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APL Air and Missile Defense Sector Head Dave Van Wie was recognized at two events by his alma mater, the University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering, for his long record of national service, professional leadership and success.

For the fourth consecutive year, APL was honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award as one of the top 100 Best Places to Work among large U.S. companies.

In December, APL hosted its annual Cislunar Security Conference, bringing together leaders in government, academia, industry and other organizations.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL and the Johns Hopkins Medicine Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore are designing a retinal imaging platform in the form of wearable eyeglasses that has the potential to expand access to retinal imaging and generate enough data to train machine learning models for accelerated research and improved diagnostic capabilities.

Jason Kalirai, an astrophysicist and space mission area executive at APL, has been selected as a fellow by the American Astronomical Society.