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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
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
Evolved Design of a Nonlinear Proportional Integral Derivative (NPID) Controller, Shubham Chopra
Teamwork Pandas Process Report, Yonghee Cho, Maria M. Ibarra, Jing Jiang, Rachanida Koosawangsri, Soumya Siricilla, and Tina Swenson
Finding the Past in the Present: Modeling Prehistoric Occupation and Use of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, Catherine Anne Clark
The effects of temperature on the dispersion and reaggregation stages of development in the annual killifish, Austrofundulus limnaeus, Timothy Grant Cleaver
Drowning In It: State Crime and Refugee Deaths in the Borderlands, Brandy Marie Cochrane
Myths and Measures: The Cultural Performance of Portland’s Strip Club Identity, Wayne Coffey
Examining the Effect of Maternal High-Fat Diet Consumption on the Physiology and Pancreas Development of Fetal and Juvenile Nonhuman Primate Offspring, Sarah Michelle Comstock
Street Art, Ideology, and Public Space, Tiffany Renée Conklin
Agency, Consolidation, and Consequence: Evaluating Social and Political Change in New Orleans, 1868-1900, Christopher Joseph Cook
New Product Introduction of Telecommunication Companies, Mel Cooper
MChip Marketing Plan, Melvin Cooper
An Economic Analysis of Renewable Ocean Energy Projects Aquabuoy vs. the Powerbuoy Using the EPRI Economic Assessment Methodology, Melvin Cooper, Niharika Jeena, Vijay Kovvuri, Xiaowen Wang, and J. Curtis Edmondson
Making Lives, Changing a Landscape: An Environmental History of the Tualatin Valley, Washington County, Oregon, Camille A. Cope
Dazai's Women: Dazai Osamu and his Female Narrators, Jamie Walden Cox
The Crossover Effects of Supervisor Work-Family Positive Spillover on Employee Sleep Deficiency: Moderating Effects of Family Supportive Supervisor Behaviors (FSSB), Tori Laurelle Crain
Investigation of High Volume Manufacturing Plant Cycle Time and Yield Performance by Partitioning on Equipment, Matthew Crews