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Team Project: Apollo Software Project, Fahad Alsaleh, Sejoong Kim, Simeng Hua, and Surekha Chanamolu
HSDC Project Proposal: Service Department Implementation (Phase 1), Nouf Alswine, Bhawinee Banchongraksa, Rodolfo Barce, and Chaitra Muralidhara
Samsung 105” 5K UHD Television Marketing Plan, Nouf Alswine, Qin Guo, Pengsee Her, Swati Jagdale, Achala Kaushikkar, Sejoong Kim, and Sneha Prabhu
Big Data Analytics in Sports, Ahmed Alzahrani, Bhawinee Banchongraksa, Chris Chase, Gaya Haciane, and Saeed Alzahrani
Employee Training Schedule Optimization, Ahmed Alzahrani, Apeksha Gupta, Allen Wei Chen Hsu, Rashi Tiwari, and Komal Vinchhi
Strategic Planning for Ossia Inc., Ahmed Alzahrani, Allen Wei Chen Hsu, and Bashair Al Saglab
Wearable Technology: Diabetes Monitoring in the Healthcare Industry, Saeed Alzahrani, Abdulhakim Giadedi, Ross Lamberth, Tania Lilja, Obinna Charles Mbagwu, and Edwin Vilanova Velez
3D Hydrodynamic Model Development and Verification, Hussein A. M. Al-Zubaidi
Tryon Trekkers: An Evaluation of a STEM Based Afterschool Program for At-Risk Youth, Chessa Eckels Anderson
Analytic Thinking Predicts Vaccine Endorsement: Cognitive Style as an Antecedent of Vaccine Attitudes, Daniel A. Anderson
Night Access Plan, Lea Anderson, David Backes, Abe Moland, Taylor Phillips, Rae-Leigh Stark, and Shane Valle
The Importance of Online Peer Relationships During the Transition to Motherhood: Do They Decrease Stress, Alleviate Depression and Increase Parenting Competence?, Bobbie Sue Arias
Linear Programming Optimization Problem: Sales Regions for OLS, Thomas Arm, Justin Chi, Guy Cutting, Laurence Keefe, and Letsogile Mponwane
The Kelsey, Jennifer Arnold, Scott Holden, Lisa Wise, Cameron Brown, Alec Lawrence, Marc Strabic, Darrin Brightman, Alex Joyce, Kerry Steinmetz, Cameron Chester, Adam Seidman, and Jeff Hubbard
FINEX 2017 Strategy, D. Eric Arzola, Jennifer Eaton, and Michael Smith
puddl: Gamifying Water Conservation, Quince Assenberg, Jack Chen, Denny Glenn, and Jessica Lam
The Kazaks of Istanbul: A Case of Social Cohesion, Economic Breakdown and the Search for a Moral Economy, Daniel Marc Auger
Black and Green: How Disinvestment, Displacement and Segregation Created the Conditions For Eco-Gentrification in Portland's Albina District, 1940-2015, Carter William Ause
Citizen-led Urban Agriculture and the Politics of Spatial Reappropriation in Montreal, Quebec, Claire Emmanuelle Bach
Review: A Novel Multiple Sclerosis Model Utilizing Cuprizone and Rapamycin, Mara Bahri
Who Matters?: Effective Classroom Management Strategies for Multicultural Elementary Education, Erica Bailey-Ramos
Sex-Specific Fungal Communities of the Dioicous Moss Ceratodon purpureus, Mehmet Ali Balkan
Managing Virtual Teams: Trust and Cohesion, Bhawinee Banchongraksa, David Burchfield, Jessie Truong, Chuan Chieh Lu, and Revathy Narayanan