All ODU theses and dissertations since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles to 1976 of dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
To browse dissertations and theses by academic department or program, please go to the Research by College, Department, Center page.
At some point, backfiles for all master's theses will be scanned and added. In the meantime, consult the library guide for "Dissertations & Theses" to find older items in print.
See the Graduate School site for information on submitting your ETD.
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Thesis: Diet Analysis of Stranded Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Virginia, Kristen Marie Volker
Thesis: A Post-Impact Behavior of Platelet-Based Composites Produced by Compression Molding, Christopher Eugene Ervin Volle
Thesis: Nonlinearity Index Aircraft Spin Motion Analysis With Dynamic Inversion Spin Recovery Controller Design, Jeffry Walker
Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Carbohydrate Based Molecular Gelators and Macrocycles Through Cycloaddition Reactions, Dan Wang
Dissertation: Enhanced Traffic Incident Analysis with Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms, Zhenyu Wang
Thesis: Sodium-Calcium Ratios in the Planktic Foraminifera Trilobatus Sacculifer as a Proxy for Sea Surface Salinity, Colton Steele Watkins
Dissertation: Virtual SATCOM, Long Range Broadband Digital Communications, Dennis George Watson
Dissertation: The Unheralded Hero: Mid-Level Manager Training and Development in Student Affairs, A Case Study Analysis, Sherri L. Watson
Dissertation: Critical Language Awareness Pedagogy in First-Year Composition: A Design-Based Research Study, Megan Michelle Weaver
Dissertation: Comprehensive Designs of Innovate Secure Hardware Devices against Machine Learning Attacks and Power Analysis Attacks, Yiming Wen
Thesis: Responsible Friend, Nina Correa White
Dissertation: Property, Wealth, Race, and Power: An Introduction to Critical Resource Theory, Andrew Whitfield
Dissertation: Measurement of the Photon Beam Asymmetry in γP → K+Σ0 at Eγ = 8.5 GeV with GlueX, Nilanga Indrajie Wickramaarachchi
Thesis: A Study of the Aeroacoustics of Swept Propellers for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Arthur David Wiedemann
Dissertation: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychoeducational Groups for the Treatment of Psychopathology Resulting from Child Sexual Abuse, Alexis Lynnette Wilkerson
Thesis: Peaceful Collaboration: The Truman Administration's Response to the Costa Rican Revolution of 1948 and the Costa Rica-Nicaragua Crisis of 1948-1949, James Wilkerson
Dissertation: A Three Article Study Examining Sexual and Gender Minority Competency of Health Service Providers, Corrine N. Wilsey
Dissertation: Trust Issues: A Case Study of the Relationship Between Trust and Reform Implementation, Courtney R. Wilson
Dissertation: School Counseling Professionals’ Experiences Using ASCA’s Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success to Achieve College and Career Readiness, George Wilson
Dissertation: Impact of School Librarians on Elementary Student Achievement, Lois D. Wine
Dissertation: Defying the Odds: The Resilience of African American Youth in the Face of Differential Treatment in the Classroom, Frank R. Wood Jr.
Thesis: Drag Incorporated: The Homonormative Brand Culture of RuPaul's Drag Race, Nathan T. Workman
Dissertation: Automatic Linear and Curvilinear Mesh Generation Driven by Validity Fidelity and Topological Guarantees, Jing Xu
Thesis: Attentional Control in Young Drivers: Does Training Help or Hinder Bottom-Up Processing in a Dynamic Driving Environment?, Sarah Elizabeth Yahoodik
Dissertation: Validation Risk Across Hierarchical Models, John B. Young
Dissertation: A Core Reference Hierarchical Primitive Ontology for Electronic Medical Records Semantics Interoperability, Ziniya Zahedi
Thesis: Finite Element Analysis Investigation of Hybrid Thin-Ply Composites for Improved Performance of Aerospace Structures, Alana M. Zahn
Dissertation: Exosomes in Transmission and Blocking of Arthropod-Borne Flaviviral Infection and Pathogenesis, Wenshuo Zhou
Dissertation: Human Error in Commercial Fishing Vessel Accidents: An Investigation Using the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System, Peter J. Zohorsky
