College of Engineering
The College of Engineering at Montana State University will serve the State of Montana and the nation by fostering lifelong learning, integrating learning and discovery, developing and sharing technical expertise, and empowering students to be tomorrow's leaders.
Sub-communities within this community
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Center for Biofilm Engineering (CBE)
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Chemical & Biological Engineering
www.chbe.montana.edu -
Civil Engineering
www.coe.montana.edu/ce -
Computer Science
cs.montana.edu -
Electrical & Computer Engineering
coe.montana.edu/ee -
Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)
www.coe.montana.edu/ltapv2/index.html -
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
www.coe.montana.edu/mie -
Western Transportation Institute
www.wti.montana.edu
Recent Submissions
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Robust Topological Inference: Distance To a Measure and Kernel Distance
(2018-06)Let P be a distribution with support S. The salient features of S can be quantified with persistent homology, which summarizes topological features of the sublevel sets of the distance function (the distance of any point ... -
Incorporation of carbon nanofillers tunes mechanical and electrical percolation in PHBV:PLA blends
(2018-12)Biobased fillers, such as bio-derived cellulose, lignin byproducts, and biochar, can be used to modify the thermal, mechanical, and electrical properties of polymer composites. Biochar (BioC), in particular, is of interest ... -
Code to calculate interfacial interactions for polymer blends and composites
(Montana State University, 2018-12)This code uses the Owens-Wendt theory to calculate surface energies of polymers and fillers from contact angle measurements and predict phase separation and nanofiller localization based on interfacial tensions. This code ... -
Detection of Pathogenic and Non-pathogenic Bacteria in Drinking Water and Associated Biofilms on the Crow Reservation, Montana, USA
(2018-07)Private residences in rural areas with water systems that are not adequately regulated, monitored, and updated could have drinking water that poses a health risk. To investigate water quality on the Crow Reservation in ... -
Zosteric acid and salicylic acid bound to a low density polyethylene surface successfully control bacterial biofilm formation
(2018-04)The active moieties of the anti-biofilm natural compounds zosteric (ZA) and salicylic (SA) acids have been covalently immobilized on a low density polyethylene (LDPE) surface. The grafting procedure provided new non-toxic ... -
Phosphate starvation response controls genes required to synthesize the phosphate analog arsenate
(2018-05)Environmental arsenic poisoning affects roughly 200 million people worldwide. The toxicity and mobility of arsenic in the environment is significantly influenced by microbial redox reactions, with arsenite (AsIII ) being ... -
Carbon-dependent chromate toxicity mechanism in an environmental Arthrobacter isolate
(2018-08)Arthrobacter spp. are widespread in soil systems and well-known for their Cr(VI) reduction capabilities making them attractive candidates for in situ bioremediation efforts. Cellulose drives carbon flow in soil systems; ... -
Polynomial accelerated solutions to a LARGE Gaussian model for imaging biofilms: in theory and finite precision
(2018-06)Three-dimensional confocal scanning laser microscope images offer dramatic visualizations of living biofilms before and after interventions. Here, we use confocal microscopy to study the effect of a treatment over time ... -
Endophytic fungal production rates of volatile organic compounds are highest under microaerophilic conditions
(2017-11)Volatile organic compound (VOC) production from an endophytic fungus was quantified at four oxygen concentrations (0, 1, 13 and 21 %) throughout culture growth phases. The filamentous fungus, a Nodulisporium sp. (designated ... -
Biological treatment of selenium-laden wastewater containing nitrate and sulfate in an upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor at pH 5.0
(2018-11)This study investigated the removal of selenate (SeO42−), sulfate (SO42−) and nitrate (NO3−) at different influent pH values ranging from 7.0 to 5.0 and 20 °C in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor using ... -
Enhancing wellbore cement integrity with microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP): A field scale demonstration
(2018-12)The presence of delaminations, apertures, fractures, voids and other unrestricted flow channels in the wellbore environment substantially reduces wellbore integrity. Compromised cement may cause a loss of zonal isolation ... -
Biogenic coal-to-methane conversion efficiency decreases after repeated organic amendment stimulation
(2018-01)Addition of organic amendments to coal-containing systems can increase the rate and extent of biogenic methane production for 60−80 days before production slows or stops. Understanding the effect of repeated amendment ... -
Reproducibility of antimicrobial test methods
(2018-08)We review reproducibility results for methods that test antimicrobial efficacy against biofilms, spores and bacteria dried onto a surface. Our review, that included test results for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella ... -
A large-scale multiomics analysis of wheat stem solidness and the wheat stem sawfly feeding response, and syntenic associations in barley, Brachypodium, and rice
(2018-02)The wheat stem sawfly (WSS), Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae), is an important pest of wheat and other cereals, threatening the quality and quantity of grain production. WSS larvae feed and develop inside the ... -
Force-Mediating Magnetic Nanoparticles to Engineer Neuronal Cell Function
(2018-05)Cellular processes like membrane deformation, cell migration, and transport of organelles are sensitive to mechanical forces. Technically, these cellular processes can be manipulated through operating forces at a spatial ... -
Discrimination of herbicide-resistant kochia with hyperspectral imaging
(2018-03)A hyperspectral imager was used to differentiate herbicide-resistant versus herbicide-susceptible biotypes of the agronomic weed kochia, in different crops in the field at the Southern Agricultural Research Center in ... -
First characterization of a biphasic, switch-like DNA amplification
(2018-03)We report the first DNA amplification chemistry with switch-like characteristics: the chemistry is biphasic, with an expected initial phase followed by an unprecedented high gain burst of product oligonucleotide in a second ... -
Quantifying NMR relaxation correlation and exchange in articular cartilage with time domain analysis
(2018-02)Measured nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) transverse relaxation data in articular cartilage has been shown to be multi-exponential and correlated to the health of the tissue. The observed relaxation rates are dependent on ... -
Opportunities and Trade-offs among BECCS and the Food, Water, Energy, Biodiversity, and Social Systems Nexus at Regional Scales
(2018-01)Carbon dioxide must be removed from the atmosphere to limit climate change to 2°C or less. The integrated assessment models used to develop climate policy acknowledge the need to implement net negative carbon emission ... -
Microbial Functional Gene Diversity Predicts Groundwater Contamination and Ecosystem Functioning
(2018-02)Contamination from anthropogenic activities has significantly impacted Earth\'s biosphere. However, knowledge about how environmental contamination affects the biodiversity of groundwater microbiomes and ecosystem functioning ...
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