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Submissions from 2014
Mexico and Expropriation: The Case of the German-American Coffee Company, Angela Winters
Third Wave Power -- Strategic Marketing Planform Power Pad, Alexis Wittman, Babek Attari, Bilgehan Yildiz, Stephanie Arendt, and Yen Tran
The Sovereign Wolf: Feudal Tension and Noble Animal Changes in William of Palerne, Charis Woodward
Positive Behavior Supports: An Alternative to the Overuse of Psychotropic Drugs, Rachel Woollard
The Status Device, John Worcester, Jon Pace, Gabe Guodace, and Santos Perez
Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Infection and Common Mycelial Network Formation on Invasive Plant Competition, Rachael Elizabeth Workman
Institutionalization in the Palestinian Refugee Camps of Lebanon, Devon Woznack
Decision Support System for Energy Storage Technologies in Renewable Energy Sources, Medhane Wubet, Nithin Yadav Nimmala Ramesh, and Pramod Kumar Kakkireni
Renewable Energy Options for Oregon State by HDM, Medhane Wubet, Alexander Wubet, and Momtaj Khanam
The Eastside Central, Kent Wu, Jeff Schindler, Jana Faro, Geoff Falkenberg, Blas Delascio, Angela Guo, and Elizabeth Heredia
Temperature Dependent Transcription Initiation in Archaea: Interplay between Transcription Factor B and Promoter Sequence, Ming-Hsiao Wu
Development of a Steady-State River Hydrodynamic and Temperature Model Based on CE-QUAL-W2, Wenwei Xu
Does Voluntary Reading Matter? The Influences of Voluntary Reading on Student Achievement, Maika J. Yeigh
Motivation and Engagement Across the Kindergarten Transition: A Self Determination Perspective, Rita McLeod Yelverton
Stress Analysis for Chip Scale Packages with Embedded Active Devices under Thermal Cycling, Hyunwook Yeo
Solar Power Industry: Residential Consumer, Solar Panel Manufacturer and Utility Company Perspective, Furkan Yildirim, Harry Pham, Jeff Ramsey, Jiabing Zhang, and Larry Pham
Life Near Death: The Impact of Support Groups for People with Terminal Cancer on Preparatory Grief, Ariel Young
The Journey to Becoming Constructivist, Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Secondary Mathematics Teacher, Gerald E. Young
Correlation and Regression Analysis of Vehicle's CO2 Emissions, Chih-jen Yu
Team Project Report on DSLR Camera Choosing for 18-30 Years Old College Students, Chih-Jen Yu, Jiabing Zhang, Monticha Khammuang, and Pei Zhang
Cultivating Common Ground? A Case Study of a Community Garden Organization in Northeast Portland, Oregon, Bryan James Zinschlag
Last Mile Asset Monitoring: Low Cost Rapid Deployment Asset Monitoring, Zdenek Zumr
Submissions from 2013
Sellwood Bridge Project, Mimie Abdulai, Saranya Durairajan, Nan Hu, Charles ShengTe Tsai, and Kevin van Blommestein