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����ֱ�� APL was one of two organizations selected by the Chesapeake Human Resources Association to receive its 2003 James W. Rouse Diversity Award. CHRA is Maryland’s premier Human Resources professional association.

At its fourth annual Invention of the Year ceremony tonight, The ����ֱ�� University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., announced its top inventions for 2002 in three categories: life sciences, information sciences and physical sciences.

A powerful imager that will seek traces of past water on the Red Planet reached a key milestone this month when the team developing the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars — or CRISM — successfully completed its Critical Design Review.

More than 400 middle school students from 22 schools across Maryland will compete in the third annual TEAMS (Technology Education Alliance with Middle Schools) science and technology competition May 6 at The ����ֱ�� University Applied Physics Laboratory.

The solar system’s farthest known planetary outpost is closer to getting its first visitor. This week NASA gave The ����ֱ�� University Applied Physics Laboratory, Southwest Research Institute and their partners the go-ahead to start full development of the first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.

A system to destroy airborne biological agents as they move through a building’s heating and air conditioning ducts, developed by The ����ֱ�� University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md., has been licensed to the Bio-Defense Research Group, Inc. (BDRGI), Upper Marlboro, Md., for production.

Stretching millions of miles around Jupiter, the donut-shaped cloud, known as a “torus,” is believed to result from the uncommonly severe bombardment of ion radiation that Jupiter sends toward Europa.

As CFO, Kohlenstein will manage the Lab’s financial operations, overseeing financial planning and budgeting.

The ����ֱ�� Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR) was among several organizations participating in “Shadow Bowl” — a series of simulated mass casualty disasters in the San Diego region and other communities around the nation during Super Bowl weekend.

NASA Headquarters announced today that APL will formulate, implement and operate multiple spacecraft for the agency’s Geospace missions, which will study the sun’s effects on Earth’s magnetic field and upper atmosphere.