Student STEM Research Symposium

Save the Date! 24th Annual on May 20, 2026

The 2026 STEM Student Research Symposium will be held on May 20, 2026 at Loyola University Maryland. 

May 21, 2025 - 23rd Annual

Loyola University Maryland

Ingenuity celebrated STEM excellence in Baltimore schools at the Student STEM Research Symposium on May 21st.  The event was held at the Andrew While Student Center at Loyola University Maryland. The Symposium’s title sponsors included:  Comcast, the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering and Office of Admissions, Pat and Robin Tracy, Hinkey-Benson Family Fund, the University of Maryland at Baltimore County, and Whiting -Turner.  Poly Alums returned to inspire current students and outstanding research mentors and catalysts accepted awards from students whose lives they impacted.

May 23, 2024 - 22nd Annual

Morgan State University

Ingenuity celebrated 30 years of advancing STEM excellence in Baltimore schools at the Student STEM Research & Innovation Symposium on May 23rd.  The event was held at the Morgan State University Student Center. The Symposium’s presenting sponsor was the Chesapeake Wealth Group at Morgan Stanley and title sponsors included:  Comcast, the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, Pat and Robin Tracy, T. Rowe Price, the University of Maryland at Baltimore County and Whiting -Turner.  Poly Alums returned to inspire current students and Abell Foundation President Robert Embry accepted an Award for the Foundation’s steadfast partnership with Ingenuity for three decades.

Download the 2024 Program

May 17, 2023 – 21st Annual

Download the 2023 Program

Ingenuity held its 21st Annual STEM Research Symposium on the historic campus of Morgan State University in the new Student Center on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. The event was proudly sponsored by Pat and Robin Tracy, Whiting-Turner, John’s Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, and many more. We were honored to have Brooke Story, Worldwide President of the Integrated Diagnostic Solutions at Becton Dickinson, (BD) as our Keynote Speaker this year. 

 

May 25, 2022 – 20th Annual

Download the 2022 program

Keynote: Dr. Letitia Dzirasa, M.D.
Commissioner of Health: Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland Baltimore County,
and Baltimore City Health Department

May 27, 2021 – 19th Annual


Download the 2021 program.

Check out our Student-Created Research Website featuring the 2021 projects and videos.

Keynote: Dr. Asamoah Nkwanta
Mathematics Department Chair and Professor
Morgan State University

 

May 2020 – 18th Annual

Download the 2020 program.

Keynote:

Due to COVID we did not have a live event

 

May 2019 – 17th Annual

Download the 2019 program.

Keynote: James E. West
Professor, Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
National Inventor’s Hall of Fame Inductee

 

May 2018 – 16th Annual

Download the 2018 program.

Keynote: Dr. Joshua Sharfstein
Vice Dean, Public Health Practice and Community Engagement
Professor of the Practice in Health Policy and Management
at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Director of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative

 

May 2017 – 15th Annual

Download the 2017 program.

Keynote: Dr. Charles Johnson-Bey
Director, Engineering & Technology, Cyber Solutions, Lockheed Martin Corporation

 

May 2016 – 14th Annual

Download the 2016 program.

Keynote: Britni Lonesome
IBM Cloud Advisor & Poly ‘06

 

May 2015 – 13th Annual

Download the 2015 program.

Keynote: Mr. Timothy Regan
CEO of Whiting Turner and Poly Class of 1973