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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Experimental Study Of Fault Cones And Fault Aliasing, Vedanth Bilagi
Exploring Support Network Structure, Content, and Stability as Youth Transition from Foster Care, Jennifer E. Blakeslee
Understanding the Experience of Air Force Single Parents: A Phenomenological Study, Samantha Everhart Blanchard
ecoATM Marketing Research Log, Ahmed Bohliqa, Larry Ball, Melinda Pizarro, Zijian Wang, and Alaa Nour
Study of User Preferences for Weight Loss Mobile Applications both Globally and in the United States, Ahmed Bohliqa, Apisit Charoensupyanan, Daria Spatar, Jejung Ha, and Selen Yilmaz
Improved Management of Patent Litigation by Front-Loaded Allocation of In-House Resources, Ahmed Bohliqa, J. Curtis Edmondson, Maria M. Ibarra, Jessica Lucas, Daria Spatar, and Xiaowen Wang
On Solid Ground, John Boren, Michael Burnham, Jacob Nitchals, and Andrew Parish
Externally-Expressed Fluorescence across Sexes, Life Stages, and Species of Spiders, Erin Brandt
The Paradox of the Castrato, Sonja Breda
Google's Strategic Business Model, Tila Bregaj, Amit Hulme, Sean McGraw, Alaa Nour, and Melinda Pizarro
Sustainable Operations at Portland State University: Relevant Organizational Issues and a Path Forward, Molly Mae Bressers
Cinerati, Anna Marie Brown
Project Management Comparison: Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Virgin Galactic WhiteKnightTwo / SpaceShipTwo, Neil Brown, Bahareh Saatchi, Zeina Boulos, Alex Julien, and Rajasree Talla
Where Is the Rain-on-Snow Zone in the West-Central Washington Cascades?: Monte Carlo Simulation of Large Storms in the Northwest, Matthew John Brunengo
Cologne Cathedral as a Symbol of Unity, Olivia Cantwell
Are We Cool Yet?: A Longitudinal Content Analysis of Nerd and Geek Representations in Popular Television, Christopher Louis Cardiel
Assessing the Relationship Between Intercultural Competence and Leadership Styles: An Empirical Study of International Fulbright Students in the U.S., Chris Taylor Cartwright
Analyzing the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project: An Engineering Economic Perspective, Ignacio Castillejos, Jorge Garcia, Kshiti Shah, and Jubin Upadhyay
Identifying Fundamentals of Project Management for Software Development, Ignacio Castillejos, Yulia Kamatkova, and Jubin Upadhyay
A Survey and Analysis of Solutions to the Oblivious Memory Access Problem, Erin Elizabeth Chapman
Research Proposal for Study: Can Artifical Emulation of Synesthesia Aid Visual Word Recognition?, Lucas Charles
The Sunset District, Bryant Cheong, Matthew Craigie, Khoa Le, Jeff Sakamoto, Michael Weidmann, and Kent Wu