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  • Tabletop fusion reactors : construction and testing of a demonstration inertial electrostatic confinement fusor

    Creator:
    Holler, Logan R.
    Abstract:
    Nuclear fusion reactors comprise a significant field of study due to their potential to provide a limitless, clean, and sustainable source of energy. The inertial electrostatic confinement fusor is a type of fusion-generating device that accelerates deuterium gas to the conditions required for fusion. The goal of this research was...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    that my project will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University, Honors

  • Implementation of Distributed Localized Communications

    Creator:
    Snyder, Thomas
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    Artificial collectives are useful for accomplishing tasks that require teamwork from multiple simple robots. Multiple robot and collective testbeds have been developed, yet none stay committed to leverage the local interactions, group size, and imperfect information assumptions that strengthen biological collectives. A review of the collective and multiple robot literature,...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Honors College I understand that my project will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State

  • Beyond the Carpetbagger: The Emergence of Racialized Terms as a Political Weapon in the Reconstruction Era South

    Creator:
    Farrington, Caprial E.
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    The Reconstruction era, beginning in 1863, was a time of radical change and movement in American politics and society. A significant number of northern Republicans migrated southwards, for various purposes, including political involvement. To white Democratic southerners who believed they had just fought a war of northern aggression and now...
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    War,” Treasures of the McDonald Collection, Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives

  • Death, Disorder, and Other Human Terrors

    Creator:
    Gollihugh, Breanna M.
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    Storytelling has been a key societal element for hundreds of years. Over time it has evolved from tales spread by word-of-mouth, to printed words, and most recently to worldwide digital platforms. Stories, and their ability to be both shared and coveted, make them a truly unique aspect of the human...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    worldwide digital platforms. Stories, and their ability to be both shared and coveted, make them a truly

  • The Economic Impact and Ethical Implications of AI

    Creator:
    Gabor, Christian A.
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    Artificial Intelligence has gained resurgence in popularity through machine learning methods. This thesis investigates the current use of AI, the impact it will have on the economy and the ethical considerations for developing this technology. In the coming decade AI could increase global economic output over $10 Trillion. AI will...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Honors College I understand that my project will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon

  • The Islamic Prohibition on Interest : Muslim Americans’ Financial Understandings, Attitudes, and Behavior

    Creator:
    Moussaoui, Ibrahim
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    In Islam, paying and receiving interest is prohibited based on the belief that money should not be a commodity that is “rented” out; instead, Islamic lending structures arrange loans on an equity basis. This work examines the historical origins of interest prohibition and explains how different Islamic financial products provide...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    that my project will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University, Honors

  • We Are the Thing Itself : Essays

    Creator:
    Anderson, Monica L.
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    This collection of creative nonfiction essays seeks to examine my expanding consciousness and the people and experiences that have contributed to it. The first essay juxtaposes competitive running and dancing, the second considers how food choices challenge relationships, the third unpacks an implausible friendship while paralleling an Audre Lorde essay,...
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    :_____________________________________________________ Elena Passarello This collection of creative nonfiction essays seeks to examine my

  • Bird and bat interaction vision-based detection system for wind turbines

    Creator:
    Maurer, William Gage
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    Bird and bat collisions with wind turbine blades are an occurrence which are extremely variable in frequency. With the expansion of wind farms, determining the true quantity of collisions and the species involved is imperative for preventing ecological damage. Explored in this thesis is a blade mounted camera for wirelessly...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University, University Honors College

  • The China Connection : A Glimpse of Collaborative Research Between China and Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Kenny, Kimberly
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    China’s global influence in the realm of science and technology (S&T) has increased dramatically in recent times. China and the United States are now each other’s main partner in scientific collaboration. As a major research university, OSU is one of the institutions with a large stake in this international collaboration....
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    Honors College Thesis
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    - about my white, Catholic, sheltered, upper middle class, midwest American upbringing - was turned on

  • Melee at the Edge of Empire: The Manifestation of the Reservation System in Southwest and Western Oregon 1850-1875

    Creator:
    Alves, Richard W.
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    The purpose of this thesis is to explain why the reservation system manifested so disappointingly for the Native American groups of Southwest Oregon. It seeks to characterize the struggle that raged in Southwest Oregon from 1850 to 1856 between three main groups there: indigenous peoples, white squatters and miners, and...
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    of the permanent collection of Oregon State University, University Honors College. My signature