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Submissions from 2016
Lents Strong: Community Action Plan for a Livable, Affordable Neighborhood, Adam Brunelle, Drew DeVitis, Carson Groecki, Claire Lust, Katie Sellin, and John Todoroff
How 5-day Weather Patterns and Buoyancy Regulation Impact Algal Community Assemblage, Roberta Brunkalla
A Suggested Framework for Selecting an Open Innovation Method, Nathan Bryant, Pengsee Her, Roli Eyetsemitan, and T. Gordon Chen
Aphrodite of Knidos, Trendsetter: Depictions of the Female Nude and Sexuality in Ancient Greek Sculpture, Krista Buell
A Genetic Approach to Designing a Novel Biological Sensor to Monitor Water Contamination, Cynthia Bui, Anissa Rosbaugh, Israel Gonzalez, Julie Lu, Colin Kuhns, Joel Crandall, Alyssa Faulk, and Miriam Nguyen
Residential Greywater Recycling System, Sophia Bui, Clare Clark, Anthony Hoang, Kim Le, Skyler Mishler, Janette Soler, and Teresa Tran
Architectures and Algorithms for Intrinsic Computation with Memristive Devices, Jens Bürger
Elevating the Translator: Next Steps in Promoting International Literature, Olenka Burgess
Clear Creek Estuary Restoration: Establishing an Ecological Monitoring Program and Baseline Conditions, Christine Butler-Minor
Sparse Adaptive Local Machine Learning Algorithms for Sensing and Analytics, Jack Cannon
Understanding the Importance of Intermittently Fragmented Stream Habitat for Isolated Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi) in the Colville National Forest, Washington, Forrest Michael Carpenter
"That's the test?" Washback Effects of an Alternative Assessment in a Culturally Heterogeneous EAP University Class, Abigail Bennett Carrigan
Why Are Russian Youth Less Supportive of Democracy than Older Generations?, Anthony D. Castaneda
Communication Methods in Healthcare for Latinos with Limited English Proficiency: Physician Language Concordance and Children as Translators, Katie Castellanos
Quantum Yield Optimization for Semiconductor Photocatalysis Systems, Ryan Catabay
Honeywell Lyric WiFi Water Leak and Freeze Detector, Cyrille Chabuel, Chris Davis, Anjana Penumarti, Sudipta Tripathy, and Hans VanDerSchaaf
Edith Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles, Ceili Janae Charley
Project Charter: Bike Share Project Cycletopia, Maria Chavarria, Gandhali Gajanan Deshchougule, Maud Guegan, and Sema Kirkewoog
Project Proposal: Outback Restaurant – Kitchen Process Improvement, Juchun Cheng, Bashair Al Saglab, and Aaron Cavanaugh
Biomimetic Tools in Oxidative Metabolism: Characterization of Reactive Metabolites from Antithyroid Drugs, Kudzanai Chipiso
Investigating the Effects of 17α-Ethynylestradiol on Mitochondrial Genome Stability, Alicia M. Chivers
Project Proposal: Smart Thermos, Vidhi Chokshi, Asrar Ahmed Syed, and William Perreira
Print Media in the Cold War, Madeline Chu