Emma Glass – Evelyn Soucek Memorial Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD candidate, Biomedical Engineering University of Virginia
Research: The aim of Emma's research is to develop innovative ways of treating bacterial infection without the use of conventional antibiotics. Specifically, computational metabolic models of bacteria in... Read more
Sabahat Rahman – Danaher Foundation Scholar Undergraduate Scholar, Senior, Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University
Research: Two cancer research projects will be focusing on personalized care and treatments. The first project will develop a device that measures individual patient melanoma stiffness in situ, with the intent... Read more
Reynolds L. Dziobek-Garrett – JCM Foundation Scholar 1st Year Scholar, PhD Candidate, Chemistry Johns Hopkins University
Research: Research focuses on controlling the properties of atomically-thin semiconductors via chemical synthesis. He uses high-resolution electron microscopy and laser spectroscopies to understand the role of crystalline defects formed... Read more
The annual award recognizes the world's top graduate students from leading institutions of bioengineering, computer science, energy science, and business. Sarah Neshat, ARCS-MWC 2022-23 Endowment Scholar, is among those honored.
Sarah, a first-generation college graduate, completed her studies at Northeastern University with three six-month co-ops in pharma, academia, and biotech.... Read more
Do you remember last year's SAR speaker and ARCS-MWC scholar alum, Dr. Ori Fox, PhD? Dr. Fox has been an Astronomer at AURA's Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which operates the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Dr. Fox serves as a Instrument Scientist on JWST’s Launch and Operations Team and Project Scientist for... Read more
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
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
