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 2025, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Thesis: Approaching High Fidelity Human Tracking and Representation in Interactive Virtual Environments, Taimur K. Khan
Thesis: Association of 3D Visualization with Discrete Event Simulation, Krishna Chaitanya Kunam
Thesis: Object-Oriented Architecture for Concurrent Processes in a Port Simulation, Reejo Mathew
Thesis: Support for Statistical Analysis of the Configurable Port Simulation (CportS), Saurav Mazumdar
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
Thesis: Phase-Sensitive Detection Electronics for Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy Experiments, Tyrone Pate
Thesis: A Multilevel Neural Network Architecture for Digital Implementation of a Face Recognition System Based on Eigenface Approach, Linda Rajan
Thesis: Analysis of Error Recovery Effects on Digital Flight Control Systems, Arturo Tejada Ruiz
Thesis: Recurrent Neural Networks and Algorithms for Reconstruction of Images from Noisy and/or Partial Data, Ming-Jung Seow
Thesis: Traffic Simulation Using Arena, Shanti Yelamanchi
Thesis: VATA: An Improved Personal Computer-Based Vowel Articulation Training Aid, Andrew Matthew Zimmer
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Thesis: The Effect of Multiple Pulses on Bacteria, Ramy El-Sayed Aly
Thesis: Co-Located Fiber Bragg Gratings for Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Strain, Ronald W. Bentley
Thesis: An Object-Oriented Resource Pool Model in Support of Discrete Event Simulations, Srinivas Gullapalli
Thesis: Development of Atlas Based Simulation Capability for Automated Testing, Rami Hanbali
Thesis: A Compact Ozone Differential Absorption Lidar (Dial) Transmitter Using a Solid-State Dye Polymer, Alton L. Jones Jr.
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: Mitigation of Water Vapor Interference for Infrared Polarization-Modulated Gas Filter Correlation Radiometry, David K. Lockwood
Thesis: Pulsed Electron Heating of Atmospheric Pressure Air Glow Discharges, Hisham Merhi
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
Thesis: Minimum Mean Square Error Spectral Peak Envelope Estimation for Automatic Vowel Classification, Jaishree Venugopal
Dissertation: Time-Resolved Electron Diffraction Studies of Phase Transitions at Low-Index Germanium Surfaces, Xinglin Zeng
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Thesis: A Flowchart Structure for Modification of a MODSIM Process Model, Murali K. Adatrao
Thesis: Routing Optimization Through Computer-Aided Simulation, Madhusudhan Akundi
Thesis: Simulation Studies of Cellular Electroporation Due to Ultra-Fast Electric Pulses, Gayathri R. Barthaki
Thesis: Fabrication and Characterization of Silicon Field Emitter Arrays, Aaron M. Brock
Dissertation: Resolution of Overlapping Spectra by Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy, Audra Michiele Bullock
Thesis: Process Flow Optimization Studies Through Discrete Event Simulation, Milind Chokshi
Thesis: Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy of Water Vapor and Line Center Stabilization at 1.462 μM for Lidar Applications, Colleen Marie Fitzgerald
Thesis: Studies Related to the Design and Implementation of a Magnetic Suspension and Balance System, Syed Adeel Akhtar Jafri
Thesis: A Generic Object-Oriented Server Model, Brian Douglas Jones
Dissertation: Signal Modeling with Non-Uniform Time Sampling of Features for Automatic Speech Recognition, Montri Karnjanadecha
Thesis: A Digital Pressure Sensor Data Acquisition System in a Wind Tunnel Model, John J. Novakoski
Dissertation: Advanced Atmospheric Water Vapor Dial Detection System, Tamer Refaat
Thesis: The Fundamental Use and Extension of Mode Stirred Chambers, Stephen A. Scearce
Dissertation: Pulsed Optoacoustics in Solids, Zibiao Wei
Thesis: Theory of SiC Schottky Barrier Conduction and Model Analysis for Diode Breakdown With and Without Screw Dislocations, Lifeng Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Thesis: Development and Testing of an AC Micro Hollow Cathode Simulator, Thomas E. Caldwell
Thesis: Stability Analysis and Augmentation of a Closed-Loop Computer Control System Subject to Electromagnetic Disturbances, Mustafa Doğan
Dissertation: Preparation and Surface Studies of Negative Electron Affinity Semiconductors Photocathodes, Khaled A. Elamrawi
Thesis: Newton Parameter Update Algorithm for Recurrent Neural Networks Applied to Adaptive System Identification and Control, Donald Allen Gates
Thesis: Fiber-Optic Coupled Lidar Receiver System to Measure Stratospheric Ozone, David Brent Harper
Thesis: Evaluation of the Transport Properties of GaSb for Bipolar Applications Through Monte Carlo Simulations, Damayanthi Palaniappan
Thesis: A Pressure Transducer Using Field Emitter Arrays, Mark David Richmond
Thesis: Field Enhancement in Silicon Nanotip Field Emitter Arrays, Ajith Varghese
Thesis: Dynamic and Interactive 3D Simulation Over the World Wide Web, Rajesh Vennam
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
Thesis: Variability Analysis of Discrete Cosine Transform Coefficient (DCTC) Features for Speech Processing, Bingjun Dai
Thesis: Reactions of Oxygen and Nitric Oxide in a Microhollow Electrode Discharge, Joseph L. Desormeaux Jr.
