we're planning and hoping for ·sandia's operating budget is projected to words, the FY95 budget should be considered a the best in '96. We're already starting to work total almost $1.362 billion this fiscal year, com- spending projection for the year rather than a on '96, and we'll know more in January when firm amount. the President makes his message to Congress." "There's a lot of churning within our Sandia National Laboratories programs now, but Radio Sandia plans budget all-in-all, our bot• interview today Operating budget by sectors tom line looks Radio Sandia (1610 AM) plans to air pretty steady," says an interview with Paul Stanford begin• FY94 actual and FY9S estimated Paul. "Our biggest ning at 4 p.m. today, Friday, Oct. 28. (dollars in millions) concern is the ero• Paul will discuss the FY94 budget close• sion of our R&D out, how the FY95 money situation is DEFENSE PROGRAMS (DP) SECTOR FY94 FY95 budget in Defense shaping up, and more. The program will Research and Development ...... $299.8 ...... $260.9 Programs. We're be repeated throughout this weekend. Inertial Confinement Fusion ...... 27.0 ...... 25.5 very hopeful that Testing ...... 37.1 ...... 36.5 this is the last year Stockpile Support ...... 147.1...... 147.0 that R&D will take Integrated Contractor Orders ...... 27.9 ...... 21.4 New Independent States' (Former Soviet Union) such a hit. We've Assistance Programs ...... 0.0 ...... 15.7 been taking large Technology Transfer Initiative/CRADAs hits in this area for DRecent Patents (Cooperative R&D Agreements) ...... 79.8 ...... 99.0 three years, and it's Ian Fritz (1312) and joel Wendt (1322): Tandem Reconfiguration/Accelerator Produced Tritium. 18.3 ...... 28.7 at the point that a Resonator Reflectance Modulator. DOE Program Direction ...... 3.6 ...... 4.2 lot of people - David Glowka (6111): Downhole Material Injec• Verification & Control Technology ...... 75.2 ...... 87.2 including many in tor for Lost Circulation Control. Nuclear Safeguards and Security ...... 9.8 ...... 8.1 Intelligence ...... 26.4 ...... 44.5 DOE and Congress Total DP Sector ...... 752.0 ...... 778.7 - are saying we should not reduce UTakeNote ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT (E&E) SECTOR more. Retiring and not seen in Lab News photos: Jim Energy Research ...... 44.4 ...... 56.0 "We've been Kaiser (7442), 26 years. Applied Energy ...... 68.9 ...... 70.0 able to offset some *** Nuclear Energy Technology ...... 21.7 ...... 20.0 of our R&D program Crafts for Christmas, to benefit local heart chari• Nuclear Waste Management...... 68.0 ...... 79.0 reductions by ties, will be held Sunday, Oct. 30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Environment ...... 106.0 ...... 110.0 planned increases in the Ramada Classic Hotel (Menaul & Louisiana). Special Programs ...... 0.5 ...... 0.0 Featured are displays and sales of arts and crafts by Molybdenum 99 Medical Isotope Project...... 0.0 ...... 8.0 our LDRD [Labora• New Mexico artisans; homemade baked goods are Total E&E Sector ...... 309.5 ...... 343.0 tory Directed Research and Devel• also available. Admission is $1, which includes a chance for an original watercolor painting door WORK FOR OTHERS (WFO) SECTOR opment] program prize. This is the 20th anniversary for this nonprofit Reimbursable Work for Other Fed. Agencies .. 232.2 ...... 230.1 and Technology event, which has enabled its sponsor, the Albu• Reimbursable Non-Federal Entity ...... 5.3 ...... 5.0 Transfer Initiative querque alumni of Alpha Phi Sorority, to donate Reimbursable Work for Integrated Contractors .. 5.3 ...... 5.0 funding," he says, Total WFO Sector ...... 242.8 ...... 240.1 more than $65,000 to local recipients such as the "but we can't main• Presbyterian Hospital cardiac program and the TOTAL ...... $1,304.3 ...... $1,361.8 tain a vital, rigorous American Heart Association. For more information, R&D foundation call Phyllis Wilson (ret.) on 344-5373. SANDIA LAB NEWS • October 28, 1994 • Page 7

