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Research from 2023 2023

INVESTIGATION OF THE SHEEP CREEK CARBONATITES, RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA, Sarah Risedorf

Research from 2022 2022

Mineralogy, Isotope Geochemistry and Geothermometry of the Lowry Deposit, Black Butte Copper Project, Meagher County, Montana, John Allard

CHEMICAL SPECIATION IN HOT SPRINGS HOSTED IN RHYOLITIC AND BASALTIC HOST ROCK: YELLOWSTONE AND ICELAND, Maria Emilia Arteaga Poso

INCREASING HYDROGEN PRODUCTION IN ELECTROLYSIS WITH A MAGNETIC FIELD, Laurie Battle

SYNTHESIS AND STABILIZATION OF GOLD NANOPARTICLES FROM CHLORIDE AND CYANIDE SYSTEMS, Kathryn Ariela Bozer

CHARACTERIZING HYDROSTRATIGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION OF THE SEMI-CONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT AQUIFERS OF THE FLATHEAD VALLEY IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA THROUGH HYDROGEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS, Elizabeth Katherine Breitmeyer

GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE EAST DOME COMPLEX WITHIN THE HOG HEAVEN VOLCANIC FIELD, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA, Ethan Coppage

IMAGING METAL OBJECTS THROUGH RADIO FREQUENCY CHANNEL SOUNDING, Jamison Ehlers

IN-SITU GENERATION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM KEROGEN USING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, Forrest Green

THE TEMPERING RESPONSE OF CPM® 3V TOOL STEEL INVESTIGATED THROUGH TENSILE TESTING AND MICROSTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS, Stephen A.C. Hanson

A Study of the Integration of Environment, Social, and Governance Policy in the Mining Industry, Ryan Isto

SURFACE WATER/GROUNDWATER INTERACTIONS AND HYDROGEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ELKHORN MINE AND MILL, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA, Tyler Kamp

Identifying Factors Contributing to Differences in Success Rates Among Three Montana TRIO Upward Bound Programs, Ismael Esai Longoria

Investigating the Possibility of Using Smelted Water-Cooled Copper Slag Regolith as a Terrestrial Based Lunar Regolith Simulant, Scott A. Morley

INVESTIGATION OF THE STRUCTURE, CHEMISTRY AND FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF NOVEL BIOCHARS, Julie Elizabeth Muretta

Tracer Techniques Used to Analyze Spatial and Temporal Processes Controlling Groundwater and Near Surface Water Contribution to the Ruby River in the Upper Ruby River Valley, MT., Max-Henry Nelson

MINERALOGY AND FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF THE MARGET ANN MINE OF THE BUTTE MINING DISTRICT, SILVER BOW COUNTY, MONTANA, Tiffany Ostenburg

Macrophyte Abundance and Nitrate Dynamics of Silver Bow Creek, Katelyn Reichle

AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACTS OF BEAVER DAM MIMICRY STRUCTURES ON GROUNDWATER SURFACE-WATER INTERACTIONS IN LOWER MOUNTAIN RIPARIAN SYSTEMS, Mercedes D. Salazar

AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACTS OF BEAVER DAM MIMICRY STRUCTURES ON GROUNDWATER SURFACE-WATER INTERACTIONS IN LOWER MOUNTAIN RIPARIAN SYSTEMS, Mercedes D. Salazar

TREATMENT OF MINE TAILINGS THROUGH TWO METHODS OF CALCITE PRECIPITATION: (I) USING NATURAL MINERAL TRONA, (II) MICROBIALLY INDUCED CALCITE PRECIPITATION VIA DENITRIFICATION, Nathaniel Small

Research from 2021 2021

The Permitting and Public Relations of Controversial Projects in Mining, Madison Akers

INHOMOGENEOUS COMPOSITE DESIGN FOR HIGH ENERGY IMPACT RESISTANCE THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN, PHYSICAL TESTING AND ANALYSIS, AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING, Trenin Bayless

