We solve complex research, engineering, and analytical problems that present critical challenges to our nation. APL—the nation’s largest university affiliated research center—provides U.S. government agencies with deep expertise in specialized fields to support national priorities and technology development programs. We also serve as independent trusted technical agents to the government, providing continuity for highly complex, multigenerational technology development systems.
Our purpose is to make critical contributions to critical challenges. At APL, we feel it is our responsibility to try to solve these national challenges with the full measure of our dedication and expertise.
The Lab’s core values are unquestionable integrity, trusted service to the nation, world-class expertise, and game-changing impact—all in an environment that is collaborative, fulfilling (and even fun!).
APL’s purpose and core values guide our future, and it is no less than to create defining innovations that ensure our nation’s preeminence in the 21st century.
May 18, 2022
Yanping Guo of APL has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) — a prestigious honor bestowed on only 2,008 members in the organization’s history.
May 17, 2022
APL Director Ralph Semmel was recently named to The Daily Record’s second annual Power 30 Higher Education List. Semmel, the Laboratory’s director since 2010, joined college and university presidents and senior administrators, policymakers, advocates for education access and equity and others “on the cutting edge of research and the liberal arts,” the magazine explained.
May 12, 2022
APL is bringing its expertise in public health, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and climate change into a collaboration with the Howard County Economic Development Authority to incorporate smart and connected community concepts within the county’s Gateway District.
May 12, 2022
Scientists at Johns Hopkins APL are working on a system to monitor physical fatigue in near-real time. Such a capability could prevent countless musculoskeletal injuries, and fits into a larger portfolio of work at the Laboratory focused on predictive health and human performance modeling.
May 9, 2022
Researching novel materials — and in particular, characterizing their properties to ensure they’ll function as intended — is time consuming, resource intensive and expensive. APL is leveraging its expertise in artificial intelligence/machine learning, modeling and simulation, and materials science, as well as its additive manufacturing capabilities, to accelerate the characterization and analysis pipeline.
May 6, 2022
Since its founding in 2014 by APL’s Charlie Frick, the High School Cybersecurity Workshop has provided more than 300 students with hands-on cyber defense training.
May 3, 2022
As APL’s new chief of staff, Erik Johnson tackles a variety of tasks that loom large over the future of the Laboratory. He shares how his mentors and experiences have prepared him to guide the Executive Council’s strategic decision-making agenda — and much more.
April 20, 2022
Jackie Sharp, a mechanical engineer in APL’s Research and Exploratory Development Department, was presented with the annual District of Columbia Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies Young Engineer of the Year award.
April 14, 2022
Sylvie DeLaHunt, a senior guidance, navigation and control engineer at APL, has been honored with a WE Local 2022 Engaged Advocate Award from the Society of Women Engineers.
April 14, 2022
Engineers at Johns Hopkins APL are addressing the challenges of collaborating across wide physical distances by taking advantage of new technologies, designing and implementing the Mixed Reality Collaboration Environment framework, or REACTOR. This unique system allows subject-matter experts and analysts to interact and collaborate globally, with no externally hosted servers and with the capability to customize the approach to the user’s needs.
April 13, 2022
After two years of progress in developing a beyond state-of-the-art computer model, the APL-hubbed Center for Geospace Storms will continue expanding for an additional five years, NASA recently announced, citing the center’s significant potential to transform the fields of space weather and space physics.
