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.

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Submissions from 2022

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CERA Vision and its Mission to Faculty, Robin Bullock

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Rare Earth Earth Elements: Supply Chains, Separations, and Opportunities, Eric S. Peterson

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Perseverance Rover’s Early Adventures in Jezero Crater, Mars, Kim Steadman and Sarah Milkovich

Submissions from 2021

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The Best Journey in the World: Recounting a Quarter-Century of Travels to Antarctica, France Cordova

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The Indoor Microbiome: Novel Applications in Mold Prevention, Healthy Spacecraft, and COVID-19, Karen C. Dannemiller PhD

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Understanding the Functional Strategies of Invasive Plants Using Large-Scale Datasets, Huixuan Liao

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Revegetation of Mine Wastes: Lessons Learned and Stakeholder Communication, Raina M. Maier

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The Importance of Biogeography for Weed Control and Land Restoration, Daniel Montesinos PhD

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A New Paradigm in Geotechnical Performance Monitoring Using Remote Sensing, Thomas Oommen

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Beaver Ponds as Catchment-Wide Retention Basins for Heavy Metals Sequestration, Carly A. Peach

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Fossil energy in a modern world: Managing impacts on water & climate from domestic energy extraction., Desiree Plata

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Membrane Traffic Processes and the Connection to Parkinson’s Disease, Randy Schekman

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Using Citizen Science for Bird Conservation, Judit Szabo PhD

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Roadside Geology of Montana, Rob Thomas

Submissions from 2020

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Native Reptiles of Montana, Jeremy Allestad

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Clastic Dikes in Megaflood Deposits, Skye Cooley

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Why Black Lives Matter is Necessary, Chris Danielson

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Extreme Weapons: A Natural History, Douglas Emlem

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Constitution Day Lecture, John M. Garic

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Learn for the future: Essentials in the Artificial Intelligence Era, Lily R. Liang

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Undergraduate Researchers’ Perceptions about Conducting and Publishing Research in Peer Reviewed Journals, Elyse Lovell

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Characterizing Water Resources Around Oil and Gas Development: A Cautionary Tale, Elizabeth Meredith

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Chasing an Ancient Volcanic Firestorm in the Northern Cordillera of Montana, Jesse Mosolf, Ph.D.

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Timing of Filling and Draining Events in Glacial Lake Missoula, Larry Smith

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Two Main Shocks and a Swarm: Differing Faulting Styles in Montana, Michael Stickney

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Fundamentals of Slag-Metal Reactions, Jesse White

Submissions from 2019

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Geobiological Feedbacks and the Evolution of Thermoacidophiles, Eric Boyd

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Citizen Science: An Engaging and Effective Method for Creating Scientifically Literate Citizens, Rayelynn Brandl

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Rocks, Hot Water, Microbes, and More: Diving to Seafloor Hot Springs, Alysia Cox

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Relationships between Female Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata) with & without Infants in Costa Rica, Christina Doelling

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On the Borderline: Research at the Human-Wildlife Interface, Brian Dorr

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Changing the Game: Throw Away Your Teaching Playbook, Steven Gammon

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How Earthquake Faults Shift Gears, Abhijit Ghosh

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A Tale of Two Waste Sites, Deborah Green

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Restoring Silver Bow Creek After More than 100 Years of Mining — A Superfund Story, Joe Griffin

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Data Science and Mechanism Design, Jason Hartline

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Evolving Chemistry of the Berkeley Pit Water, Hsin Huang

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Narrative Storytelling for Suicide Prevention: An Example from the Montana Let’s Talk Campaign, Sarah N. Keller

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Biomimetic and Bioinspired Membranes, Manish Kumar

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Earth Deformation Caused by Surface Mass Loading, Hilary Martens

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Active Tectonics in Cascadia - A Simple Twist of Plate, Andrew Meigs

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Assembly and Eruption of the Huckleberry Ridge Tuff, Yellowstone, Madison Myers

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Native Arctic Grayling and Cutthroat Trout Management in South-West Montana: Balancing Conservation Within the Constraints of What is Biologically Possible and Socially and Politically Acceptable, Jim Olsen

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Ecological Restoration in Action in: Butte, Montana, Robert Pal

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Perceptions of Career & Technical Education in Montana: A Survey of Millennials & Generation X, Bill Ryan

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The Exploratorium at 50, Rob Semper

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A Big Year in Montana: Go Bird Montana, Gary Swant

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Closing the gate: Restrictions to neuroinvasive HSV-1 spread, Matt Taylor

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Key Findings from the Montana Climate Assessment, Cathy Whitlock

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Modern Electron Microscopy: A Nanolab Rather Than an Electron Optical Instrument, Miguel José Yacamán

