Research from 2021
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
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
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
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
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