Ambitious MEMS-based retinal prosthesis plan aimsto give sight to the blind‘A thousand points of light’ no longer a metaphor

Enabling the blind to see — a task oncethought the province of miracles — is the goalof a technical team that includes Sandia, fourother national labs, a private company, and twouniversities.

The idea, funded by a $9 million, three-yeargrant from DOE’s Office of Biological and Envi-ronmental Research (BER), is to create 1,000points of light through 1,000 tiny MEMs (micro-electromechanical systems) electrodes. The elec-trodes will be positioned on the retinas of thoseblinded by diseases such as age-related maculardegeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. These dis-eases damage rods and cones in the eye that nor-mally convert light to electrical impulses, butleave intact the neural paths to the brain thattransport electrical signals. Eventually the inputfrom rods and cones ceases, but 70 to 90 percentof nerve structures set up to receive those inputsremain intact.

“The aim is to bring a blind person to thepoint where he or she can read, move aroundobjects in the house, and do basic householdchores,” says Sandia project leader KurtWessendorf (1732). “They won’t be able to drivecars, at least in the near future, because instead of

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Managed by Lockheed Martin for the National Nuclear Security Administration

Sandia and the Boeing Company signed anumbrella cooperative research and developmentagreement (CRADA) Sept. 5 to develop technolo-gies that mutually bene-fit both.

The signing was partof a visit to Sandia byBoeing senior officials todiscuss future joint pro-jects and to tour Sandiafacilities.

Signing the CRADAfrom Sandia were AlRomig, VP for Science &Technology and Part-nerships 1000, and JimTegnelia, VP for Depart-ment of Defense (DoD)Programs 15000. Sign-ing for Boeing was DickPaul, Vice President forStrategic Developmentfor the Boeing Phantom Works R&D unit.

“Sandia technology spans from basic andapplied research to systems design and engineer-

By Neal Singer

Sandia, Boeing establish partnership todevelop mutually beneficial technologies

ing, to safety and reliability assessments,” Al said.“These competencies, so critical to our nationalsecurity mission, are also key enablers for Boeing’swide range of space, communications, commer-cial airplane, and integrated defense systems. This

CRADA allows us jointlyto capitalize on ourunique skills, technolo-gies, and facilities sothat we can both morereadily succeed in meet-ing our mission needsand customer expecta-tions.”

Boeing VP Dick Paulagreed, saying that thisnew CRADA will benefitboth organizations.

“From the Boeingside, sharing technologywith Sandia will helpeach of us bring new orimproved products tomarket faster and to

employ new manufacturing processes that reducecycle time and cost while improving the quality

THE EYES HAVE IT — A prototype of the MEMS-based array that eventually may be inserted into the retina of ablind patient. The design is by Murat Okandan (1749). (Photo by Randy Montoya)

By Chris Burroughs

SANDIA VPs Jim Tegnelia (15000, left) and Al Romig(1000, right) sign an umbrella CRADA with Dick Paul,VP of Strategic Development for the Boeing PhantomWorks R&D unit. (Photo by Bill Doty)

Anne Van Arsdall finds modern relevancein translation of Anglo Saxon text

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Members of Mexican National IndigenousInstitute view Labs’ solar energy work

Labs help public health officials, otherswith antiterror ‘decision analysis’ tool 3

Community observes 9/11 As part of a nationwideobservance on Sept. 11,2002, community volun-teers gathered in the rainat Civic Plaza in Albu-querque to read thenames of persons whodied in the 9/11 terrorattacks on the US.Sandian Ron Hoskie andmembers of Sandia-based musical groupCumulonimbus per-formed a poem writtenby Ron for the occasion.See photos and Ron’spoem on page 7.

Iraqi threat real, imminent,says former Sandian, UNweapons inspector Jim Lee

It’s been almost four years now since Iraqistrongman Saddam Hussein banned UN weaponsinspectors from his nation.

And that, says former Sandia manager Jim Lee,is justification aplenty for the alarm and sense ofurgency being demonstrated by the Bush adminis-tration regarding conditions in Iraq.

Jim, now at Los Alamos National Laboratorybut formerly manager of Accident and ConsequenceAnalysis Dept. 6413, was “our man in Iraq” in 1998when he served a two-month tour on a UNweapons inspection team monitoring the status ofSaddam’s nuclear weapons program. (Other teamswere monitoring the dictator’s chem-bio capabili-ties.)

Jim puts the current Iraqi situation in a contexthe’s familiar with: “When I was over there, we werelooking at a nuclear weapons infrastructure that wasmostly built up over a three-year period between 1987and early 1991. [The Iraqi program actually dated backto the 1970s, but most of the early years were spent intheoretical work. Saddam’s failed war bid and the pres-ence of UN inspectors had effectively shut down newnuclear development from 1991 through 1998.] TheIraqis had accomplished a vast amount in that three-

‘Our man in Iraq’ spent 67 daysin Middle East nation in 1998By Bill Murphy

The earliest indicator of fall at Sandia is not the faint, distanthonking of migrating sandhill cranes or even the mayhem around the statefairgrounds in Albuquerque. It’s the e-mail note from the department OAAasking what kind of wall and desk calendars you want for next year.

A colleague who’d had a — shall we say, busy — week noted thisannual rite as he made his way toward the door late last week, but the onlyunderstandable segment of his dark muttering was, “. . . see if they’llorder me a calendar with only part of the year on it.”

I don’t know what he meant, but I’ll ask him when he comes back. Ifhe comes back.

* * *Sandia/California baseball fans have the Giants, and next year,

after two seasons without AAA baseball, Sandia/New Mexico fans will havethe — Isotopes? Affiliated with the Florida Marlins?

Well, it’s not so far off the beam for a New Mexico sports team tohave a science-based name. The state is identified with serious science,after all — the Manhattan Project, Very Large Array, White Sands MissileRange, Santa Fe Institute, and, of course, Sandia and Los Alamos. Lab NewsEditor and chief unofficial at-Sandia Dodgers fan Ken Frazier, who canspout baseball stats about as readily as science facts and is a regular inthe Albuquerque Sports Stadium stands, says he’s happy about the sportsname. And Labs PR spokesman Neal Singer was bold enough to tell anAlbuquerque Tribune reporter writing a story about the new name: “TheIsotopes will pack a punch.”

Of course, with Ken and all the other to-the-end Dodger fans,there’s still that Florida Marlins thing. . . .

* * *Ever wonder what would happen if, when that e-mail “notification”

from TEDS popped up in your e-mailbox and the message said you’re due forsome training, you ignored it? Then ignored subsequent reminders that youwere really out of compliance?

They tell on you; that’s what happens. The ubiquitous “they” send amessage down the management line letting your manager know. And you finallyhave to ’fess up and comply.

Being curious journalistic types in the PR group, we’ve wonderedwhat would happen if we kept on ignoring the notes, including the one fromthe boss telling us we’d been told on. But we’ve only wondered; we all havecreditors.

* * *Tired of all your brain-bustin’ science work? Got a yen to write?

Robert De Niro wants to hear from you. Really. The Academy Award-winningactor and his Tribeca Film Institute partner Jane Rosenthal are looking for“scripts with scientific or technological themes” but no science fictionstories, according to the Associated Press. Story lines should have ascientist, engineer, or mathematician as the leading character, at leastone script will be read at next spring’s Tribeca Film Festival, and thecompleted film will be screened at the 2004 film festival.

— Howard Kercheval (844-7842, MS 0165, hckerch@sandia.gov)

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What’s What Annette Sobel namedbrigadier general inAir National Guard

Sandia has a new brigadier general in its midst.Annette Sobel (5907) was confirmed earlier this yearas a brigadier general in the New Mexico Air NationalGuard.

As far as she knows,she’s the first female andpossibly the youngestperson to ever to reachthis rank in the state.

The confirmationcame after a complicatedprocess that took years tocomplete. Her nomina-tion to the post wasapproved by the US Sen-ate and signed off byPresident Bush.

Annette says the military has been a major part ofher life; she spent four years on active duty and for thepast 11 years has been a reservist in the New MexicoAir National Guard. She first became involved in themilitary when she received an Army Reserve OfficersTraining Corps (ROTC) scholarship while attendingRutgers University as an undergraduate student.

By accepting the scholarship, Annette incurred afour-year obligation to the Army. She deferred heractive service while she pursued a medical degreefrom Case Western Reserve University and did amedicine internship and resident training in familymedicine and later in aerospace and hyperbaric med-icine. Only then did she go into active service — fouryears with the Army and the Air Force. After that shejoined the New Mexico Air National Guard.

During her military career she served as a flightsurgeon, a medical doctor who determines if a personis fit for duty and flight. She was also the first womancommander of Ft. Bragg’s medical holding company,a position where she supervised soldiers and ulti-mately was responsible for all patient pre-hospitalcare. Also, while at Ft. Bragg she was deployed toCentral America and Panama, where she saw howinfectious diseases can spread.

As a reservist, she is on duty several weeks andweekends out of the year, taking her Sandia vacationtime.

But the military is only one side of her life.Annette is also a medical doctor, flight surgeon, for-mer astronaut candidate, university professor, andSandia researcher.

“I love being in the military. It’s challengingand there’s a comaraderie like no where else,”Annette says. “I also find Sandia incredible andenjoy every day I’m here.”

When she joined Sandia ten years ago, shestarted working as a physician in Medical. Within ayear-and-a-half she moved to the technical side ofthe Labs where her work has focused on technologydevelopment in support of national security and inthe field of human factors/systems development.

Her research has led her to study ways to miti-gate outbreaks of dangerous epidemic diseases suchas E. coli and the emerging West Nile virus and therisk of disease transmission from nonhuman pri-mates, such as mountain gorillas and monkeys. Sherecently served as program chair of a University ofNew Mexico-sponsored workshop on unified scienceand technology for biological threat reduction.Annette is a research professor at UNM.

— Chris Burroughs

ANNETTE SOBEL

Christopher Cherry (5932): PenetratingProjectile for Bomb Disablement.

Randy Shul, Stanley Kravitz (both 1763),Todd Christenson (1743), Thomas Zipperian(1740), and David Ingersoll (2521): Apparatusand Method for Fabricating a Microbattery.

Robert Bickes, Jr. (2523), Lloyd Bonzon(2554), Robert Benham (2553), and FloydBraaten, Jr. (ret.): Explosive Scabbling of Struc-tural Materials.

Steven Rodgers, Jeffry Sniegowski (both1749), and Thomas Krygowski: Surface-Micro-machined Rotatable Member Having a Low-Contact-Area Hub.

John Feddema, Raymond Byrne (both15211), Jon Bryan (15212), John Harrington(12252), and Scott Gladwell (15211): PortableControl Device for Networked Mobile Robots.

Rush Robinett III (6200), Kenneth Groom,John Feddema (both 15211), and Gordon Parker:Pendulation Control System and Method forRotary Boom Cranes.

William Drotning (15272): Apparatus forControlling System State Based on UniqueIdentifiers.

David Raymond (6211) and David Glowka:Drill Bit Assembly for Releasably Retaining aDrill Bit Cutter.