Submissions from 2018

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Material Degradation and Durability in Extreme Environments, Roberta Amendola

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In-Water Self-Rescue in Standard Labor Wear & Injury Rate with Implications for Training in Mixed Martial Arts, John Amtmann, EdD

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Hyporheic Microbial Biofilms as Indicators of Heavy and Rare Earth Metals in the Clark Fork Basin, Montana, Elliott Barnhart

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Women in (Astro)Physics UK Perspective, Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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Skiing Through Mountains of Data, Luke Buckley

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Eclipse Across America: Greatest Public Engagement Effort in Modern History, Angela Des Jardins

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Energy Storage and Its Impact on Power System Operations, Matt Donnelly

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Tripping on the Geology Underfoot, Colleen Elliott

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Let Us Reflect on Your Invaluable Gift, Lloyd Gavin

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Use of Borehole Geophysics in Groundwater Studies, Madeline Gotkowitz

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Enabling Underprepared Students to Succeed in STEM Majors, Diane Grayson

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Landscape History and Sediment Transport During Flood Events in Lake Helena, Montana, Patricia Heiser

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Introduction to Intellectual Property, Joel Henry

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What is an Ethical Scientist?, Jeffrey Kovac

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Detrital Zircon Records of Cordilleran Mountain Building, Andrew Laskowski

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Germs or Gems? Understanding Cancer Through Bacterial Models, Shelley Lusetti

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Linkages Between Watershed Ecological Condition and Riparian Processes; the Influence of Evergreens on Groundwater Recharge, Clayton Marlow

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Population-based Analyses of Health Risks Associated with Residence in Montana Past & Present Mining Communities, Suzanne McDermott

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Seismic Induced Flow Failures of Mine Tailings Including a Failure Case History from Chile, Robb Moss

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Human Exploration from Earth to Mars: Envisioning Becoming Interplanetary, Dava Newman

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Tackling Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Montana Patel’s, Sarjubhai A. Patel

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Mathematics of Slicing and Reassembling, Richard Schwartz

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Innovation through Integration in Honors Education, Brock Tessman

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Landscape-Level Effects of Wildfires, Climate Change, and Carnivores, Jon Trapp

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Electric Power Grid Reliability and Stability: Challenges and Solutions, Dan Trudnowski

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Fundamentals, State-of-the-Art, & Recent Trends in Nanostructured Materials for Energy & Electronic Applications, Luisa Whittaker-Brooks

Submissions from 2017

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Community Forestry in Bhutan and Montana, Jill Belsky PhD.

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Science, Engineering, and Society, George H. Brimhall

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Montana Outdoors Magazine: Serving Up Science & Management Information for Public Consumption, Tom Dickson and Luke Duran

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Mentoring American Indian Students with NASA, Ed Galindo

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High Temperature Corrosion in Energy Systems, Paul Gannon

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Glutamate, Plasticity, and the Secret Life of Motor Neurons, Melissa Harrington

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Becoming Chinese in Montana: The Chinese Empire Reform Association & National Identity among Montana's Chinese Communities, Mark Johnson

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Investigative Reporting on Proteins: Getting the Scoop on Nature’s Tiniest Machines, Andy Karplus

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Indigenous Methods of Research: Beyond Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), Lori Lambert

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Beyond the Dam: the Influence of Beaver on Stream and Riparian Dynamics, Rebekah Levine

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Invasive Plants and Montana's Range and Wild Lands, Jane Mangold

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Cambrian and Proterozoic Quartzites in the Pioneer Mountains, Katie McDonald

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An Interpretation of Birds, Jim Robbins

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Biomolecular Interactions & Dynamics with Time-Resolved Fluorescence Microscopy, Sandy Ross

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Oxidative Stress and Redox Homeostasis in Mammals: Should You Take Anti-oxidant Supplements?, Ed Schmidt

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Reconstructing Holocene Climate Based on Alkenones and Isotopes from West Greenland Lake Sediments, Spruce Schoenemann

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Thixotropic Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications, Monica A. Serban

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Yellowstone Wolves: the First 20 Years, Doug Smith

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Ground and Surface Water Response to Changing Irrigation Practices: A Bitterroot Valley Case Study, Kirk Waren

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Mining Sustainability through Metallurgy – Perspectives on Hitting Home Runs & Grand Slams in Research, Courtney Young

Submissions from 2016

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100 Years of Artificial Recharge in Montana: Some Challenges of Managing our “Natural” Groundwater Conditions, Ginette Abdo

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Ecology & Evolution of Avian Alarm Call Signaling, Alexis Billings

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Enormous volumes of low - δ18O rhyolite in the Central Snake River Plain, Idaho, Scott Boroughs

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Managing Water Resources and Water Quality: A Tribal Perspective, Grace BullTail