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Theses from 2019
The Elvis Yurt: a Novel in Progress, Christine J. Bailey Claringbold
Aggregation of Electric Water Heaters for Peak Shifting and Frequency Response Services, Thomas Leighton Clarke
An Equitable Approach to Addressing Mental Illness Within U.S. Study Abroad Programs, Katie J. Clark
LiDAR Predictive Modeling of Kalapuya Mound Sites in the Calapooia Watershed, Oregon, Tia Rachelle Cody
Impulsivity in Science: Students' Beliefs in Their Science Abilities with and without ADHD Symptomology, Deza'Rae M. Collins and Lisa Marriott
Quantifying the invisible: A literature review and history of research on the health effects of wildfire smoke, Lily A. Cook MA
"Poverty Wages Are Not Fresh, Local, or Sustainable": Building Worker Power by Organizing Around (Re)production in Portland's "Sustainable" Food Industry, Amy Katherine Rose Coplen
Energy Storage Technology Analysis using PESTLE, Horatiu Corban, Imran Mirza, Aaron Cavanaugh, and Matt Yamamoto
Improving Latina participation in research at OHSU Background, Yareli Cornejo Torres
A Systems View of Cardiovascular Disease, Madisen Cotter
Drafting in Self-Timed Circuits, Christopher Lee Cowan
Utilizing Parallelism in the Conjugate Gradient Algorithm, Adam James Craig
Equitable Academia for Students with Disabilities, Mia Cremer
Glacial Meltwater Modeling to Simulate Streamflow and Lake Levels in Taylor Valley, Antarctica, Julian M. Cross and Andrew G. Fountain
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