Because of their outstanding excellence in research and scholarship applications by The Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and The Whiting School of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University were unanimously APPROVED by the ARCS MWC Board, General Membership and... Read more
ARCS Metropolitan Chapter (MWC) is pleased to announce that it will honor Charles O. Holliday, Jr., Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, as its 2018 Eagle Awardee. The Eagle Award will be presented at MWC 50th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, April 27th which is a part of the All Members Conference... Read more
Please join us for the Spring Celebration and Eagle Award Dinner at the historic Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. The evening includes dinner, Fund-A-Scholar, celebration of the MWC 50th anniversary, and presentation of the Eagle Award to Mr. Charles O. Holliday, Chairman Royal Dutch Shell. RSVP for this event... Read more
John Hickey, JCM Scholar, Ph.D. Candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University was teaching his first unversity-level class when he discovered he wanted more feedback from his students. So he invented an app called Tcruch, which enables easy teacher - student interaction. Article on Tcruch app. ... Read more
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
SUNEEL I. SHEIKH, PH.D. 2002-04 ARCS Scholar at University of Maryland
Suneel I. Sheikh is the CEO and Chief Research Scientist of the Advanced Space Technology and Research Laboratories (ASTER Labs), Inc., as well as co-founder of the company in 2004. ASTER Labs is a technology development and research... Read more
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
