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Submissions from 2019
The Hidden Killer: Towards Regulating Railyard Diesel Particulate Matter Emissions in Oregon, Kevin Downing, Robert McCullough, and Eric Shierman
Fractals as Basis for Design and Critique, John Charles Driscoll
Selecting the Best Home Automation System, Kevin D'Souza
Teacher Learning in the Context of Students’ Mathematical Thinking, Mary Sherrett Duden
Disfavored for the Color of Their Skin: Black Women Workers in the World War II Shipyards of Portland and Vancouver, Tessara G. Dudley
Analysis of E-cigarette Liquids and Aerosols by NMR Spectroscopy: Compositions, Boiling Points, and Degradation Profiles, Anna Katherine Duell
Documentation Status and Mexican Women’s Residence in Under-resourced Neighborhoods, Lauren A. Dunne, Dawn Richardson, Sarah B. Andrea, Betty T. Izumi, and Lynne Messer
"Infinite Time and Just a Little Bit of Mystery": Time, Theme, and Playability in 17776 and The Stanley Parable, Rachel Dutton
Working Paper No. 11, The 'Green' New Deal In Light of Roosevelt's New Deal, Gabriel Duvidovich
The Role of Activism During the AIDS Epidemic, Olivia Eaton
"Music That Binds Us": Development and Production of an Electroacoustic Concert, Christina Diane Ebersohl
The Death of Physical Media: The Dangers of Streaming and the End of the Home Library, Amelia Eichler
Adolescent Executive Dysfunction and Distant Parental Relationships: Influences on Tobacco Use in Youth Under the Age of 18, Aaron M. Eisen
Attrition Effects in Mandarin-English Bilinguals of Varying Proficiencies, Sarah Charlotte Elkinton
Attrition Effects in Mandarin-English Bilinguals of Varying Proficiency, Sarah Elkinton, Jared Forman, Diana Yuen, and Carolyn Quam
Explaining the Sectarian Violence in the Middle East: a Conflict Analysis of the Case Study of Saudi Arabia and Iran, Ahmed Elsayed Eltally
Audio Beat Detection with Application to Robot Drumming, Michael James Engstrom
An Application of Deep Learning Models to Automate Food Waste Classification, Alejandro Zachary Espinoza
Glitch Art as an Expression of Medium, Maxwell Ettel
Evaluating the Impact and Distribution of Stormwater Green Infrastructure on Watershed Outflow, Benjamin Fahy
Analytical and Numerical Modeling of Long Term Changes to Tides, Storm Surge, and Total Water Level Due to Bathymetric Changes and Surge Characteristics, Ramin Familkhalili
Distribution and Origin of Carbide in Ordinary Chondrites, Karla Rae Farley
Prospective chart review observing depression and anxiety in cohort NTM patients at OHSU, Megan N. Feely
Chart Review Observing Depression and Anxiety in a Cohort of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Patients, Megan N. Feely
Statistical Methods for Examining Cortical Activity in Parkinson’s Patients, Alicia Feryn, Jodi A. Lapidus, and Martina Mancini