Audry Ricks
2025 Awardee | Caine College of the Arts | Music
Past Recipients of the Undergraduate Researcher of the Year Award
2025 Awardees
Easton McBeth
College of Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jacob Sagers
College of Humanities and Social Science | Political Science
Lucy Scribner
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services | Psychology
Michelle Norman
College of Science | Geosciences
Paige Sargeant
S.J & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources | Watershed Sciences
Seth Porter
John M. Huntsman School of Business | Economics and Finance
Ty Wilson
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences | Plants, Soils, and Climate
2024 Awardees
Basil Payne
College of Humanities and Social Sciences | English Department
Cassandra Dubose Corry
College of Engineering | Biological Engineering Department
Cristina Chirvasa
2024 Awardee | S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources | Wildland Resources Department
Kiernan Callister
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services | Psychology Department
Levi Hopkins
Caine College of the Arts | Theatre Arts Department
Nathan Pace
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences | Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Department
Sydney Schmidt
College of Science | Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Tyler Rich
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business | Marketing and Strategy Department
2023 Awardees
Austin Garner
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources | Watershed Sciences Department
Darcy Ritchie
College of Humanities and Social Sciences | History Department
Haowen Chang
Caine College of the Arts | Music Department
Heather Allen
2023 Awardee | College of Science | Physics Department
Jacob Huff
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business | Marketing and Strategy Department
Katie Hewitt
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences | Plants, Soils, and Climate Department
Landon Taylor
College of Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering
Theressa Crawford
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services | Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education Department
2022 Awardees
Amanda Moravek
College of Engineering | Biological Engineering Department
David Suisse
College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Languages, Philosophy and Communication Studies Department
Emily Bonebrake
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources | Wildland Resources Department
Gabby Diamond
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business | Management Information Systems Department
Kate Pyfer
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services | Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education Department
Lillian Okamoto
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences | Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences Department
Manuel Santana
College of Science | Mathematics and Statistics Department
Olivia Brock
2022 Awardee | Caine College of the Arts | Art and Design Department
2021 Awardees
Hannah Johnson
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services | Psychology
Jake Harrison
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business | Management
Jake Hogan
Caine College of the Arts | Theatre Arts
Joshua Ward
College of Engineering | Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kimberlie Young
College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies
Madison Vega
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources | Environment and Society
Noah Braeger
2021 Awardee | College of Science | Mathematics and Statistics
Osvaldo Gonzalez
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences | Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences
2020 Awardees
Alexandra Lish
College of Science | Biology
Alyssa Landroche
Caine College of the Arts | Theatre Arts
Haylee Downey
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services | Psychology
Jessica Gough
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences | Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences
Lauren Tango
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources | Environment and Society
Morgan Bishop
2020 Awardee | College of Engineering | Biological Engineering
Rachel Funk
College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Political Science
2019 Awardees
Alyssa Landroche
Caine College of the Arts | Theatre Arts
Bryce Frederickson
2019 Awardee | College of Science | Mathematics and Statistics
Elizabeth Park
College of Agriculture and Applied Science | Animal Dairy and Veterinary Science
Hailey Ashcroft
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services | Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
Ivan Cheah
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business | Management Information Systems
Katharine Burn
College of Engineering | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Rachael Gulbrandsen
College of Humanities and Social Science | Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology
Rylee Jensen
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources | Wildland Resources
2018 Awardees
Boston Swan
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Christian Morrill
College of Engineering
Jesse Fleri
2018 Awardee | S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources
Justin Campbell
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services
Kwok Fai Cheah
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
Mikaela Pulsipher
College of Science
Morgan Sanford
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Tess Cramer
Caine College of the Arts
2017 Awardees
Alissa Aguilar
College of Agriculture & Applied Sciences | Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences
Colin Anderson
Caine College of the Arts
Elizabeth Bingham Thomas
College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology
Hyrum Tennant
College of Engineering | Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jenna Bouvang
College of Science | Chemistry & Biochemistry
Margaret Hallerud
2017 Awardee | S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources | Wildland Resources
Samantha Winward
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services | Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
Samuel Lindquist
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business | School of Accountancy
2016 Awardees
Arthur Wallis
