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Undergraduate Research Program—2006-07 Projects

First Name

Last Name

Title of Project

Mentor

Wyatt

Adams

Study of the Effects of 15% HCI Acid on Steel Tubing Commonly Used in the Oil Field and the Effectiveness of Corrosion Inhibitors

John Evans

Russell

Akers

The Vec-Permutation Matrix

Chip Todd

Kristen

Anderson

Parameter Estimation Techniques

Chip Todd

Kenneth

Bates

Investigations of Diel Changes in the Concentration of Metals and Sediment-Water Ineractions

Stephen Parker

Josef

Bilant

Solubility and Solidification Behavior of Molybdenum in Cu-Zn Liquids (TEAM with Adam Hammes)

Kevin Jaansalu

Kirk

Caddell

Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of Mycobacteriophage Shabema

Marisa Pedulla

Sally

Carey

The Effects of Yoga on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure (TEAM with Sarah Thielen)

John Amtmann

James

Chandler

Development and Execution of Manufacturing Plans for the Machining Chassis of the Electra CubeSat at the RAVE Creativity Forge

Rick Donovan

Ryan

Ciolkosz

Study of the Effects of Carbon Dioxide Saturated Water on the Steel Tubing of a Well

John Evans

Casey

Cotter

Heat Sensing with a Smart Tool

Bruce Madigan

Brittany

Deffinbaugh

A Study for Comparing the Expected Returns for Keno Games to Determine Which Game Has the Highest Chance of Winning

Rick Rossi

Christopher

Dienes

Estimation of the Parameters of a Probability Distribution Using Kernel Density Estimators

Rick Rossi

Jennifer

Dobb

Lactate and RPE Responses of Athletes Training for and Competing in a Regional Mixed Martial Arts Event

John Amtmann

Haley

Doleshal

A Study to Determine the Effectiveness and Usefulness of the Montana Tech Learning Center

Rick Rossi

Carrie

Duff

Karyotypical Investigation and Generation of Color Mutation in Mielichhoferia Mielichhoferi

Grant Mitman

Jennifer

Esp

Fitting Mixture Models to Madison River Obsidian Glass Flake Rind Thicknesses

Rick Rossi

Michael

Faroni

Public Noise Associated with Commercial Aircraft and Helicopters Arriving and Departing from the Burt Mooney Airport

Julie Hart

Gregg

Feddes

NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament Predictor

Rick Rossi

Taylor

Flotre

Thiocyanate Leach of a Twins Creek Ore (TEAM with Matthew Huey)

Courtney Young

Michael

Frawley

Determining Beta Factors in Hydraulic Fractures

John Evans

Emma

Garman

Dynamic Evolution of the Spectral Signature and Brightness Temperature Signature of Barley Under Drought Conditions

Ziaobing Zhou

Robert

Gow

Thiosulphate Leach of a Twins Creek Ore (TEAM with Kelly Murphey)

Courtney Young

Adam

Hammes

An Investigation Into the Solubility and Solidification Behavior of Molybdenum in Cu-Zn Liquids (TEAM with Josef Bilant)

Kevin Jaansalu

Whitney

Harris

Processing Snow-Streamer Seismic Reflection Data From the Andrill McMurdo Ice Shelf Drill Site, Antarctica

Marvin Speece

Christine

Hash

Isolation, Amplification, Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of Mycobacteriophage Macayla

Marisa Pedulla

James

Holmes

Characterization of Geodesics

Laurie Battle

Matthew

Huey

Thiocyanate Leach of a Twins Creek Ore (TEAM with Taylor Flotre)

Courtney Young, Jerome Downey

Tami

Infante

An Investigation to Validate and Improve Upon an Ultra Wideband Radar Distribution Model in Order to Improve Field Performance @ Bert Mooney Airport

Rick Donovan

Erin

Jenrich

Safety Message Formats for Printed Manuals

Roger Jensen

Daniel

Kleckner

An Investigation to Compare Injury Analysis of Mixed Martial Arts with Other Mainstream Sports (TEAM with Ashley Zimpel)

John Amtmann

Scott

LaForest

An Examination and Proof of the Multivariate Central Limit Theorem

Chip Todd

Christina

Lamer

Blasting Procedures of the Mining Industry

Mary MacLaughlin

Christopher

Linhart

Statistical Anaylsis of the Effect of Creatine on Muscle Power Output

Suzan Gazioglu

John

Little

Neonatal Circumcision and Male-Prevalent Neuropsychological Disorders:  Is There a Correlation?

