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Theses from 2019
How Urban Land Use Contributes to Inequitable Health Outcomes: an Interdisciplinary Review & Analysis, Bliss Storm Croton
Schneider Electric and the Smart Factory, Angel Contreras Cruz, Tan Le, and Carly Rogan
Wayless: a Capability-Based Microkernel, Waylon Cude
Making Race Matter: Interrupting Racial Color-blindness in Education Through the Implementation of Anti-racist Curriculum, Kelly Deits Cutler
An Assessment of the Decision Making Units’ Efficiency in Service Systems (The Case of Cellular Telecom), Maoloud Dabab and Timothy R. Anderson
HF IQ Mixer VFO Temperature Compensation and Drive Level Optimization for Opposite Sideband Suppression, Katlin Anne-Rostomyan Dahn
A Community-Based Approach to Archaeological Site Preservation in a Changing Climate: A Proposed Risk Assessment Along the Lower Columbia, Phillip Daily and Virginia L. Butler
The Role of Teacher Autonomy Support Across the Transition to Middle School: its Components, Reach, and Developmental Effects, Julia Sara Dancis
Estimation of Association Between a Longitudinal Marker and Interval-Censored Progression Times, Naghmeh Daneshi
A Network Approach to Complex Problems: Understanding Collaborative Governance in Watershed Management, Allison Daniel
Culturally Responsive Social Work Methods for use with Indigenous Peoples, Sara Davidson Cowling
Culturally Responsive Social Work Methods for Use with Indigenous Peoples, Sara Davidson Cowling
Integrating Multiple Narratives in Human Behavior Across the Lifespan Curriculum, Amethyst R. Dawson
Isoprene Emission in Polytrichaceae Mosses, Timea Deakova
Design and Construction of a Filter Bank Assembly for Low Volume Air Sampling, Marianne H. de Haan
The Diaspora of Iranian Intellectuals in the 20th Century: Emigration and the Rise in Academic Internationalism, Skylar M. Deitch
Water Quality Analysis of Ecoroof Runoff in Portland, Pranoti P. Deshmukh
Fighting Back Against Criminalization of Homelessness: Martin v. City of Boise Case Study, Kaitlyn Dey
Simultaneous Bilingual Middle School Students Becoming Biliterate: What Do Students Think About Their Biliteracy as Taught Through the "Bridge" Strategy in a Humanities Dual Language/Immersion Class?, Alma Lucinda Diaz-Philipp
Efficient and Scalable Event Tracing, Rupika Dikkala
Project Title: Recruiting vulnerable populations into research, Maria Theresa D. Dizon
Monitoring Lesser Known Harmful Algal Blooms on the Oregon Coast, Taylor Dodrill, Tawnya D. Peterson, Matthew Hunter, and Micah Rogers
Identifying with Remida: Early Childhood Educators’ Experiences with Reuse Materials in Reggio Emilia Inspired Identity Studies, Michelle Angela Domingues
Alina Troyano: A Proposed of Methodology for the Art Historical Analysis of a Literary Performance Artist, Rachel Done
Sustaining Rural Place: Rethinking Design Principles for Social Sustainability in Rural America, Carlie C. Donnelly