This collection includes 512 University of Montana graduate student portfolios, papers, and capstone projects, which some departments utilize as an alternative to the traditional thesis option. Use the following links to search discipline-specific portfolios:
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Social Media Engagement for 2020 Presidential Candidates
Jordan McNea
Supporters of the various candidates for president use social media in wildly different ways. This project aims to create data pipelines to capture months of Reddit comments and Twitter mentions of the candidates, analyze the data using various Natural Language Processing techniques, and visualize the ... Read More
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A New Angle on Analytics
Aspen Runkel
The growing popularity of podcasts has given Justin Angle, Associate Professor of Marketing and host of A New Angle podcast the opportunity to share conversations with cool people doing awesome things. This project strives to analyze the podcast’s historical data from its humble beginnings in ... Read More
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Scraping for Jobs: An Exploration in Data Engineering & Dashboarding
Michael Schwartz
Whether a first-time job seeker or someone looking to re-skill and change careers, the goal of this project is to scrape job listings in the data (science, engineering, analytics) space to better understand the skills and technological proficiencies that companies are looking for in ideal ... Read More
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The Yellowstone River, How Much?
Ross Stokes
Various time series analysis techniques were used to predict the flows at the Yellowstone River during Spring runoff. These predictions were calculated using Snotel and weather data. It is important for river guides and fishing guides to have a good idea of what the flows ... Read More
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Exploring peak shaving for the University of Montana’s energy demand
Sarah Thompson
This project seeks to identify time intervals where The University of Montana’s energy demand is larger than 5500kW by collecting, cleaning, and displaying power data in near real-time. By providing UM Facilities with visibility into the university’s current power usage, they can utilize the tools ... Read More
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Analysis of Recidivism for Montana Department of Corrections
Taylor Toepke
Montana Correctional Enterprises, a division of DOC, provides vocational training to current inmates in the Montana prison system. This project aims to analyze the inmates that make their way through the system to better understand the success of MCE, recidivism, and the factors that contribute ... Read More
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Increasing Environmental Education Accessibility Through New Media
Farrah Masoumi
This portfolio shows projects that aim to create a larger outreach for environmental education through digital education content and expand already existing programs to enhance the learning and teaching experience. All of these components highlight the integration between environmental education and new media. By being ... Read More
