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Vanessa Hawkins focuses on ocean observations near glaciers as a PhD student at Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science.

During her undergraduate work, “I learned that I gravitate toward hands-on work where I can use physics as a tool to understand our changing planet, a topic I’m...

Shanjida Khan’s PhD research at Oregon Health & Science University focused on building imagining systems that “allow us to see the front part of the human eye. The imaging systems use a noninvasive imaging technique, optical conference tomography, which is similar to ultrasound,” she explains. But instead of “using sound waves...

Emily and Jarvis Caffrey are ARCS Oregon scholar alums who both earned their PhDs at Oregon State University. Emily’s 2015 PhD focused on Radiation Health Physics, and Jarvis earned his PhD in nuclear engineering in 2016.

Emily was funded by the Wills Family and Jarvis received a Chapter Award. They now...