Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems 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 1996
Dissertation: Dynamic Scale Genetic Algorithm: An Enhanced Genetic Search for Discrete Optimization, Bela Dange Joshi
Thesis: A Decision Support Model for Large Systems Using Quality Function Deployment and Goal Programming: A Capital Budgeting Problem, Kenneth Lindsey Jr.
Thesis: The NOAA Corps A Participant Action Research of a Uniformed Service Facing Termination, Richard Eugene Marriner II
Dissertation: A Total Systems analysis Method for the Conceptual design of Spacecraft: An application to Remote Sensing Imager Systems, Knut I. Oxnevad
Dissertation: The Tacit Dimension of Organizational Learning, Thomas Reeder Robinson
Dissertation: Dynamic Lot Sizing and Scheduling in a Multi-Item Production System, Padmanabhan Soundar
Thesis: Developing Methods to Measure and Project Levels of Combat Readiness in a Naval Aviation Squadron at the Unit Level, Michael Lawrence White
Dissertation: Exploring Knowledge Processes for Technology Assimilation, Rochelle K. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Dissertation: Understanding Collaborative Writing of Technical Proposals with a Process/product Model, Frank Joseph Greco
Dissertation: Comparing Traditional Statistical Models with Neural Network Models: The Case of the Relation of Human Performance Factors to the Outcomes of Military Combat, William Oliver Hedgepeth
Thesis: Development of a Knowledge-Based System for Generating Process Plans Using Group Technology: A Study for Norfolk Naval Shipyard, William P. Keene Jr.
Dissertation: Knowledge Acquisition and Structuring by Multiple Experts in a Group Support Systems Environment, Bernard Lee Lewis
Thesis: Predicting Utility Bills for Air Combat Command A Study of Forecasting Techniques, William L. Luthie
Thesis: System Dynamic Modeling of Activity and Flow Relationships in Plant Layout Problems, Gary Allen Weaver
Dissertation: A Nonlinear Dynamic Method for Supporting Large-Scale Decision-Making in Uncertain Environments, Wayne Woodhams
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Dissertation: Teamwork in the Workplace: A Discovery of the Work Processes One Team Used to Meet Its Goals, Thomas Andrew Hassler
Thesis: Materials Recovery Facilities in the United States Virgin Islands: A Regional Facilities Location Model Study, Lloyd O. Prince Jr.
Thesis: Development of a Knowledge-Based System for Wastewater Pipeline Rehabilitation, David Allen Reaves
Thesis: An Approach for Representation of Organizational Mental Models Using System Dynamics, Jörg-Peter Theissen
Dissertation: A Study of Similarity and Analogical Decision-Making in Collaborative Design, Christopher Edward Weeks
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Dissertation: A Multivariate Quality Control Approach for Automated Manufacturing Systems, Hisham Naim Ashur
Dissertation: Multidimensional Approach to Implementation of Continuous Process Improvement Utilizing Small Run Analysis in a Shipyard Environment, Paul Ray Hollandsworth
Dissertation: A Computer-Based Strategy to Facilitate Organizational Learning Process, Charles B. Keating
Thesis: Reliability Trend Analyses With Statistical Confidence Limits Using the Luke Reliability Trend Chart, Stephen R. Luke
Thesis: Development of a Knowledge Based System for Wastewater Pipeline Failure Risk Assessment, Adam Mayanzani Ngaliga
Dissertation: The Use of a Factory Simulation to Evaluate a Flexible Control Structure for Integrated Manufacturing, Ling Ling Pan
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Implementation of Total Quality Management in a Service Organization, Charles Stanford Stevens
Dissertation: Cultural Transposition: Exploring Meanings of and Strategies for Cross-Cultural Transfer of Organizational Practices, Yongming Tang
Thesis: Cross-Cultural Issues in the Management of German-Owned Business Subsidiaries in Hampton Roads, Teja Ulrich
Thesis: A Sociotechnical Approach to the Study of Semiautonomous Work group Communication in Technical Organizations, Elizabeth B. Varnes
Dissertation: Diffusion of Total Quality Management: An Organizational Self-Production Perspective, Baizhong Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Dissertation: An Unsolicited Sociotechnical Intervention in a Public System: A Participatory Action Research Approach, Ely Alfred Dorsey Jr.
Thesis: Domain Limitations and Interface Requirements for Expert Developed Knowledge Based Systems, Bernard Lee Lewis
Dissertation: A Robust Approach to Human-Computer Interface Design Using the Taguchi Method, Billie Mitchell Reed
Dissertation: Information Technology and Wealth: Cybernetics, History and Economics, Elin Whitney-Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Thesis: A Case Study in the Development of a Cost Reduction Methodology in the Public Sector, Ross Cooper Haines