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Theses from 2016

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Who Matters?: Effective Classroom Management Strategies for Multicultural Elementary Education, Erica Bailey-Ramos

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Sex-Specific Fungal Communities of the Dioicous Moss Ceratodon purpureus, Mehmet Ali Balkan

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Managing Virtual Teams: Trust and Cohesion, Bhawinee Banchongraksa, David Burchfield, Jessie Truong, Chuan Chieh Lu, and Revathy Narayanan

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Driving Factors For Technology Companies To Establish An Outpost In The Silicon Forest, Melody Bandlamudi, Chuan Chieh Lu, Mahija Daliparthi, Scott Fabini, Hakan Kutgun, and Sriharika Patibanda

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The Rise and Fall of Human Dissection in Hellenistic Alexandria, Ellie H. Barany

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PSU OIT Shift Scheduling Optimization, Husam Barham, Justin Moore, Maoloud Dabab, and Nader Beltaif

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The Terroir of Pinot Noir Wine in the Willamette Valley, Oregon : A Broad Analysis of Vineyard Soils, Grape Juice and Wine Chemistry, Kathryn Nora Barnard

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The Investigation and Optimization of a Two-Heat-Pump System Incorporating Thermal Storage for Shaping Residential Heating Load, Emily Lord Barrett

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"Like a Parasite Dozing in the Gut": Idleness and Tending in J.M. Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K, Patrick Barrett

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An Investigation of School-Based Specific Learning Disability Identification, Bonnie Heather Bartos

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Inequality, Position, and Perception: Understanding and Addressing Workplace Harassment in Oregon's Construction Trades, Sasha Mae Bassett

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Survivorship and Breeding Dispersal Patterns of a Migratory, Socially Monogamous Passerine; the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), Adam John Becker

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Greenroof Study: Final Report, an Assessment of Greenroof Design and Maintenance in Portland, Oregon: 2011 – 2013, Windy Carney Beck

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Structure from Motion Biomass Inventory Estimates, Emily Jane Bedell

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Binti: Daughter of Arab America, Melika Valentine Belhaj

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Trans* Folks in Motion: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Individuals' Experiences of Transit and Transit Spaces, Jade Benner

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Union Park, Kristina Benson, Tyler DuBois, Chad Encinas, Mackenzie Kisiel, Colin Kelley, Andrew Lords, Daniel Silvey, Deb Scott, and Joseph Welliver

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Pathway 1000 Community Housing Plan, Kaitlin Berger, Anna Dearman, Beth Gilden, Karen Guillén-Chapman, and Jasmine Rucker

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How Calculus Students at Successful Programs Talk About Their Instructors, Annie Bergman, Dana Kirin, and Ben Wallek

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Anticommercial Purposes: New Methods in Graphic Design and Radical Environmental Change, Nina Berry

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Carbon Dioxide Concentrations: An Examination of Carbon Sequestration via Global Reforestation, Jordan Bertagnolli

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Improving the Effectiveness of Fuzzy Front End Management: Expanding Stage-Gate Methodologies Through Agile, Aruna Bhatia, Juchun Cheng, Sadaf Salek, and Vidhi Chokshi

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Vacation Rental Web Application for City of Seaside, Aruna Bhatia, Jennifer Eaton, Nirupama Mantha, and Shivani Purwar

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Financing vs. Cash Flow: Impact for the B/E of ‘Power Production Module’ of Green Corp, Aruna Bhatia, Nirupama Mantha, Anna Mary Mathew, Prajakta Patil, and Mark Ryan

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Use of Water Indices Derived from Landsat OLI Imagery and GIS to Estimate the Hydrologic Connectivity of Wetlands in the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, Debra Sue Blackmore