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Submissions from 2007
Thailand - Technology Strategy for 2020, Songphon Munkongsujarit
Graduate Teaching Assistants' Statistical Knowledge for Teaching, Jennifer Ann Noll
Imperium Superesse: Aristocratic Survival in Late-Antique Gaul, Noah D. Olson
Westside Trail Feasibility Study: An Analysis of Opportunities and Constraints, Amanda Owings, Kate Lyman, Kim Voros, Paul Herman Wachana, Ted Reid, and Tomoko Kanai
Microbial Biosignatures in High-Iron Thermal Springs, Mary Nichole Parenteau
Up from Under the Kyffhäuser: Reassessing Frederick Barbarossa's Motivations and Death on the Third Crusade, Martin Patail
Seasonal Changes in Allocation, Growth, and Photosynthetic Responses of the Submersed Macrophyte Egeria densa Planch. (Hydrocharitaceae) from Oregon and California, Toni Garrett Pennington
Pathos, Fall 2007, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Pathos, Spring 2007, Portland State University. Student Publications Board
Arbella Stuart: Royal Birth, Noble Exile, and Her Claim to the English Succession, Nick Walden Poublon
Distributed Cooperative Framework and Algorithms for wireless Network Performance Optimization, Emily Hong Qi
Information Technology Training in the Public Sector : Essential Planning Elements, Betty Jean Reynolds
Perspectives on an Arts Magnet School : the Voices of Elementary School Children, Denise Robles-Torres
Project Report on Managing Technological Innovation and Challenges of E-Commerce Industry, Badr Sairafi, Agu-Ibe Daniel, Dhanabal Krishnaswamy, Fahad Jan, and Khalid Marghalani
Food Security and Hunger among Low income US Households: Relations to Federal Food Assistance Program Participation, Rebecca Elizabeth Sanders
Automating the Transportation Industry, Jon Schaeffer
Engaging Our Workforce: How Job Demands and Resources Contribute to Social Worker Burnout, Engagement and Intent to Leave, Sara Laura Schwartz
Improving Monitoring and Diagnosis for Process Control using Independent Component Analysis, Thaddeus Taylor Shannon
The Effects of Western Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobium campylopodum) on Radial Growth of Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) in Managed Stands in Eastern Oregon, Sharon Marie Stanton
An Investigation into Japan's Population: The Current State of Decline, Joel Stewart
Line Balancing of PCB Assembly in a Surface Mount Technology Manufacturing Process, Rimal Abu Taha, Adriana Cutar, and Vijay Bhusari
Decision Criteria and Uncertainty Analysis for a Proposed Condominium Development, Ardthawee Tanyavutti, Minez Srivatsan Sundararajan, Naruedom Sakulyong, Songwut Jindrapacha, and Stephen Knewitz
From Prison to the Community : the Role of Citizen Participation in Female Prisoner Reentry, Dana Roderick Torrey
International Experiences in Project Management – the Cases of China, India, Turkey, Middle East, Thien Tran, Vikram Sharma, Haiyan Zhang, Hamad Alanazi, and Suha Ardahan