Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have signed a pact to promote research and recruiting.
The memorandum of understanding signed Monday aims to explore strategies enabling the future of engineering for national security.
It also seeks innovative facility partnerships that enable collaborative research and jointly recruit and hire nationally prominent researchers for UNM faculty and Sandia technical staff.
Collaborative research will focus initially on quantum computing and information science, nanoscience and microsystems engineering, nuclear engineering, high energy density science, energy, water, cybersecurity and bioscience for national security.
About 2,400 UNM graduates work at Sandia, many in technical areas vital to national security.
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