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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (or simply Applied Physics Laboratory, or APL) is a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center (UARC) in Howard County, Maryland. It is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University and employs 8,700 people as of 2024. [2] APL is the nation's largest UARC. [3]
What Engineers Know and How they Know It: Analytical Studies from Aeronautical History (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990) is a historical reflection on engineering practice in US aeronautics from 1908 to 1953 written by Walter Vincenti (1917-2019) an accomplished practitioner and instructor. [1]
Originally known as the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering building, Maryland Hall was renamed in 1931 to recognize the Maryland General Assembly's role in establishing the School of Engineering. [3] Engineering at Johns Hopkins was originally created in 1913 as an educational program that included exposure to liberal arts and scientific ...
Frederick Stucky Billig (February 28, 1933 – June 1, 2006) was an American aerospace engineer who was a pioneer in the development of scramjet propulsion. [1]Billig's primary research was in the area of high-speed, air-breathing propulsion for advanced flight vehicles including pioneering work in external burning and supersonic combustion.
[21] [22] He earned a BA degree in physics from Johns Hopkins University in 1971; a MSE degree in aerospace science from the Catholic University of America in 1974; a PhD degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland in 1977; [23] a MS degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California in 1979; an MS ...
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory: 2017 Steven J. Battel: Battel Engineering Inc. 2016 Paul E. Dimotakis: California Institute of Technology: 2016 James E. Hubbard, Jr. University of Maryland: 2016 Michael K. Sinnett: The Boeing Company: 2016 Adam D. Steltzner: Jet Propulsion Laboratory: 2016 Michael I. Yarymovych: Independent ...
He became Professor of Aerospace Engineering in 1980, serving in that capacity until 1999, when he retired and was named professor emeritus. He also served as an affiliate member of the History Department at UMD. The John Anderson Scholarship Fund was established in Anderson's honor in 2000 by the A. James Clark School of Engineering jointly ...
Lumley received his M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University in 1954 and 1957 respectively. His Ph.D. thesis supervisor was Stanley Corrsin. He started his academic career at the Pennsylvania State University where he became Evan Pugh Professor of Aerospace Engineering. He was also in charge of research on turbulence and ...