odyssey to get to Science adviser know the inside of the Labs. And I must (Continued from page 1) say my expectations were high and private resources in new kinds of partnerships they're fully fulfilled so that public and private interests can be so far in the quality · joined. That's just what's happening, for exam• of the work being ple, in a lot of work here at Sandia. There's a done here and the co-joining of public and private interests• dedication of the improved environmental controls, improved people. manufacturing technology, generic technolo• "I have enjoyed gies that enable our people, our country to my day here move ahead toward sustainability, toward pru• immensely. I have dent resource use. learned a lot. I am "Both public and private needs are co• very much encour• joined through these kinds of partnerships. I aged by the kinds of have found very strong bipartisan support for things that have this kind of approach." been happening here over the last JACK GIBBONS (left), President Clinton's science adviser and Director of the First visit to Sandia several years." White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, talks with Don Cook, Gibbons said he hadn't been to Sandia The Sandia visit Director of Pulsed Power Sciences 1200, during Gibbons' daylong visit to Sandia. before. "I'd been through Albuquerque and in is part of his tour of my old days as a physicist, to Los Alamos. But the DOE national labs. Gibbons went to Los mitment to try to gain a better understanding for many years I have been wanting to come by Alamos the next day and to Lawrence Liver• of the national labs- "as we examine how and have enough time at Sandia to get to know more this week. He'd recently visited Lawrence well we are tuning these extraordinary firsthand the many extraordinary things I've Berkeley and Oak Ridge (where he spent the resources to the President's commitment to learned about the place secondhand. first 15 years of his scientific career). have science and technology be a prime invest• "This visit is, in part, my own personal He said the visits are part of his own com- ment to create options for the nation's future." He sees the Galvin Task Force review of the national labs, now nearing completion, in the context of similar reviews at other agencies. Gibbons experienced in technology policy issues The Galvin group's report is due to DOE Secre• When John H. Q'ack) Gibbons was 1973, Gibbons became the first director of tary Hazel O'Leary in February. "There is simi• appointed Special Assistant to the President the Federal Office of Energy Conservation. lar work going on in the Department of for Science and Technology in February 1993, In 1979, after an interval at the Univer• Defense and in NASA and to a degree in EPA he brought to the job a background in basic sity of Tennessee, he returned to Washing• [Environmental Protection Agency]," Gibbons science and longtime experi~ce in energy, ton to direct the Congressional Office of said. "The role of my office is not only to aid environmental, and science-policy issues. Technology Assessment. He served 14 years and abet those self-examinations but also to After getting his PhD in physics from there before being tapped by President Clin• provide a kind of oversight across these three Duke, he began his career at Oak Ridge ton for his present assignment, where he agencies - Defense, Energy, and NASA- to National Laboratory in 1954 studying neu• coordinates science and technology policy see if we can provide some of the basic com• tron capture in nucleosynthesis of heavy for the federal government and provides the mon-ground understanding of these extraordi• elements in stars. Alvin Weinberg, the long- } President access to authoritative informa• nary resources." time director of Oak Ridge, urged him in the tion and advice on science, engineering, Science in the national interest 1960s to carry out pioneering studies in how and technology. to use technology to conserve energy and Among his awards is the American Asso• This summer OSTP issued a major report, minimize the environmental impacts of dation for the Advancement of Science's Science in the National Interest. It revisits the energy production and consumption. When Philip H. Abelson prize for sustained excep• topic Vannevar Bush, head of the wartime the US plunged into its first energy crisis in tional contributions to advancing sdence. Office of Scientific Research and Development, first addressed in 1945 in the influential report Science, The Endless Frontier, which helped shape government support for science for years after World War II. Gibbons says the new OSTP report is the first broad look since that one and ._Fun & Games §Welcome another in the 1970s at what he calls "this Skiing- Kaz Oishi (5161), leader of the Sandia Albuquerque-john Adams (10103), Debra social contract between the people and the Peak Ski Patrol, reports that the Patrol's 28th annual Archuleta-Bunker (9417), Gerald Naranjo (6514), government" about the public investment in Ski Swap will take place this weekend, Oct. 28-30, at Patricia Sawyer (1815), Connie Shay (2501) science and technology. the New Mexico State Fairgrounds. The swap offers a Other New Mexico- Richard Aguilar (6312), "What we came out with was a strong re• range of downhill and cross-country ski equipment James Andazola (6521), John Lopez (7615), David affirmation of the value of the social rate of - skis, boots, and clothing- at generally reason• Vigil (2665) return of this kind of investment for our able prices. Today, Friday, Oct. 28, equipment is Florida- Richard Antepenko, Carol Barfield, nation. We feel we have a much firmer founda• checked in by the public for consignment, 11 a.m.- Patricia Barthelmes, Robert Boney, James Brown• 7 p.m. The sale itself will be held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat• tion than we had before in the continued ing, Michael Courtney, Scarlett Deninno, Eric urday and 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Ski patrollers will be on strong support of science and technology by Detlefs, Richard Diprima, Edwin Duckett, hand to assist customers in making selections. the American people. We've had good Muhammad El, Douglas Foldie, David Fries, *** responses to it." Boating- Flotilla 21 of the US Coast Guard Auxil• james Gebhart, Scott Gillespie, David Goy, Gail He said the report also finally puts to rest iary is offering a safe-boating course for power boaters Hamel, Lane Hinkle, Richard Howe, james Hulett, the old "linear model" of basic research to Bernard Jacksits, Janice jacksits, James Kajder, beginning at 9 a.m., Oct. 29, at Fire Station No.5, applied research to technology to commercial• Daniel Kettleborough, Christopher Knighton, 11700 Paseo del Norte NE. Boat handling, radios, ization. That view is clearly wrong, he said. James Krupar, Donald Malbrough, Louis Malizia, engines, and federal requirements are some of the top• "What really happens- and Sandia ics to be covered. Cost is $15 for text and workbook. Daryl McCollister, Keith Meredith, Thomas knows it as well as anybody- is that every• For information, call Will Prekker (ret.) on 892-4107. Merewether, George Moore, Paul Morrison, Nancy Nesbitt, Robert Ney, Gregory Nichols, thing feeds back upon itself. Technology feeds William Packer, Richard Pike, Mark Poiles, Gary science, and science feeds technology. There Pressly, James Provo, Victor Romanelli, Gordon are a series of interconnected loops that really D Congratulations Roubik, Linda Scott, Mark Sloane, Dennis Smith, describe the process of discovery of ideas and To Cheri and Ted (9341) Parson, a daughter, Robert Stiers, Ernest Tabb, Dana Thomas, their transformation to goods and services in jennifer Lucille, june 10. Domenick Tufariello, Melanie Turley, Ramon the marketplace. To Roxanne and Mark (9137) Diltz, a son, Vigo, Paul Vrabel, Brenda Wickham, Timothy "And that in turn says that laboratories like joshua Mark, Sept. 12. Wickham, Anthony Wingate (all 2581); Edward Sandia, if they want to be most productive in To Carolyn and Lawrence (7 435) jackson, a Astle (2561), Raymond Hall (10604), Sharon Hall taxpayers' returns on investment, need to be daughter, Adriana julie, Oct. 6. (2507), William Hanson (2501), Moses Jones fully engaged not only with the science com• To Linda and Steve (1511) Kempka, a daughter, (2561), SheliaJones (2561), Michael McClafferty munity and the university community but also Samantha Nicole, Oct. 9. (2506), Thomas Wedel (2313) with industry." SANDIA LAB NEWS • October 28, 1994 . • Page 8 Family members, friends visit Labs by thousands; see work, workplaces

