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Selection of Alternate Fuel Technologies for Vehicles, Bassam Abu-Khater, Suresh Dontula, Samantha Munoz, and Srujan Behuria
HDM Project: Searching for a Search Engine, Jonathan Adkins, David Gray, Piyaporn Limkatanyoo, Suwat Hattagarun, and Kuen Lin
Sustainable Development Strategy for Springwater Community - Gresham, Oregon: Recommendations for Sustainable Development Incentives, Gary Albrecht, Laurie Harris, Steve Hansen, Colin McConnaha, Darren Nichols, and Casey Nolan
A Comprehensive Study of the 4th & 5th Avenue Corridor from SW Market Street to I-405 in Downtown Portland, Adrien Allred, Ellie Fiore, Tiffanie Furlong, Eli Haworth, Heather Kaplinger, Anne Kawasaki, Kate Marcello, Grant Morehead, Justin Wells, Brett Schenk, Sarah Selden, Brian Vanneman, and Alex White
Intellectual Property is Two Edged Swords to Innovation, Saif Al-Shehaimi
A Decision Model for Technology Assessment to Reduce the Internal Digital Divide in Emerging Economies (case: Costa Rica), Audrey María Alvear Báez
Analysis of PushToTalk, Chudamani (Mani) Ambalam
Innovation lives through Re-Innovation: A Case Study PushToTalk, Chudamani (Mani) Ambalam
Mathematics, Meaning, and Identity : a Study of the Practice of Mathematics Education in a Rural High School, Rick Anderson
Server Consolidation, a Project Management Case Study, at CorpX, David Angel
A Matrix Organizational Approach To Wind Farm Development Project Management, Les Bahls, Weifeng Bao, Phanichandra Gunturu, Stephen Jordan, Bhaskar Velamakanni, and Elmer Wong
Anti-Displacement Strategies: Nonprofit Organizations in Old Town Chinatown, Jenny Bajwa, Joanne Daunt, Sean Farrelly, Serah Overbeek, and Jessica Sladek
The Diggable City: Making Urban Agriculture a Planning Priority, Kevin Balmer, James Gill, Heather Kaplinger, Joe Miller, Melissa Peterson, Amanda Rhoads, Paul Rosenbloom, and Teak Wall
Effects of Surrounding Land Use on Plant Species Composition in Urban Forest Fragments, Bruce Michael Barbarasch
German Technology Strategy – Preparing for the Future, Bjoern Bierl
Implementing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) At The Gap, Bjoern Bierl, Arthur Cabanban, Ihab Everding, Kritchai Paungchomphu, and Adisorn Tuntikul
Project Management at Engineer to Order Companies, Bjoern Bierl, Abram Hernandez, Johannes Grefe, Jason Morris, and Chad Moore
Working Paper No. 30, On the Origins of Laissez-Faire, Thomas Breaden
Faster, Better, and Cheaper Project Management at NASA, Jason Brigham, Carolina Castillo, Chang-Yup Kim, Hai Nam Kim, Hilary Martin, and Saif Saeed
Faster, Better, and Cheaper Project Management at NASA [Presentation], Jason Brigham, Carolina Castillo, Chang-Yup Kim, Hai Nam Kim, Hilary Martin, and Saif Saeed
Yahoo! Incorporated Strategic Plan, Jason Brigham, Guvenc Eren, John Garlitz, and Elmer Wong
A Multi-criteria Phased Methodology for Personnel Selection, Jason Brigham, Fayez Hjouj, Hai Nam Kim, and Hilary Martin
Virtual Teams and Projects: Issues of the 21st Century, Jim Brossard, Chad Moore, Jason Morris, and Elmer Wong
Green Energy Selection, Neil Brown, Don Hallum, Basel Jaffal, Piyawan Jhetson, and Elmer Wong
57th & Division Street Community Ownership Project, Brendan Buckley, Clark Henry, Stephen Shane, and Simone C. Wolter