MacLaughlin, M.—DaCosta, A., C. Wright, Y. Ye, M. MacLaughlin, and N. Hudyma (2007).  Development of Upper and Lower Bounds to Describe Engineering Properties as a Function of Macroporosity.  Proceedings of the First Canada - U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, May 2007, pp. 821-826.

MacLaughlin, M.—Morrison, S., N. Hudyma, B. Erfourth, and M. MacLaughlin (2007).  Influence of specimen size on engineering properties of macroporous rock-like materials, Problematic Soils and Rocks and In Situ Characterization, Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP) 162, proceedings of sessions from Geo-Denver 2007, editors Puppala, A., Hudyma, N., and Likos, W, ASCE press.

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Erfourth, Bethany E., Cindy A. Wright, Nicholas Hudyma, and Mary M. MacLaughlin (2006).  3-D Numerical and Analog Models of Macroporous Rock: Investigating the Influence of Void Characteristics on Elastic Modulus, Proceedings of the 41st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Golden, Colorado, June, 2006 (Paper 06-963).

MacLaughlin, Mary M., Rimas Pakalnis, and Thomas M. Brady (2006).  Use of Distinct Element Models to Investigate Collapse and Support of an Underground Opening as a Function of Varying Rock Mass Quality, Proceedings of the 41st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Golden, Colorado, June, 2006 (Paper 06-967).

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Erfourth, Bethany E., Cindy A. Wright, Nicholas Hudyma, and Mary M. MacLaughlin (2006).  3D Numerical Models of Plaster-Styrofoam Specimens: Substantiating the Variation of Elastic Modulus, Proceedings of the 40th Symposium on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, Logan, Utah, May 24-26, 2006 (cd-rom).

MacLaughlin, Mary M., Rimas Pakalnis, and Thomas M. Brady (2006).  A Distinct Element Parametric Study of Collapse and Support of an Underground Opening in Rock Masses of Varying Quality, Proceedings of the 40th Symposium on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, Logan, Utah, May 24-26, 2006 (cd-rom).

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Wright, Cindy A., Bethany E. Erfourth, Nicholas Hudyma, and Mary M. MacLaughlin (2006).  Laboratory Characterization of the Effects of Macroporosity Size and Shape on Elastic Modulus, Proceedings of the 40th Symposium on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, Logan, Utah, May 24-26, 2006 (cd-rom).

MacLaughlin, M. M. and D. M. Doolin (2006).  Review of Validation of the Discontinuous Deformation Analysis (DDA) Method, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 30/4 (April 2006): pp 271-305.

MacLaughlin, Mary M. and Nicholas Sitar, editors (2005).  Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation (ICADD-7), Honolulu, Hawaii, December, 2005, 287 pp.

MacLaughlin, Mary M. and Melissa A. Hayes (2005).  Validation of DDA Block Motions and Failure Modes using Laboratory Models, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation (ICADD-7), Honolulu, Hawaii, December, 2005, pp. 71-78.

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Wright, Cindy A., Mary M. MacLaughlin, and Richard P. Donovan (2005).  Comparison of the Deformation of Externally Loaded DDA and UDEC Blocks with an Analytical Solution, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation (ICADD-7), Honolulu, Hawaii, December, 2005, pp. 79-90.

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Sitar, Nicholas, Mary M. MacLaughlin, and David M. Doolin (2005).  Influence of Kinematics on Landslide Mobility and Failure Mode, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering, 131/6 (June 2005): pp. 716-728.

MacLaughlin, Mary M., Rimas Pakalnis, and Thomas M. Brady (2005).  A Distinct Element Parametric Study of Failure Modes around an Underground Opening in Rock Masses of Varying Quality, Proceedings of the 40th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, June, 2005 (Paper 05-747).

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Erfourth, Bethany E., Nicholas Hudyma, and Mary M. MacLaughlin (2005).  Comparison of Unconfined Compressive Strength of Cast versus Cored Samples of Rock-Like Materials with Large Voids, Proceedings of the 40th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, June, 2005 (Paper 05-876).

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Pakalnis, Rimas, Cristian Caceres, Kathryn Clapp, Mario Morin, Tom Brady, Ted Williams, Wilson Blake, and Mary MacLaughlin (2005).  Design Spans--Underhand Cut and Fill Mining, presented at CIM-AGM, Toronto, Canada, April 2005.

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Martin, Lewis, John Dunford, Mary M. MacLaughlin, and Robert Cronable (2005).  Behavior of Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete at the Chief Joseph Mine, Butte, Montana, Proceedings of the Society of Mining Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2005.

