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Undergraduate Research Program—2007-08 Projects

First Name

Last Name

Title of Project

Mentor

Caelen

Anderson

Mass and Energy Balance of Ash Grove's Louisville Planton Finish Mill Operations

Jerome Downey

Jason

Anderson

Spectroscopic Investigation of Chitosan Phosphoralation during Hydroxyapatite-Chitosan Hybrid Synthesis

Rajendra K. Kasinath

Josef

Bilant

Mass Balance of Ash Grove's Louisville Plant on Finish Mill Operations

Courtney Young

Allen

Brazier

How Does Nature Use Organic Molecules to Template the Formation of Inorganic Structures?

Rajendra K. Kasinath

Taylour

Burton

History Matching and Predicting Reservoir Models

Todd Hoffman

Jason

Bustamante

Fuzzy Topologies on the Number Line

Djalalidin Djayanbaev

Das

Butherus

Implementing Sensor Data Through a Communications Link into an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

John Morrison

Keri

Caldwell

ASM Ceramic Mug Drop (TEAM with Robert Gow)

Kevin Jaansalu

Ryan

Christianson

Chemical Synthesis and Self Assembly of Apatite Nanoparticles

Rajendra K. Kasinath

Jerrey

Clark

An Investigation of Montana-Based Coal and its Correlation to Size Fraction

Paul Conrad

Stacy

Davis

Indentation Size Effect as a Function of Temperature for Ballistic Steel

Kevin Jaansalu

Christopher

Dienes

Exploring the Theory Behind Latin Hypercube Sampling and Investigating Applications

Susan Gazioglu

Vance

Dostert

An Evaluation of Metal Concentrations on Wipe Samples Using Non-Destructive XRF Method and an Integrated Method

Terry Spear

Gregory

Edwards 

Survey of Shotcrete Practices in Weak Rock in North American Mines- (TEAM with Chad Petrie)

Mary MacLaughlin

Dustin

Gibson

Solar UAV's

Richard Johnson and John Morrison

Robert

Gow

ASM Ceramic Mug Drop (TEAM with Keri Caldwell)

Kevin Jaansalu

Caleb

Graham

An Investigation of the Ballistic Resistance of Two Polymer Backed Metal Plates

Kevin Jaansalu

Adam

Hammes 

Heat Balance of Ash Grove Cement's Louisville Plant on Finish Mill Operations

Kevin Jaansalu

Christine

Hash

Microbiological, Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of Mycrobacteriophage Macayla

Marisa Pedulla

Zachary

Johnson

An Investigation into Tire Derived Fuels for Substitution in Applications Involving the Burning of Fossil Fuels

Jerome Downey

Zhanibek

Katrenov

Development of a General Algorithm for Inversion of Basement Relief from Gravity Anomaly for Sediment Basin with Variable Density Contrast

Xiaobing Zhou

Erin

Kennedy

A Study to Determine what Factors Significantly Influence the Successful Completion of a Freshman Chemistry Class

Chip Todd

Jamie

Knieper

Biomass Changes Related to Climatic Conditions

Rick Douglass

Kenneth

McDonald

An Exploration into Research Involved in the Conversion of Wasted Kinetic Energy from Cars into Something Useful

Doug Coe

Sara

Morrison

Effect of Matrix Material on the Engineering Properties (Stiffness and Unconfined Compressive Strength) of a Rock-Like Material

Mary MacLaughlin

Timothy

Myers 

An Investigation of the Application of Surveillance, Rescue, and Exploration Using Video Feed from UAV's

John Morrison

Matthew

Nottingham

Finding a Bacteriophage Capable of Combating Staphylococcus Aureus Infections

Marisa Pedulla

Kylene

Owens

Opinion Survey of Arctic Grayling (Thymallus Articus) Fisheries Among Stakeholders in the Big Hole River Watershed

Michelle Anderson

Jason

Parish

Investigation of Methods & Materials to Synthesize Rock-Like Specimens for the Purpose of Examining the Effects of Cavity Size, Shape, and Distribution on Engineering Behavior in Macroporous Materials

Mary MacLaughlin

Carlye

Parsons

Examining Hantavirus RNA Prevalence and Timing of Infection in Deer Mice

Amy Kuenzi

Chad

Petrie

Survey of Shotcrete Practices in Weak Rock in North American Mines (TEAM with Greg Edwards)

Mary MacLaughlin

Brianna

Patacini

Drug Discovery in Acid Mine Waste:  Searching for Unique Anticancer Agents from the Berkeley Pit Microbe BP 885-7

Donald Stierle- Andrea Stierle

Tyler

Pullman

Establishment of a Site in Southwest Montana for the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA): Multi-Summit Approach

Martha Apple

Andrew

Ramstead

Biofilm Regulation in Mycobacterium Smegmatis

Marisa Pedulla

Craig

Ross

Toward Standardization of Stair Measurements:  Test of Inter-Measurer Reliability

Roger Jensen

Ellen

Rud

Nanoparticle Dispersion and Translocation through Macrophage Cell Membranes

Kumar Ganesan

Tyler

Salisbury

Investigation of a Montana-Based Coal for its Content and Correlations to Specific Gravities in Float Sink Analysis

Courtney Young

Stephanie

Schlief

Assessment of Mammalian Cell Response Exposed to Nanoparticles

Rajendra K. Kasinath

Matthew

Schlosser

Development of a Reliable Grain Size Distribution Test for Coal Particles Produced with Coal Bed Methane Water

Mary-North Abbott

Kristine

Shields

Investigating Non-parametric Approaches to Statistical Inference

Suzan Gazioglu

Forrest

Smith 

Investigation into Small Diameter Tubing for Wellbore Gas-Water Unloading (TEAM with Daniel Snyder)

Leo Heath

Daniel

Snyder

Investigation into Small Diameter Tubing for Wellbore Gas-Water Unloading- (TEAM with Forrest Smith)

Leo Heath

Randy

Spence

The Relationship between the Distribution of Voids and Unconfined Compressive Strength of a Rock-Like Material

Mary MacLaughlin

Charmaine

Weyer 

Identifying and Characterizing Sources of Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Big Hole and Clark Fork Rivers 

Steve Parker

Stacy

Wilcox

Understaqnding the Causes of Large Diurnal Changes in Streamflow in the Upper Big Hole River

Chris Gammons

Justine

Wilson

Monitoring Winter Use of Artificial Burrows by Peromyscus maniculatus

Amy Kuenzi

Aaron

Wirth

To Investigate the Development of a Ground-Based UAV Testing Platform

John Morrison

David

Zier

An Investigation into the Efficacy of Computer Games as Learning Tools

Frank Ackerman

 

 

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