![Face-shield headpieces 3D-printed at APL's maker space](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200408b_image3_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 8, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Maker Community Crafting Face Shields for Medical Workers
As the world became aware of the shortage of personal protective equipment needed by health care workers on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19, it’s no surprise that many engineers and scientists from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory mobilized immediately.
![John Slotwinski](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200407_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 7, 2020
John Slotwinski Named ASTM International Fellow, Earns Award of Merit
John Slotwinski, a senior national security analyst at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, was given the Award of Merit and title of Fellow by ASTM International.
![Ralph Lorenz, a planetary scientist and aerospace engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, has published hundreds of papers and worked on several planetary missions, including the APL-led NASA mission Dragonfly to Saturn’s moon Titan.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200403_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 3, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Scientist Ralph Lorenz wins Alvin Seiff Memorial Award
Leaders of the International Planetary Probe Workshop awarded Ralph D. Lorenz the Alvin Seiff Memorial Award for his outstanding contributions to planetary science and commitment to mentoring the next generation of solar system explorers.
![George Coles](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200330_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 30, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Scientist Developing Device to Reduce Blindness in Poor and Rural Areas
George Coles, a medical-device researcher at Johns Hopkins APL, is part of a team that has developed a handheld device that allows surgeons to quickly and inexpensively perform sight-saving cataract surgery.
![A myESSENCE dashboard example using simulated data](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200325_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 25, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL-Developed Health Surveillance Tool Augments Nation’s COVID-19 Response
As the world grapples with COVID-19, and the United States works to ramp up testing and mitigation capabilities, a public health electronic surveillance tool developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is helping to fill gaps by tracking the virus’ spread symptomatically.
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Press Release
Mar 23, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Experts Explain Why Social Distancing Is Critical to Flattening the Coronavirus Curve
In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, two phrases have been thrust into the worldwide lexicon: social distancing and flattening the curve. As the U.S. contends with the exponential growth of the virus, and testing and treatments race to catch up, public health experts are shouting these proactive measures from the rooftops.
![Peter Thielen, front, works with Tom Mehoke on immediate sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, the virus that causes COVID-19, at the Johns Hopkins Hospital molecular diagnostics laboratory.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200323b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 23, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Biologists Sequencing Genome of the Virus Causing COVID-19
Inside the molecular diagnostics laboratory at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, while health care workers and hospital staff work tirelessly to process patient tests to detect the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, two biologists from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory are working alongside them.
![Jamie Porter, Ciara Sivels, and Mareena Robinson Snowden](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200317_image1_cover.jpg)
Feature Story
Mar 17, 2020
Paving the Way
Jamie Porter, Mareena Robinson Snowden and Ciara Sivels were each the first black woman to earn a Doctor of Philosophy in nuclear engineering from their respective colleges. Now, they work in three different sectors at APL, dedicating their time and their brains to important challenges facing the nation — with an eye toward furthering a sea change in their wake.
![Johns Hopkins APL Hits Standard Missile-3 Milestone](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200313_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 13, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Hits Standard Missile-3 Milestone
As technical direction agent (TDA) for the SM-3 program, APL conducts analyses, risk assessments and critical experiments in key areas.
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Press Release
Mar 10, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Named One of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Space Companies
Johns Hopkins APL has been named fourth on Fast Company’s list of the Top 10 Most Innovative Space Companies for Dragonfly, an upcoming rotorcraft-lander expedition to Saturn’s large, mysterious moon Titan.