Awards and Recognition

APL is continuously recognized for its deep expertise, culture of experimentation, focus on collaboration, and commitment to diversity and inclusion. We celebrate our world-renowned staff whose awards and honors, some of which are listed here, inspire us to keep aiming higher.

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“Radar Fanatic” Status Lands APL’s Smith Role as Journal Editor

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Graeme Smith is passionate about sharing knowledge and inspiring others. Serving as an associate editor for IEEE’s Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems allows him to contribute to the field and advocate for Johns Hopkins APL. Read full article >>
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‘Solving Problems Others Haven’t’ Keeps Blodgett Focused on Invention

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Dave Blodgett says he often wakes up at night thinking about work, but that’s OK, because it’s thrilling when your work has tremendous potential for meaningful impact. The chief scientist for APL’s Research and Exploratory Development Department secured his 10th patent in 2020 and has been honored as a Master Inventor. Read full article >>
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A Father’s Advice Drives Master Inventor George Coles

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As he was growing up, George Coles Jr. often heard from his father, “If you use it, you need to know how to fix it.” That advice framed an approach to innovation for Coles, one of three staff members to recently earn the APL Master Inventor Award. Read full article >>

Latest Awards

07-12-21 Johns Hopkins APL Earns a Place Among Computerworld’s Top 10 ‘Best Places to Work in IT’

06-11-21 Parker Solar Probe Team Earns National Space Club and Foundation Aerospace Award

06-01-21 Johns Hopkins APL’s Anna Named AIHA Fellow

05-12-21 Johns Hopkins APL Honors Staff Innovation in Annual Achievement Awards Ceremony

05-07-21 Marine Robotics Pioneer Bellingham to Lead Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy

03-15-21 Silberberg Named Chair of Whiting School Information Systems Program

02-22-21 Six From Johns Hopkins APL Honored with Black Engineer of the Year Awards

01-28-21 Trexler Named to Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute Executive Committee

01-15-21 Johns Hopkins APL Team Lauded for Lunar Technology Leadership

11-23-20 Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Resource Center Named as a Time Magazine Best Invention of 2020

11-10-20 NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL’s Kevin Stevenson to Lead New Astrobiology Research Team

11-06-20 Five Johns Hopkins APL Staff Members Named AIAA Associate Fellows

11-03-20 Second Annual National Health Symposium Event Summary Available

10-29-20 Four From Johns Hopkins APL Honored at Women of Color STEM Conference

10-22-20 White House Taps Johns Hopkins APL’s Agata Ciesielski for Innovation Fellowship

10-06-20 Johns Hopkins APL Signs Licensing Agreement with Sternberger’s BLOCKsynop

09-29-20 Johns Hopkins APL Goes Virtual to Honor 2019’s Top Innovation and Staff Achievements

08-27-20 Pluto Crater Named for New Horizons Pathfinder Tom Coughlin

08-11-20 Danielle Chou Named AAAS Science and Technology Fellow

07-29-20 Johns Hopkins APL Ranked No. 3 on Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators List

07-20-20 APL Rides Again as a Bicycle Friendly Business

07-14-20 Six From Johns Hopkins APL Earn Johns Hopkins Diversity Leadership Awards

07-02-20 David Porter Chalks Up a Blackboard Award for Online Teaching

06-24-20 Johns Hopkins APL Ranks Among Insider Pro and Computerworld’s ‘Best Places to Work in IT’

06-16-20 Jennifer Cooper Joins Acoustical Society of America Executive Council

05-07-20 Johns Hopkins APL Team Earns AIAA Space Program Management Award

04-28-20 Fast Company Recognizes Johns Hopkins APL’s Work Among “World Changing Ideas”

04-07-20 John Slotwinski Named ASTM International Fellow, Earns Award of Merit

04-03-20 Johns Hopkins APL Scientist Ralph Lorenz wins Alvin Seiff Memorial Award

03-10-20 Johns Hopkins APL Named One of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Space Companies

03-09-20 Nancy Chabot Named Meteoritical Society Vice President

02-07-20 NASA, ESA’s Solar Orbiter Set to Explore Sun with Johns Hopkins APL-Developed Camera and Particle Detector

01-15-20 Johns Hopkins APL Scientist Ralph Lorenz Wins Choice Award for Climate Science History Book

11-15-19 APL’s Stadter Earns Air Force Exceptional Service Award

11-13-19 Parker Solar Probe Team Awarded NASA Silver Achievement Medal

11-13-19 Johns Hopkins APL’s Andy Driesman Awarded Leadership Honor by NASA

11-07-19 Alonso Zimmerman Receives “Women of Color” STEM Technical Rising Star Award

11-01-19 Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Win 2019 R&D 100 Award for Breakthrough Lithium-Ion Battery Technology

10-23-19 Johns Hopkins APL’s Ciara Sivels Selected as a National STEM Ambassador

09-27-19 Johns Hopkins APL Receives 2019 Impact Award from Innovation Leader

08-05-19 Johns Hopkins APL Named to Fast Company’s Inaugural Best Workplaces for Innovators List

06-17-19 Johns Hopkins APL Named a Computerworld ‘Best Place to Work in IT’

06-03-19 Johns Hopkins APL Principal Deputy General Counsel Anne Brennan is Recipient of DC Bar Honors for Distinguished Career Service

05-07-19 Johns Hopkins APL Celebrates Innovation and Staff Achievements, Honoring Top Inventions, Discoveries and Technical Accomplishments

04-03-19 Johns Hopkins APL Director Ralph Semmel Named an ‘Influential Marylander’

03-21-19 Parker Solar Probe Wins 2018 Neil Armstrong Space Flight Achievement Award

02-28-19 Johns Hopkins APL Nails Down Construction Industry Award

01-09-19 Katherine Morse Receives Prestigious NATO Award

11-29-18 Kalirai Named Civil Space Mission Area Executive at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

11-29-18 Johns Hopkins APL Spacecraft Named Popular Science’s 2018 Innovation of the Year

11-08-18 Johns Hopkins APL Wins IARPA Geopolitical Forecasting Challenge

11-02-18 Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Earns Global Society of Women Engineers Awards

08-02-18 Nancy Chabot Elected Meteoritical Society Fellow

07-09-18 Miquel Antoine Receives ‘Women of Color’ STEM Leadership Award

06-19-18 Johns Hopkins APL Named as One of IDG’s Computerworld 2018 “Best Places to Work in IT”

05-21-18 DeLaHunt Honored by JHU Diversity Leadership Council

05-07-18 In a Celebration of Bold Innovation, Johns Hopkins APL Honors Top Inventions, Discoveries and Technical Achievements

02-22-18 APL Named as One of Fast Company’s 2018 “Most Innovative Companies”

02-18-18 David Taubenheim Named LGBTQ+ Engineer of the Year

02-14-18 Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Space Executive Ann Darrin Named an ‘Influential Marylander’

02-05-18 Andrew Adams Receives Black Engineer of the Year Award for Research Leadership

01-23-18 Lab Wins DoD Honors for Support of Guard and Reserve Staff Members