APL Advances — January 2024

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory • APL Advances

Critical Contributions to Critical Challenges • January 10, 2024

Johns Hopkins APL Supports Climate TRACE’s Expanded Database of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

In continued support of the Climate TRACE coalition, APL used a combination of machine learning, satellite imagery and localized emissions data to advance its accurate, scalable and easily configurable greenhouse gas monitoring framework for road transportation.

The GUSTO telescope hangs from the hangar crane during telescope pointing tests at the Long Duration Balloon Facility on the Ross Ice Shelf near the U.S. National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Dec. 6, 2023. Mission specialists were calibrating the star cameras, used to determine the direction of pointing of the telescope.

NASA’s Balloon Mission GUSTO Mapping the Space Between the Stars

Amid the cacophony of penguins and seals, scientists from APL and the University of Arizona celebrated the new year with the launch of NASA’s newest balloon mission GUSTO. The airborne telescope will study molecular clouds of gas and dust between the stars.

APL, University of Colorado Boulder Formalize National Security Research Partnership

APL and the University of Colorado Boulder have signed a master research agreement that expands their existing partnership and opens new avenues for collaboration to address critical national security objectives and workforce needs.

APL, in collaboration with the nonpartisan think tank Special Competitive Studies Project, has produced a framework for government officials and industry leaders to assess the harms and benefits of society’s interaction with new artificial intelligence uses.

Framework Developed by APL, Think Tank Assesses AI Impact

APL, in collaboration with the nonprofit, nonpartisan Special Competitive Studies Project, published a framework to guide regulators as they determine whether artificial intelligence (AI) development and uses are highly consequential to society and require their attention.

APL has been named a winner of Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Award and earned a spot as one of the Best Places to Work for 2024.

For Third Straight Year, APL Named Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award Winner and Top 50 Best Place To Work

For a third consecutive year, APL has been named a winner of Glassdoor’s
Employees’ Choice Award, and earned a spot as one of the Best Places to Work for 2024. APL ranked No. 30 on the list, marking the Laboratory’s third year in a row as a top-50 selection.

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Before launch of the EZIE mission, the EZIE team will make and freely distribute approximately 700 EZIE-Mag kits to teachers and students across the United States, with a specific focus on Indigenous schools.

How EZIE-Mag Pushes to Make Science More Accessible and Inclusive

Before launch of the EZIE mission, the EZIE team at APL will make and freely distribute approximately 700 magnetometer kits (nicknamed EZIE-Mag) to teachers and students across the United States, with a specific focus on Indigenous schools.

At Sea, APL Engineer Gains Inspiration and Insights for Tech Development

Floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Sherry Chen looked out over the 1,000-foot deck as two F-18 fighter jets revved for takeoff. Over the course of a five-day embarkation on an aircraft carrier, Chen gained valuable insights into the technology she helps develop for Navy sailors.

A picture of the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the aircraft carrier on which Sherry Chen, an early-career software engineer at Johns Hopkins APL, had the opportunity to participate in the Office of Naval Research’s Scientists to Sea program.

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