Gilbert Benavides (14184), Paul Galambos(1769), John Emerson (14172), Kenneth Peterson(14171), Rachel Guinta (14172), and Robert D.Watson (11500): Packaging of Electro-Microflu-idic Devices.

Nancy Glenn of Deputy to the IntegratedEnabling ServicesOffice 7001 diedunexpectedlySept. 8.

She was 52 yearsold.

Nancy was anoffice managementassistant and hadbeen at Sandia since1974.

She is survivedby her husbandDickie and son Jeremiah.

NANCY GLENN

Employee death

Sandia researchers help prepare public health officials,others with antiterror ‘decision analysis’ toolSimulation program produced by California site’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Decision Analysis Center

Imagine the unimaginable: terrorists havereleased a biological agent throughout the SanFrancisco Bay Area that threatens to harm or killlocal residents. As information on the outbreakbecomes available, key decision makers and gov-ernment entities — including public health offi-cials, law enforcement, emergency managementpersonnel, elected officials, and media — mustdecide when and how to respond. The speed andeffectiveness with which they do so may mean lifeor death for dozens — or thousands — of citizens.

Officials at the local, state, and federal levelsare actively addressing this problem, and efforts arewell under way to identify effective countermea-sures that would reduce the destructive impact ofsuch a scenario. Sandia researchers are doing theirpart by developing a sophisticated tool meant toassist government officials and others involved inthe decision-making process. The program, ini-tially designed for public health officials but to beexpanded for other key entities, is a product of theCalifornia site’s Weapons of Mass DestructionDecision Analysis Center (WMD-DAC).

“If an event like this were to occur, decisionmakers would have to act quickly and efficiently,

but without the luxury of having all of the infor-mation at their fingertips immediately,” saysHoward Hirano (8101). “What we’re doing is cre-ating the situation ahead of time so that — byplaying through various scenarios — the involveddecision makers can examine various protectionand reaction schemes and figure out what worksbest under different conditions.”

Howard says the program will help answersome of the more pressing questions facing deci-sion makers, from city officials all the way up tothe White House.

“How much of an emphasis should we placeon building up stockpiles of anthrax prophylaxis?What portion of our investment should go intodeveloping a stronger information networkbetween physicians? And how important areearly warning sensor technologies? These aresome of the issues that the WMD-DAC programcan help address,” says Howard.

The hub of the program is Sandia’s Visualiza-tion Design Center (VDC), a “war room” of sortsthat allows users to better comprehend complexissues and situations. The program uses advancedcomputers, display systems, and software toolsthat simulate an attack based on real and pro-jected data.

For the Bay Area model, for example,researchers integrate information on symptoms,illnesses, and deaths gathered from local hospitalsand coroners’ reports to accurately simulate andunderstand the impact of identifying trends asearly as possible. Using this and other data suchas air measurements or more detailed physicians’reports, response strategies can be examined andtested. “The idea is that a public health director orother key official can take the information theylearn from the simulated event and integrate itinto their own emergency plans,” says Howard.

This simulation capability is the result of a

six-month “program definition study” — com-pleted in June 2001 — during which team mem-bers analyzed new threats and the site’s uniquecapabilities in combating those threats. Theresearchers determined that a more integratedapproach was necessary, one that broughttogether the perspectives of those involved asthey sought to deal with an event that unfoldsover days and weeks, having to make decisionsalong the way with incomplete information. Theresult was the WMD-DAC, an interactive, multi-player simulation “facility” that presents informa-tion in a format useful to decision makers with anunderlying — but user transparent — core basedon the latest technical knowledge.

Anticipating the next attacksWhile researchers were examining the many

dimensions and decisions that are fundamentalduring a biological attack, the events of Septem-ber 2001 — and the subsequent anthrax scare —added a sense of urgency to the work. Officialswith DOE and the Department of Defense, antici-pating the next wave of attacks, sought newstrategies to protect citizens, and the currentWMD-DAC approach was accelerated.

First piloted against a biological attack of theSan Francisco Bay Area, the program is now beingadapted to address other threats and applications.

“The simulated scenario has really res-onated with the physicians and other decisionmakers we’ve worked with to date,” saysHoward. “It’s clear they’ve thought about theproblems and decisions they’d be faced withduring an attack, and consequently they’vehelped us to focus on key details and informa-tion they will need.” Howard says the over-whelming response has been positive, with sev-eral officials commenting on the value of thesimulation tool in making their jobs more effec-tive during a terrorist event.

Sandia researchers continue to look at addi-tional capabilities that will allow the simulationto address other dimensions and data. One fea-ture currently in the works, for example, is theability to track a moving population, an impor-tant detail for health officials following the spreadof contagious diseases such as smallpox. The abil-ity to detect biological agents or other materialssoon after they are released — a Sandia capabilityalready far along in the development and testingstage — will also be added in some applications.

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AT SANDIA’S VISUALIZATION Design Center, Dawn Kataoka (8114) describes a prototype tool, based on medicaldata and computer simulation, for government officials and decision makers to practice responding to a terroristevent. Produced by the site’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Decision Analysis Center, the prototype was presentedto Benjamin Pimentel (center, front) of the San Francisco Chronicle, which recently profiled the project(see: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/08/19/BU133752.DTL).

(Photo by Bud Pelletier)

By Michael Janes

Q: Earlier this year, it was announced the Sandiaretirees would receive a retroactive 15 percent increase intheir pensions. Upon contacting Human Resources, Iwas told the increase applied to “non-represented”employees only. The LLT Newsnotes, 8/5/02, states:“REPRESENTED PENSIONS — Both the MTC theOPEIU have ratified new contracts. The new contractsinclude pension increases of 24 percent for active repre-sented employees covered under the Pension SecurityPlan.” No increase is mentioned for current retirees.Retirees do not pay union dues. Retirees are not repre-sented by any bargaining unit. I submit that ALLretirees of Sandia are non-represented and should receivethe retroactive increase in pension. Employees of Sandiaare exhorted to value diversity and appreciate others’contributions, yet we consistently undervalue representedpersonnel especially after retirement. The pensions of for-merly represented personnel are a pittance; all retiredpersonnel should have a right to a decent living. Whatwould a 15 percent increase in a “pittance” cost Sandia?Are we going to do the right thing?

A: In February of this year, Sandia announcedthat NNSA had approved a comprehensive pack-age of pension, medical, and life insurance

changes for non-represented employees andretirees covered by the Retirement Income Plan(RIP). The 15 percent ad-hoc increase granted toRIP retirees differed from prior Sandia improve-ments in retiree benefits because it was notdesigned to address changes in the cost of living.Instead, this increase was based on the change inthe pension formula that was approved for activenon-represented employees. Sandia has a followeda similar process with its union-representedemployees and formerly represented retirees byfirst negotiating benefit changes for active unionmembers and then using the outcome of thosenegotiations as a basis for developing a package ofchanges for retirees covered by the Pension Secu-rity Plan (PSP). We completed contract negotia-tions with all three unions representing employeesat Sandia in August 2002, and we have fashioned aproposal of benefit changes for PSP retirees that isvery similar to those already applied to the non-represented retirees in the RIP. Sandia’s Board ofDirectors and NNSA must approve these changes,and we are currently arranging to present thispackage for their review. — Ralph Bonner (10310)

In California and New Mexico

Formerly represented retirees should see pension changes soon

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millions of pixels, they’ll see approximately athousand. The images will come a little slowlyand appear yellow. But people who are blindwill see.”

The plan is to use a tiny camera and radio-frequency transmitter lodged in the frame of apatient’s glasses to transmit information andpower to modules placed within the eyeball.The modules will be linked to retinal nervesthat will send electrical impulses to the brainfor processing.

Dean Cole, a biomedical engineer whodirects the project at DOE’s BER office in Wash-ington, D.C., says, “We felt that blindness is adevastating problem and that the modern con-junction of materials science with micro- andnanotechnologies in our multidisciplinarynational labs offerspossibilities foradvances, wherebefore people had hitbrick walls.”

The Sandiaapproach is to attacha MEMs chip on theretina — within the vitreous humor of the eye-ball — made of LIGA and surface microma-chined silicon parts. (LIGA, a German acronymfor lithography, electroplating, and molding,makes small parts of metal, plastic, or ceramics.)The idea is to directly stimulate some of thenerve endings within the retina to produceimages good enough to read large print and todistinguish between objects in a room.

A difficult but doable realm “Compared to the elegance of the original

biological design, what we’re doing is extremelycrude,” says Kurt. “We are trying to build retinalimplants in the form of electrode arrays that siton the retina and stimulate the nerves that theeye’s rods and cones formerly served.”

The size of cones and rods, as well as nerveconnections, are in the micron range — a diffi-cult but doable realm for scientists used to work-ing with micromachines.

“We’ll use a crude, shotgun approach thatfires groups of nerves. In the long run, of course,we’d like to stimulate each individual nerve,”says Sandia’s Mike Daily, Manager of Integrated

Microsystems Dept.1738.

Goals of the pro-ject increase from 10-by-10 electrodearrays for fiscal year2002 to 33-by-33arrays for FY2004.

The projectstarted with work atJohns Hopkins Uni-versity under medicaldoctor and researcherMark Humayun.When Humayunbegan the IntraocularRetinal ProsthesisGroup at DohenyRetina Institute at theUniversity of South-ern California, theproject moved withhim. Teaming withEli Greenbaum atOak Ridge, the pairvisited a number ofnational labs. LikeJohnny Appleseeds ofideas, they tossed outseeds of thought andultimately arranged to have each lab work on adifferent aspect of the electrode array/retina inter-face.

Said Humayun, “There is a considerableamount of advanced technology literally onthe shelf or already being used for defensepurposes that we could use to help solve blindnessand greatly propel forward the entire field ofmedicine.”

Other national lab tasks include:• The lead lab, Oak Ridge National Labora-

tory, will manage the multilaboratory effort aswell as test the various components developed bythe other labs;

• Argonne National Laboratory will investi-gate the viability of diamond-based electrodearrays and biocompatible coatings;

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratorywill experiment with rubberized electrode arrays;and

• Los Alamos National Laboratory willmodel and simulate neural paths to and from theretina to the brain.

USC personnel will implant the devices andtest their medical effectiveness. Second Sight,

located in Santa Clarita, Calif., will commerciallyproduce the finished system. North CarolinaState University in Raleigh leads the develop-ment of the in situ medical electronics.

Progress, but far more still to be doneAn early prototype built by Second Sight was

inserted in a human patient’s retina on Feb. 19 atUSC University Hospital’s outpatient surgerycenter. The 4x5 millimeter prosthesis had 16electrodes arranged in a 4x5 array. But far moreremains to be done.

Says Mike, “Integrating microdevices intothe human eye is incredibly challenging becauseof the need for high-reliability operation overdecades in a saline environment. BioMEMsinterfaces and biocompatibility issues drivemuch of the effort, particularly in the packagingof the microsystem.” (‘Packaging’ refers to seal-ing and securing a microdevice in place andlinking it electronically and physically with itsenvironment.)

