Dean is a PhD student in the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Minnesota. He works with Professor Kumar K. Tamma on the development and study of algorithms for transient and dynamic applications in computational mechanics. His research strives to foster a fundamental understanding of these algorithms in the... Read more
Matt is a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota and is a member of the McAlpine Research Group (under Dr. Michael McAlpine). His research focus is on the utilization of programmable drug capsules and 3D bioprinting to differentiate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into 3D multicellular cardiac... Read more
Minnesota Zoom Meet-Up
March 10, 2022
6:30 - 7:30 pm Central
Join us for an interesting discussion of work being done to understand the complexities of the brain with ARCS MN Scholar Joe Emerson and ARCS MN member Kim Taylor.Read more
This is the beginning of the year for our new ARCS Scholars and what we, at the Minnesota Chapter of ARCS Foundation, work for all year!
We are not only celebrating our Scholars but will also hear from Minnesota Chapter member. Dr. Benda Ogle. Dr. Ogle is Professor and Department Head... Read more
Nick Heller, PhD candidate in Computer Science, has been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) for 2021-2022.
The DDF gives the University's most accomplished Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to an outstanding research project by providing time to finalize and write a dissertation during the fellowship year.
PhD student Lizzy Crist was awarded a 2021-22 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, which supports outstanding University of Minnesota PhD students who are engaged in interdisciplinary research.
Lizzy is developing a 3D microfluidic device that models breast cancer metastasis, the process of cancer cells spreading throughout a patient’s body. A highly tunable in... Read more
Has the world-wide pandemic crisis changed attitudes about science?
On November 19, 2020, Dr. Jayshree Seth presented the 2020 update from global surveys taken both before and after the pandemic. View video to hear the continuation of this important conversation.... Read more
On October 21, 2020, we celebrated 6 Minnesota Chapter Scholars and heard our Scientist of the Year, Dr. Rhonda Franklin who inspired us with her personal story. Read more
Elizabeth (Lizzy) Crist, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Biomedical Engineering has been named one of the four awardees of the 2020 IEM Junior Investigator Pilot Project . This program was instituted at this year’s IEM Annual Conference. The purpose of this new format is to seed new connections across IEM that bring... Read more
We are pleased to announce that the Minnesota Chapter Scientist of the Year for 2020 is Rhonda Franklin, PhD. Dr. Franklin is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota and dedicates her time and energy to inspiring the next... Read more
