Decentralized Stormwater Facilities Assessment Tool and Implementation Plan
• Environmental Engineering 436: Stormwater Management & Engineering • City of Bozeman Stormwater Program The City of Bozeman is seeking to improve its condition assessment efforts of privately or HOA-owned engineered stormwater facilities through the development of a data-driven inspection tool to quantitatively assess the current status of facilities and determine maintenance needs. The project […]
Snowplow Route Optimization
• Industrial & Management Systems Engineering 499: Design Capstone • City of Bozeman Streets Department The City of Bozeman faces a significant challenge every winter in keeping city roads clear of snow and ice. Over the years, as the city has grown, so has the amount of snow plowing. Routes have been added and expanded to meet […]
Bozeman Parks and Trails Research
• Architecture 452: Research Methods in Architecture • City of Bozeman Recreation and Parks Department The project conducted open space mapping, user counts, surveys, and precedent research to provide data to the City and the Gallatin Valley Land Trust that they can use in future open space planning, particularly for trails and pedestrian and bicycle […]
Community Service for Parking Fines Project Design
• Honors 494: Design Thinking for the Community • City of Bozeman Parking Program The City Parking Program would like to prototype a fine reduction for community service program in the parking district nearest to the MSU campus. Such a program has the potential to positively impact the members of the community for whom payment […]
Traffic Calming/Complete Streets Project Design
• Honors 494: Design Thinking for the Community • City of Bozeman Transportation Engineering College Street between 8thand 11this a busy thoroughfare with heavy student and bike/pedestrian usage. Students explored various traffic calming designs for the street and planned to implement a temporary pop-up project to test streetscape redesign options. (*Note: due to COVID-19 restrictions put […]
Public Art Map Web Overlay
>• Geography 358: GPS Mapping Service Learning • City of Bozeman GIS Department The City of Bozeman envisions a creative, learning culture through, among other things, support for public art. Working with City GIS staff, students in a senior level GIS course gathered the clean spatial data needed to add public art installations around town as […]
Accessory Dwelling Unit Design
• Architecture 451: Design for Community • City of Bozeman Planning & Community Development Division Bozeman’s rapid growth has led to a shortage in housing, and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) such as apartments over garages can provide expanded options. Working with Bozeman Community Development staff, Architecture students developed multiple ADU design options and models, construction documents and […]
Public Education on Street Design for Traffic Calming & Safety
• Education 588: Science Assessment Principles • City of Bozeman Neighborhoods Office Bozeman is encouraging neighborhood-based efforts to address traffic safety concerns by supporting the installation of low-cost temporary traffic calming projects. Secondary school teachers enrolled in an MSU graduate education course assisted the City in adding to its public outreach and awareness materials on traffic […]
Visual Media to Promote Fire Safety Awareness & Education
• Film 301: Issues in Lens-Based Media • City of Bozeman Fire Chief MSU film students developed visual media to improve fire and accident prevention awareness among Bozeman community members, working with the Bozeman Fire Department to capture local footage that is relevant and recognizable to our community. KAEL VAN BUSKIRK Cooking Safety: https://youtu.be/Zq18NX2cxBk EJ […]
Environmental Health Issues for Students Living in Off-campus Housing
• BIOM 210: Principles of Environmental Health Science • City of Bozeman Neighborhoods Office The tight housing market in Bozeman and lack of adequate literacy about environmental health issues associated with independent living put students at potential risk. Students in this course researched and documented a variety of environmental health issues related to off-campus housing […]