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Hierarchical Decision Modeling for Selection of a Graduate Institution, Alyaa Barzanji, Parisa Ghafoori, Chris Imondi, Karen B. Pamintuan, and Maribel Villanueva
An Exploratory Study on Why ETM Students Have Chosen ETM Program for Their Graduate Studies, Alyaa Barzanji, Fei Huang, Ho-Min Lai, and Karen Dasmarinas
Legit Widget: Risk Plan Proposal, Alyaa Barzanji, Helen Millward, Rocco Natale, Karen Pamintuan, Maribel Villanueva, and Stephanie Wendt
An Exploratory Study of Conflict Management Styles in Project Management employed by ETM 545/645 graduate students at Portland State University, Alyaa Barzanji, Duygu Ucar, Emy Loanzon, Karen Dasmarinas, and Theodore Nyma Lotfi
Biogeography of the American Pika (Ochotona princeps) In Oregon and Southern Washington: Illuminating Genetic Relationships Among Disjunct Populations, George Washington Batten III
Optimizing the NW Off-Shore Wind Turbine Design, Elvan Bayraktaroglu, Judith Estep, Dong-Joon Lim, Jubin Upadhyay, and Jiting Yang
Effects of Biochar-Amended Soil on the Water Quality of Greenroof Runoff, Deborah Aileen Beck
Weblogs as Autobiographical Discourse, Matthew Bellinger
R & D Management Trends in the United States, India, China, Ashok Bhatla, Mohammad Mansour, Paul Nguyen, and Robert DeLay
"OOPS" Pot Cover, Opinderjit Bhella, Dinesh Reddy Kypa, Meghana Rao, Neil Runde, and Nikita Vagesh
Changes in Oregon Batterer Intervention Program Characteristics in Relation to State Standards, Ashley Lynn Boal
Utilizing Non-Linear Programming to Optimize the Selection of Six Sigma Projects in a Food Production Environment, Adam Bobek, Chris Imondi, Tom Shott, and Mehdi Toobaei
Personal Healthcare Records: Identifying the Best Alternative from a Patients Perspective, Adam Bobek, Dinesh Reddy, Rubyna K. Brenden, Sevket Can Nuhisi, and Saranya Sethu
HDM Model of a Country’s Competitiveness - A Perspective Of African Students Studying in the U.S.A, Nametsegang Boemo-Mokhawa
High Efficiency Solar Cells, Nametsegang Boemo-Mokhawa
Review of R&D Project Selection Models, Nametsegang Boemo-Mokhawa, Fredy Gomez, I-Hsuan Hsieh, and Theodore Nyma Lotfi
Confirmation Bias and Related Errors, Geoffrey Ludlow Borthwick
Development of a Portable Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopic Technique for Measuring Stable Isotopes in Atmospheric Methane, Gregory A. Bostrom
Identity, Nostalgia and Leisure: Technology Use in Second Homes, Françoise Bourdonnec
Love(Other), Wendy Renee Bourgeois
Analysis of the ETM Program Impact on the Portland Region: Final Report, Greg Bourque, Vorakarn Chiamsiri, Shahrokh Eshghi, and Jesus Maria Martinez Ponce
Evaluation of emerging Logic Devices for Future Semiconductor Industry, Jacques Bourque, Liang Meng, Lai Ho-min, Nikita Vagesh, Rehman Ashraf, and Yulianto Suharto
The Transnational Networks of Cultural Commodities: Peruvian Food in San Francisco, Kelsey Ann Brain
Cloud Computing Adoption in a Small Business Setting: A Cost-Benefit Analysis, Rubyna K. Brenden, Karen Dasmarinas, Michael Getman, Manar Al Mallak, and Rupha Natarajan
Development Log: Stow Trek, Marc Britton, Rubyna Brenden, Abdulrahman Almobarak, Bundit Chotivanawan, Michael Getman, and Numwhan Nuancharas