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, 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
The Metro - Washington Chapter celebrated Scholarship and Innovation at a special evening at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on October 12, 2017. At the awards ceremony in the beautiful and historic National Academy of Sciences building, twenty graduate and undergraduate fellows from five area ARCS/MWC Partner Universities were... Read more
Dr. Suneel I. Sheikh, the co-founder, CEO and chief research scientist of Minnesota-based ASTER Labs, Inc. has been selected for membership in ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame. A 2002-04 ARCS Scholar funded by ARCS Metropolitan Washington Chapter, Dr. Sheikh holds a Ph.D. in... Read more
The Metro Washington Chapter, ARCS Foundation will be hosting the 48th annual Scholar Awards Reception on October 12, 2017 at the National Academy of Sciences. The reception is sponsored by The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Dr. Mather, NASA Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope, and 2006... Read more
Danny Kim, 2017-2018 Lockheed Martin Scholar for the Metro Washington Chapter, ARCS Foundation, Inc. is the first author of a publication entitled, "DynODet: Detecting Dynamic Obfuscation in Malware." Danny's paper was accepted for publication in the elite Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware & Vulnerability... Read more
Sunee I. Sheikh, Ph.D. is an outstanding ARCS/MWC alumnus (2002-2003) in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland. Dr. Sheikh is currently the CEO and Chief Research Scientist of ASTER Labs, Inc. Dr. Sheikh and ASTER Labs has demonstrated scientific and technology leadership, and continues exellence in research and scholarship.... Read more
The Metropolitan Washington Chapter of ARCS Foundation, Inc. (ARCS/MWC) will be hosting its 48th annual Scholar Awards Reception sponsored by The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) on the evening of Thursday, October 12, 2017. We are most grateful for the generous support from AIAA as sponsor. Given AIAA’s strategic commitment... Read more
University of Maryland student Elaine Petro has been named an ARCS Scholar for 2017-2018 by the Metropolitan Washington Chapter. Petro is a PhD student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland doing research on the development of a water-propelled helicon thruster with specific implulse control. Petro... Read more
Jack Wadden, ARCS Metro Washington Scholar, received an award for outstanding research from the University of Virginia Computer Science Department. The awards ceremony was held on May 3rd. Read more
