Metro Washington

Jenna Osborne, GWU Mechanical and Aerospace Scholar 2017-18 Is Winter Featured Scholar

Posted on Monday, March 5, 2018

With an increasing incidence of bone disorders in an aging population, engineered bone tissues may be a better alternative for conventional bone grafts. The challenge for bone tissue engineering is to form mechanically strong porous structures that can be grown quickly. Jenna’s research in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the... Read more

5th Year Ph.D. Candidate, Danaher Scholar Lauren Russell is MWC Fall Featured Scholar

Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2017

5th year Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Virginia, Danaher Scholar, Lauren Russell, is the MWC fall featured scholar. Her research project addresses designing a biomaterial for growth and differentiation of neural stem cells into oligodendrocytes. Oligodendrocytes are the cells responsible for generating the myelin sheath, an insulating layer around... Read more

Perrin Falkner, UVA, ARCS MWC Clark Construction Scholar Presents Poster on Sustainability!

Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Perrin Falkner, University of Virginia, ARCS MWC Clark Construction Undergraduate Scholar presented a poster on her work in sustainability in public infrastructure at the American Society of Civil Engineering in partnership with the World Bank. Through the Policy Internship Program (PIP) at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and... Read more