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Thesis: Developing Algorithms to Detect Incidents on Freeways From Loop Detector and Vehicle Re-Identification Data, Biraj Adhikari
Dissertation: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Career Oriented Military Spouses Pursuing Education for Career Advancement, Melody D. Agbisit
Thesis: Acculturation: Friend or Foe of the Career Aspirations and Educational Aspirations and Expectations of Hispanic Youth?, Kyhara Nathalia Aguilera
Thesis: Pangaea, Nishat Manzoor Ahmed
Thesis: Pulse Power Effects on Transient Plasma Ignition for Combustion, David Wayne Alderman II
Thesis: Current Barriers to Dental Care of Virginia Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Sfair Alkhthami
Dissertation: Expanding the Usage of Web Archives by Recommending Archived Webpages Using Only the URI, Lulwah M. Alkwai
Dissertation: Copula-Based Zero-Inflated Count Time Series Models, Mohammed Sulaiman Alqawba
Dissertation: Modeling Social Learning: An Agent-Based Approach, Erika G. Ardiles Cruz
Dissertation: The Impact of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructive Surgery on Neuromotor Function, Cortney Noel Armitano
Dissertation: Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions of Lipids, Alexander Asiedu
Thesis: Demonstration of Visible and Near Infrared Raman Spectrometers and Improved Matched Filter Model for Analysis of Combined Raman Signals, Alexander Matthew Atkinson
Dissertation: Evaluating Stakeholder Bias in Stakeholder Analysis In Social Media, Ahmad A. Bajarwan
Dissertation: Latent Choice Models to Account for Misclassification Errors in Discrete Transportation Data, Lacramioara Elena Balan
Dissertation: Laser-Spark Multicharged Ion Implantation System ‒ Application in Ion Implantation and Neural Deposition of Carbon in Nickel (111), Oguzhan Balki
Dissertation: Principal Influence on Collective Efficacy: A Single Case Study Looking at Principal Efficacy Influence on an Elementary School Through the Perspective of Teachers, Jennifer Anne Banks
Dissertation: Synthesis, Characterization, and Drug Delivery Applications of Carbohydrate Based Low Molecular Weight Gelators, Kristen Elizabeth Bashaw
Dissertation: Two Essays on Bitcoin Price and Volume, Mohammad Bayani Khaknejad
Dissertation: Rhetorics of Functionally Applicative Game Design: Designing and Testing the Project Management Game Scrummage, Matthew Carson Beale
Dissertation: Reshaping Counselor Education: The Identification of Influential Factors on Multisystemic Therapy, T'Airra C. Belcher
Thesis: Radio Frequency Toolbox for Drone Detection and Classification, Abdulkabir Bello
Thesis: Characterization and Optimization of a Propeller Test Stand, Colin Bruce Leighton Benjamin
Thesis: Computational Analysis of Antipode Algorithms for the Output Feedback Hopf Algebra, Lance Berlin
Thesis: Hyperborean Habits and Melting Ice: The Normalization of Arctic Space and Resurgent National Identity, Ian Birdwell
Thesis: Global Conservation Status and Threat Patterns of the World’s Most Prominent Forage Fishes (Teleostei, Clupeiformes), Tiffany L. Birge
Dissertation: An Analysis of the Differences Between Non-Profit Board Members According to the Method by Which Non-Profit Board Positions Are Acquired, Patricia N. Birungi
Thesis: Solid State Polyaniline Supercapacitors Based on Electrodes Fabricated with Electropolymerization, Jonathan R. Blincoe
Dissertation: An Investigation of Posttraumatic Growth Experienced By Parents After a Miscarriage, Barbara Elizabeth Powell Boyd
Thesis: Persistence of Depositional Features in a Strongly Seasonal, Tide-Dominated Delta, Kallie Flaxington Brown
Dissertation: An Examination of Personality Traits as a Predictor of the Use of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies, Jacqueline L. Bruso
Dissertation: The Psychometric Properties of the School Counseling Internship Competency Scale, Melanie Ann Burgess
Thesis: Anticipated vs Experienced Work-Family Conflict: Newcomer Expectations and Early Socialization Outcomes, Seterra D. Burleson
Dissertation: Identifying the Strengths and Weaknesses of Over-the-Shoulder Attack Resistant Prototypical Graphical Authentication Schemes, Ashley Allison Cain
Dissertation: Two Essays on Investor Attention, Investor Sentiment, and Earnings Pricing, Qiuye Cai
Thesis: Spatiotemporal Downscaling Rainfall Predictions of North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program for Entire Virginia, Zhaoyi Cai
