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Michelle Heusser, a third-year scholar at the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Bioengineering, is researching experimental and computational techniques to understand and predict the neural basis for eye movements. She hopes her work can eventually be used in an “oculomotor brain-computer interface” as well as address questions about the neural basis of various perceptual phenomena. Click on the image to read Michelle's speech from the 2017 Pittsburgh ARCS Donor Reception
Pittsburgh Donor Reception
Ryan Wagner, a third-year scholar at Carnegie Mellon University’s Institute of Software Research, is a former “ethical hacker” (to prevent cyber attacks) mainly of financial and US Government systems. He is currently researching ways of evaluating how cyber systems can self-adapt to withstand attacks. His research will determine structural weak points in a system and guide self-adaptation of the system to preserve critical functionality while increasing resilience.

Dr. Neeraj Gandhi receives $1.5 million award from National Institute of Health

Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2018

All of our scholars have “research advisors” with whom they work in areas that eventually become independent Ph.D. research areas for themselves. Thus, our outstanding scholars stand on the shoulders of nationally recognized scientists.  Dr. Neeraj Gandhi, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, recently received... Read more

ARCS Pittsburgh Results and Goals for 2017-2018

Posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Each year ARCS National requires a report on each chapter's progress on goals set at the beginning of the year, as well as projected goals for next year.  We also distribute this report at our ARCS Pittsburgh Annual Meeting.  Click here to read the 2017-2018 ARCS Pittsburgh... Read more