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MANGANESE OXIDE SURFACES FROM POLYMER-BASED FIBER PRECURSORS, Molly C. Brockway

CAN LABORATORY RESULTS FROM NEW METHODS OF MEASURING PROPPANT CONDUCTIVITY BE USED TO BETTER MODEL HYDRAULIC FRACTURES IN RESERVOIR SIMULATION?, Kofi Dabo

Electrochemical-Assisted De-Ionization and Adsoption of Selenium in a Short-Circuit Closed Flow-Electrode Reactor, Regie Hill

PROTEIN EXPRESSION IN MAMMALIAN CELL LINES AFTER LOWLEVEL METAL EXPOSURE, Sydney Jennings

QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF PORTIONS OF THE MCGREGOR PEAK, MURR PEAK, MARION, AND HUBBART RESERVOIR, 7.5’ QUADRANGLES, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA, Carlos Montejo

BASIN WILDRYE METAL CONTENTS IN RESTORED AND UNRESTORED AREAS ALONG SILVER BOW CREEK AND THE UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER, Anne Morse

Comparison of Pore Water Chemistry Between an Upland Restoration Site and a Valley Superfund Site Using Inorganic Carbon Isotopes Along Blacktail Creek, Butte, MT, Kyle Nacey

POST-RECLAMATION AND PRE-MINING GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GALENA CREEK WATERSHED IN THE BARKER-HUGHESVILLE MINING DISTRICT, JUDITH BASIN COUNTY, MONTANA, Austin Neaville

Adapting Open Pit Mine Design Fundamentals to Leverage the Advantages of Autonomous Haulage Systems, Race Owens

BEAVER PONDS AS CATCHMENT-WIDE RETENTION BASINS FOR HEAVY METALS SEQUESTRATION, Carly Peach

SILICON CARBIDE SYNTHESIS VIA ANION LOADED ACTIVATED CARBON, Auva Speiser

THE IMPACT OF HYPERBOLIC DECLINE CURVE PARAMETERS ON LONG-TERM PRODUCTION FORECAST ACCURACY FOR UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION, Nathaniel Younk

Research from 2020 2020

ASSESSING THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT CULTURE OF GLOBAL LEADING MINING COMPANIES: CURBING CARBON EMISSIONS IN A WORLD OF GROWING CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS, Irene Ateng

MONITORING THE 2018 ERUPTION OF KĪLAUEA VOLCANO USING VARIOUS REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES, Ninad Bhagwat

INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTS OF SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE EXPOSURE ON WELL-BORE CEMENT INTEGRITY, Claude Boiteau

MODELING UNCONVENTIONAL WATER PRODUCTION IN THE NORTHEAST ELM COULEE FIELD, BAKKEN FORMATION, Jan Branning

ASSESSING PARTICULATE MATTER WALL LOSS WITH CONDUCTIVE VS. NON-CONDUCTIVE CASSETTES USED FOR AIRBORNE MINERAL DUST SAMPLING, Curtis Caroll

Phytoremediation of mining contaminated soil and groundwater by hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) and locally adapted native plants, Nathan Carpenter

Orphan Boy and Orphan Girl: Historical information on groundwater and flooded workings, Emelina Doucette

A TESTBED AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED POWER PLANT MODEL VALIDATION VIA PMU TERMINAL MEASUREMENTS, Jacob Eisenbarth

ORGANIC WASTE COMPOUNDS IN BUTTE AREA SURFACE WATERS, Deliliah Friedlander

PARTICLE TRACKING OF A SIMULATED MELT POOL OF SELECTIVE LASER MELTING, Prakash Gautam

NADIR AND OBLIQUE UAV PHOTOGRAMMETRY TECHNIQUES FOR QUANTITATIVE ROCK FALL EVALUATION IN THE RIMROCKS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL MONTANA, Micah Gregory-Lederer

LONG-TERM DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF POWER SYSTEMS USING PYTHON, AGENT BASED MODELING, AND TIME-SEQUENCED POWER FLOWS, Thad Haines

