How to Create Posters

This morning Ms. Hayden will introduce you to a computer program designed to help you create a poster for presentation tomorrow.

Warranty vs. Non-Warranty Road Construction

A project to show whether a Warranty or Non-Warranty option would end up cheaper in twenty years.

Healthcare Outlier Payment Costs

The purpose of this project is to determine the cost of healthcare per individual depending on the amount of care needed.

Warranty vs. Non-Warranty Road Options

Comparing the cost effectiveness of warranty vs. non-warranty road construction options for a 100 mile section of road over a 20 year period.

Social Networking Charts

This project resulted in a chart illustrating connections in Social Networks.

Healthcare Costs: How Much Could a Hospital Make on Outlier Patients in Montana?

This poster illustrates hospital cost for outlier patients in Montana.

Social Networking: How to Build Social Networks

This poster illustrates variables and connections in social networking.

Students Helping Students

A Montana Tech student was injured and his home needed to be made wheelchair accessible. Highlands College Construction Technology students designed and constructed an exterior ramp leading to the house as well as interior ramps between levels inside the house.

Naming a Mountain Peak - Montana Tech Peak

While conducting research to measure and confirm the elevation of Silver Bow County's highest point, Table Mountain, a group of Montana Tech students came across a heretofore unnamed peak designated as Peak 10131 (which denotes it's height).

Highlands College Students' Driving Habits

The purpose of this study is to understand driving habits of college students. The study demonstrates potential inappropriate behaviors.

Restoring the Richard's Cabin - Nevada City Living History Museum

Highlands College Historic Preservation student, Paul Hart, enjoyed an internship in which he researched and accurately reconstructed parts of the Richard's Cabin at the Nevada City Living History Museum.

Assisting a Local Animal Shelter

Construction Technology students, JJ Potvin and Jim Strande assisted Pintler Pets, Montana's Anaconda-Deer Lodge Animal Shelter, with its recent major influx of feral cats by constructing a "lean to" addition to the building.

Space Utilization for the Boulder Cemetery

The purpose of this project in Boulder, Montana was to determine how much usable space was left in the cemetery for future burials and to locate old burial sites where headstones no longer exist.

Vise Assembly

This poster illustrates the assembly of an engineer's vise, also known as a metal working bench vise or a fitter's vise. The purpose of this project is to enhance the student's ability to understand a basic engineering process.

Concept Fire Truck

A prototype Concept Fire Truck was designed using Autodesk Inventor 3D Design Software. Various pictures of old-time and toy fire trucks were utilized for this project. The prototype was printed using a 3D printer to verify that all parts of the truck would fit and work as intended.