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 here
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.
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 George...
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 firm that...
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 neurons...
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 Applied...
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 welcomed...
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 Aerospace...