How have TV News Reporters’ Duties Changed in the Past 15 Years?, Katy Harris

EFFECT OF FROTHER STRENGTH AND SOLIDS ON GAS DISPERSION IN A CAVITATION SPARGER MEASURED BY ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE TOMOGRAPHY, Philip Holdsworth

MODELING AND PROTOTYPING A MODULAR, LOW-COST COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR UAVS, Tyler Holliday

MINERALOGY, FLUID INCLUSION, AND STABLE ISOTOPE STUDIES OF THE HOG HEAVEN MINING DISTRICT, FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA, Ian Kallio

Producing a Documentary Film on Dish-ability, a Local Organization, to Examine the Conversation Surrounding Empowering People with Disabilities in Butte, Montana, Emmy Keenan

HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE OF HEADWATER STREAMS RESTORED WITH BEAVER DAM ANALOGUE STRUCTURES, Evan Norman

Analysis of Semi-Arid Riparian Environments using Satellite Imagery, Kira Overin

USE OF SHOTCRETE MADE WITH MINE WASTE TO REDUCE COSTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF WASTE DISPOSAL, Casey Penney

GENETIC REMOVAL OF TOXIN AND INTEGRASE GENES FROM A STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTERIOPHAGE, Hannah Sparks

EFFECT OF GLOBAL ENERGY DENSITY ON DYNAMIC STRAIN HARDENING OF SELECTIVE LASER MELTED ALSI10MG, MD Salah Uddin

SYNTHESIS OF CARBIDE CERAMICS VIA REDUCTION AND CARBURIZATION OF OXYANIONS ADSORBED ONTO AN ACTIVATED CARBON MATRIX, Grant Wallace

A NOVEL METHOD FOR MAKING TITANIUM DIOXIDE FOR PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATIONS, Gary Wilson

A Geophysical Survey near Blacktail Creek in the Thompson Park area near Butte, Montana, Guolong Wu

Research from 2019 2019

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE THERMOCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF ARSENITE AND SULFATE: LOW TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL COPPER, NICKEL, AND COBALT ARSENIDE AND SULFIDE ORE FORMATION, Nicholas Allin

INVESTIGATION OF SURFACE TREATMENT AND DENSITY SEPARATION FOR SELECTIVE RECYCLING OF PLASTICS, Adilbek Baigabelov

DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY FOR THE EVALUTATION OF UAV-BASED PHOTOGRAMMETRY: IMPLEMENTATION AT AN UNDERGROUND MINE, Rachel Becker

THE GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE GOLDEN CHEST GOLD DEPOSIT, MURRAY, IDAHO, Alexander Brown

EFFECT OF REPETITION ON TIME TO DON AND ADJUST A FALL PROTECTION HARNESS, Zachary Bunney

DOWNHOLE RF COMMUNICATION: CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF WAVEGUIDE PROPAGATION IN A FLUID-FILLED DRILL PIPE, Patrick Cote

ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCY OF ELECTROKINETIC REMEDIATION THROUGH THE USE OF COMPLEXING AGENTS, Timothy Driscoll

COMPUTER GENERATED PAPERS AS A NEW CHALLENGE TO PEER REVIEW, Malea Dunne

STATIC SHOULDER ELEVATION WITH OR WITHOUT LIMITED RANGE OF ARM MOTION, Kayla Ericson

CHEMICAL SPECIATION IN SILVER BOW AND BLACKTAIL CREEKS: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOAVAILABILITY AND RESTORATION, Johnathan Feldman

MICROSTUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED 308L STAINLESS STEEL PRODUCED BY PLASMA ARC WELDING, Ryan Foley

MINERALOGY AND FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN FLUORITE MINE, RAVALLI COUNTY, MONTANA, Francis Grondin

Raspberry Pi Cluster for Parallel and Distributed Computing, Ngoc Ha

DEVELOPING A TAXONOMY OF LADDER CLIMBING TECHNIQUES, Charles Holland

INVESTIGATION OF MULTIPLE TORCH PAW-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Nathan Huft

