Theses and Dissertations at Montana State University (MSU)
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Item "Inter duas metas": urban memory and monumental transformation on the Vatican plain(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2024) Reinhardt, Margaret Cecile; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Regina Gee; Melissa Ragain (co-chair)During the Middle Ages, four funerary monuments in an area known today as the Borgo underwent a syncretic transformation of memory. These monuments are the Vatican Obelisk, Meta Romuli, Terebinth of Nero, and Mausoleum of Hadrian. All four were erected during the Imperial period, between the first-century BCE and the second-century AD. This thesis groups these four funerary monuments into a funerary program that shapes the historical narrative of the Vatican plain. They were established during the early Imperial period under a funerary precedent and contributed to the religious development of Rome into a Christian city after Saint Peter was martyred in Vaticanum during the first century. As a funerary program, they contributed to a shift in Rome's power dynamic as the religious narrative of the Empire changed from polytheistic to Christian during the Middle Ages. By analyzing these monuments' identities, architectural framework, historical progression and topographical connections, this study aims to explore how their legacy has been preserved and integrated within the ager Vaticanus from the Roman Empire through the Renaissance.Item The effects of project based learning on student outcomes in a geometry classroom(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2022) Ruppertsberger, Natalie Marie; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: C. John GravesStudents engaged in Project Based Learning as a way to deepen and apply their knowledge of trigonometry, improve their perceptions of the content, connect with the world around them, and engage in practices commonly utilized in science and engineering. The project was centered around the re-design and relocation of a historic barn on the campus of Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, NH, and students were asked to consider how the barn might be modernized to include passive and active solar technologies. Pre- and post- intervention content assessments, Likert surveys, student worksheets, and written reflections were used as data collection instruments. Data were processed using both quantitative and qualitative analysis strategies. The results suggested that students made gains in their subject-matter proficiency, attitude toward math, ability to make connections, and engagement with applicable science and engineering practices.Item Green onions: kitchen design and foodways in mid-century Memphis(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2020) Keesee, Angela King; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Mary MurphyFlush with the victory of World War II, America faced an expansive industrial and agricultural landscape that had been focused on war. As factories re-tooled themselves from military production to a domestic market, kitchen appliances, metal cabinets, plastics, and synthetic fabrics appeared at the same time that processed and packaged foods inspired by the efficiency and development of MREs became available for public consumption. Simultaneously, a pent-up need for housing and an end to the deprivation of the Great Depression and war led Americans to embrace new approaches to design and construction. The development of suburbs with affordable single-family houses, standardized kitchen furnishings, and the open plan reflected new attitudes towards living. The accessibility of a variety of foods and time-saving preparations such as cake mixes and canned fruits complemented those attitudes. In this study of mid-century Memphis, the synchronous qualities of cultivation, production, presentation, and consumption in kitchen design and foodways are analyzed to demonstrate an inextricable relationship between the design of place and the culture of food. Memphis was a Southern city steeped in regional tradition but modernizing rapidly while absorbing the national and international dynamics of social and economic changes during the Cold War. Local factors of race, gender, and class on this growth affected the convergence of new ideas in kitchen design and foodways. Regional and national media such as newspapers, magazines, and the rise of television saturated the public with images of idyllic suburban life, particularly available to middle-class whites despite the increased appearance of a black middle-class culture flourishing in the same modern environment. Whether spotlighting the femininity of Betty Crocker or the favorite appetizer of a local socialite, the growing publication of cookbooks fueled a desire for new kitchens and the presentation of new foods. The convergence of kitchen design and foodways illustrated the influence of material culture and regionalism on the experience of place.Item Metamorphisis(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1976) Lane, Douglas A.Item Music & architecture : a study in time and space(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1991) Sanderson, Mark; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Jerry A. BancroftItem A reaction to the environment, in a built environment(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1992) Luedtke, Mark P.Item Defining green architecture : headquarters for the National Energy Management Institute(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1992) Thomas, Darren L.; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Jerry A. BancroftItem Architecture amongst the impoverished(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1986) Driscoll, Edward DanielItem Sulaiman Court Center : a multi-use center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1987) Arahim, Mohd Jalani; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Jerry A. BancroftItem Architecture matters? : an investigation into the "place" of architecture in the natural environment(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1987) Pastachak, Shelley M.; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Ralph Johnson