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Social Networking Phenomenon – Facebook’s challenges in the Changing World, Saranya Durairajan, Maria Ibarra, Tin Nguyen, Christophe Perrenoud, and Sheng-Te Tsai
Transferring Intrusion Detection System (IDS) – “Net Taster” Technology from John Hopkins University-Applied Physics Laboratory, Akhilesh Dwivedi, Aron E. Yucha, Chintan Jain, and Fredy Gomez
How Can Small and Medium Enterprises Maintain a Balance of Research and Development?, John Elliot, Karina Hershberg, and Sajeda Tamimi
Reimagining Weston, Nathan Emerson, Zach Gustafson, Holly Howell, Carrie Pipinich, and Matthew Rohrbach
Team Process Report, Scott Ferre, Chenxi Yan, John Elliot, Priti Maheshwari, Vera Sell, and Aarthi Neethirajan
Modeling Market and Regulatory Mechanisms for Pollution Abatement with Sharp and Random Variables, Thomas Robert Fielden
Emperors in America: Haile Selassie and Hirohito on Tour, Robert Alexander Findlay
Cultivating Environmental Stewardship in Middle School Students, Kelly Anne Fischer
Microbial Ecology of Active Marine Hydrothermal Vent Deposits: The Influence of Geologic Setting on Microbial Communities, Gilberto Eugene Flores
An Evaluation of Moderating Influences of Employee Proactive Personality: Empowerment and Political Skill, Deborah Kaylee Ford
An Investigation of the Relationships between Violence Exposure, Internalizing and Externalizing Problems, and Adolescent Alcohol Use, Gregory Lloyd Forehand
"Art Feeling Grows" in Oregon : The Portland Art Association, 1892-1932, Patrick A. Forster
The Effects of Multiple Thematic Layers on Web Map Use by Middle School Students, Andrew Percy Freed
The Technological Role of Bone and Antler Artifacts on the Lower Columbia: A Comparison of Two Contact Period Sites, Kristen Ann Fuld
Faculty of Color and Scholarship Redefined: Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Competence, Peng Fu
Perceptions of Peacebuilding and Multi-Track Collaboration in Divided Societies for a Sustainable Peace Agreement at the Political Level: A Case Study of Cyprus, Brooke Patricia Galloway
The Journey for 2022 - Challenges Facing Qatar Hosting FIFA World Cup, Jorge Garcia, Mohammad Mansour, Mouhamad Zaher, and Wesam Khalil
Technology Transfer at Berkeley Lab, Jorge Garcia and Mouhamad Zaher
Team Project Report: Decision Making, Jorge Garcia, Mouhamad Zaher, Duygu Ucar, and Atakan Dirik
Youth Voices of Bounty and Opportunity: High School Students' Experiences With Food and Community, Kara Marie Gilbert
Creativity & Innovation in Europe, Garrett Gilliland, Niharika Jeena, Baraa Abudawod, Ahmed Bohliqa, Yuan Xu, Fannie Black, and Xiaowen Wang
Chronology and Ecology of Late Pleistocene Megafauna in the Northern Willamette Valley, Oregon, Daniel McGowan Gilmour