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Drivers of Consumers’ Emotional Engagement with Everyday Products: An Intensive Review of the Literature and an Attempt to Conceptualize the Consumer-Product Interactions Within the Emotional Design Process, Ahmed Alibage and Antonie Jetter
Extended Saleh Model for Behavioral Modeling of Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers, Haider Al Kanan, Fu Li, and Felice Francesco Tafuri
Marketing Plan for June Smart Oven, Ali Alkhafaji, Page Bailey, Aruna Bhatia, Juchun Cheng, Rashi Tiwari, and Komal Vinchhi
Water Supply Survey Planning: Route and Team Optimization, Haitham Alkharboosh, Ramya Priya Guntipalli, Eva Forrester, Rushikesh Jirage, and Ronnie Schneider
African American Teacher Recruitment: a Case Study in Oregon, Deborah Miller Allen
Utilization of Remote Sensing in Drought Monitoring Over Iraq, Yousif Almamalachy
Energy Forecasting, Mohamed Almusallam
Big Data & Big Money: The Integration of IoT’s into The National Football League, Mustafa Almuzel, Jesse Fritz, Mitch Sikapizye, and Mohammadsaleh Saadatmand
Gone in 60: Stolen Cars, Yaser Alnasri
Site Selection Evaluation utilizing HDM Model & STEEP Perspectives: Case Study - Pyramid Power, Yaser Alnasri, Aruna Bhatia, Nirupama Mantha, Mark Ryan, Mike Smith, and Komal Vinchhi
What Country Makes the Best Place for Work? By using Hierarchical Decision Model (HDM), Bashair Al Saglab
Application of Decision Making to Evaluate Renewable Energy Alternatives for Hawaii Island, Bashair Al Saglab, Shahram Khorasanizadeh, Vidhi Chokshi, and Maria Pat Chavarria
Free Clean Drinking Water for All Based on the PCAST Report, Bashair Al Saglab, Rassaniya Lerdphayakkarat, and Tin Nguyen
Economic Analysis of Residential Alternative Energy Production in Oregon, Bashair Al Saglab, Chuan Chieh Lu, Nader Beltaif, and Papit Meteekotchadet
Technology Assessment Model of Developing Geothermal Energy Resources for Supporting Electrical System: the Case for Oregon, Ahmed Shehab Alshareef
The Force of Manhood: the Consequences of Masculinity Threat on Police Officer Use of Force, Aurelia Terese Alston
System Engineering in Health Care System: A Case Study for Self-Monitoring Technology, Diabetes, Nouf Alswine and Haitham Alkharboosh
Evaluation of Communication Protocols for Home Automation Application, Ahmed Alzahrani
The Effects of Remote Work on Team Building, Ahmed Alzahrani, Ali Alkhafaji, Kate Kula, Marwan Zaid, and Nasim Karami
Evaluation of Smart Home Hubs, Ahmed Alzahrani, Majed Alshamlani, Wei-Chen Hsu, and Shreyas Harish
Samsung Gear VR Marketing Plan, Ahmed Alzahrani, Horatiu Corban, Wei-Chen Hsu, Chuan Chieh Lu, and Xuran Dai
Selecting the Best Carsharing Alternative for Tourists around the Portland Area, Ahmed Alzahrani, Xuran Dai, Saeed Alzahrani, Wei-Chen Hsu, and Rashi Tiwari
Methods for Safeguarding Client Data, Jelon L. Anderson
Compositional Practice as Expression of Cultural Hybridity in Lou Harrison’s Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Javanese Gamelan, Matthew N. Andrews