2018 – 2019
Shawn Edrington, Visual Arts-MFA
“Terrain Vague.” Committee: Dan Scott, Francis Fox, Ted Apel
Ali Ohashi, Kinesiology-MS “Transitioning out of sport: Perspectives of student-athlete support or development services.”
Committee: Eric M. Martin, Shelley Lucas, Scott A. Conger
Mila Lam, Chemistry-MA
“Investigation of Catalytic Activity of Stable β-Ketoacyl-ACP Substrate Analogs in Quorum Sensing Signal Synthesis.” Committee: Rajesh Nagarajan, Eric Brown, and Owen McDougal
Neha Misra, Biomolecular Sciences-PhD
“Development of a cholera toxin CTA2/B based Staphylococcus aureus vaccine to prevent bovine mastitis.” Committee: Juliette Tinker, Kenneth Cornell, Julie Thom Oxford, and Mark A. McGuire
2019-2020
Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship
April Watts, Curriculum & Instruction-EdD
“Substance Use and Bullying Intervention Among High School Students”
Distinguished Thesis (STEM)
Md. Fazle Rabbi, Civil Engineering-MS
“Effect of subsurface conditions on flexible pavement behavior: Non-destructive testing and mechanistic analysis”
Distinguished Thesis (Non-STEM)
Christian Sprague, Economics-MS
“Robustness Effects on the Resilience Process within the U.S. Labor Market”
Distinguished Thesis/Project (Arts)
Mary Lowry, Creative Writing-MFA
“The Roxy Letters”
Innovation in Technology
Aidin Golrokh, Civil Engineering-MS
“The use of non-destructive testing in asphalt and concrete defect assessment”
2020-2021
Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship
Evan Smith, Materials Science and Engineering-PhD
“Empirical Modeling of Structural Distortions in Perovskite Ceramics”
Zongbo Xu, Geophysics-PhD
“Rayleigh-wave multicomponent crosscorrelation-based estimation of phase velocities and ambient seismic source distribution”
Distinguished Thesis (STEM)
Leanna Marquart, Chemistry and Biochemistry-MS
“Structure and Bioactivity of a Rationally Designed Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Antagonist Targeting the Alpha-3 Beta-2 Subtype”
Distinguished Thesis/Project (Arts)
Lisa Roggenbuck, Art, Design, and Visual Studies-MFA
“Aesthetic Labor”
Innovation in Technology
Thomas Van Der Weide, Geophysics-MS
“Remote Sensing of Alfalfa Seed Crop Fields”
2021-2022
Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship
Pete Barnes, Materials Science and Engineering-PhD
“Nanostructured Niobium Oxides as Negative Electrodes for Lithium and Sodium ion Batteries”
Distinguished Thesis (STEM)
Mayara (Maya) Cizina, Geosciences-MS
“Optimizing Raman Spectral Collection for Quartz and Zircon Crystals for Elastic Geothermobarometry”
Distinguished Thesis/Project (Arts)
Margaret Pope, Art, Design, and Visual Studies-MFA
“The Myth of the West”
Innovation in Technology
Jukes Liu, Geophysics-MS
“Automatic glacier detection for Greenland’s peripheral glaciers”
2022-2023
Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship
Sara Kuraitis, Materials Science & Engineering-PhD
“Application of in situ and ex situ Characterization of Atomic Layer Deposition Processes for Gallium Phosphide and Sodium Fluoride”
Distinguished Thesis (STEM)
Ashtin Glodt, Master of Public Health-MPH
“Normalization of Virtual Home Visiting in Idaho”
Distinguished Thesis/Project (Arts)
Danielle Corson, Art, Design, and Visual Studies-MFA
“Home”