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources | Wildland Resources
Caitlin Hengge
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services | Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Erevna Quartet
Gavon Peck, Amanda Marshall, Josiah Cordes | Caine College Of the Arts | Music
Hailey Wall
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences | Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
Millie Tullis
College of Humanities & Social Sciences | English
Rebecca Whitney
College of Science | Physics
Tyler Marlar
College of Engineering | Biological Engineering
2015 Awardees
Cathy Mangum
College of Science | Biology
Colin Brady
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources | Watershed Sciences
Kaylee Johnson
College of Humanities and Social Sciences | Political Science
Michael King
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services | Family, Consumer, and Human Development
Mike Bills
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business | Accounting
Reagan Wytsalucy
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences | Plants, Soils and Climate
Ryan Putnam
College of Engineering | Biological Engineering
2014 Awardees
| Awardee | College |
|---|---|
| Nicole Martineau | Caine College of the Arts |
| Kathleen Coombs | College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences |
| Leah Langdon | College of Engineering |
| Chelsey Funk | College of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Justin Hanson | Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services |
| Lindsey McBride | Jon M. Hunstman School of Business |
| *David Baird | S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources |
2013 Awardees
| Awardee | Department | College |
|---|---|---|
| Millie Struve | Theatre Arts | Caine College of the Arts |
| Kevin Cope | Plants, Soils and Climate | College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences |
| *Mitchell Dabling | Civil and Environmental Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Taylor Halverson | Language, Philosophy & Communication Studies | College of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Sara Hegsted | Communications Disorders & Deaf Education | Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services |
| Joseph Jensen | Physics | College of Science |
| Megan Hansen | International Studies, Political Science | Jon M. Huntsman School of Business |
| Konrad Hafen | Wildlife Science | S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources |
2012 Awardees
Brady DeHart
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services | Psychology
Franziska Bullock
Regional Campuses and Distance Education | Psychology
Hannah Dulin
Demo page for Hannah Dulin, an awardee of the Office of Research Awards at USU
Joshua Blume
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business | Management
Melina Santos Vanderlinder
College of Engineering | Civil and Environmental Engineering
Scott Roy
College of Science | Mathematics and Statistics
Shannon Kay
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources | Wildland Resources
Tiffany Maughan
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences | Plants, Soils and Climate
2011 Awardees
| Awardee | Department | College |
|---|---|---|
| Kathy Puzey | Art | Caine College of the Arts |
| Clifford King | Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences | College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences |
| *Alyssa Calder | Biological Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Rachel Jaggi | German/International Studies/Sociology | College of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Katherine Pike | Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education | Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services |
| Clayton Gunnell | Biology | College of Science |
| Christopher Ainge | Management | Jon M. Huntsman School of Business |
| Erin Fleming | Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences | S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources |
| Julie Crozier Lamb | Psychology | Regional Campus and Distance Education |
2010 Awardees
| Awardee | Department | College |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Crook | Plant Science | College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences |
| Alex Hatch | Biological & Irrigation Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Kayla Woodring | Political Science | College of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Aubree Nielsen VanTienderen | Elementary Education | Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services |
| Sherry Baker | Biology/Public Health | College of Science |
| Darcy Stewart | Management, Entrepreneurship | Jon M. Huntsman School of Business |
| Danielle Babbel | Anthropology/Geography | S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources |
| Carrie Young | Biology | Regional Campuses and Distance Education |
2009 Awardees
| Awardee | Department | College |
|---|---|---|
| Katie Brown | Nutrition & Food Sciences | College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences |
| Ashleigh Restad | Civil & Environmental Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Trenton Olsen | English | College of Humanties and Social Sciences |
| Tanja Jensen | Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education | Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services |
| Sydney Chamberlin | Physics | College of Science |
| Natali Naegle | Marketing & Economics | Jon M. Huntsman School of Business |
| Richie Gardner | Wildland Resources | S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources |
| Dustin Jones | Psychology | Regional Campuses and Distance Education |
2008 Awardees
| Awardee | Department | College |
|---|---|---|
| Laura Rowley Wright | Plants, Soils and Climate | College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences |
| William Israelsen | Economics | Jon M. Huntsman School of Business |
| *Adam Kynaston | Psychology | Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services |
| Elisabeth Linton | Biological & Irrigation Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Courtney Hill | Art History/English | College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences |
| Melissa Sanders | Watershed Sciences | S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources |
| Art Mahoney | Computer Science | College of Science |
| Carrie Young | Natural Resources/Science | Regional Campuses and Distance Education |
*University Undergraduate Researcher of the Year