APL Achievement Awards and Prizes: The Lab’s Top Inventions, Discoveries, and Accomplishments in 2019 and 2020

Abstract

Every year, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) honors the accomplishments of its staff members with an awards program. At its inception more than three decades ago, the program recognized staff members’ exceptional contributions to the scientific community via publication. Today’s program continues to recognize outstanding publications but has grown to include awards and prizes celebrating extraordinary achievements in both sponsored programs and internal research and development, efforts that exemplify APL’s focus on transformative innovations, and, most recently, significant contributions that promote a positive, diverse, and inclusive culture at the Laboratory. In 2020, the program underwent yet another change as the Lab pivoted from the formal in-person ceremony on APL’s campus in Laurel, Maryland, to a safe and fun virtual format during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article details the awards presented for achievements in 2019 and 2020.