Thousands of relatives and friends of Sandians got a chance to see some of the facili• ties and what goes on inside them during San• dia Day '94 at both the New Mexico and Cali• fornia sites. Photographers Randy Montoya and Mark Poulsen spent the day recording the fun and excitement experienced by young and old, employees and guests, in New Mexico. Here is some of what they saw through their lenses. Photos of California activities will appear in a future Lab News.

Catherine Montoya lends daughter Laura a little higher perspective to a solar trough at the Solar Power Tower as photographer husband Randy (Media Relations Dept. 12621) captures the moment. Laura was fas• cinated with the highly reflective parabolic surface of the solar collector.

Visitors wander eastward along H Street near the Sandia Day '94 "big" shop (Bldg. 840), toward Gate 6.

Component Development and Engineering Support VP Heinz Schmitt (left, 2000) chats with Bruce Hawkinson on Radio Sandia (161 0 AM) beneath the "big top" as visitors examine corporate displays.

Melanie Florez, Manager of Personnel Security/Visitor Control Dept. 7437-1, Machinist Curtis Gibson of Project Machine Team 2481-1 shows his mother, inks Deeanna Gachupin's fingers for a fingerprint record for her parents. Shirley, the three-axis milling machine he uses to produce prototype compo• Deeanna is the daughter of Mary Gachupin of Heavy Equipment/Generator/ nents. His father, Leroy (also 2481-1 ), is a 39-year Sandia veteran machinist. Support Services Dept. 7818-3. SANDIA LAB NEWS • October 28, 1994 • Page 9 ~Feedback ______EZ Go carts polluters? mitted at Sandia? Tobacco smoke is a proven car• tection to nonsmokers, but does add an addi• Q: I am concerned by the proliferation ofEZ Go cinogen, nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs tional burden to those who currently smoke or carts around Tech Area 1. Given the recent publicity known, and it was announced recently that ciga• are attempting to quit. I am cognizant of the surrounding the pollutants produced by small rettes contain at least 13 toxic chemical additives. tendency for smokers to congregate near entry engines (lawnmowers, for example) and the Impend• Yet, at the entrances to every Sandia building, at areas of certain buildings, largely due to the lack ing regulations concerning small engine emissions, I nearly every time of day, there is a cloud of this of other reasonable options at sites. I encourage wonder how many pounds ofpollutants are dis• toxic smoke. anyone interested in this issue to discuss it with charged by the two-cycle engines in these carts. I Other carcinogenic: compounds such as asbestos his or her building coordinator and determine wouldn't be surprised ifall ofSandia's efforts to and benzene- whose relative hazard is "in the whether additional options might be feasible encourage carpooling and alternative transportation noise" when measured in terms ofnumber of for particular work areas. aren't negated by the use of these EZ Go carts. employee deaths and disabilities - are much more The Occupational Medicine Center con• Given the winter season air pollution problems severely restricted. Why should I and other employ• siders smoking to be a preventable health in Albuquerque, perhaps Sandia could explore ees be exposed to carcinogens several times daily as hazard and offers programs to alter smoking more environmentally benign modes for trans• we go about our business at Sandia, when entire habits. Classes in smoking cessation have portation within the tech areas. buildings have been sealed off for the minor risk due been regularly offered for the past 10 years A: EZ Go carts have been a means of quiet to asbestos ? and Sandia's Benefits organization has offered transportation for Sandians, but the increasing While drug addiction is a terrible thing to on two occasions additional temporary number of EZ Go carts has become a concern endure, I do not think that the majority ofSandians health care benefits designed to support for DOE as well as for Sandia, and we are look• should have to pay the price of the smokers' habit. smoking cessation programs in the private ing into other methods of transportation. There are Sandians who are addicted to alcohol, community. Individuals interested in smok• Historically only the EZ Go brand of carts but these alcoholics are not allowed to drink on the ing cessation programs are encouraged to could be purchased with expense funds since job. There are other forms of dispensing nicotine• contact the Total Life Concept (TLC) Program they cost less than $5,000. Unfortunately, skin patches, gum, etc. - that can get the addicted (844-8238) in the medical organization for these carts operate on a gasoline/oil mixture through a work day without exposing the non• additional information. that causes higher-levels of pollution. Similar addict to the harmful chemicals. I suggest that Finally, it is important to note that the carts are now available that are equipped with a tobacco join the list of alcohol and illegal drugs as combination of an appropriate smoking policy, 4-cycle engine that produces considerably less a banned substance at Sandia. smoking cessation classes, and an ever• pollutants. Beginning in FY94, only the 4-cycle A: In November 1990 Sandia adopted a increasingly health-conscious employee popu• engine carts are being purchased; the purchase smoking policy that effectively prohibits smok• lation has resulted in a prevalence rate of of EZ Go carts has been discontinued. ing in all Sandia facilities, buildings, and gov• smokers at Sandia of about 9 percent, sub• Although this does not address your imme• ernment vehicles. This policy seems reasonable stantially less than the 20-percent national diate concern, we hope that with the line orga• and addresses the increasing health concerns average. nizations' cooperation, we will eventually assodated with "passive smoking" in confined Dr. Larry Clevenger (3300) resolve the issue. spaces. Employees who presently smoke have Shawkeet Hindi (7614) been consistently compliant with this policy and responsive to the explicit health and safety Ban tobacco at Sandia? needs of nonsmokers. this month in the past. .. Q: Now that smoking is fully recognized as the Prohibition of smoking in open-air areas nation's number one health risk, why is it still per- does little to further the notion of health pro-