Counterintuitively, the rods and cones ofthe retina lie beneath nerves, not above them,which makes it slightly easier to connect directlyto the nerves.

“The tissue housing the nerves is relativelyclear. We’re investigating which electronicwaveforms will best stimulate these nerves,”says Kurt. One problem, he says, is that “If weexcite a nerve with electrons, we don’t knowexactly how that compares to the electrochem-ical response of light on a healthy retina.”

There are other issues, he says. For one, theretina can’t handle much pressure. Thus Sandiafavors spring-loaded electrodes that ensure goodelectrode contact with minimal force. Also, pro-tein fouling can mess up delicate interfacesintended to transmit electrical impulses. Otherproblems include biocompatibility — the prob-lem of rejection of alien matter by the body —and long-term reliability.

The project, underway since October 2001, isexpected to identify the most promising implan-tation technologies. “The question is, who’sgoing to engineer the best system that works inthe real world?” says Mike.

Over a five-year period, says Dean Cole, theproject will begin with goggles and move in thedirection of corneal implants, aiming if all goeswell to prepare five patients for the procedurebefore the project’s end. After that, he says, “TheFDA will say they want 100 patients for long-term studies and DOE will get out and leave theproject in the hands of industry.”

Two hundred thousand eyes in the US areblinded each year by macular degeneration, pri-marily in the elderly. One baby in 4,000 demon-strates retinitis pigmentosa.

Sandia is receiving $400,000 each year for itspart in the research, which is led by Kurt and co-inventors Murat Okandan (1749), David Stein(1748), and Michael Rightley (1745).

HOW IT WILL WORK — A drawing of a retinal prosthesis implant shows theimaging camera at bottom (possibly situated on frame of glasses), transmittingpower and information via loop antenna to modules within the eyeball. Ulti-mately, the modules will be connected to retinal nerves, where electrical stimu-lation will be processed by the brain.

year period. Now, it’s been almost four years since theinspectors were ejected. When you look at how fastthey moved from ’87 to ’91, that should be a verysobering piece of information. So, is it possible they’vemade advancements — major advancements in theirnuclear program since then? I’d have to conclude,based on what I saw, that ‘Hell yes it is.’ ”

When Jim spoketo the Lab News in1998 (Lab News, Oct.23, 1998) about hisUN tour of duty, heemphasized that Sad-dam’s nuclear pro-gram wasn’t an ad-hocfly-by-night operation:The evidence on theground proved conclu-sively the program wasa full-blown, Manhat-tan Project-scale effort.Saddam had invested billions of petrodollars intohis bid to become a full member of the nuclear club.

Today, Jim notes, the key people and the keyknow-how are still available to Saddam. “His [Sad-dam’s] nuclear weapons chief is still there and heknows how to put a bomb together. Do I have spe-cific intelligence about their nuclear weapons pro-gram? No. But I saw what they were able to accom-

plish before in less than four years and it wasimpressive.”

For all of its successes and strides in 1987-91, thebottleneck for the Iraqi program was getting enoughfissile material for a bomb. That’s not unlike theexperience of the Manhattan Project; the huge facili-ties in Oak Ridge and Hanford were created to pro-duce weapons-grade uranium and plutonium,respectively. As some historians have only half-jok-ingly put it: the physics is easy, the industrial infra-structure is hard.

“They [the Iraqis] tried a lot of differentapproaches [to producing fissile materials]” Jim says.“My guess is that at this point, they probably wouldhave decided to go with a gaseous centrifuge tech-nique. . . . I would guess that at this point, the quan-tities of [fissile] materials needed are not available,but if they had 100 kg of the stuff, I think they couldproduce a Trinity-type bomb within months.”

Jim doesn’t want to speculate on whether Sad-dam has been able to obtain weapons-grade materi-als on the black market.

“If I had any information on that,” he says, “I’dbe briefing the President right now.”

Jim says he doesn’t think the current focus onIraq and the threat it poses is overblown.

“I think the President — politics aside — isdead-on right about this. What would be theeffect of a 20-kiloton bomb going off in mid-townManhattan? That’s something you don’t want tocontemplate. I read the papers and listen to thetalking heads, and what I’m hearing fits exactlywith what I knew. In my opinion, there is a truerisk, a very substantial risk, in letting Iraq con-tinue down this path.”

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“I read thepapers and listento the talkingheads, and whatI’m hearing fitsexactly withwhat I knew.”

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and performance of our products and services,”Paul said. “It’s a win-win situation for everyone.”

The new umbrella CRADA paves the way forSandia and Boeing to do business together, allow-ing them to add project-task statements withouthaving to negotiate terms and conditions on eachone. Technical work under this CRADA will bedivided into separate and independent projects.

Negotiating the CRADA on the Sandia endwere Victor Weiss (1323), Rusty Elliott (1500),and Duane Landa (1316), with Pam Duran (1323)processing the documentation.

“The potential scope of projects is broad andencompasses the wide variety of technologies atSandia,” Jim said. “Each project must providevalue to the industry parent and help maintain orexpand the technology base vital to the Depart-ment of Energy’s mission and the DoD.”

Concentrating solar power technologyThe initial tasks will deal with concentrating

solar power technology, headed up at Sandia byresearchers Chuck Andraka and Scott Jones andManager Craig Tyner (all 6216), who are workingin conjunction with Boeing project engineersMike McDowell and Bob Litwin.

The project objective is to establish a Boeing-Sandia partnership that will combine thestrengths of each organization to make Concen-trating Solar Power (CSP) a success. This relation-ship will include a broad range of CSP technolo-gies, including power towers, solar troughs, andconcentrated photovoltaics. The project will focuson the development of key demonstrations, risk-reduction testing, and economic/system analyses.

“CSP is poised for rapid growth in the renew-able energy market, and the infusion of new tech-nology and processes will facilitate reductions incapital and operations and maintenance cost,enabling CSP products,” said Craig.

“Teaming with Sandia on this CRADA willhelp accelerate progress toward our goal of devel-oping CSP systems for generating clean, renew-able electric power sources for consumer use,”said Litwin.

Later, more projects may be added in severaltechnical categories, including materials andprocess science; modeling and simulation; sen-sors, tags, and associated electronics; microsys-tems science, technology, and components; logis-tics and supply-chain management tools;intelligent systems and robotics; manufacturingtechnologies; test techniques and facilities; pulsedpower/directed energy sciences; safety; networkand information security; signals processing andanalysis; energy systems; and security.

Researchers in Sandia’s solar group areexcited by the new energy the Boeing/Sandiaumbrella cooperative research and develop-ment agreement (CRADA) brings to theirresearch. Their work is the first that fallsunder the new CRADA.

“We will be moving ahead in several areasthat Sandia has been interested and involvedin for several years,” says Craig Tyner, Man-ager of Solar Thermal Technology Dept. 6216.“Because of the Boeing CRADA, we will be ableto take our research to a whole new level.”

One of the first areas Sandia and Boeingwill jointly be working on is a power tower inSpain, called Solar Tres. Sandia was previ-ously involved in building three other solartower projects in the US — the experimentaltestbed at Sandia south of Albuquerque, SolarOne in Barstow, Calif., and a molten saltretrofit of Solar One, called Solar Two. Theprevious endeavors were demonstration anddevelopment plants. Solar Tres will be threetimes larger than Solar Two and will be the

first truly commercial power tower plant thatwill be hooked up to the electric grid.

“Sandia’s role with Solar Tres will be con-sulting, system analysis, and component test-ing,” says Scott Jones, who leads the powertower and system analysis groups in SolarThermal Technology Dept. 6216.

Boeing project engineer Bob Litwin saysthat Solar Two produced 10 megawatts ofpower and had three hours of thermal storage.In comparison, Solar Tres will produce 15megawatts of power and have 16 hours ofthermal storage, which will mean the towerwill be able to produce power 24 hours a day.The Solar Tres project is expected to begin inearly 2003.

“Sandia will look at improving thereceiver system of Solar Tres and working onways to optimize the entire solar plant,”Litwin says.

Another project to be part of the CRADAwill be helping Boeing design and build dis-tributed solar systems — small solar concen-trators that can be used for village power orfor water pumping. Distributed solar systems“make electricity where you use it, generallyin off-grid locations,” says Chuck Andraka(6216), who has been working with thesetypes of systems at Sandia for 18 years.

He expects to work with Boeing and havea prototype “very quickly” and ramp upquickly to commercial level. Farther in thefuture is joint work on thermal energy storagefor solar troughs and in space solar power forsatellites and space stations.

“Boeing has made a decision that solarpower is an attractive energy source,” Craigsays. “Our job is to help make them successful.”

— Chris Burroughs

Boeing CRADA excites Sandia solar groupResearchers to jointly work on power towers, space solar power for satellites, more

A SUNNY FORECAST FOR SOLAR — In anticipation of CRADA-related solar research with Boeing, Energy staff survey theheliostat field at Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility. From left to right are J.J. Kelton, Doug Brosseau, KyeChisman, Mike Edgar (all 6215), Scott Jones, and Chuck Andraka (both 6216). (Photo by Randy Montoya)

“Because of the Boeing CRADA,we will be able to take ourresearch to a whole new level.”

Congress has passed a bill — and earmarked$150 million toward its implementation — that aSandia scientist helped redirect and rewrite.

On Aug. 1 the US Senate voted unanimously toadopt the Global Pathogen Surveillance Act of2002, Senate Bill 2487, which in part calls for theestablishment of an online network through whichdoctors around the world can quickly report andobtain information about unusual symptomaticobservations and disease diagnoses among theirpatients.

The goal is to provide a faster and more perva-sive method of monitoring epidemics as theyemerge so nations hosting illegal research on bio-logical pathogens can be confronted. Such a systemwould have the added public health benefit ofquickly identifying disease outbreaks not related tobioterrorism or biowarfare.

Current systems oftentimes rely on slow andbelabored paper-based reporting proceduresthrough public health officials, an approach thatdiscourages doctors from reporting symptoms andthat could delay public health responses to acts ofbioterrorism.

The bill sets aside $150 million over two years(FY2003 and FY2004), in part to begin equippinghospitals and clinics in developing nations with thecomputing and communications equipment neededto give local doctors access to such a network.

Patterned after RSVPThe online surveillance system proposed in

SB2487 is patterned after Sandia senior scientistAl Zelicoff’s (5320) longtime cause, the RapidSyndrome Validation Project (RSVP), and notcoincidentally.

Al testified in March 2002 before the SenateForeign Relations Committee on SB2487’s precursor

bill (Lab News, March 22). He told members of thecommittee that the bill, as then written, was inade-quate because it supported measures that, “whilesuperficially appealing, were not of much utility inaddressing the desperate need for worldwide, nearreal-time surveillance.”

Several committee members agreed with Al’sassessment, and after the testimony one of the bill’sco-sponsors, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., asked Al if hewould be willing to work on the bill. The commit-tee staff sent Al a draft a few days later.

Syndrome-based surveillanceAl says he rewrote major portions of the bill,

“daring to even go so far as to introduce the notionof ‘syndrome-based’ surveillance as the centerpiece,urging that little money be wasted on shiny labora-tory equipment.”

