![Parker Solar Probe near the sun](/sites/default/files/2024-02/Parker_Solar_Probe%20Spacecraft.jpeg)
News
May 24, 2022
Signs of Success: At Mission’s Midpoint, Parker Solar Probe Marks Amazing Achievements
NASA's Parker Solar Probe - designed, built and operated by Johns Hopkins APL - has come closer to the Sun than any spacecraft in history.
![Yanping Guo](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220518_image1_med.jpg)
Press Release
May 18, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL’s Guo Named an AIAA Fellow
Yanping Guo of APL has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) — a prestigious honor bestowed on only 2,008 members in the organization’s history.
![Ralph Semmel](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220517_image1_med.jpg)
Press Release
May 17, 2022
Semmel Named to Power 30 Higher Education List
APL Director Ralph Semmel was recently named to The Daily Record’s second annual Power 30 Higher Education List. Semmel, the Laboratory’s director since 2010, joined college and university presidents and senior administrators, policymakers, advocates for education access and equity and others “on the cutting edge of research and the liberal arts,” the magazine explained.
![Detecting Human Fatigue](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_Detecting_Human_Fatigue.jpg)
News
May 12, 2022
Fatigue Monitoring System Holds Promise in Preventing Warfighter Injuries
Scientists at Johns Hopkins APL are working on a system to monitor physical fatigue in near-real time. Such a capability could prevent countless musculoskeletal injuries, and fits into a larger portfolio of work at the Laboratory focused on predictive health and human performance modeling.
![APL Director Ralph Semmel, Howard County Executive Calvin Ball, and Larry Twele, CEO of the Howard County Economic Development Authority](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220512_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 12, 2022
Howard County, Johns Hopkins APL Join Forces to Leverage Smart City Innovation in Gateway District
APL is bringing its expertise in public health, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and climate change into a collaboration with the Howard County Economic Development Authority to incorporate smart and connected community concepts within the county’s Gateway District.
![AI-predicted stress response for real additively manufactured defect microstructures.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220509_image1_med.jpg)
Press Release
May 9, 2022
Accelerating Materials Research With AI Keeps Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Ahead of ‘Impossible’ Challenges
Researching novel materials — and in particular, characterizing their properties to ensure they’ll function as intended — is time consuming, resource intensive and expensive. APL is leveraging its expertise in artificial intelligence/machine learning, modeling and simulation, and materials science, as well as its additive manufacturing capabilities, to accelerate the characterization and analysis pipeline.
![Cybersecurity](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220506_image1_med.jpg)
News
May 6, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Hosts Workshop to Train Tomorrow’s Cyber Defenders
Since its founding in 2014 by APL’s Charlie Frick, the High School Cybersecurity Workshop has provided more than 300 students with hands-on cyber defense training.
![Erik Johnson](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220503_image1_med.jpg)
Press Release
May 3, 2022
Johnson Named Johns Hopkins APL Chief of Staff
As APL’s new chief of staff, Erik Johnson tackles a variety of tasks that loom large over the future of the Laboratory. He shares how his mentors and experiences have prepared him to guide the Executive Council’s strategic decision-making agenda — and much more.
![Jackie Sharp earned DCCEAS’ Young Engineer of the Year award](/sites/default/files/2024-02/20220420_image1_lg-2.jpg)
News
Apr 20, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL’s Sharp Honored for Engineering Excellence
Jackie Sharp, a mechanical engineer in APL’s Research and Exploratory Development Department, was presented with the annual District of Columbia Council of Engineering and Architectural Societies Young Engineer of the Year award.
![A graphic depiction of users collaborating via the REACTOR technology](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220414_image1_lg.jpeg)
News
Apr 14, 2022
REACTOR Prototype Brings XR Collaboration Capabilities
Engineers at Johns Hopkins APL are addressing the challenges of collaborating across wide physical distances by taking advantage of new technologies, designing and implementing the Mixed Reality Collaboration Environment framework, or REACTOR. This unique system allows subject-matter experts and analysts to interact and collaborate globally, with no externally hosted servers and with the capability to customize the approach to the user’s needs.