Recent Retirees 40 years ago ... More than 3,800 employees had signed up for Sandia's first hospitalization-surgical plan. Individual coverage cost $2.16/mo, employee/ dependent coverage $7.77. Among the benefits: $8/day for hospital room and board, surgical benefits up to $250, ambu• lance benefit $15, and hospital maternity benefit $80.

30 years ago... The start of something Alex Griego 42 Willie lucero 20 Andrew Wilken 37 larry johnson 38 big! - The Lab News reported that San• 9322 7813 9814 5147 dian Tom Fox was working with com• puter specialists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop a new Automated Engineering Design computer language to work as part of MIT's new Computer-Aided Design Sys• tem. The article predicted, "While the engineer will continue to be responsible for the initial concept of a new design, and for such creative tasks as the defini• tion of the conditions under which the new design must perform, the computer Fred Vook Tommy Donham 37 Bob Thompson 36 Suzanne Stone 10 will eventually be called on to perform a 1100 2601 1421 13900 large part of the design routine."

10 years ago... A woman employee named Joy and a man named joe were married at sunrise on Oct. 20, 1984, in a hot air balloon floating above Albu• querque. The eight-passenger gondola also carried several of their family mem• bers and friends. (We're not listing full names because neither is listed in Sandia's current employee records, and we're not sure if the marriage kept soaring or if it Garry Ogle 36 larry Gillette 33 joanne Pendall 16 larry Miller 35 crashed.) 9304 6215 13416 2641 Mileposts October 1994

judy Hawbaker 30 Eddie Baker 15 Cecil Morrisett 35 5951 9321 7906

Paul Atencio 15 William Abel 25 Nancy Leishman 15 5167 2615 7576

Pat Eicker 25 0. B. Crump 25 Leonard Duda 15 Wilbur Boyd 30 2100 2654 1142 2641

I ' ' Cleo Kerr 25 Herman Molina 1 5 jose Montoya 20 Faye Long 15 Leo Graham 30 10000 2483 5167 10221 12830

Phil Georg 15 john Walter 25 Guillermo Loubriel 15 13212 4212 1248

john Nevers 15 Dennis Mowry 15 Kenneth Bergeron 20 Dave Northrop 30 1312 2663 6429 6112 SANDIA LAB NEWS • October 28, 1994 • Page 11