In other words, he says, “I was making the casefor a strategic shift in the way public health surveil-lance is done around the world.”

RSVP was not identified by name in therewrite, he says.

The full Senate accepted the bill with Al’s lan-guage mostly intact. The full text of the bill is avail-able at http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html(search for SB2487 under the “Public Laws byNumber” link).

The bill also calls for improved epidemiology-related training and laboratory equipment fordeveloping nations and gives preference to govern-ments that agree to provide early notification ofepidemics and allow international organizations toinvestigate suspicious outbreaks.

About the bill Biden said, in the CongressionalRecord (Aug. 1), “Disease surveillance . . . canquickly alert doctors across a region that a suspi-cious disease outbreak has occurred. Epidemiologi-cal specialists can then investigate and combat theoutbreak. And if it is a new disease or strain, we can

begin to develop treatments that much earlier. . . . “In short, the more information shared under

pathogen surveillance, the better protected theworld is against surprise bioterrorist attacks andrapid natural epidemics. . . . We cannot leave therest of the world to fend for itself in combating bio-logical weapons and infectious diseases if we are toensure American security.”

Bill co-sponsor Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., added,“I am particularly proud of the provisions ofSB2487 that address the glaring need for syndromesurveillance. . . .

“Let me close with the astute words of Dr. AlanP. Zelicoff, Senior Scientist, Sandia National Labora-tory [sic], as stated during his testimony before theForeign Relations Committee,” Helms added. “ ‘When all is said and done, should would-be per-petrators of bioterror know that the effects of theirattack would be blunted if not eliminated, theymight well re-think their strategy in the first place.A multinational cadre of clinicians and nurses,exchanging up-to-the-minute information, is oursingle best defense, and we have the resource —now — to so equip them. All that is required is apolicy shift emphasizing and strengthening thislinchpin capability.’ ”

Unexpected successAdds Al, “Somebody wake me up . . . I must be

dreaming. Never did I expect my rewritten versionof the bill to meet with such approval (as it is sotechnical in nature, is so iconoclastic as viewed bythe public health community, and because it has itsown funding line) nor to get funded at such a gen-erous level.”

SB2487’s funding appropriations will berouted through the Department of State inconsultation with the Department of Healthand Human Services and Department of Defense.

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Senate passes Global Pathogen Surveillance Act of 2002,patterned by Labs scientist/physician Al ZelicoffBy John German

Calling all kilowatt counters: BeginningOct. 1, your building’s power proclivities mightbe tracked, quantified, and analyzed.

If your building’s energy habits are deemedexceptional as compared to those of other Sandiabuildings, you and your neighbors could berewarded.

If not, well . . . you are the weakest link.

The rulesBeginning in October (DOE’s Energy Aware-

ness Month), members of the Energy Manage-ment Program will share metered monthly elec-tricity consumption tallies from buildingsparticipating in the contest with representativesof each of the buildings.

For your building to participate, a buildingrepresentative must enter by contacting one of thecontest co-sponsors below, or by attending aSept. 25 information session at Sandia/New Mexico (see box below).

At the end of each quarter, each participatingbuilding’s monthly per-square-foot electricity con-sumption for the previous three months will becompared to that building’s “baseline” per-square-foot consumption from the same three months in

FY01.The percentage

change (in kilowatt-hoursper square foot) will becompared to other build-ings. The person enteringyour building in the con-test will receive the build-ing’s electric use figures aswell as estimated costsavings following eachquarter.

(Note: Some Sandiabuildings are not indi-vidually metered andwill not be able to partici-pate as buildings in thiscontest. See your build-ing manager or contestsponsor for details.)

The spoilsBuildings achieving

significant quarterlyreductions will be placedinto categories — the 5%Club, 10% Club, 15%Club, and OverachieversClub, for example — andtheir building numbersand consumption reduc-tions will be publicizedin the Lab News.

Occupants of buildings with significantreductions will be rewarded with prizes rangingfrom coffee mugs (quarterly) to a building-widefeast at the end of the contest. Occupants in thebuildings with the top overall reductions will beawarded the larger prizes. (Exact prizes are yet tobe determined.)

For information about ways to save energy inyour labs and offices, refer to the last three issuesof the Lab News, or attend the Sept. 25 special

information session.To enter your building in the contest, or

for information about the contest or savingenergy, contact energy contest co-sponsorsMalynda Aragon (10823) at 844-1288, KristinKlossner (3124) at 844-9977, or Ralph Wrons(10823) at 844-0601. Sandia/Californiaemployees can contact Howard Royer (8512)at 294-2635. — John German

All current and potential energy “gadflies,” andanyone interested in energy-conservation opportu-nities at Sandia, are invited to a special informationsession on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 3 to 5 p.m., inthe Steve Schiff Auditorium Lobby. Members ofSandia’s Energy Management Program will providesnacks and drinks and answer questions. Posters,stickers, and other energy-saving promotionalmaterials will be available, as well as tips on how toencourage others in your building to save energy.If you can’t attend but need information, contactMalynda Aragon (10823), 844-1288, or RalphWrons (10823), 844-0601.

All energy ‘gadflies’ invited toSept. 25 info session at SSA

Buildings to square off in Labs-wide energy-saving contest beginning Oct. 1

WATTS ON YOUR MIND? Here’s an example of what energy awareness efforts in one buildingcan accomplish. The top, solid line represents Bldg. 810’s electricity consumption for the one-year period beginning Aug. 1, 2000. By August 2001, the Bldg. 810 Energy Nag had begunnagging his coworkers, and the dotted line shows the corresponding reduction in Bldg. 810’senergy consumption during the following year — a one-year savings of almost $44,000 inpower bills. The triangle shows Bldg. 810’s total electricity consumption for August 2002, an18 percent reduction from August 2001. To achieve the savings, the Energy Nag and 810building operator Bob Washington (10844-5) worked together to raise awareness and opti-mize the HVAC system’s operation. “Major kudos goes to Bob Washington and the EnergyNag,” says Malynda Aragon (10823), who provided the graph.

Sandian Ron Hoskie (10842, holding paper), in photo at left with fellowCumulonimbus band member Dave Fein (1744, playing flute) wrote thispoem and recited it to the accompaniment of the Cumulonimbus NativeAmerican-style music group, made up of Sandians, at the noontime Sept. 11one-year anniversary observance at Albuquerque Civic Plaza. Also performingbut not pictured was Cumulonimbus member Greg Hassig (2564).

A SPECIAL KIND OF WARRIOR

Within the heart of a warrior, there is strengthDeep in the soul of a warrior, there is powerBeneath the skin, there is a waiting fighterA contender which lies, hidden underneathAll of a given energy, from the Great Spirit above

Within the warrior, there holds his heartTruly a place for love, and a drive to protectIt holds his strong individual leadershipAlso a place which nestles his very feelingsAnd . . . the heartbeat of victory!

For within a warrior, there comes the strongest powerAs the dark moon dances —As he hears the ghostly callingEchoing thunder, against a shadow-filled skyHe is a warrior, for it lies thick within the heart

As Fire Fighters, Law Enforcement, EMTs, Paramedics,Military, and the seemingly average Everyday PersonThey fight for families, friends, and saving livesThe courage is within them and the strength is thereFor these things are within A SPECIAL KIND OF WARRIOR!

— Ron J. Hoskie ©2002

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Sandians join community in commemorating 9/11Photos by Randy Montoya

STEEL BEAMS FROM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER were displayed at Albuquerque’s Civic Plaza on the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attack that destroyed the twin towers.

SANDIA LAB NEWS • September 20, 2002 • Page 8

Sandia’s own business development college openswith three-tier programClasses, electives, seminars prepare staff and managers for new business realities

“The future is not fixed…we live in a world ofpossibilities.” — Joseph Jaworski, Synchronicity:The Inner Path of Leadership

Margie Tatro named it the “College of BusinessSuccess” and sees it as a way of turning possibilitiesinto realities. It’s an apt title for a new businessdevelopment approach that is already making apositive contribution to the Labs’ future.

So, what is the College of Business Success? It isa partnership between Sandia’s Corporate TrainingDevelopment and Education organization (3020)and Energy and Transportation Security Center6200, with benefits to the whole Labs. It’s a multi-year, three-tier program for staff members andmanagers. It involves required classes, electives,monthly business development seminars,lunchtime clinics and discussion groups, coaching,a newsletter for participants, and outside reading.

Seen by its key developers as the culminationof several years work at Sandia in business develop-ment, the college reflects the impact of a new busi-ness reality, explains Margie, 6200 director. “I preferthe term “business success,” because it includes notonly marketing, but delivering results.”

Margie’s first goal is to continue to increasebusiness with existing customers, while diversifyingher customer set to new “nontraditional” cus-tomers. “Doing both simultaneously has been astruggle, I think partly because some folks see thesetwo activities as competing. The college will allowpeople to learn and practice sound businessapproaches to support existing and new customers.”

Adjusting to changing timesTimes have changed and conditions are right

for the college, says Dave Menicucci, of Photo-voltaic Systems R&D Dept. 6218. He is serving aslead developer on the project for his center. Duringthe Cold War, Sandia’s mission was well under-stood and unchallenged, he explains. Now it isevolving. There are many customers instead of one.New legislation encourages work with industry andother agencies. Stable budgets have given way tobudgets under constant pressure.

Other labs are becoming increasingly competi-tive with Sandia in many areas, Dave notes. “Weare becoming a different lab, and it occurred to methat we needed to start doing things differently —adapting some of the best business developmentpractices from the private sector to Sandia’s uniquesituation.”

Dave’s background in private industry, where“every staff member is expected to have businessdevelopment and customer relations skills,” causedhim to begin to go after outside funding sources inthe 1990s. His successes, coupled with the realiza-tion that change was descending on Sandia, led todiscussions with colleague Beth Richards (6218)and to a proposal for a new training curriculum anda pilot program to test it.

It also led him to Kathleen Schulz of Scienceand Technology Business Development Dept. 1314,who has used her own private-sector experience to

develop Sandia’s current Corporate Training Busi-ness Development Curriculum and is co-leadingthe pilot with Dave.

“We’ve been doing business developmentcourses for about seven years now and interest hasbeen growing,” says Kathleen. The effort with Cen-ter 6200 is muchmore integrated, shesays, and is the culmi-nation of a trend.“The trend I’ve seen isfrom individuals fromdifferent parts of theLabs attending openclasses to managers orVPs asking me to tai-lor an integrated pro-gram (classes, semi-nars, coaching) fortheir organization. Their goal is to develop a selectcadre of people who are effective at developingbusiness for their organization.”

Kathleen and Dave began a year ago to identifyappropriate courses and resources already in exis-tence, find and fill curriculum gaps, and work outan outline for the pilot. In its present form, the col-lege has three tiers.

