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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Food Waste Diversion Programming in Post-Secondary Education, Manar Arica Alattar
Who Am I? Criminal Social Identity as a Mediator in the Relationship between Criminal Peers and Criminal Attitudes within a Sample of Probationers/Parolees, Quinton Thomas Alexander
Convergence of Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things, Ahmed Alhasan, Dmitry Gryaznov, Page Bailey, Radha Shrikhande, and Sanjai Raj Venkataramana
Business Model Innovation: Review of The Concept, Importance, Classifications, and Elements, Ahmed Alibage and Mark Ahn
Thermally (Un-) Stratified Wind Plants: Stochastic and Data-Driven Reduced Order Descriptions/Modeling, Naseem Kamil Ali
Achieving Organizational Ambidexterity: an Exploratory Model, Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps, Yasser Alizadeh
New Approaches for Memristive Logic Computations, Muayad Jaafar Aljafar
Project: Semiconductor Manufacturing Costs, Reem Alkathem, Liwae Al Musawi, Ahmed Badr, Dana Bakry, Aaron Cavanaugh, and Lionel Miao
The Importance of an Intersectional Approach to Gender-Based Violence in South Africa, Sophie Allen
Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modeling of the Tigris River System in Iraq Using CE-QUAL-W2, Muhanned Al Murib
Decision Making with Analytic Hierarchy Process to Expedite the Manufacturing Process at Streimer Sheet Metal Works, lnc., Mustafa Almuzel
Tesla Solar Roof Marketing Plan, Mustafa Almuzel, Touraj Goudarznia, Ali Daneshi, Mohammadsaleh Saadatmand, and Mufeed Yacoub
The Effect of Styrene-Maleic Acid (SMA) Copolymers on Solubilizing Lipid Bilayers and Forming Nanodiscs, Ghada Alramadan
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Best Service Provider Decision Making with Using Hierarchical Decision Model (HDM), Fayez Alsoubaie
Analysis of Residential and Auto Break-in Records in Taipei City, Afnan Althoupety, Aishwarya Joy, Juchun Cheng, Priyanka Patil, and Tejas Deshpande
3D Hydrodynamic, Temperature, and Water Quality Numerical Model for Surface Waterbodies: Development, Verification, and Field Case Studies, Hussein Ali Mahdi Al-Zubaidi
Staring Into the Sun: Essays on Vision and Blindness, Joshua James Amberson
Theory, Operation, and Application of Neural Networks, John Andersen
Screening Native PNW wildflowers for Attractiveness to Pollinators and Natural Enemies, Aaron Anderson, Lucas Costner, and Gail Langellotto
HIO Landing, Hillsboro, Oregon, Alex Annand, Melissa Beh, Marcus Bush, Marcela Harden, Kelly Redden, and Ryan Winterberg-Lipp
Challenges for LGBTQ Nonprofits to Secure Funding, Leo Aoyagi
Finding Common Ground: Relationship Building and Communication between PO and Client within a Community Supervision Setting, Carl Eugene Appleton
Queets Village Relocation Vision: A Community Vision for a Safe Future Queets, Sachi Arakawa, Ayano Healy, Steve Rosen, Thomas Scharff, Victor Tran, and Nate White
The Role of the Developmental Editor in Emerging Forms of Narrative, Stephanie Argy
Impact of Suburban Landscape Features on Gene Flow of the Model Invasive Grass, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Tina Marie Arredondo