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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
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
Optimizing Student Workforce Scheduling at PSU Office of Information Technology (OIT), Agam Ebramsyah, Aishwarya Joy, Cody Miller, Jake Stevens, and Priyanka Patil
The Emergence of Portland's 'Unique' Homelessness: Does the City's Pattern of Compassion Suggest a New Perspective on Poverty?, Katrina Edelen
Identity and Community in Rural Higher Education: Creating New Pathways to Women's Leadership in Oaxaca, Mexico, Amanda Marie Elder
G5 Mobile Marketing Plan, Agam Embramsyah, Asma Razavi, Catalina Reyes, Cody Miller, William Perreira, and Charles Asafo-Adjei
El capitalismo y el ciudadano del Distrito Federal: Evolución de la identidad en la Ciudad de México en respuesta a los cambios económicos en dos épocas desde la óptica de La región más transparente de Carlos Fuentes y Hotel DF de Guillermo Fadanelli, Douglas Mitchell L. Emison
Predictive Policing on Portland State University's Campus, Kiley D. Enger
Impact Analysis of Increased Dispatchable Resources on a Utility Feeder in OpenDSS, Crystal Eppinger
SimpleWallet : A Mobile Application Design for Grocery Shoppers, Roli Eyetsemitan, Gandhali Deshchougule, and Joshua Schmidt
The Influence of Hellenism on the Literary Style of 1 and 2 Maccabees, Dimitra S. Fellman
Research Project:Current and Emerging Trends inBattery Technology, Benjamin Fleskes, Bhawinee Banchongraksa, Dat Huynh, and D. Eric Arzola
Cultural Bias in the European Translations of Thomas More's Utopia, Alisa M. Folen
Investigating the Psychological Effects Associated with Motor Neuron Degeneration in Persons Diagnosed with ALS, Eloise Colwell Forrest
Design and Application of a 3D Photocatalyst Material for Water Purification, Simon Paul Fowler
Design and Assessment of a Low-Cost, Autonomous, Methane-Ebullition Measurement Apparatus (MEMA), Francesca Frattaroli