This series is sponsored by Montana Tech's School of Mines & Engineering, the College of Letters, Sciences and Professional Studies, Highlands College, the Biology Department, Research Office, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology and Sigma Xi.
Submissions from 2022
CERA Vision and its Mission to Faculty, Robin Bullock
Rare Earth Earth Elements: Supply Chains, Separations, and Opportunities, Eric S. Peterson
Perseverance Rover’s Early Adventures in Jezero Crater, Mars, Kim Steadman and Sarah Milkovich
Submissions from 2021
The Best Journey in the World: Recounting a Quarter-Century of Travels to Antarctica, France Cordova
The Indoor Microbiome: Novel Applications in Mold Prevention, Healthy Spacecraft, and COVID-19, Karen C. Dannemiller PhD
Understanding the Functional Strategies of Invasive Plants Using Large-Scale Datasets, Huixuan Liao
Revegetation of Mine Wastes: Lessons Learned and Stakeholder Communication, Raina M. Maier
The Importance of Biogeography for Weed Control and Land Restoration, Daniel Montesinos PhD
A New Paradigm in Geotechnical Performance Monitoring Using Remote Sensing, Thomas Oommen
Beaver Ponds as Catchment-Wide Retention Basins for Heavy Metals Sequestration, Carly A. Peach
Fossil energy in a modern world: Managing impacts on water & climate from domestic energy extraction., Desiree Plata
Membrane Traffic Processes and the Connection to Parkinson’s Disease, Randy Schekman
Using Citizen Science for Bird Conservation, Judit Szabo PhD
Roadside Geology of Montana, Rob Thomas
Submissions from 2020
Native Reptiles of Montana, Jeremy Allestad
Clastic Dikes in Megaflood Deposits, Skye Cooley
Why Black Lives Matter is Necessary, Chris Danielson
Extreme Weapons: A Natural History, Douglas Emlem
Constitution Day Lecture, John M. Garic
Learn for the future: Essentials in the Artificial Intelligence Era, Lily R. Liang
Undergraduate Researchers’ Perceptions about Conducting and Publishing Research in Peer Reviewed Journals, Elyse Lovell
Characterizing Water Resources Around Oil and Gas Development: A Cautionary Tale, Elizabeth Meredith
Chasing an Ancient Volcanic Firestorm in the Northern Cordillera of Montana, Jesse Mosolf, Ph.D.
Timing of Filling and Draining Events in Glacial Lake Missoula, Larry Smith
Two Main Shocks and a Swarm: Differing Faulting Styles in Montana, Michael Stickney
Fundamentals of Slag-Metal Reactions, Jesse White
Submissions from 2019
Geobiological Feedbacks and the Evolution of Thermoacidophiles, Eric Boyd
Citizen Science: An Engaging and Effective Method for Creating Scientifically Literate Citizens, Rayelynn Brandl
Rocks, Hot Water, Microbes, and More: Diving to Seafloor Hot Springs, Alysia Cox
Relationships between Female Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata) with & without Infants in Costa Rica, Christina Doelling
On the Borderline: Research at the Human-Wildlife Interface, Brian Dorr
Changing the Game: Throw Away Your Teaching Playbook, Steven Gammon
How Earthquake Faults Shift Gears, Abhijit Ghosh
A Tale of Two Waste Sites, Deborah Green
Restoring Silver Bow Creek After More than 100 Years of Mining — A Superfund Story, Joe Griffin
Data Science and Mechanism Design, Jason Hartline
Evolving Chemistry of the Berkeley Pit Water, Hsin Huang
Narrative Storytelling for Suicide Prevention: An Example from the Montana Let’s Talk Campaign, Sarah N. Keller
Biomimetic and Bioinspired Membranes, Manish Kumar
Earth Deformation Caused by Surface Mass Loading, Hilary Martens
Active Tectonics in Cascadia - A Simple Twist of Plate, Andrew Meigs
Assembly and Eruption of the Huckleberry Ridge Tuff, Yellowstone, Madison Myers
Ecological Restoration in Action in: Butte, Montana, Robert Pal
Perceptions of Career & Technical Education in Montana: A Survey of Millennials & Generation X, Bill Ryan
The Exploratorium at 50, Rob Semper
A Big Year in Montana: Go Bird Montana, Gary Swant
Closing the gate: Restrictions to neuroinvasive HSV-1 spread, Matt Taylor
Key Findings from the Montana Climate Assessment, Cathy Whitlock
Modern Electron Microscopy: A Nanolab Rather Than an Electron Optical Instrument, Miguel José Yacamán
Submissions from 2018
Material Degradation and Durability in Extreme Environments, Roberta Amendola