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Baars, Richard M., Mary M. MacLaughlin, and Radford B. Langston (2004).  Comparison of Joint Roughness with Laboratory Direct Shear Testing, Proceedings of the 39th Symposium on Engineering Geology & Geotechnical Engineering, Butte, Montana, May 2004, pp. 347-351.

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Clapp, Kathryn K., Larry N. Smith, Mary M. MacLaughlin, and Carlyle R. Miller (2004).  Geologic Map of the Columbia Mountain Area, Northwest Montana, Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Open File Report #487.

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Lasich, Tye J., Mary M. MacLaughlin, and Thomas M. Brady (2004).  UDEC Modeling of Underground Openings in Rock Masses of Varying Quality, Proceedings of the 39th Symposium on Engineering Geology & Geotechnical Engineering, Butte, Montana, May 2004, pp. 353-358.

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Li, Qingwang, Richard L. McNearny, and Mary M. MacLaughlin (2004).  Stability Analysis of Sublevel Fill Stopes Under Blasting Load, paper presented at the Society of Mining Engineers Meeting, Denver, Colorado, February 2004.

MacLaughlin, Mary M. and Richard L. McNearny, editors (2004).  Proceedings of the 39th Symposium on Engineering Geology & Geotechnical Engineering, Butte, Montana, May 2004.

MacLaughlin, Mary M.—Whyatt, J., S. Miller, and M. MacLaughlin (2004).  Development and Application of Bench Design Software, Proceedings of the 39th Symposium on Engineering Geology & Geotechnical Engineering, Butte, Montana, May 2004, pp. 149-163.

MacLaughlin, Mary—Sitar, Nicholas, Mary M. MacLaughlin, and David Doolin (2003). Kinematics and Discontinuous Deformation Analysis of Landslide Movement, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and GeoEnvironmental Engineering, in publication (accepted March, 2003). 

MacLaughlin, Mary, Kathryn Clapp, Lisa O’Connell, and Larry Smith (2003). Numerical Modeling of the Columbia Mountain Landslide, Northwestern Montana, U.S.A., Proceedings of the 38th Symposium on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, Reno, Nevada, pp. 119-134. 

MacLaughlin, Mary—Clapp, K., L. Smith, and M. MacLaughlin (2003). Geologic Mapping of the Columbia Mountain Area near Columbia Falls, Montana: Emphasis on Geologic Structure, Slope Stability, and Earthquake Hazards, Proceedings of the 38th Symposium on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, Reno, Nevada, pp. 135-148. 

MacLaughlin, Mary—Duneman, Meagan Joyce, and Mary M. MacLaughlin (2003). Validation of DDA Software (poster abstract), Proceedings of the 38th Symposium on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, Reno, Nevada, p. 481.

MacLaughlin, Mary M. and Kathryn K. Clapp (2002). Discrete Element Analysis of an Underground Opening in Blocky Rock: An Investigation of the Differences Between UDEC and DDA Results, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Discrete Element Methods, Santa Fe, New Mexico, pp. 329-334. 

MacLaughlin, Mary M. (2002). Roof Wedge Stability: A Simple Analytical Model and Numerical Validation Using Deformable Blocks, Proceedings of the Fifth North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, Toronto, Canada, pp. 663-669. 

MacLaughlin, Mary (2002). Look out for falling rock, Science Mine Column, Montana Standard, June 29. 

MacLaughlin, Mary M. (2002). Roof Wedge Stability: A Simple Analytical Model and Numerical Validation, Proceedings of the 37th Symposium on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, Boise, Idaho, pp. 181-190. 

MacLaughlin, Mary M., and Radford Langston Discrete element analysis of a mine stope in blocky ground: A comparison of DDA and UDEC results, Proceedings of ICASS-4, the Fourth International Conference on Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation, Glasgow, Scotland, pp. 111-119, (2001).

MacLaughlin, Mary M., Nicholas Sitar, David M. Doolin, and Tracy S. Abbot, Investigation of slope stability kinematics using discontinuous deformation analysis, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 38:5, pp. 753-762, (2001).

MacLaughlin, Mary M., Radford Langston, and Thomas Brady, Numerical geomechancial modeling for Stillwater Mine, Nye, Montana, Proceedings of the 38th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Washington, D.C., pp. 423-432, (2001).

MacLaughlin, Mary—Johnson, Jeffrey R., Mary MacLaughlin, and Radford Langston, Discrete element analysis of failure modes in a stope at the Stillwater Mine, Proceedings of the 35th Symposium on Engineering geology and Geotechnical Engineering, Pocatello, Idaho, pp. 275-280, (2000).

MacLaughlin, Mary M., A gravity turn-on routine for DDA, Proceedings of ICADD-3, the Third International Conference on Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation, Vail, Colorado, pp. 65-74, (1999).