This open access collection of exemplary graduate and undergraduate work includes nearly forty sub-collections: award-winning capstone projects, faculty-mentored research, and peer-reviewed scholarship. Find theses, dissertations, research projects, posters, presentations, articles, and more.
Search the Collection to find a topic or limit by discipline, keyword, date, or publication.
Student work
- comprises one third of PDXScholar.
- includes all PSU theses and dissertations.
- represents 60% of PDXScholar downloads.
- has been downloaded over 10 million times!
- Popular Content
Top 10 downloads - Undergraduate Research Commons
More than 700 publications in our repository network - Browse the Digital Commons Network
Over 500 colleges & universities in our shared repository
Please see the submission guidelines of each journal/event before submitting an online form.
- Journals
- Conferences & Symposia
- Faculty Nomination Form
- Program-specific Submission Forms
- Undergraduate Research Commons (Beyond PSU)
Organized by discipline, search for "Open to All" publications
- Top Downloads/Streams
- Readership Distribution
- PlumX Metrics
Item-level usage, citations, captures, mentions, and social media posts
Learn More: Portland State Research
Bringing the future into focus through groundbreaking research and scholarship
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
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
Understanding Dignity Through Survivor Testimony, Rachel Fessenden
Diversity in YA: A Look at How Book Description Language Talks About Race, Brittney Finato
The ‘Girl Student’ and Modernity: Imagining a Place for Women in the New Nation, Kayla Fish
Indigenous Party Formation and Success: the Strategic Roles of Reserved Seats, Parties, and Horizontal Accountability, Michael FitzGerald
Creating a 3D Printed Bipedal Robot’s Ankle and Foot With Human-Like Motion, Tylise E. Fitzgerald
Collaborative Features of Graphic Narratives: Research for "Lovely, Satisfied, Indifferent Eyes", Brigid K. Fitzpatrick
A Retrospective Chart Review of Sleep Questionnaires in Children with Down Syndrome, Sarah Therese Florig
Upon a Dream, Jessica Marie Fonvergne
Closing the Loop on Academic Evaluations, Gabriel Franta and M. Catherine Burgess
Haematoloechus Lung Flukes in American Bullfrogs: Prevalence and Associations of Infection, Bethany Frantz
An Analysis of the Evolution of Medicine in Nineteenth Century England via The Development of the Anatomical Model per Human Dissection, Isabelle C. Freeman
Impactful Care: Addressing Social Determinants of Health Across Health Systems, Nicole Lisa Friedman
Unmanageable, Karleigh Anne Frisbie
Caring about Aftercare: Thesis Presentation of Initial Findings, Sage B. Fuentes
Superhydrophobic Particle Ejections from Liquid Surfaces in Microgravity Environments, Elaina L. Gabriel
Future of Transportation: Emerging Technologies and Business Models, Eliana Gabriel, Maiya Delgoda, and Moise Degand