ARCS Member and Scholar Alum, Dr. Eileen Hwang, is featured in an article "ARCS Scholarship Program: Supporting Student Scientists" in the latest issue of the Moran Eye Center Focus Magazine. The full article is here and describes Eileen's use of the ARCS award to jump start her independent research. Full... Read more
ARCS Members attended a presentation January 14, 2025 by Dr. Jan Kubanek on a device his lab has developed that has incredible potential to modulate symptoms of chronic pain, depression and essential tremor. The device called the Diadem is currently in phase 2 clinical trials. The anecdotes Dr. Kubanek shared of... Read more
Henry Crandall, ARCS Scholar 2021-22, recently completed his PhD proposal, moving one step closer to completing his degree. Last year Henry received a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship provides $150K in funding over 3 to 5 years to support his research on developing novel wearable health devices that can... Read more
Bram Hunt, ARCS Scholar 2018-19, was the podium presentation winner at the Utah Biomedical Engineering Conference in September, 2025. He also recently received word that his paper “Are drivers recurring or ephemeral? Observations from serial mapping of persistent atrial fibrillation“ was accepted for publication in EP Europace. This is a... Read more
Jadie Adams, 2019-20 ARCS Scholar, completed her PhD in May, 2025 and has joined the Kitwares Computer Vision Team as a Senior Research and Development Engineer. She is working on a project related to aligning AI decision making algorithms to human values: See more about the project here: https://www.darpa.mil/program/in-the-moment... Read more
As a graduate student studying basic research in cardiac electrophysiology, ARCS Scholar Bram Hunt was in the unique position of being one of three finalists in basic research for the Heart Rhythm Society 2023 Young Investigator Award (YIA) with his paper, “Are Drivers Recurring or Ephemeral? from Serial... Read more
Ruth Novak was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Utah Women Tech Council. Utah ARCS members attended the Awards Luncheon on September 22 to honor and support Ruth. Ruth is a founding member of the Utah ARCS Chapter. The award was presented by Janene Muller, past president of the... Read more
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... Read more
Jadie Adams, Utah ARCS Scholar 2019-2020, has been selected for an internship at the Nasa jet propulsion lab. She will be working in the Machine Learning and Instrument Autonomy Group with two data scientists and two cosmologists on a project called “Machine Learning Uncertainty Quantification for Cosmic Microwave Background Separation.”... Read more
