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Spinal cord injuries are among the most devastating that a person can live with — as well as the most difficult to effectively treat. Johns Hopkins APL researchers are applying machine-learning techniques to enable existing technology to help restore autonomy and dignity to people who live with spinal cord injuries.

In times of armed conflict, the Red Cross emblem protects the people who wear it and the buildings or vehicles that display it — but not their assets in cyberspace. APL is working with the International Committee of the Red Cross to create an equivalent of the emblem in cyberspace that would provide humanitarian and medical operations with legal protection from cyberattacks.

APL’s Dave Jansing has been named the 2023 Out to Innovate™️ LGBTQ+ Engineer of the Year.

AIAA, or the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, is the world’s largest technical society dedicated to the aerospace profession, with more than 30,000 members worldwide. APL’s Kyle Zittle has been involved with the society since his student days at the University of Maryland and was recently named the director of AIAA Region 1.

On June 8, leaders from government, industry and academia gathered at Johns Hopkins APL for the latest installment of the Research Frontiers Forum to discuss climate change and national security. Read about some of the biggest takeaways from the event and watch the panels online.

The Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering recently selected Johns Hopkins APL’s Bart Paulhamus and Ben Rodriguez as Engineering for Professionals program chairs.

APL leads one of five teams that NASA recently selected to collaborate on lunar science and lunar sample analysis research, as part of the agency’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI).

Anthony Plummer Jr., a communications and networking engineer in APL’s Asymmetric Operations Sector, is helping the U.S. Air Force tackle missile defense and other national security challenges as a member of the Department of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).

Embedded in the Space Exploration Sector since August, U.S. Space Force Maj. Julian Martinez has been getting an up-close look at — and even contributing to — Johns Hopkins APL’s cross-domain expertise.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Senator Ben Cardin toured Johns Hopkins APL on June 9 and received briefings on upcoming NASA missions and other space technologies in development at the Lab.