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Theses from 2017
Minimize: Possessions & Identity, Maggie Denham
Close Enough: Adventures in Fact-Checking, Ramona Wynne DeNies
"Conservatism in a Revolutionary Era:" an Analysis of Challenges Posed by Developing an Exhibit of the Americanism Collection, Mariah C. Denman
Understanding Photovoltaic Properties of PbS Quantum Dot Solids via Solution Contacting, Vitalii Dereviankin and Erik Johansson
‘’A Decision Model to Select the Best Indian City to be Targeted for Solar Panel Business for Industrial Use’’, Gandhali Gajanan Deshchougule
Selecting the Seismic Investment Option for Multnomah County Bridges on the central Willamette for the next 20 years, Gandhali Deshchougule, Hakan Kutgun, Jacob Yang, and Maud Guegan
Marketing Plan for the DJI Phantom 4 Follow-Me Drone Camera System, Tejas Deshpande, Donavon Nigg, Nicole Wehner, Rushikesh Jirage, and Haitham Alkharboosh
Find, Build, and Export Information for 3D Printing of Your Favorite Molecules and Crystal Structures at Two Dedicated Websites, Paul R. DeStefano and Peter Moeck
Stereotype Threat and Effects of Students' Perception of Their Math Teacher's Fairness on Their Math Self-Efficacy, Alexis Jocelyn DeVigal
Analysis of the Acid-Base Balance of Mainstream Tobacco Smoke and its Effect on the Gas/Particle Partitioning of Nicotine, Amy Kathleen DeVita-McBride
Culture Beyond Borders: A Postcolonial Analysis of Multicultural Education, Alex Diaz-Hui
Refining Bounding-Box Regression for Object Localization, Naomi Lynn Dickerson
Fully Generic Programming Over Closed Universes of Inductive-Recursive Types, Larry Diehl
Wicked Water Problems: Can Network Governance Deliver? Integrated Water Management Case Studies from New Zealand and Oregon, USA, Jacqueline Dingfelder
Conversations of Abuse Against Women, Christafien Dixon
Rethink NW 13th: NW 13th Phased Action Plan, Cassandra Dobson, Courtney Simms, Dylan Johnstone, Geoff Gibson, Russ Doubleday, and Santiago Mendez
Investigating Statistics Teachers' Knowledge of Probability in the Context of Hypothesis Testing, Jason Mark Asis Dolor
Turbidity Dynamics during High-Flow Storm Events in the Clackamas River, Oregon 2006-2012, Micelis Clyde Doyle
Learning Assessment of Accuracy of Learning between Musicians and Nonmusicians, Emily M. Drapela
Spotify, Piracy and Patronage: How Consumers Make Decisions Regarding Musical Consumption in the Streaming Age, Joseph K. Drevets
The Voices of Special Educators: How Do Special Educators Teach English Language Learners Who are Receiving Special Education Services?, Elizabeth Ann DuBois
Working-class Black Women’s Role in Building and Sustaining Black Communities in the Pacific Northwest, Tessara G. Dudley
Effects of Future Connected Autonomous Vehicles on Freeway Congestion Using Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping, Vivian Dupont, Henry Janzen, and Hakan Kutgun
Global Intersections: a History of Women's Liberation in Egypt, Jordan Earls
Properties of Carbon Nanotubes: Defects, Adsorbates, and Gas Sensing, Micah C. Eastman