Dave Carter

Christopher

LoCoco

Descriptive Phrase Mining for Field Imagery Annotation

Jeff Braun

Jonnae

Lumsden

Patterns of Sin Nombre Virus RNA Prevalence and Seroconversion in Montana Deer Mice:  A Continuation

Amy Kuenzi

Alexander

Macgregor

Characterization of Gold Ore from Newmont Mining Corporation's Twin Creek Mine, Nevada (TEAM with Katie Schumacher)

Courtney Young/Jerome Downey

Celeste

McGregor

Deal or No Deal

Rick Rossi

Mathew

Michels

Voluntary Simplicity: An Investigation of Individual Effect in a Grassroots Movement

Pat Munday

Robert

Miller

Calibrate the Haas CNC VMC Machine Tool Using a Force Measuring Plate, Correlating Load Percentage to Force in a Particular Axis

Rick Donovan

Michalee

Moen

Drug Discovery in Acid Mine Waste:  Searching for Unique Secondary Metabolites from the Berkeley Pit Microbe Bp 2-0-A Cu500G3

Andrea Stierle

Amanda

Mondloch

Drug Discovery in Acid Mine Waste, Searching for Unique Secondary Metabolites in a Berkeley Pit Microbe

Andrea Stierle

Sara

Morrison

Influences of Industrial Contributions to Water Levels in the Sand Creek Drainage

Willis Weight

Kelly

Murphey

Thiosulphate Leach of a Twins Creek Ore (TEAM with Robert Gow)

Courtney Young

Vanessa

Murray

Prime-Time Education: The Effects of Media as it Relates to College Education

Dave Carter

Desiree

Overcast

An Investigation to Develop Robust Wireless Network in Order to Increase the Probability of Detections with a Sensor Network

Rick Donovan

Jason

Park

Monitoring Use of Artificial Burrows by Peromyscus Maniculatus

Amy Kuenzi

Andrew

Ramstead

Protein Analysis of Bacteriophages

Marisa Pedulla

Stephanie

Samaniego

Butte-Silver Bow Community Survey

Mike Johnson

Katie

Schumacher

Characterization of Gold Ore from Newmont Mining Corporation's Twin Creek Mine, Nevada (TEAM with Alexander Macgregor)

Courtney Young/Jerome Downey

Jeffrey

Scott

Mathematical Examination of Principal Component Analysis

Chip Todd

Erika

Sholey

Sources of Nitrate Contamination in the Butte Summit Valley (Team with Stacy Wilcox)

Chris Gammons

M. Garrett

Smith

Preliminary Investigations of Temporal Variability in the Concentration and Composition of DIC and DOC in Streams

Stephen Parker

Robert

Stepper

Characterization of Newmont Ore Body Using Cyanide Leach Method (TEAM with Erin Stevens)

Courtney Young/Jerome Downey

Erin

Stevens

Characterization of Newmont Ore Body Using Cyanide Leach Method (TEAM with Robert Stepper)

Courtney Young/Jerome Downey

Michelle

Sullivan

The Language of Mine Waste Clean Up:  Exploring the Visual Rhetoric of Reclamation, Remediation, and Restoration

Pat Munday

Andrew

Taylor

To Investigate the Performance of Circuits Used to Measure the Fundamental Frequency of Noisy Sinusoid Near 60 Hz.

Dan Trudnowski

Sarah

Thielen

The Effects of Yoga on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure (TEAM with Sally Carey)

John Amtmann

Shelli

Vicars

Training Methods of Mixed Martial Artists

John Amtmann

Cassie

Ward

Numerical Modeling and Triaxial Shear Testing of Cemented Rockfill

Rich McNearny

Stacy

Wilcox

Sources of Nitrate Contamination in the Butte Summit Valley (Team with Erika Sholey)

Chris Gammons

Aaron

Wirth

To Investigate the Incorporation of Active RFID into a Smart Sensor Network

Rick Donovan

Justin

Wiseman

An Analysis to Gather the Interests of Young Minds to the Computer Science Field and Ways to Improve Interest

Celia Schahczenski

Edwin

Wold

An Investigation into the Feasability of an Oscillating Friction Stir Welding Process and Procedure

Bruce Madigan

Ashley

Zimpel

An Investigation to Compare Injury Analysis of Mixed Martial Arts with Other Mainstream Sports (TEAM with Ashley Zimpel)

John Amtmann

 

 

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