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CARPET, 18-20 sq. yds., excellent Krumm, 856-1221. S3,400 OBO. Huffman, 828-1745. 1685. 10. No commercial ads. quality, mauve color, 100% nylon LITTON MICROWAVE OVEN, 750W, '87 ALPENLITE 5TH WHEEL, 29 ft., 11. For active and retired Sandians plush pile, cost S45/yard, asking digital type, very good condition, queen bed, 3.5K solar pkg., coast• and DOE employees. S1 0/yard. Hernandez, 299-5749. S40,; port-a-crib, w/bedding, very REAL ESTATE to-coast membership included, ex• 12. Housing listed for sale is avail• WEIGHT TRAINING BENCH, Comp. good condition, S40. Montoya, cellent condition, S13,500. Up• able for occupancy without 600, leg extension, fly bars, dumb• 296-4268 before 9 p.m. regard to race, creed, color, or 3-BDR. TRI-LEVEL, solar-enhanced, 1- church, 296-8591. ell, curling and press bars, like national origin. 1 /2 baths, basement storage, 1- CASIO KEYBOARD, 4 octaves, S1 00 new, S80. Hufnagel, 294-5949. 13. "Work wanted" ads limited 1/3 acres, fruit trees, springs, La new, asking S25; 1 0-gallon aquari• ROLLERBLADES, Bauer, child size 3, TRANSPORTATION um, complete setup, S25; sleeping to student-aged children of ]ara, N.M., S11 0,000. Martin, 505- brand new, S45 OBO; large Vari• 289-3236. bag, 4 lbs. Holofil 808, S15. Purvis, Kennel, in good condition, S50 employees. 867-5150. '92 BUICK RIVIERA, excellent condi• 3-BDR. CUSTOM HOME, Sandia Park, OBO. Poulter, 291-0607. tion, low mileage, one owner, ex• 1-3/4 baths, 2-car garage, 2-1/4 QUEEN-SIZE BOX SPRING and mat• CASSETTE DECK, Pioneer CT-9R, bad tress, good condition, S80 OBO. DRAPES, light beige, lined, two-way terior/white, w/Landau roof, real acres, long porch w/mountain transport mechanism, otherwise pull, 120" x 87" and 1 00" x 81 ", leather, loaded, S17,500. Perez, view, 1,567 sq. ft., steel roof, Martinez, 888-3067. excellent condition; 19-in. color GAS STOVE, S50; glass window frames cleaned, S45/pair. Pitts, 293-5481. 828-9005. S140,000. Salazar, 281-0560. TV, good picture, vertical needs re• PRO MIDI SEQUENCER, internal mem• GIRL'S BICYCLE, 20-in. Panasonic, w/glass, 25 for S3 ea., ideal for pair. Kawka, 299-1216. green house. Chavez, 842-6374. ory, 3.5 floppy drive, 32 tracks, 16 S50. Bixler, 856-3555. WOOD STOVE, Orley, w/fireplace in• channels, many other features, SKI BOAT, Cheetah, 17-ft., 3-liter WANTED METAL COOLER COVERS, 30-3/4"W x sert, S250. Bauer, 266-8480. 33-1 /4"H, 3 ea., S15 for all, 15-hp S200. Prins, 867-9440. orne, electric drive system, open SOFA, mauve, 92-in., leather-like, ex• FLUTE, w/case, music stand, good bow, full canopy/tunnel covers, HOUSEMATE, female or male, 3-bdr. outboard motor, good condition, cellent condition, 4 yrs. old, paid S595. Luikens, 881-1382. condition, S1 00; Amazon parrot, garaged, excellent condition, house, separate baths, 2-car S950, asking S375. Girard, 292- BABY CRIB, jenny Lind, white spindle, orange wing, w/cage, S650. Bab• S5,000. Orth, 275-0876. garage, fireplace, plenty of stor• 3708. cock, 296-2729, leave message '84 VW RABBIT, convertible, great age, large backyard, S250/month, very good condition, S75. Lujan, TENT TRAILER, '73 ]ayco pop-up, 873-0052. and phone number. condition, new top, low mileage, 1 /2 utilities. Ewen, 836-3563. sleeps 6, furnace, stove, sink, ice• IBM PS/2 COMPUTER, model 30286, THREE DRAPE SETS, one rose pattern S5,000 OBO. Gamblin, 821-8708. HOUSESITTING POSITION, long-term, box, AC/DC converter, excellent on ivory, 163" x 95", S200; two '88 FORD XLT F-350, 4x4, Lariat crew• excellent references, bonded, over 1 024K, 3.5 &. 5-1/4 DD, 14,400 condition, S1 ,200. Bobbe, 899- Intel faxmodem, color display, ivory woven, 74" x 84", 129" x cab, dual wheels, new paint, war• ten years experience, ask for Patri• 8768. mouse, Proprinter Ill XL, S600. 