R.T. William, Utah ARCS Scholar 2021-22 is a member of a team that won one of the top awards in the inaugural EnergyTech University Prize. The prize is sponsored by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) at the U.S. Department of Energy. This is a collegiate competition challenging multidisciplinary student teams...
Steel production accounts for eight-to-nine percent of all CO² emissions. ARCS Alumnus Daniel Bregante hopes to mitigate those emissions by decarbonizing the steel industry through groundbreaking research at Boston Metal.
Bregante began his work as a Research and Development (R&D) scientist at the Boston Metal company in June 2021, after...
Significant and extreme weather events linked to global warming in 2021 took climate scientists, like ARCS Alumnus Daniel Swain, by surprise—not because they occurred, but because scientists predicted it would be decades before the US would see those devastating effects.
A summer backpack trip through the lush forests of the Great Smoky Mountains made such a profound impact on ARCS Scholar Connor Crouch that he changed his career course.
A then-undergraduate studying Journalism at the University of Missouri, Crouch witnessed widespread mortality of the Fraser fir resulting from an encroaching...
An ARCS Member is leading NSF’s Polar Programs, overseeing a wide range of research projects, including melting ice sheets that confirm a warming planet. The polar regions hold a vast array of science – even inside the ice itself.
The two poles of Earth – the Arctic and Antarctica – are...
ARCS® Foundation added the University of California Merced to its growing list of approved academic partners, plus the Biomedical Informatics program at Arizona State University.
LaGrange, Georgia (March 29, 2022) —The University of California Merced is the 50th and latest institution added to ARCS Foundation’s list of approved academic...
Cece Foxley and Kathie Miller of the ARCS Foundation Utah Chapter have been recognized by the Women United - United Way of Salt Lake for their contributions to the community. During Women's History Month the Women United - United Way of Salt Lake organization is highlighting their members who are making waves in...
With a click of a button, ARCS Scholar Nick Heller is helping radiologists identify and analyze kidney tumors within a patient’s body.
Heller is a PhD student conducting computer science research at University of Minnesota. His research focuses on using computer technology to enhance medical imaging, like a CT scan...
To say ARCS Scholar Samuel Buckner is passionate about aerospace engineering is an understatement.
As a boy, he was fascinated by space. But his professional pursuit grew exponentially when private companies, such as SpaceX and Blue Origin, began building their own vehicles with the intent of strengthening America’s space program...
