![Jarod Gagnon studies a sapphire wafer](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20191126_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 26, 2019
APL Takes 3D Printing of Electronic Parts to the Next Level
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory have demonstrated a novel and groundbreaking way to additively print gallium nitride — a material that can be used to produce semiconductor power devices as well as radio-frequency components and light-emitting diodes.
![Patrick Stadter](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20191115_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 15, 2019
APL’s Stadter Earns Air Force Exceptional Service Award
Patrick Stadter has earned the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Award for Exceptional Public Service, the highest such honor presented to a civilian by the Air Force.
![Admiral John M. Richardson](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20191113_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 13, 2019
Former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson Is Named Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Admiral John M. Richardson, former Chief of Naval Operations, has joined the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory as a Senior Fellow. Admiral Richardson served as the 31st Chief of Naval Operations from September 2015 to August 2019.
![Andy Driesman of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (center) receives the NASA Outstanding Public Leadership Medal for his role as project manager of Parker Solar Probe](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20191113b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 13, 2019
Johns Hopkins APL’s Andy Driesman Awarded Leadership Honor by NASA
In recognition of his leadership of the team behind Parker Solar Probe, Andy Driesman of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory was awarded NASA’s Outstanding Public Leadership Medal. This award acknowledges sustained, high-impact leadership accomplishments by a nongovernment employee that significantly influenced the NASA mission and goals.
![Pictured left to right: Andy Driesman, APL, previous project manager; Patrick Hill, APL, current project manager; Nickalaus Pinkine, APL, mission operations manager; Robin Vaughn, APL, spacecraft system engineer; Annette Dolbow, APL, integration and testing lead engineer; Nicky Fox, NASA Heliophysics Division director; and Nour Raouafi, APL, project scientist](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20191113c_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 13, 2019
Parker Solar Probe Team Awarded NASA Silver Achievement Medal
The medal is awarded to government and nongovernment individuals or teams by NASA center directors “when it is deemed to be extraordinarily important and appropriate to recognize such achievement.”
![Great Pacific Garbage Patch](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20191111_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 11, 2019
The Basement Tinkerer: APL’s Pavalko Helps Clean Up Ocean
Some people build race cars in their garages, others start a band in their basement, but few make equipment as a hobby that will help clean up the environment half a world away.
![Natasha Alonso Zimmerman](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20191107_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 7, 2019
Alonso Zimmerman Receives ‘Women of Color’ STEM Technical Rising Star Award
Natasha Alonso Zimmerman, a chemist and project manager at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, was recognized as a “Rising Star” at the 24th Annual Women of Color STEM Conference.
![Asteroid](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20191106b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 6, 2019
DART Project Successfully Completes Critical Milestone
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory team building NASA’s first planetary defense test mission — the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) — has completed two key mission reviews that bring DART steps closer to the challenging task of diverting an asteroid.
![Schematic summary of the Voyager spacecraft’s findings in the region where the solar system meets the local interstellar medium](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20191106_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 6, 2019
Voyager 2 Illuminates Boundary of Interstellar Space
After more than four decades in space, the discoveries keep coming from NASA’s Voyager spacecraft and their sets of science instruments — including the durable charged-particle detectors developed at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
![APL’s breakthrough lithium-ion battery technology](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20191101_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Nov 1, 2019
Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Win 2019 R&D 100 Award for Breakthrough Lithium-Ion Battery Technology
A team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has won a 2019 R&D 100 Award for their breakthrough lithium-ion battery technology.