Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Old Dominion University since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Dissertation: Scaling and Characterization of Direct Current Glow Discharge Plasma in Atmospheric Air, Abdel-Aleam Hefney Mohamed
Dissertation: Stability Analysis of Jump-Linear Systems Driven by Finite-State Machines with Markovian Inputs, Sudarshan S. Patilkulkarni
Dissertation: Microdischarge Arrays, Wenhui Shi
Dissertation: Electrical Breakdown in Polar Liquids, Shu Xiao
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Dissertation: Photonic Crystals: Modeling and Simulation, Shangping Guo
Dissertation: Dynamics of Phase Transitions on Low-Index Metal Surfaces, Bo Lin
Dissertation: Fuzzy System Identification Based Upon a Novel Approach to Nonlinear Optimization, Raymond Scott Starsman
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Dissertation: Development of an Efficient Ti:Sapphire Laser Transmitter for Atmospheric Ozone Lidar Measurements, Khaled A. Elsayed
Dissertation: Study of Non-Equilibrium Electron Dynamics in Metals, Wael Mohamed Gomaa Ibrahim
Dissertation: Robust Face Representation and Recognition Under Low Resolution and Difficult Lighting Conditions, Mohammad Moinul Islam
Dissertation: A Formal Object Model for Layered Networks to Support Verification and Simulation, Rasha M. B. E. Morsi
Dissertation: Excimer Emission From Pulsed Microhollow Cathode Discharges, Mohamed Moselhy
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Dissertation: Coherent Differential Absorption Lidar for Combined Measurement of Wind and Trace Atmospheric Gases, Grady James Koch
Dissertation: Ensemble Monte Carlo Based Simulation Analysis of GaN HEMTs for High-Power Microwave Device Applications, Tao Li
Thesis: Simulation Optimization Studies of Routing and Process Flow Problems, Satish Ravichandran
Thesis: SPICE-Based Heat Transport Model for Non-Intrusive Thermal Diagnostic Applications, Michael Stelzer
Dissertation: Time-Resolved Electron Diffraction Studies of Phase Transitions at Low-Index Germanium Surfaces, Xinglin Zeng
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Dissertation: Resolution of Overlapping Spectra by Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy, Audra Michiele Bullock
Dissertation: Signal Modeling with Non-Uniform Time Sampling of Features for Automatic Speech Recognition, Montri Karnjanadecha
Dissertation: Advanced Atmospheric Water Vapor Dial Detection System, Tamer Refaat
Dissertation: Pulsed Optoacoustics in Solids, Zibiao Wei
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Dissertation: Preparation and Surface Studies of Negative Electron Affinity Semiconductors Photocathodes, Khaled A. Elamrawi
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Dissertation: Effect of Pulsed Electric Fields on Aquatic Nuisance Species, Amr Abou-Ghazala
Dissertation: Field Emission and Breakdown Processes in Vacuum Gaps with SiO(X)-Coated Cathodes, Raymond Jack Allen III
Dissertation: Microhollow Cathode Discharge Excimer Lamps, Ahmed El-Habachi
Dissertation: The Cluster Multipole Algorithm for Far-Field Computations, Rakesh R. Patel
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of High-Field, High-Temperature SiC Devices, Sanjay Pathak
Thesis: The Effects of Fabry-Perot Fringing on the Sensitivity of a Wavelength Modulation Experiment, Patrick C. Shea
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Dissertation: Kramers-Kronig Anomalous Dispersion on Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Couplers and Tapers, Arnel C. Lavarias
Dissertation: Diamond for Fiber-Optic Raman Spectroscopy, Jianli Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Dissertation: Modelling an Optical Fiber Bragg Grating, Claudio Oliveira Egalon
Dissertation: Optical Fiber Fourier Transform Infrared Evanescent Wave Absorption Spectroscopy of Aluminum Hydroxide and Natural Corrosion, Juock S. Namkung
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Dissertation: Compensation and Characterization of Gallium Arsenide, Randy A. Roush
Dissertation: An investigation of the Speed and Power Limitations of a Copper-Doped Gallium Arsenide Photoconductive Switch, David Clifton Stoudt
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Dissertation: Recognition of Quadric Surfaces From Range Data: An Analytical Approach, Ivan X. D. D'Cunha
Dissertation: A Performance Prediction Model for a Fault-Tolerant Computer During Recovery and Restoration, Rodrigo A. Obando
Dissertation: Influence of Processing Techniques on Copper Deep Levels Formation and on Photoconductivity in Silicon Doped Gallium Arsenide, Lucy M. Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Dissertation: Topics in Nonlinear Stochastic Control, Estimation, and Decision, Using a Measure Transformation Approach, Charalambos Demetriou Charalambous
Dissertation: Text-Independent Automatic Speaker Identification Using Partitioned Neural Networks, Laszlo Rudasi
Dissertation: Bounds on Constraint Weight Parameters of Hopfield Networks for Stability of Optimization Problem Solutions, Gursel Serpen
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Dissertation: The Modeling of the Interactions of Pellets With Magnetic Fusion Plasmas for Alpha Particle Diagnostics, Abdel-Ghafar Mahmood El-Cashlan
Dissertation: A Comparative Study of Spectral Peaks Versus Global Spectral Shape as Invariant Acoustic Cues for Vowels, Amir Jalali Jagharghi
Dissertation: Experimental Studies of Bulk Optically Controlled GaAs Switches Utilizing Fast Infrared Quenching, Michael S. Mazzola
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Dissertation: Study of Direct Semiconductor Materials for an Optically Controlled Switch, Sung Taek Ko
Dissertation: Performance Modeling and Enhancement for the ATAMM Data Flow Architecture, Sukhamoy Som
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Dissertation: Implementation and Performance Analysis of Numerical Algorithms on the MPP, Flex/32, and Cray/2, Raad A. Fatoohi
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Thesis: The Direct Summation of Totally Self-Checking Checkers, Stefean Andrew Fedyschyn
Dissertation: The Unification and Decomposition of Processing Structures Using Lattice Theoretic Methods, David L. Livingston
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Dissertation: Block Transform Coding of Presample Filtered Data, Thomas A. Shull
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Thesis: Design of Efficient Algorithms Through Minimization of Data Transfers, Yong Mo Chong
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Dissertation: A Method of Modeling Multirate Two-Dimensional Recursive Digital Filters Author, Albert P. Gerheim
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Dissertation: The Development of a Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer and Its Application to Remote Sensing of the Earth, Richard Forrest Harrington
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Dissertation: Precise Frequency Control of the Voltage Controlled Oscillator Using Finite Digital Word Lengths, Timothy Peter Hulick