Research from 2019
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
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
Research from 2018
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
THE EFFECTS OF UNDERGROUND BLASTING ON NEARBY PRE-EXISTING STRUCTURES, Logan Connolly
EVALUATION OF CONTINUOUS, LOW-INTENSITY ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION FOR BIOFILM PREVENTION, Stephanie Conrad
OPTIMIZATION OF DRILLING AND BLASTING PRACTICES AT A WESTERN US OPEN PIT COPPER MINE, Joel Gadikor
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES IN SILVER BOW CREEK WATERSHED, William Howard George
MINERALOGY AND SULFUR ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE APEX AND BONANZA PROSPECTS AT THE GOLDEN SUNLIGHT MINE, MONTANA, Hamadou Gnanou
TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING SIMP METHOD, Seth Grinde
SITE WIDE WATER BALANCE OF THE EAST BOULDER MINE, Kelly Hertel
FLUID INCLUSION AND STABLE ISOTOPE INVESTIGATION OF HYDROTHERMAL TALC AND CHLORITE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA, Garrett Hill
CONTINUOUS FLOW PROCESS FOR RECOVERY OF METAL CONTAMINANTS FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS WITH MAGNETIC NANOCOMPOSITES, David Hutchins
AN EVALUATION OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE (DST) FIBER OPTIC SENSING SYSTEM IN AN UNDERGROUND FACILITY, Calvin Kammerer
MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF LASER POWDER BED FUSION PROCESSED 316L STAINLESS STEEL, Steven Keckler
WELL-FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE DEVIL’S BASIN IN MUSSELSHELL COUNTY, MT., Alexander Koerner
HIGH FIDELITY KINETIC MODEL FOR FLOTATION: APPLICATIONS TO RARE EARTH ELEMENTS AND COPPER/MOLYBDENUM SEPARATIONS, Richard LaDouceur
Human Factors in the Design of Virtual Reality Instruction, Tim Lewis
Development of a UAV-Based System to Monitor Air Quality over an Oil Field, Siwen Liu
Butte’s Online Service Community, Charity Lovshin
GROVE GULCH STREAM RESTORATION HYDRAULIC DESIGN, Alison Lunde
REMEDIATION INVESTIGATION AND FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR “INPLACE” MINE WASTE INFLUENCED GROVE GULCH, BUTTE, MT, Westley Lund
DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS TO SULFATE-REDUCING BIOREACTORS FOR MINE-INFLUENCED STREAM REMEDIATION IN COLD CLIMATES, Katrina Moreira
NOVEL HYBRID PEROVSKITE COMPOSITES AND MICROSTRUCTURES: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION, John P. Murphy
Environmental Restoration Database, Joao Nascimento
Implementing an Ore Reconciliation System Supported by Statistical Process Control, Bryan Nielson
DEVELOPING TREES TOLERANT TO DEGRADED MINE SOILS IN AN UNDERGROUND GREENHOUSE, Cosmas Opoku-Ware
PHASOR MEASUREMENT UNIT TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION, Joe Perigo
Integrated geophysical methods to characterize subsidence in Butte, Montana, U.S.A., Kristen Prudhomme
A Video Guide to Navigating the Challenges of a High Tech Business in Montana, Julia Quigley
UAV-BASED GEOTECHNICAL MODELING AND MAPPING OF AN INACCESSIBLE UNDERGROUND SITE, Elizabeth Anne Russell
MOUNTAIN FRONT RECHARGE IN A SEMI-ARID CLIMATE, SOUTHWEST MONTANA, Charles Shama
Reliability, Laying the Groundwork in Theory and in Practice, Nicholas Smith
STRATIGRAPHY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE BLACK LION CONGLOMERATE, EASTERN PIONEER MOUNTAINS, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA, Vincent Spinazola
ANALYSIS OF CLANCY DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATION FROM ON–SITE SEPTIC SYSTEM EFFLUENT, Matt Strozewski
CHARACTERIZATION OF PROCESS INDUCED DEFECTS IN LASER POWDER BED FUSION PROCESSED ALSI10MG ALLOY, Edward Stugelmayer
EVALUATION OF METALLURGICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF AlSi10Mg PRODUCED BY SELECTIVE LASER MELTING, Luke J. Suttey
MOSS REVEGETATION- A PROCESS TO INITIATE RESTORATION AND REPAIR NATURAL RESOURCES DAMAGED BY MINING, Arundeep Taduri