52", thermal backing, S75. ranty, S12,500. Miller, 281-3959. cia. Schkade, 292-5126. WASHER AND GAS DRYER, Kenmore, Chamblee, 281-4113. Matalucci, 884-7502. '90 FORD 250 XLT, 7.3 diesel, 37K FOUR-WHEEL ATV, want to rent Nov. harvest gold, heavy-duty, S50 ea., GOLF CLUBS, 3-SW irons, Golfsmith MACINTOSH SE COMPUTER, 40MB miles, gear vend, extra fuel tank, 18-22, to be ridden very little by S90 pair; double mattress, box HD, w/Word, Excel, more, carrying tool chests, excellent condition, adult only. Grieco, 271-9020. Tour Model II, excellent condition, spring, S1 00. Sutherland, 345- S120; almost new golf balls, four case, lmageWriter II printer, S425. S15,995. Upchurch, 296-8591. HOUSEMATE, 3-bdr. home in Los 1183. james, 294-6837. '59 VW VAN, delivery van style, good Lunas, professional non-smoking for S1. Dwyer, 271-1 328. SONY HANDYCAM VIDEO OVERHEAD CAMPER, 11 ft., fully self• DYNASTAR OMNISOFT K SKIS, w/Ty• condition, runs great, ready to re• female preferred, stabling for 1-2 RECORDER, used little, w/acces• contained, full-size, excellent con• rolia bindings, 200cm., S125; an• store, S1,000. Yost, 857-0435. horses available, ditch access, sories, S600; Seiko portable CD dition, S1,200 OBO; steel rims, tique Duncan Phyfe mahogany '93 SUZUKI DR 350 DIRT BIKE, less S225/plus utilities, stabling. player w/Seiko speakers, new, S75. table w/without chairs, call for than 1 00 miles, S2,800. Dwyer, Wilson, 865-1406. 16.5 in., Ford 1-ton, eight-hole, Epperson, 271-9880. S50. Lucero, 294-2546. price. Fitzgerald, 265-7955. 893-4152. QUIKRETE (stone), Walkmaker mold SCHWINN AIRE DYNE, S435; Cole• ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE, 7-1 /2-ft. '83 DODGE OMNI, runs excellent, 5- and/or concrete mix/color pak. 386DX-25 COMPUTER, 124MB HD, man 4000-watt generator, w/ex• 3.5 5-1/4 flop, 4MB RAM, key• ponderosa pine, stand included, spd., 4-dr., S1,500 OBO. Lucero, Rockwell, 884-4206. &. tended-run tank, low hours, S450. board, no monitor, S550; KX• S30. Flanigan, 299-0049. 294-2546. ''TROUT" BOLO TIES, or info regarding Sullivan, 298-4880. '81 DODGE ARIES SW, runs well, 2.6L, Pl124 printer, Sll 0; 1-1 /2-hp FIVE CEMETARY LOTS, double depth, these bolo ties once made by some• AUDIO WALL UNIT, oak, sliding shelf, excellently located in Sunset AC, new AT, brakes, and muffler, 5 one at Sandia. Pryor, 294-6980. Craftsman router, S150. Furry, glass shelves, glass doors, S250; 2- 281-1024. Memorial Park, will sell one or new tires, S900. Vargo, 294-8226. NEED TEXTBOOK, The Acts of the piece gray loveseat, S50; SHOPSMITH MARK V w/dust collec• more, S750 ea. OBO. Summers, '69 YAMAHA MOTORCYCLE, 175cc, Apostles, by Charles W. Carter and beige/brown tweed sofa, S150. tor, jointer, workbench, accessory 881-7765. good running condition, S350. Ralph Earle Grand Rapids, Zonder• Sanchez, 898-9598. shelf, casters, disc and drum WASHER, Whirlpool, 4-cycle, large Kemper, 823-1323. van, 1973. Baker, 888-9650. NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYS• tub, S1 00; dryer, Maytag, 3-cycle, '85 TOYOTA SUPRA, sunroof, gray, GERMAN SPEAKERS, for casual group sanders, other accessories, brand TEM, w/rapid-fire joystick, cleaning new, S1 ,950. Granstaff, 856-7589. S50. Breeding, 260-0820. good conditiion, AT, S3,950. get-together, monthly meeting at kit, S30; many games, S5 each, LOVESEAT COUCH w/footrests, S200; Creel, 839-7335. Michelle's Old World Cafe, Nov. WATERBED, super single, complete, excellent condition. Dandini, 296- w/bookshelf headboard, light rowing machine, S20; lawn chairs, '92 TREK 9000 MOUNTAIN BIKE, fully 10, 7 p.m., R.S.V.P. Ruby, 821- 4975. S5. jordan-Culler, 881-831 0. suspended, 18-mos. old, S600 ne• 0982. stain, excellent condition, S1 00; ]AYCO EAGLE 8 CAMPER, '93 pop-up, IBM PC w/printer, S75. Russell, WEDDING GOWN, lovely ornate ivory gotiable. Bodette, 275-9722. MANTIS, Sears, like mini-tiller. Ander• furnace, converter, icebox, sink, satin, chapel train, juliette sleeves, '87 CHEV. S-1 0, 2-WD, no AC, 125K son, 883-2647. 