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  • Digital Co-Creation: An Early Stage Product Personalization Methodology to Bridge the User-Designer Void

    Creator:
    Slama, Timothy J.
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    Modern product development is a complex combination of multidisciplinary processes ranging from market research to design, engineering analysis, and logistics. The product development process has a significant impact on the success or failure of new product launches. The majority of consumer product launches fail, resulting in significant sunk cost in...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    ) Presented June 3rd, 2019 Commencement June 2019 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

  • Riddled with Exclusivity: The Homogeneity of the Supreme Court Bar in the Roberts Court

    Creator:
    Carsh, Austin M.
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    The Supreme Court Bar-the lawyers who argue before the US Supreme Court-has historically been an elite and exclusive group. This investigation examines the demographic make-up of the Supreme Court Bar in the Roberts Court and compares it to previous iterations of the Supreme Court Bar, as well as the national...
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    (Honors Scholar) Presented April 29, 2019 Commencement June 2019

  • An Analysis of Driver's Visual Attention When Exposed to Roadside Drone Operations

    Creator:
    Sova, Alden
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    Drones are being used increasingly in the transportation sector for roadside applications such as surveying, structural inspection, and traffic monitoring, which raises distraction concerns for drivers. This study examines the visual attention of a group of Oregon drivers to determine drones’ potential as distracting roadside elements. Eye tracking data was...
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    ) Presented April 15, 2019 Commencement June 2022 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

  • 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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    ) Presented March 14, 2019 Commencement June 2019

  • Hydrogen for Heat: Utilizing Hydrogen for Long-Term Energy Storage in Northern Climates

    Creator:
    Villaverde, Gertrude
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    A long-term energy storage technology is necessary to utilize Oregon’s curtailed renewable energy, an issue the state faces, even with a low percentage of renewable energy in the energy mix. This report proposes a system design that details how hydrogen power-to-gas technology can be used in conjunction with the existing...
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    Science in Energy Systems Engineering (Honors Associate) Presented January 18, 2019

  • Innovative Experimental Methods in Human-Robot Interaction

    Creator:
    Wadgaonkar, Chinmay P.
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    User studies in human-robot interaction and social robotics in general involve human participants and their reactions, observations and expectations of robots. This thesis presents two innovative experimental methods aimed at gaining access to high-stakes social data not typically collectable with traditional user studies. The Actor Method provides access to data...
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    experiences that explore human-robot interactions with virtual robots and real-world haptics like water

  • TEDxOregonStateU : An Effort to Create Positive Academic, Professional, and Personal Disruption

    Creator:
    LaVigne, Aaron
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    This thesis explores the process of the creation of TEDxOregonStateU, a TEDx event held on the Oregon State campus on February 12, 2015. TED Conferences, created to share “Ideas Worth Spreading”, created the TEDx Program as a platform to allow for individuals to collaborate in the creation of independently organized...
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    University’s TEDx Sponsor. 2.) Obtain a Five-Year, TEDx Event License to Host Annual Events from 2015–2019

  • Effect of COVID-19 on Interior Design and Architecture and its Application in a Post-Pandemic Workplace

    Creator:
    Wygal, Rebecca
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    This research aims to understand the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic had on the workplace, with an emphasis on the design of the physical space. The research uses primarily qualitative data from relevant literature, survey data, and interviews conducted with professionals in the field. The results show that hybrid working...
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    , this number pales in comparison to the number of employees that had to adapt to a fully virtual

  • The Impact of COVID-19 on the Operation and Perceived Effectiveness of Housing Insecurity Programs

    Creator:
    Morreale, Julianne G.
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    This study sought to understand the unique challenges that housing insecurity programs faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. An anonymous Qualtrics survey, containing closed- and open-ended questions, was sent to housing insecurity programs in Benton County, Oregon. Questions focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected services and how programs adjusted to...
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    the rise for many years, including a 3 percent rise between 2018 and 2019 (HUD, 2020a). The homeless

  • 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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    central computer uses an overhead camera to compute the fiducial’s position. Virtual reality systems