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Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Signs of Popular Ecology in the Ecotourism Landscape Near Tikal National Park, Guatemala, Michael Mooradian Lupro
CROSS–CULTURAL TEAMS AND PROJECTS —ISSUES AND TRENDS IN THE 90’S, Scott Maederer, Joanna Lin, Brian Moe, Ryan Korth, and Sundar Valluri
Simulation in Manufacturing, Pious Mappalakayil
Renaissance Courtesy and Book VI of the Faerie Queene, Matthew S. Martini
Sleight of Hand: A Mystery Unveiled, Claudia Mederos
Value of Hydropower Losses, Barbara D.L. Miller
WAP: The Next Industrial Standard, Barbara Miller, Chien-Te Ho, Hsieh-Cheng Lai, Sabin Srivannaboon, and Sittisak Maneeruttanaporn
Giving Avantgo a Voice, Barbara Miller, Khemanut Teangtrong, and Martin Rinne
Use of Cultural Topics in Electronic Dialogue Journals in the Foreign Language Classroom, Katya Elizabeth Monge Jacome
Residents Informing the Planning Process: Pleasant Valley and Its Natural Resources, Steve Olson, Ian Simpson, Jay Sugnet, Tim Williams, and Alison Young
Structural Conflict Prevention: Examining Well-Being, Justice and Security in Northern Ireland, 1967-1973, Loreene N. O'Neill
Media Construction, Reality Engineering, and the Forest Park Murder Victims, Patrick O'Reilly
Curricular Practical Training Report, And Ozbay
Strategic Analysis for Electric Vehicles at U.S. ELECTRICAR, And Ozbay, Eric Abrams, and Chien-Te Ho
Leveraging from Dell's Integrated Supply Chain Model, H. Alper Ozdil
Time Dimension of New Product Development: the Literature Review, Peerasit Patanakul
Effects of Adapted Storybooks on Vocabulary Acquisition of Children Who Have a Severe Speech Impairment (SSI), Wendy Ann Peterson
The Maximization of Organizational Resource Utilization, Erich Pfeifer
P131 Function Tester, Sean Potter
Untitled Drawing Series: Influenced by a Mother and Child Relationship, Elaine A. Powell-Ascroft
Integrated Floorplanning and Buffer Insertion for Bus-Based Microprocessor Designs, Faran Rafiq
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle: An Adaptation of the Young Adult Novel by Avi, Adriane Rainer
Every Good Tree, Laurel Danielle Smith Rogers
The American of Japanese Heritage: Nisei (Second-Generation Japanese Americans) and Their School Education in the Pacific Northwest Before World War II, Misako Sadahiro
Establishing the Inundation Distance and Overtopping Height of Paleotsunami from the Late-Holocene Geologic Record at Open-Coastal Wetland Sites, Central Cascadia Margin, Robert B. Schlichting