Adoniram Johnson

Adoniram Johnson

Biography

Adoniram Johnson is a rising senior mechanical engineering major at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). There, he is a member of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program and seeks to be involved in efforts to increase minority representation and leadership in STEM. He seeks to accomplish this goal by assisting in campus outreach events geared to inform prospective students that a supportive community exists for minority students. Adoniram found his passion for engineering in grade school as he consistently sought out opportunities to pursue engineering through robotics. Throughout high school he was introduced to topics within biology and medicine and now seeks to bridge his passion for engineering and healthcare through research. Upon completion of his undergraduate degree, Adoniram plans to pursue a Ph.D degree in mechanical engineering. He envisions a line of work for himself which will allow him to develop impactful solutions to biomedical issues in the form of wearable devices. Some of his previous research topics include fabrication of elastomer composite matching layers for a wearable ultrasound patch at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In addition, he sought to improve magnetic particle imaging (MPI) by assisting in creating an AI-based model capable of quantifying iron oxide in (MPI) at Michigan State University. Currently he seeks to further explore wearable devices through haptics research at his home institution, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Outside of research, Adoniram enjoys playing sports, fishing and cooking.