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.
Carroll- Pittsburgh Chapter Named 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.
Heppner-Verghis Named 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.
Hoffman- Pittsburgh Chapter Named 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.
Simpson-Thier Children's Hospital Named 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.
Pittsburgh Chapter Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research: Department of Physics
Using theoretical simulations combined with observational studies to find correlations between core-collapse supernovae and binary black hole merger populations.
Supporting Research at UPMC Children's Hospital
University of Pittsburgh
Research: Developing the theory around data structures and applying them to various fields; for example, hash tables, on modeling the reorder buffer of a CPU, comparing two different architectures for AI, and encodings for SAT solvers.
Research: Department of Cellular and Molecular Pathology,
Jeanne B. and Richard F. Berdik ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Scholar Award
University of Pittsburgh
Research: Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering
3D Bioprinting naturally derived biomaterials as well as studying pathophysiology mechanisms for cardiovascular diseases
Research: College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering.
ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Scholar Award in Honor of Timothy F. Burke, Jr.* and Linda Beerbower Burke, Supporting Non-Medical Research
University of Pittsburgh
Research: Department of Geology and Environmental Science.
The ecological impacts of excess nutrients in urban aquatic environments caused by anthropogenic activities.
Research: Center for Neuroscience,
Supporting research at the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, or Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Research: Swanson School of Engineering Bioengineering Department
McGough- ARCS Pittsburgh Chapter Named Award
University of Pittsburgh
Research Interest: School of Medicine, Cell, Molecular & Systems Biology,Focus on the molecular control of tissue level aging, and exploration of cell signaling at the tissue and organismal level.
ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Scholar Award in Memory of Jack and Gen Esgar,
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest: Mellon College of Science, Chemistry, Utilizing spectroscopy to understand the electronic and molecular structure of metalloenzymes and synthetic models, with the goal of gaining insight into their catalytic mechanisms
ARCS Pittsburgh Chapter Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest: Mellon College of Science, Biological Sciences, Advanced biology studies including gene expression, specifically post-transcriptional control in mRNA.
ARCS Pittsburgh Chapter Award
University of Pittsburgh
Research Interest: Swanson School of Engineering, Bioengineering,Focus on furthering the understanding of the cellular to whole-body scale of biomechanics of human movement and injury prevention, as well as data-driven, user-centered design
Creighton- ARCS Pittsburgh Chapter Named Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest: School of Computer Science, Robotics Institute, Investigating how robot behavior models and communication design can shape human teaching behavior, with applications in interactive robot learning and human-robot co-adaptation
ARCS Pittsburgh Chapter Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest: College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Investing within the climate-resilient environmental systems and technologies research focus area.
ARCS Pittsburgh Chapter Award
University of Pittsburgh
Research Interest: Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences, Center for Neuroscience Graduate Program,Focus on computational methods and electrophysiology to investigate how sensorimotor neural populations encode and generate adaptive goal-directed actions, with the aim of advancing brain-computer interfaces for motor and sensory restoration.
Auclair-Burke-ARCS Pittsburgh Member Endowed Scholar Award,
University of Pittsburgh
Research Interest: Swanson School of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utilizing cutting-edge analytical chemical methods to uncover the occurrence of PFAS and other persistent pollutants at contaminated sites and potential strategies for remediation.
Fleischner-ARCS Pittsburgh Member Endowed Scholar Award
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interest: Department of Biomedical Engineering Directing Bioprinted Lung Morphogenesis by Modulating Geometrical and Biomechanical Cues
ARCS Pittsburgh Chapterr Award,
University of Pittsburgh
Research Interest: School of Medicine, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program, Study into the intersection of policy, psychotropic medications, organic chemistry, and neurodevelopment.