• Patti Grace Smith Fellow, Class of 2025

• Howard University, Mechanical Engineering, ‘26

• Host Institution: Muon

Jayson Johnson is a junior at Howard University and a Karsh STEM Scholar pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is the co-founder of Tree Tech, a startup focused on facilitating improved information access in his college communities through AI. This venture aligns with his commitment to helping underserved populations through data science and engineering. Jayson accumulated extensive experience through various projects at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Howard, Johns Hopkins University and MIT, involving heat transfer for hypersonic vehicles, International Space Station (ISS) payloads, self-cleaning solar panels, as well as solid state synthesis for superconductors. His career aspirations involve obtaining a PhD in Aerospace Engineering to continue helping underserved communities. Outside of school, Jayson enjoys physical activities such as gymnastics, going to the gym, and playing soccer.