DEVELOPING TREES TOLERANT TO DEGRADED MINE SOILS, Francis Inkoom

Book Self-Publishing Best Practices, Erica Jansma

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED 316L AND AlSi10Mg, Kristofer Kuelper

USING GROUNDWATER MODELING TO ASSESS GROUNDWATER AND STREAM CONNECTIVITY IN A RIVER RESTORATION APPLICATION, John Joseph Lunzer

INVESTIGATION OF THE TOPPLING OF RECTANGULAR RIGID BLOCKS USING A SHAKE TABLE AND DISTINCT ELEMENT MODELS, Sara Magallon

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE MECHANISMS OF LIQUID LOADING IN SMALL-DIAMETER VERTICAL PIPES, Matt Malin

GROWTH, LIPID PRODUCTION AND BIODIESEL POTENTIAL OF Chromulina freiburgensis Dofl., AN ACIDOPHILIC CHRYSOPHYTE ISOLATED FROM BERKELEY PIT LAKE, June E. Mohler Mitman

Evaluating Volumetric Strain as a Predictor of Yield and Peak Strength for the Multistage Triaxial Test: A Case Study with Utah Coal Specimens, Emmanuel Orilogi

GEOCHEMISTRY OF METALS AND NUTRIENTS IN FINE-SEDIMENT PORE WATER IN BLACKTAIL AND SILVER BOW CREEKS, BUTTE, MONTANA, Robert Radar

HORIZONTAL FLOW LOOP DESIGN FOR THE STUDY OF DRILL STRING ROTATION EFFECTS ON CUTTINGS TRANSPORT, David C. Rathgeber

LIMITATIONS TO PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN SILVER BOW AND BLACKTAIL CREEKS, Isaiah Robertson

MONTANA’S LONGEST DRIVE: USING A TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION SKILLSET TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND PROMOTE GOLF IN MONTANA, Sean Ryan

WALL CONTROL BLASTING AT THE ORPHAN BOY MINE – BUTTE, MONTANA, Jewel Sakyi

RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS BY ADVANCED PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES, Prince Sarfo

The Walking Stick: Technical Communication on the Journey of Creating Genuine Travel, Sara Schaefer

Using Emotional Design and Culture Analysis to Develop an Effective Anti-Drinking and Driving Poster Campaign in Butte, Montana, Geeta Shrestha

VU VILLA STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND REHABILITATION, Kolby Sukut

RESOURCE ESTIMATION AND SIMULATION AT WEST BUTTE IN THE MCDONALD GOLD DEPOSIT NEAR LINCOLN, MONTANA, Jonathan Szarkowski

MECHANISM FOR DISODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL TRITHIOCARBONATE (Orfom® D8) DEPRESSION IN CHALCOPYRITE-MOLYBDENITE FLOTATION SYSTEMS, Simon Timbillah

FAULT MAPPING IN 3D SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA USING SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES AND VELOCITY ANISOTROPY: EXAMPLE FROM WEST VIRGINIA, Megan Valdez

QUATERNARY GEOLOGY OF THE CABINET, HERON AND SMEADS BENCH 7.5’ QUADRANGLES, WITH EMPHASIS ON GLACIAL LAKE MISSOULA SEDIMENTS, Emily Welk

Research from 2018 2018

CONTROL OF GAS METAL ARC WELDING USING PROCESS SENSING AND LASER ARC STABILIZATION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, Dale Brush

EVALUATING OPEN PIT HIGHWALL DIG COMPLIANCE, Judith Buaba

APPLYING USER CENTERED DESIGN PRINCIPLES TO DELIVER SURFACE WATER DATA TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES, Luke Buckley

INVESTIGATIONS OF SOLID-STATE SINTERING BEHAVIOR OF BINARY REFRACTORY METAL OXIDE SYSTEMS, Maureen Chorney

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