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Theses/Dissertations from 2010
War, Peace, and Principled Action: A Study of Veterans and the Peace Movement, Laura Kay Wegener
Phylogeographic Patterns and Intervarietal Relationships within Lupinus lepidus: Morphological Differences, Genetic Similarities, Kevin Allen Weitemier
Cyclic Behavior of Screen Grid Insulated Concrete Form Components, Carl Scott Werner
Multi-Criteria Trucking Freeway Performance Measures for Congested Corridors, Nicole Marie Wheeler
Is Hybrid Car the Right Car for You, Ori Wolman
Fabrication, Field Emission Properties and Theoretical Simulation of Triode-Type Carbon Nanotube Emitter Arrays, Jianfeng Wu
Stochastic Orders in Heterogeneous Samples with Applications, Maochao Xu
Web Traffic Forecasting for Professional Website, Jiting Yang and Inthrayuth Mahaphol
Drought Analysis under Climate Change by Application of Drought Indices and Copulas, Wen Yang
The Venus Victorieuse and Renoir’s treatment of the Female Nude, Tess Yinger
Virgin Mice, Pregnant Mares: Sex Hormone Research in the United States, 1918-1945, Emily Yoder
Internal Displacement in Colombia: Violence, Resettlement, and Resistance, Juan Esteban Zea
Implantable Electronics, Casey Zielsdorff
Team 5: Team Process Report, Casey Zielsdorff, Jiali Ju, Valesca Walesko, and Vijay Gokarn
Codename: Bedbug An Implanted Tissue Glucose Sensor, Casey Zielsdorff, Ying Liu, Greg Bourque, and Shahrokh Eshghi
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Preliminary Characterization of Mitochondrial ATP-sensitive Potassium Channel (MitoKATP) Activity in Mouse Heart Mitochondria, Venkat Raghav Aachi
The Role of Software Development Methodologies in the Technology Innovation Process, Payal Agrawal
Contact Caddy - New Product Development Log, Daniel Agu-Ibe, Dhanabal Krishnaswamy, Kevin Oursler, Marie Ottum, Ujjal Pathak, and Wajeeh Hallaj
Quaternions, Octonions, and the Quantization of Games, Aden Omar Ahmed
Alternative District Heating Fuel: Pyrolysis Oil, Josh Ailes, Marwan Lingga, and Inthrayuth Mahaphol
Forecasting WIMAX: Integrating Scenario Planning and Bass Model Methodologies, Hamad Alanazi, Nathaniel Jarpa, Sabrina Patino, and Youngkoo Yoon