Students

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

2021-2022 Senior Design Students

Bear River Engineering, Crockett Diversion Replacement Project: Jake Douglas, Trevor Wilson, Bailey Nielson, Jenny Farfan, Jill Woodhouse, and Matthew Penrod (not shown).

2020-2021 Senior Design Students

White Pine Engineering, Potential Temple Fork Dam Assessment Project: Riley Manwaring, Kendall Maedgen, Adam Pack, John Sumsion, Taylor Kesler, Logan Thackeray
Faculty Advisor: Bethany Neilson

Prior Students

• William Bosen (B.S. CEE, 2025). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Mia Campbell (B.S. CEE, 2024). Advisor: Bethany Neilson and Brian Crookston 
• Braedon Dority (M.S. CEE, 2025). Advisor: Jeff Horsburgh. Thesis: Increasing the Spatial Resolution of Snow Hydrology Data and Augmenting Existing Hydrology Monitoring Networks Using Low-Cost Snow Sensing Stations
• Gabriel Benitez (M.S. CEE, 2025). Advisor: Colin Phillips. Thesis: Exploring Variations in High-Resolution Downstream Hydraulic Geometry of the Logan River
• Bryce Dunn (B.S. CEE, 2025). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Anna Fabiszak (B.S. CEE, 2024). Advisor: Kyle Moor
• Skylar Rousseau (M.S. Watershed Sciences, 2024). Advisor: Timothy Walsworth. Thesis: The Drivers and Ecological Importance of Streamflow Permanence for Native Salmonids: Evaluated at Multiple Spatio-Temporal Scales
• Gabby Gowen (B.S. CEE, 2024). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Chelsey Cowburn (B.S. CEE, 2024). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Wyatt Chadwick (B.S. CEE, 2024). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Tyler Yoklavich (B.S. CEE, 2024). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Devon Hill (M.S. CEE, 2024). Advisor: Bethany Neilson. Thesis: Quantifying the Role of Karst Groundwater on Mountain River Discharge
• Nathaniel Ashmead (M.S. Hydrologic Sciences, 2024). Advisor: Jim McNamara. Thesis: Radiogenic Isotope and Ionic Concentration Ratios Reveal Hydrologic Mixing, Subsurface Residence Time, and Cross-Basin Transfer in a Snow-Fed Mountain Karst Watershed
• Amber Jones (Ph.D. CEE, 2024). Advisor: Jeff Horsburgh. Dissertation: Water Data Science: Data Driven Techniques, Training, and Tools for Improved Management of High Frequency Water Resources Data.
• Qianqiu Longyang (Ph.D. CEE, 2024). Advisor: Ruijie Zeng. Dissertation: Machine Learning-enhanced Hydrologic Modeling under Changing Climate
• Abby Englund (B.S. CEE, 2024). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Abby Johnson (B.S. CEE, 2024). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Macy Gustavus (M.S. Watershed Science, 2023). Advisor: Janice Brahney. Thesis: From Mountain Streams to Urban Rivers: An Assessment of Microplastic Sources and Characteristics
• Taylor Kesler (M.S. CEE, 2023). Advisor: Zac Sharp. Thesis: Comparing 1D, 2D, and 3D Hydraulic Models in Urban Flooding Applications
• Daniel Thurber (M.S. CEE, 2022). Advisor: Belize Lane. Thesis: Characterizing Karst Mountain Watersheds Through Streamflow Response to Snowmelt
• Ryan Shaver (M.S. CEE, 2022). Advisor: Tianfang Xu. Thesis: Long Short-Term Memory for Karst Watershed Modeling: Case Study of Logan River Canyon, UT, USA
• Dane Brophy (M.S. CEE, 2021). Advisor: Bethany Neilson. Thesis: Testing Methods of Surficial Sinkhole Identification Using Remotely Sensed Data
• Kaden Grover (B.S. CEE, 2021). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Steven White (B.S. CEE, 2021). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Hyrum Tennant (M.S. CEE, 2021). Advisor: Bethany Neilson. Thesis: Application of Flow and Ion Data to Estimate Ungaged Inflows and Losses in Urban and Agricultural Sub-reaches of the Logan River Observatory
• Conor Tyson (M.S. CEE, 2021). Advisor: Tianfang Xu/Bethany Neilson. Thesis: Effects of Climate Forcing Uncertainty on High-Resolution Snow Modeling and Streamflow Prediction in a Mountainous Karst Watershed
• Desneiges Murray (M.S. Watershed Sciences, 2021). Advisor: Janice Brahney. Thesis: The Fate and Cycling of Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Trace Heavy Metals in Beaver-Altered Headwater Streams
• Madison Alger (M.S. CEE, 2021). Advisor: Belize Lane. Thesis: Summer Stream Temperature Patterns and Controls in an Irrigation Depleted Western Stream
• Lindsay Capito (M.S. Watershed Sciences, 2020). Advisor: Janice Brahney. Thesis: Environmental Controls on Didymosphenia geminata Bloom Formation
• Greg Goodrum (M.S. Watershed Sciences, 2020). Advisor: Sarah Null. Thesis: Improving Aquatic Habitat Representation in Utah Using Large Spatial Scale Environmental Datasets
• Beth Ogata (Ph.D. Biology, 2020). Advisor: Michelle Baker. Dissertation: Anthropogenic Influences on Bacterial Assemblages in Stream Biofilms
• Scott Mershon (B.S. CEE, 2020). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Sammie Stubbs (B.S. CEE, 2020). Advisor: Bethany Neilson
• Dane Brophy (B.A. Geology, 2019). Advisors: Bethany Neilson and Dave Lidell
• Tony Melcher (Ph.D. CEE, 2019). Advisor: Jeff Horsburgh, Thesis: Estimating Suspended Solids and Phosphorus Loading in Urban Stormwater Systems Using High-Frequency, Continuous Data
• Hyrum Tennant (B.S. CEE, 2018). Advisor: Bethany Neilson. Undergraduate Honors Capstone Project: Combined Approaches for Quantifying Groundwater-Surface Water Exchanges in Karst Watersheds
• Caleb Buahin (Ph.D. CEE, 2017). Advisor: Jeff Horsburgh. Dissertation: Advancing the Cyberinfrastructure for Integrated Water Resources Modeling
• Bryce Mihalevich (M.S. CEE, 2017). Advisor: Jeff Horsburgh. Thesis: Resolving Spatial and Temporal Variability in Dissolved Organic Matter Characteristics within Combined Agricultural and Stormwater Conveyances
• Trinity Stout (M.S. CEE, 2017). Advisor: Bethany Neilson. Thesis: Development and Application of Hydraulic and Hydrogeologic Models to Better Inform Management Decisions