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Submissions from 2017
CASK: Craft Beer at your Doorstep, Timothy Valentine
Skin in the Game: Voter Preference on the Subject of Bi-Racial Candidate Skin-Tone, Daniel A. Vandehey
Managing Innovation: E-Services in Higher Education, Hans VanDerSchaaf
If It Is Unsightly, Is It Less Healthy? Understanding the Consumer’s Desire for Aesthetically Perfect Produce, Dina VanderWaal
Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modeling of the Chehalis River Using CE-QUAL-W2, Sarah Van Glubt
My Mouth has a Mother, Jenessa VanZutphen
Predicting Parturition in a Long-Gestating Species: Behavioral and Hormonal Indicators in the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Heather Kelly Velonis
Culturally Responsive School Leadership For Latino/a Students Success, Victor H. Vergara
Unearthing Childhood: The Archeology of Children in North America, Christine S A Vigeant
Reduced Order Description of Experimental Two-Phase Pipe Flows: Characterization of Flow Structures and Dynamics via Proper Orthogonal Decomposition, Bianca Fontanin Viggiano
Cultural Diversity and Team Performance, Edwin Vilanova Velez, Maria Pat Chavarria, Gandhali Deshchougule, Maud Guegan, and Papit Meteekotchadet
NEST 3rd Generation Thermostat: 2017 United States Marketing Plan, Brea Viratos, Joshua Binus, Maoloud Dabab, Nader Beltaif, Oussama Laraichi, and Shihab Hanayneh
Finer Strategic Plan, Brea Viratos, Deepali Sharma, Donavon Nigg, Horatiu Corban, and Papit Meteekotchadet
A Four Year Study of the Effects of Substrate Depth on the Survival of Different Plant Species in Portland, OR, Arjun Viray
Capturing Peers', Teachers', and Parents' Joint Contributions to Students' Engagement: an Exploration of Models, Justin William Vollet
Impact of Speed on Vehicle Safety on Urban Arterial Roadways, Andrew C. Vosper
Decision Making Model to Select the Best Operating System- based PC, Lipishree Vrushabhendra
A Numerical Model Investigation of the Role of the Glacier Bed in Regulating Grounding Line Retreat of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, Michael Scott Waibel
Using Cultural Relevancy to Promote African American Brain Health, Miya Walker
Sexual Education Pedagogy in the Global South: PubMed Data in the Age of Globalization, Grace A. Walker-Stevenson
What Color Is the Threshold? An Exploration of the Materiality of Racial Descriptions in Marketing Paratext in Adult Fiction, Jordana Beh Wathey
Sappho's Queer Female History, Tess M. Waxman
The Social Acceptance of Community Solar: a Portland Case Study, Anne Weaver
The Littlefield Rhyolite, Eastern Oregon: Distinct Flow Units and Their Constraints on Age and Storage Sites of Grande Ronde Basalt Magmas, Brian McCulloch Webb
Reflection and Learning in Energy Demand Forecasting, Nicole Wehner