A Meyerhoff Scholar, Jason Reid also received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a Society of Automotive Engineers Scholarship, the UMBC Mechanical Engineering Alumni Award and the Hillel of Greater Baltimore PresidentÔø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡s Award. Reid served as a teaching assistant, tutored his fellow students and local high schoolers, and in his spare time played drums in the UMBC Pep Band and several original rock bands.

Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡UMBC has provided me with many opportunities to mature as a scientist and as a person. While I look forward to embarking on the new experiences and challenges of the future, I will always appreciate my time spent at UMBC.Ôø‡Ôø‡Ôø‡