Graduate Student Awards
Outstanding Dissertation
The Outstanding Dissertation Award is awarded annually in recognition of students whose Ph.D. dissertations were particularly noteworthy.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Yunzhi Chen |
| 2022 | Mokbel Karam |
| 2021 | Kamaljeet Kaur |
| 2020 | Jinze Dai |
| 2019 | Jan Goral |
| 2018 | Mike Hansen |
Undergraduate Student Awards
Each year, we celebrate the graduation of our senior class. Their growth and success as students is an inspiration to the faculty and helps motivate all of our students including our freshman class who engage with seniors on capstone projects.
There are two awards presented to selected seniors each year: the Oblad Silver Medal and the Outstanding Senior Award.
Oblad Silver Medal
This award was established in honor of Alex Oblad and is selected by the faculty each year.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Joshua Rybialek |
| 2024 | Alyssa Harpring |
| 2023 | Matthew DeHaan |
| 2022 | Nicholas Fontaine |
| 2021 | Tyler Bodily |
| 2020 | Misha Bekeris |
| 2019 | Katherine Morgan |
| 2018 | Shalauna Thompson |
| 2017 | Jacob Immonen |
| 2016 | Skyler Edvik |
| 2015 | Andrew Bezdjian |
| 2014 | Tessora Young |
| 2013 | Matthew Hamilton |
| 2012 | Olga Baykova |
| 2011 | Tanner Fullmer |
| 2010 | Craig Emett |
| 2009 | Kody Powell |
| 2008 | Daniel Bezsjian |
| 2007 | Brydger Cauch |
| 2006 | Trina Sudweeks |
| 2005 | Daniel Bilbao |
| 2004 | Matthew Simmons |
| 2003 | Jessica Moffit |
| 2002 | Lee Shunn Brian Zufelt |
| 2001 | Nathaniel Deskins David Keddington Brett Peterson |
| 2000 | Jennifer Major |
| 1999 | James Sutherland |
| 1998 | Christopher Seaman Christopher Tyler Robert Waldron |
| 1997 | James White |
| 1996 | Debra Sonntag |
| 1995 | Jason Bagley |
| 1994 | Matthew Pugmire |
Outstanding Senior
The Outstanding Senior award is selected by the students in the graduating class.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Ainslee Fogleman |
| 2024 | Michael Barkdull |
| 2023 | Sammy Partridge |
| 2022 | Cleo Hancock |
| 2021 | Alex Christensen |
| 2020 | Giovanna Ruai |
| 2019 | Austin Christensen |
| 2018 | Yunju Lee |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Armstrong |
| 2016 | Christian Payne |
| 2015 | Chad Curtis |
| 2014 | James Berejkoff |
| 2013 | Jacob Abraham |
| 2012 | Steven Porchatis |
| 2011 | Jessica Wallis |
| 2010 | Margaret Marshall |
| 2009 | Kody Powell |
| 2008 | Jeff Hunziker |
| 2007 | Jared Stradley |
| 2006 | Daniel Leatham |
| 2005 | Rebecca O'Donnell |
| 2004 | Mark Biesinger |
| 2003 | Jared Hjersted |
| 2002 | Brooke Shiiley |
| 2001 | David Keddington |
| 2000 | Reid Huefner |
| 1999 | Jonathan Miller |
| 1998 | Christopher Seaman |
| 1997 | James White |
| 1996 | Linda Embleton Christohper Miller |
| 1995 | Jason Bagley |
| 1994 | Dita Naik John Vorwaller |
| 1993 | Mochael Odekirk |
| 1992 | Donald Patterson |
| 1991 | Conrad Jenson |
| 1990 | John Swanson |
| 1989 | Richard Johnson |
| 1988 | Blake Goff |
| 1987 | Kirk Chadwick |
| 1986 | Thomas Baer |
| 1985 | David Hugg Grant Smith |
| 1984 | Brian Keyes |
| 1983 | Dean Wood |
| 1982 | JoAnn Slama |
| 1981 | Craig Wallentine |
| 1980 | Corey Milne |
| 1979 | Blake Beckstrom |
| 1978 | Mark Blood |
| 1977 | Scott Stratton |
| 1976 | Ronald Spjut |
| 1975 | David Aldous |
| 1974 | Michael Brown |
| 1973 | Ronald Marrelli Charles Pledger |
| 1972 | Ronald Carn David Hon Sing Ying |
| 1971 | Keith Neilson Robert Stevens |
| 1970 | Christopher Russell James Wilhelm |