The ARCS/MWC Endowment Fund is very fortunate to have had a long standing relationship with the Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL). ORNL leadership has been part of the Endowment Scholar selection committee and has hosted endowment scholar visits to the lab for many years. This past May ORNL hosted 2017-18... 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
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 ARCS Foundation Metro Washington Chapter has selected aerospace engineering undergraduate students Madeline Caracappa and Haley Patel as ARCS Scholars for 2017-2018. Both Caracappa and Patel are sophomores in the University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering and active in programs at the university. Caracappa is a... 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
Stephanie Fraley, ARCS alumna (having received multiple ARCS awards, most recently in 2010-11) and a PhD recipient from Johns Hopkins University, has been awarded the prestigious Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface. This award, totaling $500,000, will be distributed in equal installments over the next five years. Its... Read more
We are proud to welcome Matthew Kerr, Johns Hopkins University, as one of our 2011-2012 scholars. He is a Virginia and Paul Wright Scholar, studying biomedical engineering. His research is brain-machine interfacing, with the goal that his work will allow individuals who have lost their hands to regain normal function... Read more
