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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Grid Services Demonstration Using Service-Oriented DERMS, Midrar Adham, Sean Keene, Tylor E. Slay, Jaime T. Kolln, and Robert Bass
Fancy Mice, Damian Aguilar
Layout-Aware Quantum Circuitry and Algorithmic Extensions to Grover's Algorithm, Ali Al-Bayaty
Philosophy in Action: Ni Una Menos and Liberation Theory, Matthew D. Albertson
The Life of OR Measure 110: Evolution, Implementation, and Impact, Matthew D. Albertson
Fear, Trembling, and Wonder: Psalms of Awe, Solomon Aleph
Seizing the Moment: Post-COVID-19 Enrollment Trends Among Nontraditional Honors Students, Solomon Aleph
Mindfulness as a Buffer Against Death Anxiety: Implications for End-of-Life Care, Chad Alexander
"I'm strictly t4t": Trans for Trans Connections in the Contemporary, Madi Lou Alexander
The Confluence of Millenarianism and Sabbateanism in the Seventeenth-Century Netherlands, Madison J. Alexander
Detecting and Analyzing Frequency Events in Power Systems Using Tunable Parameters-Based Algorithms: Development, Optimization, and Analysis, Hussain A. Alghamdi
A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the Workplace Challenges Experienced by Women, Ahmed Mohammed Almousa
SAE Baja Drivetrain Capstone 2024-2025, Leslie Alvarez Cisneros
Codifying Capital: Legal Power, Racial Hierarchy, and the Gendered Dynamics of Law, Tavia Andrew
Latino Threat Perceptions and Immigration Attitudes: An Examination Across Generations of Latinos, Michelle Angel
Shock Effects Including Maskelynite Formation in Three Shergottite Meteorites From Mars, George Ayeh Anim
"Our Vision Is That Black Mothers and Birthing People, Fathers, and Partners Are Safe, Honored, and Respected Throughout Pregnancy and Parenthood": Black Birth Workers' Agenda for Black Maternal Health in Oregon, Sarah Marguerite Applin
The Necessity of Improved Pica Assessment Tools and Screening Practices for Harm Reduction, Deborah Arakelian
Plan Mano Dura: A Punctuated Political Act? Addressing Gang Violence in El Salvador, Carlos A. Arias
Japanese and English Code-Mixing: A Study on the Grammar and Functions by L1 Japanese-Speakers in Oregon, Takefumi Ariga
Universal Health Care, Oregon, Jennifer S. Arnold, Bethany Clouse, and Alec Martin
Teaching From Past Example: Various Interpretations of Livy's Rape of Lucretia, June Baeck
Monitoring and Modeling Legacy Tree Response to Restoration Treatments in the Klamath Mountains, Oregon, USA, Isaac Joseph Ball