As head of the Research and Exploratory Development Department, Merkle will accelerate innovation and collaborate with APL’s ...

Dr. Anna Knight is a senior biomechanical engineer whose research focuses on leveraging acoustics and ultrasound technology for noninvasive sensing. Her current work specializes in ultrasound ...

In May 2024, APL hosted the Atlantic Coastal Resilience Workshop, bringing together close to 100 members of academia, industry, government, and nonprofits to forge a path forward in strategic ...

Johns Hopkins APL researchers are contributing to the development of a mobile cellular system that can be installed in a ...

APL staff members filed a record 564 intellectual property disclosures in fiscal year 2024, reinforcing the Laboratory’s ...

APL has contributed to a new study in The Lancet Public Health that found that public-private partnerships to develop, ...

NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun has confirmed that it survived its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun’s surface on Dec. 24. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles ...

In person, SMART Nav doesn’t look like much. It’s in a metal square that’s laced into a web of soldered wires, resistors and diodes on a circuit board. In fact, technologically speaking, it’s a ...

Among APL’s thousands of critical contributions to national security and space exploration are a number of defining innovations: game-changing breakthroughs in technology that have created inflection ...

APL is located in Laurel, Maryland, situated between Baltimore and Washington, DC, and near I-95. Our main campus spans nearly 461 acres and is home to more than 20 major buildings, as well as a ...

APL collaborates with the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering to sponsor graduate programs through the Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals (EP) program. EP offers part-time and online ...

The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Annual Report summarizes APL’s diversity-focused resources and initiatives and serves as a reflection of APL’s commitment to a diverse and inclusive work environment.