Thesis: Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Electrical System Architecture for CubeSat to Ground Communications, Anthony G. Cappiello
Thesis: Spiraling, Madeline Flynn Carey
Thesis: Submarine Groundwater Discharge in the Southern Chesapeake Bay: Constraints From Numerical Models, Charles Louis Carlson
Dissertation: Adaptive Leadership Approaches in Online Education: A Study of Trust Creation and Change Management in Higher Education, Andrew R. Casiello
Thesis: A Dual Nanostructured Approach to SERS Amenable to Large-Scale Production, Kory Brian Castro
Dissertation: An Exploration of the Relationships Between Sense of Community, Park Benefits, and Neighborhood Park Use, Kimberly Tilford Centers
Dissertation: Success Factors Impacting Artificial Intelligence Adoption --- Perspective From the Telecom Industry in China, Hong Chen
Dissertation: Examine Predictors of BMI Classification and Perception of Overweght Status of Caregivers of Preschool Children, Beth H. Chopp
Dissertation: The Women of Explosive Ordnance Disposal: Cyborg, Techno-Bodies, Situated Knowledge, and Vibrant Materiality in Military Cultures, April Michelle Cobos
Thesis: Examining Self-Contained and Integrated Physical Education Experiences Among Individuals with Visual Impairments, Rebecca Coffey
Dissertation: Resilience for Asynchronous Iterative Methods for Sparse Linear Systems, Evan Coleman
Dissertation: Medical Specialty Camps: A Holistic Approach to Assist in the Management Of Diabetes, Takeyra Monique Collins
Thesis: Comparing the Effects of Mental Workload Between Visual and Auditory Secondary Tasks During Laparoscopy, James P. Corcoran
Dissertation: Assessing the Relationship Between Flood Risk Perceptions and Adaptive Behaviors of Households, Dontá Council
Thesis: A Design of Inductive Coupling Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicle Applications, Sarika Reddy Daida
Dissertation: An Investigation of General Criteria for Assessing Space Flight Systems of Diverse Mission Concept Designs, Cindy L. Daniels
Thesis: Application of a Biodegradable and Recyclable Chelating Agent for Ash Removal from Algae, Temitope George Daramola
Dissertation: Knowledge Sharing and Creative Confidence in Promoting Employees’ Creative Behavior, Elnaz Dario
Dissertation: High School Student Attributions, Interest, and Self-Efficacy in Fitness Testing, Summer Davis
Thesis: Estimation of Correlation Confidence Intervals via the Bootstrap: Non-Normal Distributions, John Mart V. DelosReyes
Dissertation: An Exploration of Professional Preparedness of Instructional Designers to Evaluate, Philena V. DeVaughn
Thesis: From Compassion to Resistance: Lesbos Refugee Crisis, Luz Diaz
Dissertation: Endogenous Force Transmission Between Epithelial Cells and a Role for α-Catenin, Sandeep Dumbali
Dissertation: Effect of the Physical Micro-Environment on Cell Adhesion and Force Exertion, Mohamad Eftekharjoo
Dissertation: Parallel Jacobi Transformation Algorithm for Generalized Eigen-Solution With Improved Damage Detection of Truss/Bridge-Type Structures, Maryam Ehsaei
Dissertation: Highly Accurate Fragment Library for Protein Fold Recognition, Wessam Elhefnawy
Thesis: The G5 Sahel: An Insufficient Organization for a Failed Region?, Beder Dine El Khou
Thesis: Teacher and Child Interaction: The Effects of Familial Distress, Child Behavior, and Teacher Perceptions, Jessekah R. Ennis
Dissertation: Collaboration and Community in Undergraduate Writing Synchronous Video Courses (SVCs), Kimberly Fahle
Dissertation: Scalable Parallel Delaunay Image-to-Mesh Conversion for Shared and Distributed Memory Architectures, Daming Feng
Thesis: Sidestream RAS Fermentation for Stable Bio-P Combined with Short Cut Nitrogen Removal in an A/B Process, Lindsey Elise Ferguson
Dissertation: I Had to Do the Reading: A Phenomenological Case Study of College English Students, Jennifer Eleanor Frank
Thesis: Interpreting the Other: Natives, Missionaries, and Colonial Authority In New England, 1643-1675, Violet Galante
Thesis: Reducing the Noise Impact of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Flight Control System Augmentation, Matthew B. Galles
Dissertation: A Multi-Agent Systems Approach for Analysis of Stepping Stone Attacks, Marco Antonio Gamarra
Dissertation: Intersectional Identities and Microaggressions: The Experience of Transgender Females, Cory Daniel Gerwe