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Theses/Dissertations from 2016
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
The Investigation and Optimization of a Two-Heat-Pump System Incorporating Thermal Storage for Shaping Residential Heating Load, Emily Lord Barrett
"Like a Parasite Dozing in the Gut": Idleness and Tending in J.M. Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K, Patrick Barrett
An Investigation of School-Based Specific Learning Disability Identification, Bonnie Heather Bartos
Inequality, Position, and Perception: Understanding and Addressing Workplace Harassment in Oregon's Construction Trades, Sasha Mae Bassett
Survivorship and Breeding Dispersal Patterns of a Migratory, Socially Monogamous Passerine; the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), Adam John Becker
Greenroof Study: Final Report, an Assessment of Greenroof Design and Maintenance in Portland, Oregon: 2011 – 2013, Windy Carney Beck
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Structure from Motion Biomass Inventory Estimates, Emily Jane Bedell
Binti: Daughter of Arab America, Melika Valentine Belhaj
Trans* Folks in Motion: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Individuals' Experiences of Transit and Transit Spaces, Jade Benner
Union Park, Kristina Benson, Tyler DuBois, Chad Encinas, Mackenzie Kisiel, Colin Kelley, Andrew Lords, Daniel Silvey, Deb Scott, and Joseph Welliver
Pathway 1000 Community Housing Plan, Kaitlin Berger, Anna Dearman, Beth Gilden, Karen Guillén-Chapman, and Jasmine Rucker
How Calculus Students at Successful Programs Talk About Their Instructors, Annie Bergman, Dana Kirin, and Ben Wallek
Anticommercial Purposes: New Methods in Graphic Design and Radical Environmental Change, Nina Berry
Carbon Dioxide Concentrations: An Examination of Carbon Sequestration via Global Reforestation, Jordan Bertagnolli
Improving the Effectiveness of Fuzzy Front End Management: Expanding Stage-Gate Methodologies Through Agile, Aruna Bhatia, Juchun Cheng, Sadaf Salek, and Vidhi Chokshi
Vacation Rental Web Application for City of Seaside, Aruna Bhatia, Jennifer Eaton, Nirupama Mantha, and Shivani Purwar
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
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
The Making of Modern Egypt: the Egyptian Ulama as Custodians of Change and Guardians of Muslim Culture, Marai Boauod
Identity Construction and Language Use by Immigrant Women in a Microenterprise Development Program, Linda Eve Bonder
QueF and QueF-like: Diverse Chemistries in a Common Fold, Adriana Bon Ramos
The IoT Breakthrough: Smart Cities from a Transportation Perspective—Traffic and Parking Management, Ellie Bradley, Oussama Laraichi, Mark Ryan, Sudipta Tripathy, and Hans VanDerSchaaf
Combat Experiences, Personality, Iso-Strain, and Sleep Quality Affect Posttraumatic Stress Among Working Post-9/11 Veterans, Gilbert Patrick Brady Jr., Leslie B. Hammer, Olivia C. Preston, and Anna K. Nishen
A Meta-Analysis of the Nomological Network of Work Ability, Grant Brady