This open access collection of exemplary graduate and undergraduate work includes nearly forty sub-collections: award-winning capstone projects, faculty-mentored research, and peer-reviewed scholarship. Find theses, dissertations, research projects, posters, presentations, articles, and more.
Search the Collection to find a topic or limit by discipline, keyword, date, or publication.
Student work
- comprises one third of PDXScholar.
- includes all PSU theses and dissertations.
- represents 60% of PDXScholar downloads.
- has been downloaded nearly 10 million times!
- Popular Content
Top 10 downloads - Undergraduate Research Commons
More than 700 publications in our repository network - Browse the Digital Commons Network
Over 500 colleges & universities in our shared repository
Please see the submission guidelines of each journal/event before submitting an online form.
- Journals
- Conferences & Symposia
- Faculty Nomination Form
- Program-specific Submission Forms
- Student Journals (Beyond PSU)
- Undergraduate Research Commons (Beyond PSU)
Organized by discipline, search for "Open to All" publications
- Top Downloads/Streams
- Readership Distribution
- PlumX Metrics
Item-level usage, citations, captures, mentions, and social media posts
Learn More: Portland State Research
Bringing the future into focus through groundbreaking research and scholarship
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Strategic Evaluation of University Knowledge and Technology Transfer Effectiveness, Thien Anh Tran
Decision Model for a Sedan Car, Yen Tran, Chun Fan Pai, Larry Pham, Harry Pham, and Bahareh Saatchi
The Institutional Context that Supports Team-Based Care for Older Adults, Anna Foucek Tresidder
Economic Analysis of the Pacific Garbage Patch: Application of Economics, Sustainability and Scenario Analysis, David Tucker, Jeremy Provenzola, Namitha Shetty, Phaneendra Rampalli, and Andrew Thorsvik
The View from the Table: An Analysis of Participant Reactions to Community-Based Dialogues on Food and Justice, Jennifer Turner
Evaluating the Effects of Road Crossing Structures on Stream-Associated Amphibians in the Wilson River Watershed, Tillamook State Forest, Oregon, Sara Erin Twitchell
Polyethylenimine-Enhanced Alumina Nanoscale Adjuvant for Cancer Vaccine, Naoko Uno, Haiyan Li, Hong-Ming Hu, and Jun Jiao
Idealism and Pragmatism: "Transcendent" Validity Claims in Habermas's Democratic Theory, Richard Van Barriger
Short-Term International Service-Learning: Faculty Perceptions of and Pedagogical Strategies for the Design and Implementation of Successful Learning Experiences, Thomas Jacob Van Cleave
Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: Queer Localization in the Age of Anita Bryant, 1974-1980, Stewart John Van Cleve
The Role of Expectations on Nonnative English Speaking Students' Wrtiting, Sara Marie Van Dan Acker
Lacan, Ideology, and Military Behavioral Health: Exploring Interpellation Psychodiscursively, Joseph R. Van der Naald
Introduction, Joseph R. Van der Naald and Katherine Jensen
Horizontal Workplace Aggression and Coworker Social Support Related to Work-Family Conflict and Turnover Intentions, Sarah Elizabeth Van Dyck
The Role of Psycho-Sociocultural Factors in Suicide Risk Among Mong/Hmong Youth, TangJudy Vang
Optimization Modeling for Inventory Logistics, Noppadon Vannaprapa, Philip Bottjen, Rodney Danskin, Srujana Penmetsa, and Joseph Lethlean
Conflict Resolution in Islam: Document Review of the Early Sources, Flamur Vehapi
Hack All The History! Hackers 1959 - 1991, Kevin Vilbig
Hydrogeologic Characterization of Dutch Canyon, Scappoose, Oregon, Derrick Lee Wagner
Developing Thyronamine Analog Pharmaceuticals Targeting TAAR1 to Treat Methamphetamine Addiction, Troy Andrew Wahl
Skateboarding as Transportation: Findings from an Exploratory Study, Tessa Walker
The Retention Puzzle Reconsidered: Second Year Student Attitudes and Experiences with Advising, Michael Edward Walsh
Project Report: PLAiR Market Research Log, Bing Wang, Francis Iannacci, Kungche Hsieh, Paul Tibbot, and Ramya Srinivasan
Project Report: PLAiR Marketing Plan, Bing Wang, Francis Iannacci, Kungche Hsieh, Paul Tibbot, Ramya Srinivasan, and Sheng-Te Tsai