Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Recruitment Fellowships
A Seattle Chapter ARCS Foundation Fellowship is an opportunity to contribute to America’s scientific and economic future by supporting the best and brightest of our nation’s science and engineering graduate students, whose rigorous academic endeavors and cutting-edge research are opening pathways to scientific discoveries that will benefit our state, our nation and our world.
The CSE department receives a number of ARCS Fellowships each year, and these awards are used for recruiting prospective graduate students. The Graduate Admissions Committee determines recipients.
| Year | Awardees (1 yr dissertation award, $2,500) | Donor |
| 1982-83 | Albert Greenberg | Not available |
| 1985-86 | Robert Duisberg | Microsoft (Steve Ballmer) |
| Philip Nelson | Microsoft (Steve Ballmer) | |
| 1988-89 | change to TA or RA supplement | |
| 1989-90 | transition to recruiting award | |
| Awardees (3 yr award, $5,000/yr) | ||
| 1990-92 | Janet Carson | Cable & Howse |
| 1991-93 | Ted Romer | Not available |
| 1992-93, 93-94, 94-95 | Richard Rogers | Not available |
| 1994-96 | Joel Auslander | Microsoft |
| 1995-97 | Brian Michalowski | (unnamed) |
| 1996-98 | Jeremy Buhler (declined, due to Hertz) | |
| Alice (A.J.) Bernheim | Walker, Richer, Quinn | |
| 1997-99 | Jonathan Aldrich | Washington Research Foundation |
| Jake Cockrell | (unnamed) | |
| Rachel Pottinger | Christine Simpson Brent | |
| Steve Wolfman | Barbara & Tom Cable | |
| 1998-00 | Neil Spring | Hunter Simpson |
| 1999-01 | Luke McDowell | Pengra Capital Mgmt |
| Sarah Schwarm | Zevenbergen Corp. | |
| Andrew Whitaker | Melinda Gates | |
| 2000-02 | Molly Bostic | Washington Research Foundation |
| Seth Bridges | Washington Research Foundation | |
| Peter Mork | Washington Research Foundation | |
| Mark Seigle | Washington Research Foundation | |
| Marianne Shaw | Zevenbergen Capital, Inc. | |
| Gary Yngve | WRQ,Inc. | |
| 2001-03 | Aseem Agarwala | Joanna & Kevin Cable |
| Rick Cox | Washington Research Foundation | |
| Daniel Goldman | Pengra Capital Mgmt | |
| Antoine McNamara | Washington Research Foundation | |
| Andrew Schwerin | Catherine & Jim Allchin | |
| Adrien Treuille | Zevenbergen Capital, Inc. | |
| 2002-04 | Michael Ringenburg | Washington Research Foundation |
| 2003-05 | Lillian Kittredge | Washington Research Foundation |
| Julia Letchner | Bezos ARCS Founders Fellowship | |
| Benson Limketkai | Bezos ARCS Founders Fellowship | |
| Andrew Putnam | ARCS Founders Fellowship | |
| Keith 'Noah' Snavely | WRQ, Inc. | |
| 2004-06 | Chandrika Jayant | Ida Cole Fellowship-Barbara Cahill |
| Stefan Schoenmackers | Washington Research Foundation | |
| 2005-07 | Eytan Adar | Pengra Capital Management, Inc. |
| Michael Piatek | Washington Research Foundation | |
| 2006-08 | Andrew Guillory | Bezos AI/Robotics |
| Katherine Moore | Bezos | |
| 2007-09 | Tamara Denning | ARCS Seattle Chapter in honor of Marlene Durbin |
| Evan Herbst | Jeffrey P. Bezos Fellowship | |
| 2008-10 | Morgan Dixon | Washington Research Foundation |
| Benjamin Wood | Virginia M. Dickenson Memorial ARCS Endowment | |
| 2009-11 | Daniel Leventhal | Jeffrey P. Bezos |
| 2010-12 | Samuel Kaufman | ARCS Seattle Chapter Fellow |
| Kyle Rector | Becky & Jack Benaroya ARCS Endowment | |
| 2011-2013 | Maxwell Libbrecht | Washington Research Foundation |
| 2012-2014 | Gabriel Schubiner | |
| Irene Zhang |
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