Welcome
The Gemstone Honors Program at the University of Maryland is a unique multidisciplinary four-year research program for selected undergraduate honors students of all majors. The Gemstone Honors Program continues to challenge and support students in the development of their research, teamwork, communication and leadership skills. Learn more about Gemstone.
News and Announcements
Congratulations Team OPTIC!
February 19, 2020
Our Gemstone students travel all over the country (and world) to present their research! Seniors Arjun Agarwal and Daniel Klawson from Team OPTIC recently traveled to San Diego to present a poster at the 2020 American Geophysical Union’s Ocean Sciences Meeting! Their research focuses on proposing optical wireless communication links for live time monitoring of fragile ocean environments.
Congratulations Former Gemstone Mentors Mark Fuge & Ryan Sochol!
February 3, 2020
Congratulations to former Gemstone mentors Mark Fuge and Ryan Sochol, who have received the NSF career award.
Mark Fuge is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who received this award to fund his project "Learning Design Representations: The Effect of Differential Geometric Manifolds on the Inference of Design Structure". To learn more about Mark Fuge's award click here.
Ryan Sochol is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who recieved this award to fund his project "High-Aspect-Ratio Multi-Material Three-Dimensional Microstructures via Microfluidic Direct Laser Writing".To learn more about Ryan Sochol's award click here.
Congratulations Emily Hitz!
February 3, 2020
Special shoutout to our Gemstone alumni Emily Hitz, who has been named by Nature as one of five early career researchers in materials science! Emily graduated in 2015 as a member of team Quantum Sea. To learn more about Emily's accomplishment click here.
Congratulations to the new admitted Class of 2024 Honors College Terps!
January 31, 2020
Welcome to the Honors College, Class of 2024! To learn more about Gemstone, check out our admitted students page on our website.
If you have any questions, please email gems@umd.edu or call us at 301-458-0784!
Congratulations to some of our Gemstone students!
October 9, 2019
Special shoutout to some of our Gemstone students, who have been recognized across campus!
2019-2020 Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars: Shifali Matthews'20, School of Public Health, Gemstone Team E-JUSTICE and Jilian Kunze'20, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, Gemstone Team VISOR.
Student Speaker for recent University of Maryland Fearless Ideas Campaign, to raise scholarship funds: Kyeisha Laurence'21, Gemstone Team CASCADE
Article spotlight in Maryland Today on Josh Gaus'18, Gemstone Team ARM IT. Josh is a test engineer at the University of Maryland's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site in St. Mary's County!
Gemstone Fall Welcome Calendar 2019
August 19, 2019
Hey Gemstone students! Check out our Gemstone Fall Welcome Calendar below, which has some important dates, information, and ways to get involved in Gemstone!
You can also view the PDF HERE.
