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Portfolio Management System for RPM Inc., Haitham Al-Turkestani, Rabah Khamis, Robert Stankovic, and Priya Venugopal
Executive Summary – Wireless Power Project, Juan Aviles, Blake Evenhus, Paul Liner, Badr Sairafi, and Jorge Torres
Optimization of Hospitality Industry: A Case Study Analysis of the PSU University Place, Juan Pablo Aviles, Ngawang Choeda, Supalerg Supaviriyakul, Vitawin Varawut, and Vu Phan
Deconstructing Distributed Teams: Management, Issues and Trends in Distributed Teams., Eyad Bakhsh, Wajdi Ismail, Paul Liner, and Rahul Valsan
Wireless Power Router Commercialization at the Airports, Eyad Bakhsh, Fahad Jan, Hithem Sughi, and Naser Jaradat
SE 122nd Avenue Enhancement Study, Alejandro Bancke, William Elder, Joy Hunt, Caroline Leary, Markus Mead, and Cassera Phipps
Team 9 Performance Analysis Report: No Discord, No Concord, Weifeng Bao, Abdullah Binsaeed, Agu-Ibe Daniel, and Ujjal Pathak
Distributed Teams and Projects: Issues and Trends in the 90s and 2000-2002, Weifeng Bao, Abdullah Binsaeed, Agu Ibe, and Ujjal Pathak
Head Start Parents' Perceptions of Parental Involvement During their children's transition to Kindergarten : a Phenomenological Study, Dawn Angela Barberis
Quantifying Twentieth Century Glacier Change in the Sierra Nevada, California, Hassan J. Basagic
Connections & Edges: 2040 Lincoln District Vision Plan, Andrew Bean, Luke Bonham, Krista Carpenter, Pete Collins, Daniel Costantino, Early Ewing, Kent Gentry, Mark Gilbert, Yuki Hayashi, Amy Hesse, Kaleen Hyde, Zeljka Carol Kekez, Daniel Lyvers, Briana Meier, and Terra Wilcoxson
AC Components Manufacturer: New Product [Air Filter] Development, Abdullah Bensaeed, Kai-Hung Huang, Jui-Lin Lee, Pattravadee Ploykitikoon, Yu-Chieh Shen, and Venice Tunnitisupawong
Vernonia 2020 Vision: A Plan for the Future, Mathew Berkow, Maria Ellis, Oren Eshel, Harleen Kaur, Terra Lingley, Colin Maher, Stephen Shackman, Ariana Tipper, and George Zaninovich
Portland Arial Tram, Ashok Bhatla, Abrahim Abdulsater, Nayef Alhallabi, Mutib Gannas, Henry Canizares, and Casey Zielsdorff
HKMA Project Portfolio, Abdullah Binsaeed, Hamad Alanazi, Khalid Marghalani, and Munif Almunif
Bonneville Power Administration and the Creation of the Pacific Intertie, 1958 -1964, Joshua D. Binus
Immigrant Students and the College Classroom Climate in Higher Education, Becky Appley Boesch
Residential Solar Photovoltaics: A Financial Decision Support Tool for Northwestern Oregon, Marius Brand, John Easton, Badr Sairafi, Hithem Sughi, and Fahad Jan
Bridging the Gap in the Energy Workforce: Final Report, Rubyna Brenden, Ryan Fedie, Sarah Griffis, and Jared Perez
The Use and Interpretation of the Batería III With U.S. Bilinguals, Julie Esparza Brown
"Do I Really Belong Here?" The Effects of Difference in Paths through Higher Education on Graduate Student Perception on Legitimacy, Tina Dawn Lillian Burdsall
Design and Synthesis of Antimalarial Drugs Based on a Chloroquine Scaffold, Steven James Burgess
Buried : Unearthing the Secrets of Oregon Truffles, Lucy Burningham
The Institutionalization of Diversity and Gender Equity Norms and Values in Higher Education Settings, Rowanna Lynn Carpenter
A Novel Approach to the Synthesis of Silicon Nanowires, Joo Chick Chan