Business Development 101The first is a kind of Business Development

101, suitable for all Sandians. It will be aimed atdeveloping a common understanding of Sandiabusiness development issues and some basic busi-ness development skills. The introductory class inthis tier, suitable for all Sandians, may take the formof a video or short course. The introductory sessionwill cover the basic process for developing business,the role of various individuals in that process, andSandia’s unique business development require-ments and constraints. The second tier is more of abachelor’s degree education in business develop-ment. Tier three is seen as advanced, or “graduatelevel” training. Tier three will result in “Master Pro-

gram Developers” who can pursue high-conse-quence deals or serve as in-house mentors for otherSandians. For more information on the three tiers,consult the 6200 Website: http://www.csu836.san-dia.gov/organization/div6000/ctr6200/info/Suc-cess/cobsuccess.htm

The pilot class — geared for the tier-two level —includes 12 staff members and managers from the6200 center. All were selected by managers basedon qualification statements written by each appli-cant. These statements address individual goals andpotential uses for the training.

“If you look back you can see earlier efforts inprogram development bubbling through our his-tory, says Char Wells, manager of Sandia’s corpo-rate training effort (3020). “This is the one to takeus to the next stage. We think we are primed andready to provide support across the labs.”

While it is difficult to see how the collegemight impact the governance initiative, “The cur-riculum certainly puts us in a position to supportit,” Char says. “As we move to govern ourselves, wecertainly need to be smarter about how we presentourselves to the external world.”

Training staff members will be making follow-up evaluations “to see if we have done what we saidwe were going to do,” says Char.

“I don’t think that everyone wants or needs tobe an expert in these concepts,” says Margie. “How-ever I feel that our organization will benefit frommore people knowing the basic terminology, phi-losophy, and processes that support business suc-cess.” Metrics that measure revenue growth, cus-tomer satisfaction, and other success factors arealready in place in Center 6200, she explains.

“If people are interested in providing input asto their own organization’s needs, I would welcometheir calls,” adds Kathleen. “This pilot program hasbeen heavily weighted to Center 6200’s needs.Obviously, we want to figure out what tweakingmay be needed in order to make this program use-ful Labs-wide. I’d love to hear from anyone who isinterested in providing input.”

By Will Keener

Developers of the College of Business Suc-cess see its merits in improved business devel-opment with both traditional and nontradi-tional customers and in internalcollaborations.

Last year, for example, some of Sandia’ssatellite experts in Center 5700 needed engi-neering support and asked Center 6200 forassistance. “For a number of reasons, ourcenter wasn’t able to respond in an appro-priate timeframe, and the opportunity wasmissed,” says Margie Tatro (6200). Under-standing that some customers operate intimeframes of weeks or months, instead ofyears, is a lesson that is more and moreimportant, she adds.

Sandia’s Energy and Critical Infrastruc-tures business unit has had success in building‘nontraditional’ customers aimed at creating atruly multiprogram laboratory, she notes.“Now we need to accelerate our ability to pro-vide these customers exceptional service intheir timeframes.”

By partnering with Sandia’s CorporateTraining group, Margie hopes that Sandianswill see the value of both improved relationswith traditional and nontraditional customersand of internal collaborations.

Her example turns out to have a happyending, she adds. “Recently we were offered asecond opportunity to help and we are com-mitted not to disappoint them again.”

Learning how to be responsive to customers

“We’ve been doingbusiness develop-ment courses forabout seven yearsnow and interesthas been growing.”

Five Sandia organizations earn New Mexico’s Green Zia AwardEd Williams, Manager of Fleet Services at

Sandia (10849), has a few choice words forNew Mexico’s Gov. Gary Johnson: “Thanks.We couldn’t have done it without you.”

Ed is one of several Sandians who will meetthe governor Sept. 25 to receive a “Green Zia”award from the state. His message is that withoutthe feedback from the program, many of theimprovements in fleet services would probablyhave not been made. “It’s an oft-told story,” saysEd. “While winning the award is welcome andexciting, it’s secondary to the discovery process ofgetting there.”

This year five organizations at Sandia wonrecognition from the program, which encourages

them to develop an environmental managementsystem to ensure continuous improvement. Con-siderations for the awards include efficiency,waste reduction, energy conservation, employeeinvolvement, community interaction, and envi-ronmental compliance. Selected members fromeach team will attend the award luncheon inSanta Fe.

In recognizing Fleet Services at the Achieve-ment Level, judges praised the group’s avoidanceof some $31,200 per year in waste disposal costsand a reduction in total waste generated.

Also winning at the Achievement Level were:• Sandia’s Environmental Restoration Pro-

gram (Depts. 6131, 6132, 6133, 6134) for a pollu-

tion prevention program strongly incorporatedinto its processes. Since 1997, this program hassaved more than a million dollars by reducingwaste volumes.

• The Labs’ Material Science and TechnologyCenter (14100) for applying pollution preventiontools. In the center’s machine shop (14181 and14186), wastes have been reduced by 35 percentduring the past seven years. Chemical trackingand waste minimization efforts reduced the num-ber of chemicals and cleaning solvents used by50 percent. Coolant recycling has cut disposal ofwaste coolant in half.

• Custodial Services (10848-4,5,6,7) for elimi-(Continued on next page)

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nating hazardous waste from cleaning operationsin 480 Sandia buildings in New Mexico. Thesegroups also reduced chemical purchases by 88percent with an improved chemical inventorycontrol, improved overall efficiency, and wentfrom 71 lost workdays in 2001 to zero so far thisyear.

Sandia’s Neutron Generator Production Cen-ter (14400) earned the Green Zia’s CommitmentLevel award, which is the first step in the state’sprogram. The organization’s efforts to reducewaste chemical bulking and compaction of per-sonal protective equipment were praised. Thismakes Division 14000 the first at Sandia to havetwo centers receive Green Zia recognition.

If your organization is interested in partici-pating in the Green Zia program in 2003, contactStacy Richardson (284-3983).

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Green Zia

Leadership Academy said to be changing the wayLabs leaders lead and thinkParticipants call it the ‘best training program’ ever attended

A two-year-old Sandia leadership trainingprogram, Leadership Academy, is changing theway Labs leaders lead and think.

“The Academy was one of the best trainingprograms I have ever participated in,” saysWendy Bechdel, Manager of Nuclear WeaponsSBU Business Office Dept. 10003 and graduate ofthe first class. “It provided us with the opportu-nity to take some risks, be a bit vulnerable so thatwe could learn more about ourselves, and hope-fully grow with this new awareness.”

The six-month Academy offers managers andother leaders in Division 10000 and now in San-dia’s Integrated Enabling Services (IES) organiza-tion the opportunity to learn about themselves asleaders, the business of the Labs, the business ofthe IES, and how to develop future leaders. Thefirst six-month class was launched in November2000 with 21 managers from 10000. Two classeshave graduated and a third begins next month.

The idea of the Leadership Academy was bornduring an early morning working breakfast at theOwl Café a couple of years ago where FrankFigueroa, VP for Business Management & CFODiv. 10000; Berweida Learson, 10000 HumanResources Representative; and Barbara Hoffman,Level II Manager of Provider Relations Dept.7020, were discussing how best to implement thedivision’s strategic plan.

“One part was to develop people,” Frank says.“We came to the conclusion that it had to bedone through the leaders. Most people stay at orleave a place because of the people they workfor.”

A team consisting of Berweida, GeorgianneSmith (3000), and Bruce McClure (12650)researched leadership training programs andcame up with one that they thought had greatpotential. Based on a system that Sandia/California had adopted a decade ago, it used amodel of leadership that focused on five leader-ship practices: challenge the process, inspire ashared vision, enable others to act, model theway, and encourage the heart.

The team developed a program consisting ofsix modules, presented in two-, three-, and four-day sessions over a period of six months. Barbaranotes that the module “The Leadership Chal-lenge” introduces the five practices and serves asthe “cornerstone of the Academy.”

In a later module, the participants enter “thelooking glass,” where facilitators from outsideSandia take them through a four-day businesssimulation and feedback session, providinginsights into each person’s leadership style,strength, and development needs.

In other modules, the five leadership prac-tices are explored in-depth with opportunities forthe participants to choose behaviors and actions

to practice and develop when they return to theirworkplace. Participants have “homework” in theform of practicing certain behaviors on the job.They are also required to keep journals and partic-ipate in networking teams.

New and seasoned managers are all encour-aged to attend the academy.

“One of the most powerful parts of the pro-gram is when directors and vice presidents visitthe class and talk candidly about their experi-ences in becoming the leaders they are today,”says Berweida. “We ask them to tell us whatattributes they think are important to being aleader. We want to better understand how leader-ship practices and attributes translate into extra-ordinary results in organizations.”

As important as the discussion of leadershipfrom the distinguished guest presenters is theirdiscussion about the organizations that they rep-resent.

“Sixty percent of the program is focused onthe business of the Laboratories,” Georgiannesays, “And the vice presidents, directors, and pro-gram managers have had a strong impact on theclass in sharing their visions of their organiza-tions, their accomplishments, and the challengesthat lie ahead.”

Another program benefit, says Wendy, is thenetworking that accompanies it.

“We met new people, we learned from eachother, and developed relationships that we canrely on for years to come,” she says.

Frank says that he was in the first class of theLeadership Academy and gave it high marks.

“It’s a great program that develops great lead-ers, and like anything worthwhile, it takes a lot ofpersonal commitment,” Frank says.

Managers in the IES organization interestedin participating in the Leadership Academyshould contact Berweida at 845-8714.

By Chris Burroughs

“I would recom-mend this programto every managerhere at Sandia, notonly for all man-agers to become bet-ter leaders, but toalso recognize anddevelop these attrib-utes in all Sandians.No matter what ourjob classification,each of us has an

opportunity to lead, to help others under-stand, and have pride in their contributionsand to make Sandia an awesome place towork.” — Wendy Bechdel, Manager, NuclearWeapons SBU Business Office Dept. 10003

“The Leader-ship Academy wasa great experiencefor me. As a rela-tively new man-ager, it allowed meto learn a greatdeal about my ownstrengths andweaknesses as aleader, provided aroadmap, if youwill, to improve

these skills, and provided a network of closecolleagues who are willing to help me alongmy journey. Learning the business of theLaboratories as well as learning from theleadership lessons of our senior manage-ment team was a great opportunity providedby the Leadership Academy. I would highlyrecommend this experience to all managersas a tool for growth and continuousimprovement.”