Thesis: Building LMS Adaptive Filters with Register-Based FPGAs, Li Ding
Dissertation: Microhollow Cathode Discharge Excimer Lamps, Ahmed El-Habachi
Thesis: An Injection Modelocked Titanium-Sapphire Laser, James C. Hovater
Thesis: Two Dimensional, Time Dependent Modeling and Simulation of Semi-Insulating GaAs High-Power Photoconductive Switches, Prakasit Kayasit
Thesis: Coupled Electrodynamic-Monte Carlo Simulations of Nanoscale GaAs Terahertz Optical Mixers, Jiang Li
Thesis: High Pressure Radio-Frequency Microhollow Cathode Discharges, Anja Annett Muller
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: Computer Simulations of Electromigration Based on a Molecular Dynamics Approach, John Stephen Peake
Thesis: The Effects of Fabry-Perot Fringing on the Sensitivity of a Wavelength Modulation Experiment, Patrick C. Shea
Thesis: Electrical Characteristics and Parallel Operation of Microhollow Cathode Discharges, Wenhui Shi
Thesis: Spectral/Temporal Segment Features for Automatic Speech Recognition, Xi Hong Wang
Thesis: Material Evaluation by Pulsed Diode Laser Optoacoustics, Xiaodong Xu
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Thesis: High Resolution Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy for Precise Gaseous Characterization, Audra Michiele Bullock
Thesis: Selective CVD Growth of Diamond Crystals on Tungsten, Charles Randal Cole
Thesis: Development of a Photon Counting System for Ozone Differential Absorption Lidar Signal Detection, Bradley Allen Eccles
Thesis: Velocity Estimation Via a Neural Network Enhanced by Classical Detection Algorithms, Zeki Berk Hamşioğlu
Dissertation: Kramers-Kronig Anomalous Dispersion on Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Couplers and Tapers, Arnel C. Lavarias
Thesis: A Piezoresistive Metal Thin Film Tilt Sensor, Todd Allan Lindley
Thesis: Specification and Verification of Generic Cell Rate Algorithms in PVS, Huseyin Ozgungor
Thesis: Formal Specification of Fragmentation and Reassembly in IPv6, Ibrahim Sahin
Dissertation: Diamond for Fiber-Optic Raman Spectroscopy, Jianli Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Thesis: Speech Feature Computation for Visual Speech Articulation Training, Stefan Auberg
Thesis: An Enhanced Signal Processing Strategy for Fetal Heart Rate Detection, Charles Brewton
Thesis: Visual Speech Recognition Using Multiple Deformable Lip Models, Devi Chandramohan
Thesis: Resource/Dataflow Graph Operating System Development, Sriram J. Coimbatore
Thesis: Real-Time Visual Speech Articulation Training Aid, Neiyer S. Correal
Dissertation: Modelling an Optical Fiber Bragg Grating, Claudio Oliveira Egalon
Thesis: Electron Beam Emission from a Ferroelectric Cathode, Crystal Briana Garland
Thesis: Frequency Response Enhancement of a Flow Sensor Using Diamond Thin Films Synthesized by Plasma CVD, John Curren Hagwood
Thesis: Two-Dimensional Drift-Diffusion Simulations of Silicon Avalanche Shaper (SAS) Devices for High Power Applications, Hamid Jalali
Thesis: Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy with Diode Lasers, Ying Lu
Dissertation: Optical Fiber Fourier Transform Infrared Evanescent Wave Absorption Spectroscopy of Aluminum Hydroxide and Natural Corrosion, Juock S. Namkung
Thesis: Scheduling Processors for Distributed, Critical, Real-Time Systems, Hari K. Narasimhamurthy
Thesis: Neural Generalized Predictive Control for Real-Time Control, Donald I. Soloway
Thesis: Monte Carlo Simulations of Photoemission Characteristics from GaAs and Diamond, Abhishek Srivastava
Thesis: Variable Step Size LMS Adaptive Filters with Delayed Coefficient Updating, Guixian Xu
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Thesis: Fault Tolerant Pipelined Adaptive Systems, Bhasker Reddy Allam
Thesis: Thermal Effects on Y2O3:Eu3+ for Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing, Arnel C. Lavarias
Thesis: Comparison of System Identification Techniques for the Dexterous Orbital Servicing System (DOSS), Allan Terrence Morris
Thesis: Text Independent Speaker Verification Using Binary-Pair Partitioned Neural Networks, Claude A. Norton III
Thesis: Generalization Metrics for Neural Modeling Applications in System Identification, Denise M. Reeves
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
Thesis: Fault Tolerance in Critical Real-Time Systems, Balaji Tirukarneswaran
Thesis: Real-Time Communication in the Algorithm to Architecture Mapping Model, Somesh M. Varma