In-Water Self-Rescue in Standard Labor Wear & Injury Rate with Implications for Training in Mixed Martial Arts, John Amtmann, EdD
Hyporheic Microbial Biofilms as Indicators of Heavy and Rare Earth Metals in the Clark Fork Basin, Montana, Elliott Barnhart
Women in (Astro)Physics UK Perspective, Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Skiing Through Mountains of Data, Luke Buckley
Eclipse Across America: Greatest Public Engagement Effort in Modern History, Angela Des Jardins
Energy Storage and Its Impact on Power System Operations, Matt Donnelly
Tripping on the Geology Underfoot, Colleen Elliott
Let Us Reflect on Your Invaluable Gift, Lloyd Gavin
Use of Borehole Geophysics in Groundwater Studies, Madeline Gotkowitz
Enabling Underprepared Students to Succeed in STEM Majors, Diane Grayson
Landscape History and Sediment Transport During Flood Events in Lake Helena, Montana, Patricia Heiser
Introduction to Intellectual Property, Joel Henry
What is an Ethical Scientist?, Jeffrey Kovac
Detrital Zircon Records of Cordilleran Mountain Building, Andrew Laskowski
Germs or Gems? Understanding Cancer Through Bacterial Models, Shelley Lusetti
Linkages Between Watershed Ecological Condition and Riparian Processes; the Influence of Evergreens on Groundwater Recharge, Clayton Marlow
Population-based Analyses of Health Risks Associated with Residence in Montana Past & Present Mining Communities, Suzanne McDermott
Seismic Induced Flow Failures of Mine Tailings Including a Failure Case History from Chile, Robb Moss
Human Exploration from Earth to Mars: Envisioning Becoming Interplanetary, Dava Newman
Tackling Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Montana Patel’s, Sarjubhai A. Patel
Mathematics of Slicing and Reassembling, Richard Schwartz
Innovation through Integration in Honors Education, Brock Tessman
Landscape-Level Effects of Wildfires, Climate Change, and Carnivores, Jon Trapp
Electric Power Grid Reliability and Stability: Challenges and Solutions, Dan Trudnowski
Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art, & Recent Trends in Nanostructured Materials for Energy & Electronic Applications, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks
Submissions from 2017
Community Forestry in Bhutan and Montana, Jill Belsky PhD.
Science, Engineering, and Society, George H. Brimhall
Montana Outdoors Magazine: Serving Up Science & Management Information for Public Consumption, Tom Dickson and Luke Duran
Mentoring American Indian Students with NASA, Ed Galindo
High Temperature Corrosion in Energy Systems, Paul Gannon
Glutamate, Plasticity, and the Secret Life of Motor Neurons, Melissa Harrington
Becoming Chinese in Montana: The Chinese Empire Reform Association & National Identity among Montana's Chinese Communities, Mark Johnson
Investigative Reporting on Proteins: Getting the Scoop on Nature’s Tiniest Machines, Andy Karplus
Indigenous Methods of Research: Beyond Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), Lori Lambert
Beyond the Dam: the Influence of Beaver on Stream and Riparian Dynamics, Rebekah Levine
Invasive Plants and Montana's Range and Wild Lands, Jane Mangold
Cambrian and Proterozoic Quartzites in the Pioneer Mountains, Katie McDonald
An Interpretation of Birds, Jim Robbins
Biomolecular Interactions & Dynamics with Time-Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy, Sandy Ross
Oxidative Stress and Redox Homeostasis in Mammals: Should You Take Anti-oxidant Supplements?, Ed Schmidt
Reconstructing Holocene Climate Based on Alkenones and Isotopes from West Greenland Lake Sediments, Spruce Schoenemann
Thixotropic Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications, Monica A. Serban
Yellowstone Wolves: the First 20 Years, Doug Smith
Ground and Surface Water Response to Changing Irrigation Practices: A Bitterroot Valley Case Study, Kirk Waren
Mining Sustainability through Metallurgy – Perspectives on Hitting Home Runs & Grand Slams in Research, Courtney Young
Submissions from 2016
100 Years of Artificial Recharge in Montana: Some Challenges of Managing our “Natural” Groundwater Conditions, Ginette Abdo
Ecology & Evolution of Avian Alarm Call Signaling, Alexis Billings
Enormous volumes of low - δ18O rhyolite in the Central Snake River Plain, Idaho, Scott Boroughs
Managing Water Resources and Water Quality: A Tribal Perspective, Grace BullTail