— Chuck Maheras, Manager, CompensationDept. 3052

“The Leader-ship Academy wasa very worthwhileexperience. Welearned from eachother, encouragedone another’s boldvisions for Sandia’sfuture, and devel-oped trusting rela-tionships. Thoserelationships areforming the basis

for thoughtful communication and creative

problem-solving. We feel more like one teamserving one (multisite) lab.” — Marlene Keller,Business Manager, Nonproliferation & MaterialsControl SBU

“The Academywas very worth-while; we learned agreat deal about thedifference betweenmanaging and lead-ing an organization.Based on co-workerinput, we were ableto focus on areas ofimprovement tai-lored to our specificneeds. Most impor-

tant, obtaining a better understanding of ourLaboratories missions will enable the IESO[Integrated Enabling Services Office] organiza-tions to be more responsive to our customers’requirements. I have been at Sandia nearlytwenty years, and have had the opportunity tovisit various facilities, but I was amazed at someof the recent changes. The individuals whospoke to our group had so much passionaround their areas of expertise that it was con-tagious! I have been to the National AtomicMuseum many times, but I will never look atthe displays in the same way again.” — BrendaDeLaurentis, Manager, Payroll Services & FinancialTraining Dept. 10502

“The LeadershipAcademy was veryworthwhile, and Iwould highly recom-mend it to others.The academy gaveme the opportunityto learn from, anddevelop relationshipswith, people withwhom I otherwisewouldn’t necessarilyinteract. The cama-

raderie we developed as a group allows meto call my fellow academy members withquestions and concerns, as well as with con-gratulatory words for their successes. Wewere able to meet with vice presidents anddirectors from throughout the labs. Theyshared their views of leadership and dis-cussed how they developed into the leadersthey’ve become. They reviewed their suc-cesses, and candidly shared lessons learnedfrom situations that didn’t turn out as theyhoped.” — Bruce Criel, Pension Fund Manager,Dept. 10310

Comments from graduates of Leadership Academy

WENDY BECHDEL

CHUCK MAHERAS

MARLENE KELLER

BRENDA DELAURENTIS

BRUCE CRIEL

SANDIA LAB NEWS • September 20, 2002 • Page 10

Members of Mexican institute visit Sandia, USIndian reservations to see solar energy installations

In a visit coordinated by Michael Ross(6218), four people from the National Indige-nous Institute in Mexico recently toured solarenergy installations at homes and businesseson the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation.

“They came to see what they might be ableto do for electrification projects in remote areasof Mexico, which are much like part of theNavajo reservation in the US,” says Michael,program manager for Sandia’s RenewableEnergy Program in Mexico. “The tours of pho-tovoltaic installations were important so thatthe group might decide whether renewableenergy as a source of electricity could be inte-grated into their future projects.”

Prior to touring Indian country, the visitorssaw distributed energy, photovoltaic, and solarthermal test facilities at Sandia and the renew-able energy installations at the SouthwesternIndian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque.They also visited the home of Miriam (14172)and Duane Hilborn on Laguna Pueblo lands.Their home is totally powered by a combinedphotovoltaics/wind power system (Lab News,Nov. 17, 2000).

Sandia provides technical assistance totribes in the US using photovoltaic and otherrenewable energy technologies and is a partnerwith the US Agency for International Develop-ment in numerous renewable energy activitiesinternationally, including Mexico.

The visitors went to the Navajo Nationwhere they saw a slide presentation outlining aprogram in which the Navajo Tribal UtilityAuthority (NTUA) leases photovoltaic systems totribal members whose homes are off the electricgrid. They toured homes on the Navajo Nation— mostly in the Kayenta District — where theNTUA, with the help of Sandia, has installedphotovoltaic systems at private residences to fur-nish electrical power (Lab News, June 30, 2000).

Individual photovoltaic systems, whichharvest the energy from the sun and convert itinto electricity, are the only way many of thepeople in Indian county can have electricitybecause the cost of stringing wire over parts ofthe reservation’s rural terrain is prohibitive. Todate the NTUA has installed more than 200

640-watt photovoltaic systems at remotehomes on the Navajo nation.

“The staff from the National IndigenousInstitute visited several of these installationsand had the opportunity to talk with home-owners, as well as with NTUA electricians andmanagement,” Michael says. Installationsmade by NativeSUN, the Hopi solar enterprise,were also highlighted on the tour.

Michael adds that they were particularlyinterested in the fact that the photovoltaic sys-tems provided by the NTUA and NativeSUNallowed people to do crafts at night — an eco-nomic benefit that can be promoted in Mexico.Solar allows both lighting for a longer creative

work day, plus electrical power for tools usedfor some crafts.

Michael says he anticipates a partnership togrow from the visit of the staff of the institute.Other Sandians who facilitated parts of the tourincluded Sandra Begay-Campbell (6219),Debby Tewa (6219), and Connie Brooks (6218).Sandra and Debby are Navajo and Hopi,respectively.

“Feedback from the group was favorable,and they left New Mexico and Arizona with afull complement of information for makingdecisions about the integration of solar electric-ity into an energy mix for their programs,”Michael says.

By Chris Burroughs

AT HOME WITH PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS — Miriam Hilborn, second from right, talks to visitors from the NationalIndigenous Institute in Mexico about the photovoltaic system she and her husband Duane use to electrify theirhouse on Laguna Pueblo lands. Their home is totally powered by a photovoltaic/wind system.

Leo Klamerus retired from the Nuclear Waste Manage-ment Department at Sandia in 1992. In this photo he isshown, obviously enjoying retirement, with four beauti-ful young women on his arms. The four are all MissAmerica contestants for the year 2001. From left areMiss Missouri, Jennifer Hover; Miss New Mexico, MartaStrzyzewski (by the way, also a contract employee inSandia’s Computational Initiatives Dept. 15311; LabNews, July 27, 2001); the happy looking guy in themiddle is Leo; then Miss Nebraska, Christina Foehlinger;and Miss Mississippi, Becky Pruett. These festivities tookplace Aug. 17 at the wedding of Leo’s niece, Miss Mis-souri, in Tulsa, Okla. Leo sends greetings to all hisfriends at Sandia and says that life really can’t get muchbetter than this. Leo and his wife Jan (retired fromSandia’s Information Systems Development Depart-ment in 1998) recently built a new home at Lake of theOzarks, Mo. Quips Leo, “I am the luckiest guy in theworld. I’ve got a beautiful wife, a lake full of fish, coldbeer in the fridge, and as this picture shows — prettygirls all around me. It can’t possibly get better.”Jan concurs: “It is unfortunate that in some situationsretirement means twice as much husband on half asmuch income, but with Leo and me each day is abrand-new excursion and is eagerly anticipated. Youmight say that both of us are as happy as two pigs who,on a hot summer day, just found a brand new mudpuddle.” Jan and Leo (whose son Eric works in Dept.6428) send their best wishes to all at Sandia.

The best years of our lives: Don’t believe it? Ask Leo KlamerusFavorite new photo

MISCELLANEOUS

CAMERAS: E10 digital camera system, 3 lenses, case & extras, $1,800; RZ67professional camera system, 3 lenses,case, & many extras, $5,600. Luther,822-1187 or 379-1704.

GEORGE STRAIT TICKETS, floor seats,face value, including taxes & shipping, $80 ea. Chavez, 265-7331.

BACH TRUMPET, gold, w/hard & softcases, mute, cleaning kit, flip folder,great condition, $400. Thayer, 296-9566.

OUTSIDE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT,ideal for home daycare, several items.Montoya, 883-0636.

HEALTH RIDER EXERCISER, paid $300,asking $150. Sedillo, 255-0669.

GOLF EQUIPMENT: Ping ISI driver, 8.5,stiff shaft; Cobra irons, Kangaroo caddie; charger; seat; best offers.Harlan, 275-1121.

FRAMED CANVAS, contemporary South-west, 38 x 50, Native American puebloscene in pastel tones, teal, sky blue,lavender, etc. Sedillo, 298-2527.

SHIMANO PD 7401 PEDALS, LOOK-stylecleat, cleats not included, good condi-tion, $20. Dwyer, 271-1328.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINE TICKET, roundtrip,good anywhere Southwest flies, good through 11/08/02, $275.McGee, 857-0661.

NINTENDO 64 SYSTEM: 4 controllers,Madden 2001 Football, Mario Kart,Super Smash Brothers, Diddy KongRacing games, $150. Gillespie, 899-4084, ask for Collin.

AMERICAN PITBULL PUPPIES, 6 wks. old, 1 male, 2 females, $250; 1 pure whitefemale, $300. Eichwald, 922-1991.

LOVE SEAT, & matching chair, mediumbrown leatherette, like new conditionfrom American Furniture, $175 forboth. Murphy, 892-0288.

SHALLOW WELL PUMP SYSTEM, w/pressuretank, sand trap, $100 OBO; Sears watersoftener, needed parts available, free.Hansen, 898-3173.

MTS STEREO TV, Admiral, 27-in., w/remote,$95. Underhill, 294-5774.

ELECTRIC DRYER, Kenmore, timer doesn’twork, free; Genie garage door opener,free. Crenshaw, 296-8948.

MULTIFAMILY YARD SALE, to benefitschool, Sat. 9/21, 8-2, AdamsonAcademy, 801 Girard NE. Harris, 265-4792.

ALLOY WHEELS, 4, Chevy truck,265/75R16 tires, spare unused, $50 ea.or $200 all. Arquitola, 796-0430.

CLARINET, Selmer, great shape, ask formore details, $350. Harris, 292-7010,ask for Branden.

BIKE HELMETS, toddler, yellow w/dogs,gray w/pink Mickey Mouse, $5 ea.Veltkamp, 271-0325.

WOOD/COAL BURNING STOVE, WonderCoal, will deliver (to most places), $200OBO. Armijo, 552-9762.

VIDEO CARD, Voodoo5 5500 64MB AGP,$50; HP CD Writer (4x4x24), $25; HP 8GB internal tape drive, $25.Schoch, 822-8479.

CHEST FREEZER, 23-cu.-ft., $100; studentdesk, 8 drawers, dark wood stain, $25.Paulic, 865-9175.

ELECTRIC WASHER/DRYER, Maytag,w/service manuals, harvest gold, workfine, excellent condition, $100 both.Berg, 296-2695.

FLY ROD, Weber, bamboo, 2 tips, w/automatic reel, old & in excellentcondition. Eaves, 268-0461.

TAILPIPE, ’94-’97 Ford Power Stroke (behind muffler), $10. House, 293-6016.

DIAMOND/GOLD EARRINGS, for piercedears, .75 ct, $300. Blackburn, 828-9687.

CAPTAIN/TRUNDLE BED & nightstand,oak, like new, originally $1,600, asking$500 OBO. Adams, 262-1066.

REFRIGERATOR, GE, side-by-side, white22-cu.-ft., ice maker/w door dispenser, excellent condition, $425.Dwyer, 271-0741.

AMERICAN AIRLINES TRAVEL VOUCHER,can apply toward any ticket purchase,expires 4/11/03, worth $600, asking$400 OBO. Smith, 293-8529.

HOME & GARDEN SPRAYER, 1.5-gal. poly-ethylene pump, never used, still in box,$15. Vigil, 271-1328.

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, $25; 26-in. colorTV, JVC, $55; LJ5 toner powder, $8; office desk, $35. Hale, 298-1545.

GARAGE SALE, Twins Club, 50+ families,10/5/02, 7:30-2, Montgomery Churchof Christ, Montgomery east ofLouisiana. Kane, 291-8576.

STRESS RELIEF, Ludwig Rockers snaredrum, w/stand & cowbell, $200.Bauer, 266-8480.

GATEWAY PENTIUM III, 500 MHz, 13.6 GB,128MB RAM, 17-in. monitor, Windows98, Office 2000, 2 yrs. old, $300. Duvall, 881-4406.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINE TICKET, expires 3/5/03,$290 cash only. Lujan, 822-0205.

LOBO BASKETBALL SEASON TICKETS, 2,chair-back, halfway down, section 6,$727. McDonald, 821-3215.