294-0229. roof vent, excellent condition, IBM PS2 COMPUTER, 55SX memory size 6, worn once, includes petti• miles, one owner, good condition, OLD METAL OIL CANS or oil bottles, sleeps six, easy to tow, S3,000. coat, S300. Elson, 298-4216. S2,500 OBO. Eanes, 293-4298, af• by collector, empty or full, quart, chip (Simm), combo/at MC128 Koepp, 294-7136. board, 1.5 memory color monitor, WOLF GAS STOVE, 6-burner, black, ter 5:30 p.m. gallon, etc. Sena, 873-1665. WATERBED, queen size, complete highback w/shelf, S1,000. '85 NISSAN, 4x4 pickup, very clean, SMALL CHILD'S PLAYHOUSE, plastic display adapter, make offer. Coe, w/underdresser, S1 00. Mozley, 266-6579 after 6 p.m. Schultheis, 866-0334. one owner, 5-spd., AM/FM cas• outdoor type. Montoya, 296-4268 884-3453. DINING ROOM TABLE, 4 chairs, S350; sette, camper shell, 150K miles, before 9 p.m. KODAK TMAX400 FILM, professional, WATCHMAKER'S BENCH, w/all tools, black white, 24 exposures, TMY boy's bedroom furniture, dresser, S3,295 OBO. Evans, 281-3864. &. many parts, S500; small precision 135-24, expiration 1 /97, S3 ea. or bunkbeds, hutch, bookshelves, '83 DODGE WINDOW VAN, full-size, lathes, two, S75 &. S50. Bernard, 12 for S30. Wahner, 823-9323. desk, S300; refrigerator, 23 cu. ft., V8, 90K miles, all options, one LOST & FOU~D 881-0640. RIFLE, Remington model 6 pump• S550. Salazar, 281-0560. owner, no damage history, SKI BOOTS, Lange/XLR, 11-1 /2, S50; '86 CUSTOM FOOD-VENDOR'S S3,500. Doyal, 299-5688. FOUND, prescription glasses, bifocals, action 30-06, rings, sling, S385. full-size camper shell, S150; old TRAILER, fully equipped, must see, '74 PONTIAC TRANS AM, rebuilt 455 in black case, left in Melt Lab in Kemper, 823-1323. Kenmore washer, needs work, free. S8,500; '92 Kenmore freezer, 8.3 engine, transmission and rear end, Area Ill. Call Angela, 845- PROPANE TANK, 500-gal., S400; Szklarz, 292-3995. cu. ft., like new, S225. Arredondo, S4,500. Prevender, 296-8586. 3105/3085. propane hot-water tank, 40-gal., GOOD HOME for Boots, 5-month-old S50, both in excellent condition. 275-2671. BICYCLE, Diamond Back, 20 in., S75. FOUND, unusual vintage 1-1 /4" pink cat, charcoal gray w/white mark• Criel, 856-6582. PASTA MACHINE, Simac 700, auto• Harstad, 298-6551 . button. It's round, plastic, pastel ings, house trained, gentle, loves matic, imported from Italy, retail '82 LINCOLN MKVI, 4-dr., excellent pink, rough texture on top, proba• HIDE-A-BED, queen size, gold tones, food. Pecore, 844-6899. S280, used only once, includes condition, S1 ,900. Patton, 298- bly from 40's or 50's, found by the like new, S175 OBO. Lambert, GOLF CLUBS, Tour Model II irons, 3- 271-7815. drying rack, Sl25. Ross, 299-3023. 9987. water tower. Call Chris, 844-5691. PW, great shape, S60; GTS jumbo DOGHOUSE, tan, medium-size, light• '83 DODGE OMNI, runs excellent, 5- LOST, gold/zirconia-stone tennis WOODBURNING FIREPLACE INSERT, driver (Big Bertha copy), S25. Ashley, S750. Padilla, 898-3115. weight, S25 OBO; boy's clothes, fit spd., 4-dr., S1,500 OBO. Lucero, bracelet, somewhere in Area 1 or Perrine, 293-1429. WOODEN CRATE, 28"W x 36"H x 1 yr. old, coat, snowsuit; electric 294-2546. in Bldg. 957 last week. Armijo, CHEV. TRUCK WHEELS, four 16" throw, S5; king-size electric blan• '80 TOYOTA PICKUP, 3/4-ton, long 844-9112. 47"L, suitable for overseas freight, chrome, 6-bolt, 7" wide, including ket, S15. Forster, 293-7231. bed w/camper shell, AC, 68K FOUND, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 7:15 S75 OBO. Boissiere, 881-5064. used tires, S200 or trade for stan• MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGER, THREE ALLOY WHEELS, 6.5x14 in., miles. Kepler, 296-0402. p.m., man's gold watch, at KAFB dard rims. Ghormley, 831-1991 . new, in box, Model 2200, Red ja• wheels for '84-'85 BM5, S75 ea. GIRL'S BICYCLES, mixte frames, Nishi• east gym, during SERP Volleyball TELEVISION, 26-in., Hitachi, 3 yrs. old, son, S14. Bassett, 898-1840. Gough, 822-0090. ki and Centurion, S25 ea . Kromer, league play. Call Mark, 845-9877. S300 OBO. Martino, 265-3291. 298-3073. SANDIA LAB NEWS • October 28, 1994 • Page 12

