Sohail Zahid, a predoctoral student in the Trayanova lab, has been selected to receive a Johns Hopkins University 2015-2016 ARCS Foundation Scholarship. The Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the ARCS Foundation funded this program at Johns Hopkins to award merit-based graduate scholarships to students majoring in engineering and the physical sciences whose work could result in a breakthrough technology or discovery with the potential to advance America’s global technological competitiveness. The $15,000 award may be used for education-related expenses such as tuition, books, supplies, travel to conferences, research activities as well as other needs.