STORY OF CIVILIZATION, by Will Durant, 8 volumes, $60; Sandburg’s AbrahamLincoln, 6 volumes, $50; Churchill’sHistory of English Speaking Peoples, 4 volumes, $25. Lange, 856-1952.

ELECTRIC WASHER/DRYER, Sears Kenmore,$100 ea.; Sears upright freezer, $100,excellent condition. Chavez, 792-1673.

SOFA, great condition, $200 OBO; standardlip chair mat, $5. Harris, 858-0667.

HP SCANJET, OfficeJet color printer,copyscan, OfficeJet printer, fax/copierfor DigCamera, trade/sell. Hayes,332-0457.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINE TICKET, 1-way, validthrough 11/21/02, $100. DiPrima,275-3479.

KEYBOARD & STAND, Technics SX-KN501,$300; child’s white 3-drawer dresser &5-drawer chest, $60. Lovato, 292-8936.

BIKE RACK, fits over SUV spare tire, holds 2bikes, brand new, paid $80, asking$40. Thomas, 294-2960.

TREADMILL, Sears Proform 755LS, $250;Nordic Rider, $75; Toro Deluxe PowerDrive lawn mower, $75. Burchett,281-0708.

TIRES, P235/75R15, 4, General AmeriwayXT, M&S, 5K miles, $100 all. Cotter,237-1127.

ELLIPTICAL WALKER, Debra DeGraf, neverused, paid $130, asking $50. Romero,296-8493.

TV CONSOLE CABINET, nice cabinet forwood or cabinet workers, free. Schroll,299-3371.

HEATER & THERMOSTAT, waterbed mattress,come & get it, free; other furniture forsale. Rael, 884-4778.

PANASONIC TV, 27-in., new in box, remote control included, worth $270,asking $220. Smith, 256-0712.

MP3 PLAYER & DIGITAL RECORDER, Rave,works only w/Windows 95 or 98, palm-size, $40. Barnette, 861-2451.

HANGING FIREPLACE; Mexican ceilinglamp; windows, 3-8 x 6-8; 8 x 8 x16blocks; folding doors, thermal storagerods, small HWHs. Talbert, 298-9036.

LEG PRESS & WEIGHTS, ’96 Continental(allows hack squat), 400-lbs. Olympiciron, $650. Sanchez, 296-7784.

MOUNTAIN VACATION, modern AngelFire condo, sleeps 6, half-price golf,week of Sept. 22, great Aspen fo-liage, best offer over $100. Lagasse,505-337-2802.

SOFA SLEEPER, queen, Southwest colors,w/oak trim, from Autumn Wood, $225.Rutherford, 265-1428 or 363-7793.

PUEBLO WEST FURNITURE: squarekitchen table, w/4 chairs, matchingbarstools, bench & coffee table, mustsee. Paige, 259-1984.

WALKER, disability, $40; crutches, wood,$15; raised toilet seat, unused, $15.Moss, 298-2643.

WASHER & DRYER, Kenmore, $150 both;refrigerator, side-by-side, through-door water & ice, $250. Gendreau,268-3436.

WOOD STOVE, Vogelzang, 18-1/2” x 33”,standard boxwood, new, $130. Castillo,884-9389.

MACINTOSH PERFORMA 630CD, includesmonitor, personal LaserWriter 320 &some software, make offer. Hubbard,293-2819.

MECHANICAL BABY SWING, Graco, plusother baby & toddler items. Hudson,884-7621.

TYC TAILLIGHTS (Eurolights), ’00 DodgeNeon, $150 OBO; TenzoR double-blade wing, silver & black, $175 OBO.Gallegos, 804-3758.

30-YEAR REUNION, Del Norte High School,Home of the Knights, class of ’72, Oct. 19, 2002. Apodaca, 883-6072.

FURNITURE: full & twin beds, teak diningtable, china cabinet, end tables, Pfaff 7550 sewing machine. Esherick,299-8393, www.mywebpages.com-cast.net/pell1125.

EXCALIBER DEHYDRATOR, excellent quali-ty, large capacity, hardly used, paid$240, asking $120. Balsam, 899-0963.

PANASONIC TV, 21-in., w/remote, goodpicture, no sound, free. Ashcraft, 281-9676.

KING MATTRESS SET, Sealy Posturpedic,ultra-plush pillow top, 4 yrs. old, greatshape, paid $1,100, asking $700.Hogan, 292-8879.

1919 TREADLE SINGER SEWING MACHINE,good condition, $100 OBO. Sanchez,341-1397.

BEANIE BEARS, misc. $5 ea., Germania &Britannia Beanie bears, $35 ea.;portable electric typewriter, $10.Lahusen, 792-0990.

WASHER & DRYER, Sears, 4 yrs. old, white,$400. Bronkema, 610-3102.

UPRIGHT FREEZER, full-size, same size as re-frigerator, older model, works well, greatfor storing chili, $95. Gonzales, 798-1693.

SKI BOOTS, Solomon Performa 7.0, size 9-1/2, used twice, paid $300 in’99, asking $175. Evans, 463-9518.

TRANSPORTATION

’86 PONTIAC FIERO SE, all power, AC,leather, whale tale spoiler, 34K miles,near showroom condition. $5,000.Gluvna, 884-5251.

’97 TOYOTA TERCEL, AT, AC, red, alloywheels, great student car, 75K miles,$6,000 OBO. Aragon, 247-0471.

’91 MITSUBISHI MONTERO, 4WD, 3.0L,V6, new tires, new alternator, enginerebuilt, excellent condition, originalowner, $5,500. Klarer, 235-1612.

’93 GMC SUBURBAN, 4WD, AC, PW, PL,cruise, tow package, new radiator &brakes, original owner, very goodcondition, below book, $8,750 OBO.Gallagher, 823-2674.

’01 SUBARU LEGACY OUTBACK, L.L. BeanEdition, 6-cyl., leather, 2 moon roofs,6-disc CD changer, 15K miles,$24,500. Wilson, 856-1630.

’97 MERCURY TRACER, AT, AC, 4-dr., teal,85K miles, good condition, $6,000.Paul, 296-2412.

’97 FORD AEROSTAR EXTENDED MINI-VAN, AT, V6, 3.0L, loaded, red, 82K miles, excellent condition. Vera,836-1140.

’93 SATURN SC-II, 2-dr. coupe, 5-spd.,loaded, w/new clutch, very clean,$2,700 OBO. Bailar, 821-0373.

’96 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS LS, 4-dr.,AC, PS, PB, PL, cruise, leather, dualpower seats, $4,800. Self, 296-4137.

’90 HONDA ACCORD DX, 5-spd., AC, CD,single owner, maintenance records,113K miles, $3,250. Prasad, 797-3164.

’96 BMW 328 IS, all options, black/tanleather, 86K miles, excellent condition,great car. Boswell, 897-1580.

’01 VOLVO S40 TURBO, AC, AT, PB, PW,ABS, CC, tilt, alarm warranty, red,17K miles, $19,900 OBO. Davis, 323-2877.

’94 CHEVY SPORT VAN G20, 9 passenger,dual AC, PB, PS, new tires, hitch, limotint, 67K miles, $8,500 OBO. Myers,865-6371.

’97 JEEP SAHARA, 4.0L, 5-spd., AC, softtop, hitch, alarm, portable winch, TracLok, low miles. Pettit, 292-0789.

’96 CHEVY C1500, ext. cab, short bed,standard transmission, black, 52Kmiles, very good condition, $9,400.MacAlpine, 266-1794, ask for Tim.

’84 VOLVO GL, 4-dr., 5-spd., 4-cyl.,180K miles, good shape, $1,300.Powell, 452-1885.

’01 JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT, 4-dr., 4.0L,V6, 2WD, PW, PL, CC, 46K miles,new brakes/shocks, $12,700. Preis,256-5388 or 284-4016.

’94 FORD F250 XLT, 4WD, Power Stroketurbo diesel, 5-spd., loaded, 102Kmiles, $15,500. Bailey, 281-4766.

’01 HONDA ACCORD COUPE EXVL, V6,ABS, dual side airbags, all power, 6-discCD, 20K miles, excellent condition,$23,000. Kercheval, 266-5833.

’89 JEEP CHEROKEE, 6-cyl., 4WD, 150Kmiles, $2,000 OBO. Lujan, 296-2412.

’96 SUZUKI SWIFT, AC, AT, approx. 140Kmiles; ’99 Daewoo Leganza, 4-dr., bidsaccepted through 9/27/02, right torefuse, sold as is. Sandia Labs FCU,237-7386.

’97 BUICK SKYLARK, V6, fully loaded, 83K miles, excellent condition, $5,000OBO. Bangs, 471-6277.

’98 OLDSMOBILE INTRIGUE, V6, 4-dr.,power, CD, silver, 24K miles, excellent condition, $10,875. McIntosh, 292-3740.

’79 CHEVY SCOTTSDALE TRUCK, 80Kmiles, very clean. Esqibel, 899-8237.

’94 CHEVROLET CAMARO, V6, 5-spd.,CD, new tires & clutch, 90K miles,excellent condition, $5,500 OBO.Knoll, 299-1181.

’94 CHEVY 4X4, short bed, V6, AT, manyextras, 96K miles, $7,900 firm. Whitlow, 286-2591.

’93 DODGE B250 CONVERSION VAN,small V8, 4 captains chairs, maroon/white, 68K miles, excellent conditioninside/out, $6,200. Serna, 899-9618.

’71 VW BUG, convertible, semi-AT, yellow/black top, $5,000 OBO. Prusak, 296-1571.

’92 MAZDA MPV, loaded, many extras, 1 owner, in near perfect condition,$3,900. Rea, 286-0286.

’95 HONDA CIVIC EX, 5-spd., 4-dr., AC,AM/FM/6CD/cassette, spoiler, sun roof,94K miles, immaculate, zero problems,$5,800. Owen, 286-4546.

’94 MAZDA B3000, w/shell, V6, 4x4, 5-spd., X-cab, liner, stereo, originalowner, all records, 133K miles,$3,600. Chirigos, 298-3837.

’00 INFINITI I30, gold, 49K miles, servicerecords available, well cared for,$20,000. Homer, 836-5043.

RECREATIONAL

ROAD BIKE, new Titanium Lemond, 51-cm, Victoire, w/Shimano Ultegracomponents, retail $3,039, asking$2,449. Dickerson, 323-5280.

’70 MITCHELL RV, self-contained, on 1-ton Ford 390, 4-spd., lots of extras,70K original miles. Armijo, 256-3319.

’72 CLASS A WINNEBAGO, new tires, 4-barrel carb, belts, hoses, upholstery,captain’s chairs, $4,100 OBO. Swanson, 275-9495.

’82 YAMAHA VIRAGO 750, windshield, lowmiles, runs great, $1,200 OBO. Butler,832-4651.

’84 HD FXRS, wide glide front end, S&S carb, Rivera clutch, dark purple,runs & looks great, $9,600. Rondelli,890-5972.