Sandia News Briefs Coronado Club Sandia sponsoring technology commercialization forum Oct. 30 (Sunday)- Children's Hal• loween party, 6-9 p.m. Appearances by Marcia Rorke will present "Commercializing New Technologies: A Private Sector View" at a Tech• Dracula, Frankenstein, witches, and nology Commercialization Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 8:30-11:30 a.m., at Research Park Bldg. 10510, ghosts. Lots of games and activities. Rm. 82 (south building in Research Park, outside Eubank Gate). Rorke's presentation will focus on Hamburgers, hot dogs, BBQ beef, the relationship between commercialization and planning. She is president and founder of Mohawk chicken, pizza, and corn dogs available. Research Corp., a firm specializing in contract research, focusing on innovation as practiced by indi• Admission is $1.50, guests $2.50, moms viduals and small firms. The firm's work includes program design and evaluation, research, work• and dads free. shop design and implementation, and instructional materials development. A roundtable discussion Before the regular Halloween party, will be held during lunch (11:30-1 p.m.). Contact Martha Haines (13416) on 845-9787 for lunch the C-Club will host a special party for reservation information. For more information, contact Cesar Lombana, Industrial Partnership about SO "Make a Wish Foundation" Development Dept. 4211, on 271-7834. kids and their families. The nonprofit foundation helps families of young, ter• Sam Miller named Missouri Southern State Outstanding Alumnus minally ill children grant special wishes Sam Miller, Supervisor of Testing and Modeling Device Section 1325-1, has been selected by Mis• to the kids, with the help of community souri Southern State College in joplin, Mo., to receive an Outstanding Alumnus award. The award is services and sponsors. given to alumni who have gained professional recognition in their field. Sam earned a BS in physics Nov. 3, 10, and 17-Thursday Bingo from Missouri Southern. He went on to earn an MS in physics from the University of Missouri and a nights. Card sales and buffet, 5:30p.m. PhD in solid state physics from Iowa State University. His research in advanced integrated circuits Early birds' bingo begins at 6:45 p.m. On has earned three conference awards. Sam's current work at Sandia involves the study of hydrogen Nov. 17 turkeys will be given away. sensors and chaotic systems. Nov. 6- Sunday brunch buffet, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tea dance, 1-4 p.m., Only one lab News issue next month music by Best Shot. Nov. 11 -Friday night dinner/ The Lab News alters its fortnightly publication schedule every November and December because dance. Dinner served 6-9 p.m., filet of the Thanksgiving/energy conservation holidays and the end-of-year holiday break. The next Lab mignon, $11.95; grilled halibut, $10.95, News will be published Friday, Nov. 11. We will not publish an issue on Nov. 25, which is energy all-you-can-eat buffet (baked ham, beef, con5ervation day (day after Thanksgiving). Our two December issues will be published Friday, Dec. 2, roast turkey breast, poached fish), $6.95. and Friday, Dec. 16. The first issue of 1995 will be published Friday, jan. 6, at which time the normal Music by Isleta Poorboys, 7-11 p.m. fortnightly schedule will resume. Coronado Club members who Send potential Sandia News Briefs to Lab News, Dept. 12622, MS 0413, fax 844-0645. recruit a new member will receive com• plimentary food tickets for both you and the new member. The current member Caremark Drug Plan changes and reminders must be present at the sign up, and the new member must meet eligibility Caremark Prescription Drug Plan processes all mailed to your home address for open enrollment. requirements. prescription drug claims for Sandia Medical Care This personnel data sheet lists the proper names, Plan (MCP) participants. Participants may use Care• Social Security numbers, and dates of birth of all par• mark Mail Services, Caremark Select Network (claims ticipants. Call Suzanne Maya (3543) on 845-9702 if filed electronically), or Caremark Claims Processing you did not receive this information. Sympathy (complete and mail an MCP claim form). 3. When purchasing prescription drugs from a Select Network Pharmacy or mail services pharmacy, To Eloy Gutierrez (5502) on the death of his Mail Services copayment increase file your claim using the MCP claim form and send father, Max Gutierrez, in Albuquerque, Oct. 15. When using Caremark Mail Services, you pay a it to the Caremark address shown on the claim form. To Conrad Lucero (12365) on the death of copayrnent for either brand-name or generic pre• All prescription drug claims are mailed to Caremark, his mother, Erminda Lucero, in Las Cruces, scription drugs. Effective Jan. 1, 1995, the copay• not Mutual of Omaha. Oct. 16. ment will be $15 for brand-name drugs and $8 for generic drugs. The mail service is for maintenance prescriptions of more than 34 days. The copay• ments are for each prescription up to a 90-day sup• ply or 300 pills, whichever is less. As a reminder, please be aware that the copayrnents in the mail order service do not apply toward the MCP deductibles or stop-loss as described in the Medical Care Plan Summary Plan Description. If you have questions about the mail order plan or would like information, please leave your name, phone num• ber, and request on the Benefits message line on 844-7575. New providers in pharmacy network As announced July 1, the Select Pharmacy Net• work was expanded. In addition to the previously announced pharmacies, Highland Pharmacy (717 Encino Place NE, Albuquerque) is now a Caremark Select Network Pharmacy. The complete list of Care• mark Select Pharmacies includes Furrs, Highland (New Mexico only), Kmart, Long's, Osco, Payless, Sav-on, Smith's, Walgreens, and Wal-Mart. Partici• pants may use these pharmacies in any location, nationwide (except as noted). Reminders 1. The Select Pharmacies located in Albuquerque have agreed to provide Sandia participants with the QUALITY SWAP MEET- Sandia President AI Narath (right) and Paul Phipps (center, 9206) swap lapel pins lower of the Select Network price, the special in-store during Sandia President's Quality Awards ceremonies Oct. 20. AI gets Paul's GPS (Global Positioning System) price, or a competitor's advertised price. Ask for the pin, and Paul gets a pin spelling out "Quality" from AI. Paul and other members of his team - Greg lowest price before the sale is made. Christiansen (9222), Steve Yearout (9212), and Norm Blocker (9206), left to right- won a Silver Award for 2. The Select Pharmacies use a database pro• their work on GPS Satellite Global Burst Detector payloads for nuclear detonation detection systems. Their vided by Sandia of names of eligible participants. device includes an optical sensor to detect bursts and a digital control to interface with the optical sensor and When providing your name and dependents' sensors supplied by other agencies. More Sandia projects were nominated for this year's Sandia President's names, use the proper name (no nicknames) and Quality Awards than for last year's, and the level of achievement was higher, with twice as many Silver Award provide the date of birth of dependents. If you are recipients as last year. AI presented awards to Albuquerque winners in the Technology Transfer Center (Bldg. unsure about how you are listed in Sandia's data• 825), and the ceremony was telecast live to Sandia/California, where California Programs VP john Crawford base, review the personnel data sheet recently (8000) presented awards to winners there. There were five Silver Awards last year and 1 0 this year; 11 Turquoise Awards last year, five this year; and 12 Special Recognition awards last year, 11 this year.