APL Achievement Awards and Prizes: The Lab’s Top Inventions, Discoveries, and Technical Accomplishments in 2018

Abstract

Every year, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) honors the accomplishments of its staff members with an awards program. When the program was created more than three decades ago, it recognized staff members’ exceptional contributions to the scientific community via publication, and these publication awards are still presented today. Much like the Lab has evolved, its awards program has grown to include prizes recognizing extraordinary achievements in research and development and sponsored programs and, most recently, efforts that exemplify APL’s focus on transformative innovations. Awards are presented during a formal ceremony on APL’s campus in Laurel, Maryland. This article details the awards presented for achievements in 2018.