Current Scholars
ARCS Foundation Pittsburgh is honored to present awards to outstanding scholars chosen by the scholar selection committee at Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh Chapter ARCS Scholar receives $15,000 in support, payable over three years at $5,000 per year, or until the completion of his or her doctoral degree, whichever comes sooner, provided the scholar maintains established criteria for continuation.
Pittsburgh Chapter Award
University of Pittsburgh
Research: School of Nursing, The impact that gut microbiota have on psychoneurological symptons women experience during breast cancer treatment
Fleischner-ARCS Pittsburgh Member Endowed Scholar Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research: College of Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, Computational modeling of Polymer Systems
Pittsburgh Chapter Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research: School of Computer Science, Software Engineering, Designing and evaluating software tools to assist with learning of geometric proof at the high school level.
ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Scholar Award in Memory of Jack and Gen Esgar
Carnegie Mellon University
Research: Mellon College of Science, Mathematical Sciences, High dimensional probability distributions, convex geometry, programmable cryptography
ARCS Pittsburgh Member Endowed Scholar Award
University of Pittsburgh
Research: School of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology. Understanding interactions between disease-causing organisms and immune response
ARCS Pittsburgh Member Endowed Scholar Award
The University of Pittsburgh
Research Interest: Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering. Developing and applying both experimental and computational methods to solve cardiovascular/vascular health problems, focused on the computational optimization of a compliance matched tissue engineered vascular graft (TEVG)
Pittsburgh Chapter Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest: Department of Computer Science, Robotics Institute, The development of adaptable centimeter-scale robots for search and rescue applications and their multi-agent collaboration
John and Missy Unkovic ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Scholar Award,
Supporting research at the Mellon College of Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest: Mellon College of Science, Physics, Theoretical cosmology and gravitational waves, specifically in the purview of theories of massive gravity and how we may constrain the gravitational mass using pulsar timing arrays.
Pittsburgh Chapter Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest: Mellon College of Science, Chemistry Chemical transformations happening inside of atmospheric aerosol particles and their impacts on the climate and environment using Raman spectroscopy and mass spectro-scopy.
Beukema-Carrow/Kyper-Kemerer–Wainwright ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Scholar Award
University of Pittsburgh
Research Interest: Swanson School of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Microbial communities present in drinking water distribution systems and their impact on public health.
ARCS Pittsburgh Member Endowed Scholar Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest: College of Engineering, Bioengineering, Growth and motion-preserving treatment plans for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and the effects of physical activity on orthopaedic tissue health.
ARCS Pittsburgh Member Endowed Scholar Award
University of Pittsburgh
Research Interest: School of Nursing, Doctor of Philosophy, Exploring the social, epigenetic, and inflammatory pathways underpinning long-term physical health outcomes and frailty in cancer survivors
Pittsburgh Chapter Award
University of Pittsburgh
Research Interest: Department of Geology and Environmental Science, The effects of clay mineral formation and organic carbon oxidation on the global carbon cycle and near-term impacts of climate change.
Gookin Family Foundation ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Scholar Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest: Mellon College of Science, Chemistry, Development of novel pharmaceuticals for treatment of cancer and genetic diseases.
Catharine and John Ryan ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Scholar Award,
Supporting research at the Mellon College of Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest: Department of Biology, Host-pathogen interactions, metabolism, and bacterial evolution.
ARCS Pittsburgh Member Endowed Scholar Award
University of Pittsburgh
Research Interest: School of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, How host genetics influence severe disease manifestation following infection with Rift Valley fever virus, a virus endemic to Africa and the Middle East
Pittsburgh Chapter Award
University of Pittsburgh
Research Interest: School of Medicine, Integrative Systems Biology, Harnessing machine learning models to understand how inflammatory signals modulate cell survival or death and learn how to induce certain cell fates by fine tuning these signals.
The Pittsburgh Chapter Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research: Department of Physics,
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University of Pittsburgh
ARCS Pittsburgh Scholar Endowed Award in Honor of Timothy F. Burke, and Linda Beerbower Burke, Supporting Non-Medical Research
University of Pittsburgh
Research: Department of Geology and Environmental Science. I plan to study the ecological impacts of excess nutrients in urban aquatic environments caused by anthropogenic activities.
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Supporting research at the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, or Engineering
Research: Swanson School of Engineering Bioengineering Department
Research: Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering, I am excited to continue exploring the capabilities of extracellular matrix-derived biomaterials for advancing cardiopulmonary and vascular disease modeling and treatment.
Research: College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering. Computer Architecture and Integrated Circuits specifically designing new digital systems.
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Research: Center for Neuroscience, Using electrophysiological methods in non-human primates to investigate cognitive processes such as attention, working memory, and mental representations, with the aim of advancing our understanding of conscious experience.