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Orient Rural Center Plan: Community Wide Solutions, Patrick J. Boylan, David R. Brooks, Donald D. Kienholz, and M. Joseph Turner
Alien Land Laws : The Curtailing of Japanese Agricultural Pursuits in Oregon, Amy K. Buck
The Value of Independence in Old Age, Paula C. Carder
Hydrogeology and Paleohydrology in the Williamson River Basin, Klamath County, Oregon, Jeffrey Scott Conaway
To Build or Not to Build, Beril Coskun, J. Danh, P. Hoffman, Alper Ozdil, Gerard Rousseau, and P. Sawyer
Nine Weeks with Strangers; Did We Become a Team?, Beril Coskun, Kristin Otto, Alper Ozdil, Carol Radabaugh, and Jose Rodriguez
Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: Case Study of High Tech Project Failure, Beril Coskun, Chander Sharma, Leonard Olive, Alper Ozdil, Steve Schmidt, Mohammad Talebi, and Todd Tomita
Efficacy Beliefs at the Group Leveland its Relationship with Individual and Group Performance, Laurent Couturier
Aging in Hollywood: Planning for Seniors in a Changing Neighborhood, Bill Cunningham, Julia Haykin, Bob Hillier, Ted Knowlton, and Tim O'Brien
Optimizing the Production Plan of a ManufacturingDepartment, Yonca Daim, Duncan Mottershead, Gerard Rousseau, Janice Forrester, and Jose Rodriguez
Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: Case Study of High Tech Project Failure, Tom Deuber, Richard Elliott, Gary Freiberg, Chuck Harper, Kari Lovro, Anna Taufik, Pimarn Tovanabootr, and Jose Vasquez
Group #4 Project, Cheryl Duarte, Mike Ferrigno, Reuben Gilmore, Hsieh-Cheng Lai, Pious Michael, Barbara Miller, Janet Unruh, and Chuck Yang
Innovative Marketing of PCs via E-Commerce, Cheryl Duarte, Mike Ferrigno, Reuben Gilmore, Hsieh-Cheng Lai, Pious Michael, Barbara Miller, Janet Unruh, and Chuck Yang
Innovative Marketing of PCs via E-Commerce - Presentation Slides, Cheryl Duarte, Mike Ferrigno, Reuben Gilmore, Hsieh-Cheng Lai, Pious Michael, Barbara Miller, Janet Unruh, and Chuck Yang
Through Put Improvements for the Board Build Process at aHigh Technology Company, Cheryl Fresvik and Kusha Janati
Innovative Building Technology Evaluation, Nathasit Gerdsri
The Standford Five, Blake Gibbons, Christian Artmann, Edouard Oyer, Paul Kluvers, and Seongman Roh
E-Commerce Potential to Lead Intel's Strategy, Cem Gokcora, Patricio Hernandez, C. How Lim, A. K.W. Lubis, M. Massarat, Iwan Sudrajat, and Fabricio Tobar
The Emergence of E-Commerce, Cem Gokcora, Patricio Hernandez, C. How Lim, A. K.W. Lubis, M. Massarat, Iwan Sudrajat, and Fabricio Tobar
Optimization of Queuing Systems In Fast Food Restaurant, Cem Gokcora, Fu-Jung Hsieh, Wirit Kittidacha, Sarintip Satitsatian, Sabin Srivannaboon, and Fabricio Tobar
Queueing System Analysis of Burger King and McDonald's, Cem Gokcora, Fu-Jung Hsieh, Wirit Kittidacha, Sarintip Satitsatian, Sabin Srivannaboon, and Fabricio Tobar
At Home in Chinatown: a Needs Assessment for a Senior Housing Project and Cultural Community Center in Portland's Chinatown, Leah Halstead, Wendy Kirkpatrick, Amanda McCloskey, and Nicholas Starin
A Graphic ProgrammingTool to Perform PERTand Monte CarloAnalysis, Paul Hamilton
Student Retention in the African American Higher EducationInstitutions, Todd Hansberry