COMPARISON OF SALICYL HYDROXAMATE ADSORPTION ON RARE EARTH PHOSPHATES TO OXIDES AND CARBONATES, Stephanie Trant
The Relationship between Site Contamination and Native Plant Success in Butte, MT: Implications for Future Restoration, Jared Trilling
Investigation on Relationships between Optical Properties and Cell Concentrations of Microalgae, Zhaoming Zhou
Using Infographics to Educate STEM Students about Interpersonal Communication, Anna Ziesak
Research from 2017
PROPERTY SENSITIVITY STUDY FOR OIL RECOVERY IN THE BAKKEN, Daniel Beach
Tracking potential leakage of tailings-lake water into background groundwater in Butte, Montana, using geochemical and stable isotope tracers, Matthew Berzel
GEOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE MEMBER OF THE BAKKEN FORMATION IN DIVIDE COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, Mandy Brewer
COLSTRIP COAL: DEVELOPING A WEBSITE TO COMMUNICATE A HIGHLY COMPLEX AND CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT, Carolyn Chaffee
FOUNDATIONS FOR A GEOBIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MUDPOTS IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Georgia Dahlquist
EVALUATION OF METHODS TO MODEL HYDRAULIC FRACTURES IN FLOW SIMULATION, Ben Doleshal
Naturally Occurring Acid Rock Drainage in the Anaconda-Pintler Mountain Range, Montana: A Case Study of Geochemistry in Two Streams Flowing from Mount Evans, Margaret Doolittle
SUPERGENE MINERALIZATION OF THE CONTINENTAL PIT, BUTTE, SILVER BOW COUNTY, MONTANA, Kyle Eastman
VIBRATION MODIFICATION TO A.P.I. FRACTURE SHORT TERM CONDUCTIVITY TESTING PROCEDURE, Blake A. Ereaux
Bioaerosol Exposures from Three Utah Cattle Operations, Clark Evans
THE EFFECT OF MINERAL COMPOSITION ON SHALE OIL RECOVERY, Andrew Fakhry
A REVIEW OF CARBON DISULFIDE-GC/FID VERSUS THERMAL DESORPTION-GC/MS METHODS THROUGH THE LENS OF ANALYTICAL PROFICIENCY AND HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK, Vanessa Frost Barnes
ADSORPTION OF SALICYLHYDROXAMIC ACID ON SELECTED RARE EARTH OXIDES AND CARBONATES, Greer Galt
MAXIMAL SWIM DISTANCE, TIME, AND HEART RATE WHILE WEARING LABOR-WEAR AND A PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE, Reece Gendreau
COLLEGE PREPAREDNESS: A Program for High School Education Professionals, Cullen Gilbreath
TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF SELECTIVELY SEPARATING RARE EARTH ELEMENTS BY VAPOR PHASE EXTRACTION AND CONDENSATION, Katie Lyons
The Silver Bow Foundation: Designing a New Path for Economic Development in Butte-Silver Bow through Organizational Development and Technical Communication, Brendan McDonough
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROCESSING OF VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION DISABILITY CLAIMS IN MONTANA: A CASE STUDY, Betty Morrison-Franklin
FEASIBILITY OF 802.11A-BASED TRANSCEIVERS FOR VHF/UHF COMMUNICATIONS IN REMOTE REGIONS, Abhimanyu Nath
COMPARING DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING TO THREE-COMPONENT GEOPHONES IN AN UNDERGROUND MINE, Nikolas Nesladek
EVALUATION OF THE FERTILIZATION PROPERTIES OF ALGAL BIOMASS AND ASSESSMENT OF KOH-INDUCED FLOCCULATION OF PW95 ALGAL CELLS, Olakunle Ogunsakin
MODELING THE EFFECT OF METHANE vs. CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION ON OIL RECOVERY: CASE STUDY: THE EAST VACUUM GRAYBURG-SAN ANDRES UNIT, LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, Charles Ohalekwu
Geophysical Investigation of Dewatering in Lolo Creek, Southwest Missoula, Montana, USA, Akpofure Orubu
3D PRINTING OF 316L STAINLESS STEEL AND ITS EFFECT ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, Rawn Penn
Performance-Based Contracting for Rest Area Maintenance, Michael Powers
Reliability Analysis of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Walls, Michael Powers
Hexavalent Chromium Exposure to Military Aircraft Painters, Doug Rosaaen
BIOGEOCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS IN FLOODED UNDERGROUND MINES, Renee Schmidt