Techxpo Winners 2025
Competition Projects:
1st Place:
Society of Automotive Engineers Baja Senior Design, Logan Solterbeck, Aziah Blotkamp, Michael Renaud, Duncan Sterk, Justyn Forrest, Mechanical Engineering
2nd Place:
Montana Tech AGC Commercial Team, MaKenna Liles, Bode Jensen, Civil Engineering
Graduate Projects:
1st Place:
Microorganism Community Development Post Restoration on the Clark Fork River, Carl Leitert, Restoration Ecology
2nd Place:
Perovskite Quantum Dots for Gamma Ray Detection, Xavier Vorhies, Materials Science
Two-Semester Projects:
1st Place:
Semi-Trailer Airbag Drag Reduction System, Cody Skibsted, Justin Dietz, Electrical Engineering & Blake Drakos, Jack Boone, Mechanical Engineering
2nd Place:
Development of Software Routines to Read, (Pre-) Process, and Store MDT RWIS Data, Maverick Owens, Computer Science
One-Semester Projects:
1st Place:
Genome Annotation of Mycobacterium Phage Totinger, Lily Brouch, Biological Sciences
2nd Place:
Assessing VO2 Max in Collegiate Long-Distance Runners using a Novel Flat Track Protocol, Olleca Severson, Biological Sciences
CHANCELLOR AWARDS
Graduate Projects:
Innovation: Characterization of Conductive Polymer-Carbon Nanotube Composites, Luke Suttey, Materials Science
Scientific Insight:
Effect of Variable Pore Scale Systems on CO2 EOR and Storage in Shale Reservoirs, Maame Kwakye-Tannor, Petroleum Engineering
Professionalism:
Geotechnical and Geophysics - Rosetta Stone, David Barrick, Earth Science & Engineering
Undergraduate Projects:
Innovation:
Supramolecular Uterotonic Therapeutic Nanomedicine for Atony Induced Postpartum Hemorrhaging, Taylinn Garrett, Biochemistry
Scientific Insight:
Identification of Phases of Efficient Direct Reduction of Briquettes from DRI Fine, Abigail Clark, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Professionalism:
Rare Earth Element Collection by a Biocompatible Adsorption-Flow System, Tucker Craig, Mechanical Engineering