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Applied Physics Laboratory
The
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
(
APL
), located in
Howard County, Maryland
, near
Laurel
and
Columbia
, is a not-for-profit,
university-affiliated research center
employing 5,300 people. APL is primarily a
defense contractor
. It serves as a technical resource for the
Department of Defense
,
NASA
, and other government agencies. The Lab is an engineering research and development organization rather than an academic division of
Johns Hopkins University
. Hopkins’
Whiting School of Engineering
offers part-time graduate programs through its
Engineering for Professionals program]
Courses are taught at seven locations in the
Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area
, including the APL Education Center.
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