Gemstone Team Research

The Gemstone Program's main focus is multidisciplinary undergraduate team research. Students go through the one-credit GEMS102 course where they propose project ideas and through a process of discussions, presentations, and voting get placed onto research teams. Teams of students work with an assigned faculty mentor for the next three years. The guideline for where teams should be in their research over those three years is outlined in the Timeline for Team Success document. At the end of the three years, teams write a thesis and present their findings at the Team Thesis Conference in the spring of their senior year.

Visit the Timeline for Team Success document that outlines the three year team research process.

Visit the Past Teams, listed in the right menu, to see what all our graduated teams have done.

Visit the Current Teams listed in the right menu, to see what our current teams are researching.

Visit the Team Websites, listed in the right menu, to learn about each team research project.