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Optimizing Distributed Energy Resources on a Distribution Feeder, Bill Henry, Stephen MacDonald, Nicole Wehner, Gabe McBride, and Tyler Groth
Phoseon Technology Competitive Advantage Strategy: First-Mover Advantage (FMA) Theory, Pengsee Her
Adaptive Mobility for the Visually Impaired: Exploring what the Future of Social Mobility Could Look Like for the Visually Impaired Community (Development Log), Pengsee Her, Tania Lilja, Marwan Zaid, and Charles Asafo-Adjei
Chemical Modulation of Cancer Cells to Enhance Tumor Immunity, Florisela Herrejon Chavez
Effects of Spatially Distributed Stream Power on Check Dam Function in Small Upland Watersheds: a Case Study of the Upper Laja Watershed, Guanajuato, Mexico, Zachary Andrew Herzfeld
Religious and Political Influence of 1960s Bronx, New York on Costume Design for Doubt: A Parable, Rheid Heska-McJannet
Dirty Girls, Mary E. Higgins
Student Voice, Kaitlin N. Hoback
The Tension between Technocratic and Social Values in Environmental Decision-making: An'Yang Stream Restoration in South Korea, Chang-Yu Hong
Not Just Child's Play: Neo-Romantic Humanism in Ogawa Mimei's Stories, Nobuko Horikawa
Constraining the Holocene Extent of the Northwest Meers Fault, Oklahoma Using High-Resolution Topography and Paleoseismic Trenching, Kristofer Tyler Hornsby
Lifesaver -- Summary, Wei-Chen Hsu
BookTube and the Formation of the Young Adult Canon, Melina Hughes
Engineering Resource Selection to Support Electrical Packaging Efforts at a Heavy Trucking OEM, Bret Hunley
City of Gresham Stormwater Retrofit Master Plan, Teresa F. Huntsinger
Work in Progress: a Process Book of the Re-Branding of the Beaverton Farmers Market, Lauren Hurrle
God-Willing Development Plan, Willing Company & St. Michael the Archangel Blocks, Paul Hutchins, Daniel Mandel, Dawson Marchant, Scott Miller, Ryan Sturley, and David Wilkes
The Role of Divalent Metals in DNA Replication During Periods of Oxidative Stress, Corinne Hutfilz
Leveraging Behavioral Finance as a Small Business, Chris Huynh
Clientelism and Citizens' Right to the City in the Province of Buenos Aires, Sara Hyman
Paving the Pathway for Loving v. Virginia, Maia L. Insinga
Rate-limited Mass Transfer of Trichloroethene, Deza R. Irving
Mujeres Fuertes y Corazones Saludables: Adaptation of the StrongWomen—Healthy Hearts (SWHH) Program for Rural Latinas Using an Intervention Mapping Approach, Christie L. Jackson, Cynthia K. Perry, Jean McCalmont, Emma Solanki, Rebecca Seguin, Judy P. Ward, and Hannah-Dulya K. Menelas
The Efficacy of Virtual Protest: Linking Digital Tactics to Outcomes in Activist Campaigns, Rina Lynne James