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  • SpellForge : a creative design tabletop role playing game

    Creator:
    VanDerZwan, Nicolaas
    Abstract:
    The design of a novel Tabletop Role Playing Game was conducted with the aim to create a game system that provides both rigid rules and more creative outlets compared to existing games. The project focused on player-developed mystical abilities known as Spells, whereby the rule of the game guides the...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Microsoft Word - Actual Thesis.docx SpellForge: a

  • New Inorganic Pigments from Mineral Structures

    Creator:
    Schettini Mejia, Carlo A.
    Abstract:
    The discovery of new blue pigments is a field of great interest, as commercially available pigments present properties that make them undesirable such as poor sustainability, cost, and stability. By researching solid solutions with the melilite structure, we discovered a new solid solution Sr2Zn1-xNixGe2O7, with 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.6,...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Carlo A. Schettini Mejia A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

  • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Environmental Air-Water Matrices and Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (LNAPL)

    Creator:
    Schwichtenberg, Trever J.
    Abstract:
    The presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), organic contaminants first synthesized in the 1940s, has been reported worldwide in a variety of environmental matrices and ultimately in biological systems including humans. Ongoing research into PFAS has included identifying novel PFAS, assessing their fate and transport in the environment, and...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Jennifer A. Field The presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS

  • Using Metal-Oxo Clusters to Expand Actinide Chemistry

    Creator:
    Colliard, Ian
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    A molecular approach to metal oxides allows to the study to fundamental bonding and formation behavior for such metals. Moreover, the molecular nature of such oxides or metal-oxo clusters allows the possibility of exploitation of the properties of the parent oxides. The tetravalent metals, in specific, (M=Zr, Hf, Ce, Th,...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ May Nyman A molecular approach to metal oxides allows to the study to fundamental

  • Electrolyte Design: Improving Capacity and Structural Stability of Electrodes

    Creator:
    Xu, Yunkai
    Abstract:
    The grand plan of carbon neutralization and COP26 in Glasgow require a quick shift of energy sources from conventional fossil fuel to a more renewable substitute such as wind, or solar energy. However, the intermittency of those renewable energy sources does not meet the demand of the energy, which requires...
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    Dissertation
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    and COP26 in Glasgow require a quick shift of energy sources from conventional fossil fuel to a more

  • Revealing Ultrafast Dynamics and Functional Basis of Potential Biomedical Tools from Calcium Sensing to Optogenetics

    Creator:
    Tachibana, Sean R.
    Abstract:
    Photoactivated biomedical tools like fluorescent biosensors and optogenetic proteins have increased in popularity due to the precision targeting and activation used for in vivo applications. In nature, the initially discovered parent proteins exhibit properties such as fluorescence quantum yield (FQY), fluorescence color, and photoswitching dynamics that are unfavorable in mammalian...
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    Dissertation
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Chong Fang “The journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step.” – Miyamoto Musashi

  • Total Kinetic Energy Release in the Fast Neutron Induced Fission of 237Np

    Creator:
    Pica, Ashley
    Abstract:
    The total kinetic energy (TKE) in the fast neutron induced fission of 237Np was measured for neutron energies from En = 2.6 – 45.7 MeV at the LANSCE- WNR facility. The postTKE release decreases non-linearly with increasing incident neutron energy and can be represented as TKE(MeV) = (169.365 ± 1.551)...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    that the decrease in TKE with increasing En is a consequence of two factors; shell effects fade out at

  • New Graphite Intercalation Chemistry with Alkaline Earth Metals

    Creator:
    Xu, Wei
    Abstract:
    Novel graphite intercalation compounds (GICs) and associated chemistry have been explored, specifically: (1) containing alkyl- substituted imidazolium cations; (2) a series containing alkaline earth metal (Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba) cations with ethylenediamine (en) co-intercalates; (3) showing reversible intragallery M-M bonding and (4) via electrochemical intercalation of Mg cations with potential...
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    Dissertation
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    search for a postdoctoral position; Dr. Christine Pastorek, my mentor as a teaching assistant in the

  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Atmospheric Fine Particulate Matter: Beyond the Priority Pollutant List

    Creator:
    Kramer, Amber L.
    Abstract:
    Atmospheric fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been linked to the death of 7 million people per year around the planet. The organic portion of PM2.5 is responsible for increases in oxidative stress, inflammation, mutation and carcinogenesis. Anthropogenic activity releases more organic material into the atmosphere, and has increased the amount...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    larger, resulting in up to a 600% mass loading increase over SOA formed without PAH vapor present, and

  • Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Studies of Excited State Structural Events

    Creator:
    Tang, Longteng
    Abstract:
    Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS) is an ultrafast vibrational technique which allows rapid collection of Raman spectra with simultaneously high temporal and spectral resolution. With the recent development of FSRS methodology, three FSRS techniques (conventional, tunable, and anti-Stokes) have been implemented in our laboratory to dissect the excited state structural...
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    Dissertation
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    (macromolecules) and a photoacid pyranine called HPTS (small molecule). In my early work, I used FSRS to