Critical Contributions to Critical Challenges  •  November 12, 2024

Scientists Fuse Simulations and Machine Learning to Accelerate Novel Additively Manufactured Materials

A new Johns Hopkins APL-led study shows how machine learning can be used to predict the microstructures produced by a widely used additive manufacturing technique. This novel approach promises to dramatically reduce the cost of and time spent developing materials with tailored physical properties and will soon be implemented on a NASA-funded effort focused on creation of a digital twin.

Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Blasts Off in Historic Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Ocean Moon

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully launched on Oct. 14, marking the start of its 5.5-year journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, a world believed to potentially have the ingredients for life. Developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in partnership with APL, the mission aims to unravel Europa’s secrets, hoping to make groundbreaking discoveries about the moon’s habitability and determine whether life could have emerged there.

APL Biomanufacturing Breakthroughs Bolster National Security

APL researchers are developing biological solutions to address some of the most pressing security challenges facing the nation, including supply chain reliance, industrial base improvement and eco-friendly waste removal.

Lab Earns Federal Quantum Computing Award to Propel Science Discoveries

A research team led by APL quantum information scientist Gregory Quiroz and partners at five institutions has earned a competitive quantum computing award from the Department of Energy to engineer potentially game-changing open-source software systems to propel scientific discoveries. The award builds on the team’s previous success designing software that combats errors hampering the performance of today’s quantum computers.

APL’s Frontier-X Wins 2024 R&D 100 Award for Revolutionizing Space Communications

Frontier-X, a breakthrough space communications technology developed at APL, was selected as a 2024 R&D 100 Awards winner as one of the top 100 innovations pushing the boundaries of research and development. Frontier-X, which debuted in 2023, is capable of receiving and transmitting signals in multiple frequencies while using less space and power than a previous APL-developed system called Frontier Radio, which has been a critical component for Laboratory-built space missions that have studied the Sun and revealed the mysteries of Pluto.

Johns Hopkins Teams Poised to Create Transformative Technologies

Cheap and plentiful hydrogen harvested from water. Lightning-fast biocomputers running on brain-like substrates. Widely available noninvasive brain scans for early detection of neurological disease. A visual prosthesis in the form of glasses that returns sight to people with previously incurable vision loss. These are the four boundary-pushing proposals funded in this year’s cycle of the SURPASS initiative. 

APL Director Semmel Receives 2024 Icon Honor From Daily Record

The Maryland Daily Record selected APL Director Ralph Semmel as a 2024 Icon Honors recipient. Honorees are recognized for advancing their industries while making a lasting impact in the community through mentoring and service.

Three Lab Staffers Named Associate Fellows by Aerospace Technical Society

Three members of APL’s Space Exploration Sector have been named 2025 associate fellows by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

Concept Design and Realization Branch — Part II

Vol. 37, No. 3 (2024)

APL’s Concept Design and Realization Branch offers an array of engineering, design and fabrication capabilities that support the Laboratory’s mission and broad sponsored work. This issue, the final in a series of two, further highlights APL’s contributions in hardware design, mechanical and electrical fabrication, systems integration and pioneering manufacturing science. This work not only benefits the Lab’s programs and missions of today but also positions APL to contribute to solving the challenges of the future.

2024 Cislunar Security Conference

Dec. 4-6 • Johns Hopkins APL, Laurel, MD

The Cislunar Security Conference, which is hosted annually by the Lab, is the premier opportunity for U.S. stakeholders to discuss new and evolving critical challenges in the cislunar domain. This year’s conference will be held Dec. 4-6 and will highlight security challenges associated with increasing exploration and utilization of the cislunar regime and promote dialogue on solutions to these challenges. U.S. citizenship is required.

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