BICYCLE, Centurion LeMans, 12-spd.,25-in. frame, 27-in. wheels, $40. Linnerooth, 299-6558.

’94 YAMAHA MC, 10K miles, good condi-tion, $3,200 firm. Lucero. 385-2988.

’95 LAYTON MODEL 2125, 5th wheel, 23 x 8, lightly used, AC, furnace,stove, oven, stabilizer, jacks, hitch,$7,200. Brenkosh, 450-6075.

’01 ALPENLITE 5TH WHEEL, 30-ft., tripleslide, roomy, rear kitchen, awning,solar, queen, TV, stereo, hide-a-bed,excellent, $47,000. Dunaway, 925-960-0950.

’02 YAMAHA MOTORCYCLES: TTR125L &TTRF90, great play bikes for kids, orsmall adult, $1,900/$1,200 OBO.Rantanen, 281-7999.

REAL ESTATE

2-BDR. MOBILE HOME, 2 baths, 1,008 sq.ft., many deluxe amenities, clean, greatvalue, Four Hills Park, compare,$21,900. Padilla, 332-8248.

3-BDR. HOME, 1-3/4 baths, 2-car garage,double corner lot, w/backyard pad, 10min. to Sandia, 1,750 sq. ft., $134,000.Shaut, 286-1235.

EAST MOUNTAIN HOME, 2,836 sq. ft., 2.2wooded acres, near Tinkertown, 13 Ta-jano Canyon Road, MLS# 159524,$225,000. Thomas, 281-0585.

3-BDR. MOBILE HOME, 2 baths, gas logfireplace, AC, ceiling fans, 45-ft. car-port, 2 covered decks, washer/dryer/shed, $34,500. Miller, 831-4541.

3-BDR. HOME, 2 baths, 2-car garage,East Mountains, Santa Fe-style, gatedcommunity, hot tub, exposed vigas,1/3 acre, landscaped, pond. Cobb,505-250-5540.

3-BDR. HOME, 1 bath, separate garage &guest house, wood-burning fireplace,kitchenette, automatic gate, NorthValley. Gallegos, 898-9614.

CONDO, new, 2,320 sq. ft., 1,320 sq. ft.living, 1,000 sq. ft. C-1 commercialwork area, 600-sq.-ft garage. Brown,459-4315, ask for Bill.

3-BDR. TOWNHOME, 2 baths, $105,000.Lenberg, 238-0362.

4.5 ACRES, Thunder Mountain, w/tele-phone & water on property, powerwithin 50-ft., heavily wooded,$59,900. Schafani, 889-4565.

3-BDR. HOME, 2 baths, 1,750 sq. ft., newcarpet, new paint, xeriscaped front,landscaped back, RV storage,$144,900. Patton, 898-3524.

3-BDR. HOME, 1-3/4 baths, 1,500 sq. ft.,2-car garage, huge child-friendlybackyard, NE Heights, good schools,FSBO, $139,000. Hendrickson, 237-1187.

2-1/2 ACRES, north 14 to Skytop Acres,secluded valley, lovely homes, power,maintained roads, $33,000 OBO.Denney, 299-8595.

3-BDR. HOME, 1,560 sq. ft., Sandia Heights,great mountain view, new paint &carpet, $160,000. Watts, 237-2043.

3-BDR. HOME, 2 baths, 2-car garage,1,700+ sq. ft., huge landscaped backyard, near Unser/98th,$139,900. Duckett, 836-5310.

3-BDR. MOBILE HOME, ’98, 2 baths,Meadowbrook, master garden tub,below book, $21,700. Noble, 271-8631.

1-BDR. CONDO, Juan Tabo/MountainRd., near Summer Hills Park, quietneighborhood, Hacienda environ-ment, gated community, $34,500.Shahinpoor, 228-7077, ask for Mo.

WANTED

RIDERS, bring your own horses, Saturdays, 10 a.m. to ?, LivestockAuction on Broadway, get paid & exercise. Sisneros, 345-4836.

HOUSEMATE, quiet female, 10 min. fromSandia, share washer/dryer, kitchen,heated pool, $300/mo., includes utilities. Moore, 271-5237.

OVERHEAD PROJECTOR, type w/spare bulbpreferred, bulb(s) must work. Brophy,265-1060.

HOUSEKEEPER, needed for 4 hours a day,care for elderly female, cooking,cleaning & driving required. Clise,822-1890.

“AMERIKA” MINI-SERIES, tapes, buy, rentor borrow, originally aired in February1987. Ennis, 301-6228.

POOL TABLE, 7 ft., in good condition.Witkowski, 271-1691.

FAT-FENDER COUPE, ’30’s era, project carOK, wanted for making a street rod.Nelson, 459-9225, ask for Dave.

STORAGE SPACE, such as single-cargarage, winter storage for jet ski ontrailer, will pay reasonable rent. Smith,296-1908.

TENORS, The Enchanters choral group, 2002-2003 season. Piscotty,296-2518, ask for Rochelle or 299-6506, ask for Pat.

PATIO FURNITURE, in good condition.Jenkin, 798-9642.

GOOD HOME, kitten, stray in goodhealth, very cute & affectionate, callfor appointment. Roberts, 275-2941.

WORK WANTED

HOUSE/PET SITTING, long or short term,responsible SNL student intern, w/references. Aragon, 720-1717.

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The rest of the world (let’s be honestwith ourselves here) has a well-cultivated —and totally off-base — image of Sandiansas this cookie-cutter bunch of pocket-protectored computer jocks.

We know better. Even if we happen —strictly as the result of purely rational analy-sis, you understand — to favor 25-centpocket protectors over $5-to-clean inkstains; even if we have grown to love thesleek lines, the low hum, and the two-toned empowerment of multi-teraflopscomputers; even if we peruse hot newsfrom the American Physical Society pro-ceedings as we walk to the employee cafete-ria — even so, we know that we are any-thing but a cookie-cutter bunch.

Take for instance Anne Van Arsdall. Byall outward appearances, the very embodi-ment of the Sandian of public perception.All business. Brainy. Talented. Capable.(Okay, she doesn’t wear a pocket protector— usually.) Yep: pure, unadulterated,cookie-cutter Sandian.

But under the skin beats the heart of. . .Anne Van Arsdall, medieval herbalist.

Anne, a technical writer and editor inTelecommunication Operations Dept. 9334,is on a roll. She has just earned her doctor-ate in English through the University ofNew Mexico’s Institute for Medieval Studies.Her dissertation, Medieval Herbal Remedies:The Old English Herbarium and Anglo-SaxonMedicine, has been issued by New York pub-lisher Routledge Press. And in the modernwriter’s equivalent of making the cover of RollingStone, her book is available through Amazon.com(Price, $90; Amazon.com sales rank: 1,666, 579 . . .but still!).

Medieval Herbal Remedies is Anne’s translation ofan Anglo-Saxon medical reference used by healers inWestern Europe from the fifth century until well intothe Renaissance. The book, a listing of 185 plants,the uses for each, and remedies that could be con-cocted with them, was originally recorded in Latin.Only later — in about 1000 A.D. — was it translatedinto Anglo-Saxon vernacular. That’s the text Anneworked from. She is convinced that the original book— scanty as it is on precision in the herbal remedyrecipes and akin to what you might find in a home-made cookbook — is intended as a mnemonic aidfor healers who would have done most of their learn-ing in a hands-on, learning-by-doing fashion.

“The descriptions [in the text] are terse. What Iwrestled with [during the translation] was ‘How didpeople use these terse, imprecise texts for guidance?’ Itoccurred to me that we do something similar here at

Sandia. We have lots of documentation about ourweapons work. Granted, it’s not terse, but even so, webring back our retired weaponeers to pass on theirknowledge one-on-one. We have a weapons internprogram. We recognize that in all learning, there is avital hands-on aspect that goes beyond the documen-tation. These texts are the same way. My guess is thatthey are some master healer’s personal favorite reme-dies. He would have written these down in a sketchyway because he already knew how to make them.”

And what might these remedies be used for?What were the typical complaints in medieval manand woman?

“Well, it’s almost like our TV ads,” Anne says.“You find concerns about snake bites, insect bites,belly aches, itchy scalps, and of course, ‘Lord, let mebe more sexy.’ ”

During her work on Medieval Herbal Remedies,Anne grew the herbs mentioned in the texts; shetook a class in herbology, and she worked withNew Mexico curanderas, healers who use herbs intheir work.

Anne Van Arsdall, tech writer and medievalist,publishes book about medieval medicine

And she’s written a chapter for a newbook, Looking for Cures in Ancient Texts.Some researchers think these old textsmight provide the clues for a next genera-tion of pharmaceuticals.

But how in the world (one might ask)does a tech writer at a 21st centuryweapons lab become wrapped up inmedieval medicine, of all things?

“My lifelong interest has been the Mid-dle Ages,” Anne says “It started when I sawmy first cathedral — Notre Dame in Paris.It hooked me. And later, I became inter-ested in herbs; I’ve always grown herbs. Sothis subject was just a natural for me.”

Anne lived what might be considered acosmopolitan childhood: her father a mili-tary attaché at exotic postings, high schoolin Paris — and not an American school fordiplomats’ kids, mind you, but a realFrench convent school and a Left Bankhigh school where she learned French by“total immersion,” as she recalls it.

She took undergrad and master’sdegrees at the University of North Carolinaat Chapel Hill in Germanic languages, ofwhich Anglo-Saxon is an early survivingexample. Don’t get her going — or do,actually — about the unique blend of Ger-manic and Romance languages that is Eng-lish. And listen to her passion about theperiod in Europe from 400 A.D. to 1000A.D. As she describes it, conditions in West-ern Europe read like something from thescrolling titles of Star Wars, Episode DCXII:

“It was an unsettled time.The Empire [Rome] had collapsed.

The world was in flux.The Church was just taking shape.Laws were just being formulated.There were no kingsBut only tribal leaders.Forests crowded every farmAnd armed bands roamed the countryside. . .”In other words, in post-Roman Europe a new

world was being created, and that, to Anne is a sub-ject worthy of study, of passion.

“I’m kind of split,” Anne says. “At work, I’mAnne the technical writer. At home, I’m Anne themedieval herb woman.”

Yep, a typical Sandian.

ANNE VAN ARSDALL relaxes with a copy of her new book. (Photo by Randy Montoya)

By Bill Murphy

AIR FORCE CHIEF of Staff Gen. JohnJumper presents the Air Force Crossto Teresa Cunningham, widow ofpararescueman and hero SeniorAirman Jason Cunningham. Thepresentation ceremony took placeSept. 13 at Kirtland Air Force Basein Albuquerque. Cunningham, aCarlsbad, N.M., native, was killedin combat during Operation Ana-conda, a major campaign to dis-lodge Al Qaida and Taliban fightersfrom their cave hideouts in easternAfghanistan. Cunningham contin-ued to provided vital medical aid tofallen soldiers even after receivingwounds that would prove fatal.The Air Force Cross, the service’shighest honor, has been awardedto 22 enlisted airmen since theaward was established by Congressin 1960.

(Air Force photo by Keith Wright)

Air Force presents highest honor to fallen hero