The crowd cheers as UbiQD CEO Hunter McDaniel, left, pronounces R&D Chemist Andres Velarde the overwhelming winner in the company’s annual ugly sweater contest Wednesday evening at UbiQD’s Los Alamos headquarters at 134 Eastgate Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
UbiQD’s Chief of Product Matt Bergren, left, and Greenhouse Technology Engineer Damon Hebert are clearly contenders. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
UbiQD CEO Hunter McDaniel is joined by his wife Los Alamos MainStreet Director Lauren McDaniel and their son Duncan at the company’s Ugly Sweater Christmas Party. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
UbiQD Director of Chemistry Karthik Ramasamy, left, with LANL Scientist Istvan Robel who stop by to observe the ugly sweater party Wednesday evening at UbiQD at 134 Eastgate Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from the UbiQD ugly sweater contest Wednesday evening at the company’s Los Alamos headquarters at 134 Eastgate Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Tibbar Plasma Technologies President Richard Nebel attends the Ugly Sweater Christmas Party Wednesday at UbiQD. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
From left, UbiQD Industrial Designer Emily Bartlett, her Aunt and LANL Environmental Manager Sandi Copeland and local Physics Tutor Severn Anderson with ugly sweater contest winner UbiQD Chemist Andres Velarde. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
UbiQD Director of Nanocomposites Aaron Jackson with his girlfriend Mariela Vargas. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
UbiQD Operations Manager Liseth Garay, left, chats with Duncan and Lauren McDaniel. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from the UbiQD ugly sweater contest Wednesday evening at the company’s Los Alamos headquarters at 134 Eastgate Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Video game projected on the wall in the breakroom added to the entertainment options during the UbiQD ugly sweater contest Wednesday evening at the company’s Los Alamos headquarters at 134 Eastgate Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Video game projected on the wall in the breakroom added to the entertainment options during the UbiQD ugly sweater contest Wednesday evening at the company’s Los Alamos headquarters at 134 Eastgate Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Local Physics Tutor Severn Anderson with a chess game set up in a side room that added to the entertainment options during the UbiQD ugly sweater contest Wednesday evening at the company’s Los Alamos headquarters at 134 Eastgate Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
A ping pong table adds to the entertainment options during the UbiQD ugly sweater contest Wednesday evening at the company’s Los Alamos headquarters at 134 Eastgate Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene at the top of the stairs at UbiQD’s Los Alamos headquarters at 134 Eastgate Dr. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com