ODU theses and dissertations since 1965 are available in this collection.
Theses and dissertations completed at Eastern Virginia Medical School prior to integration with ODU on July 1, 2024 are not included in Digital Commons unless they were completed as part of a cross-institutional program with ODU. Works completed after July 1, 2024 are being added but are incomplete.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Thesis: A CFD Study of Steady Fully Developed Laminar Flow Through a 90-Degree Bend Pipe with a Square Cross-Sectional Area, Subodh Sushant Toraskar
Dissertation: Estimating Cognitive Workload in an Interactive Virtual Reality Environment Using Electrophysiological and Kinematic Activity, Christoph Tremmel
Thesis: Associations Between Drinking, Condom Use Resistance, and Condom Use Among College Students, Caitlin B. Turner
Thesis: Effects of Focal on Driver Calibration of Attention Maintenance Performance Using Normalized Difference and Brier Scores, James Richard Unverricht
Dissertation: Sponge Community Biocomplexity, Competition, and Functional Significance in Hard-Bottom Habitats of the Florida Keys, FL (USA), Marla Maxine Valentine
Dissertation: The Resilient City: A Platform for Informed Decision-Making Process, Jarutpong Vasuthanasub
Dissertation: Teacher Hiring and Placement at the Elementary School Level: The Challenges of Implementing Strategic Human Resource Management Practices, Brittany Nicole Walker
Dissertation: Estimation of Arterial Wall Parameters Via Model-Based Analysis of Noninvasively Measured Arterial Pulse Signals, Dan Wang
Dissertation: Strengthening Wellness for Food Insecure Students: Altruism, Spirituality, and Academic Performance, Bridget Weikel
Dissertation: Tick Control Methods for Amblyomma americanum in Virginia: Applications and Modeling, Alexis Lynn White
Dissertation: Optical Excitation of Metastable Krypton and Photoassociative Spectroscopy of Ultracold RbAr, Grady R. White
Dissertation: On Analytic Nonlinear Input-output Systems: Expanded Global Convergence and System Interconnections, Irina M. Winter Arboleda
Dissertation: Usefulness of an Expanded Health Belief Model With Added Constructs (Self-Efficacy And Ecological System Measures) in Modeling Compliance With Healthy Lifestyle Recommendations in Women With a Recent History of Gestational Diabetes, Phyllis M. Woodson
Thesis: Effects of High-Carbohydrate Versus Mixed-Macronutrient Meals on Soccer Physiology and Performance, Jaison Lee Wynne
Thesis: No Net to Catch You, Will Yarbrough
Dissertation: Customers’ Goal-Related Behavior in Loyalty Programs, Junzhou Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Dissertation: New Methods to Improve Protein Structure Modeling, Maha Abdelrasoul
Thesis: The Backwoods Stories: A Saga of Fear and Wonder, James McClendon Adams
Dissertation: Adaptive Methods for Point Cloud and Mesh Processing, Zinat Afrose
Thesis: Local Adaptation Signatures in Thermal Performance of the Temperate Coral Astrangia poculata, Hannah Elise Aichelman
Dissertation: Deep Recurrent Learning for Efficient Image Recognition Using Small Data, Mahbubul Alam
Dissertation: Applying Machine Learning to Advance Cyber Security: Network Based Intrusion Detection Systems, Hassan Hadi Latheeth AL-Maksousy
Thesis: Self-Reported Oral health Assessment and Attitudes Toward Oral Health for Adults With Cystic Fibrosis, Ahmed Ali Almuntashiri
Dissertation: Behavior of Piled Raft Foundation in Partially Saturated Soils, Salman Alrubaye
Dissertation: The Effect of Choice of IPad-Delivered Math Independent Practice of Elementary Grade Students With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Characteristics, Nora A. Altaweel
Dissertation: A Framework for Executable Systems Modeling, Matthew Amissah
Thesis: Offshore Wind Energy: Simulating Local Offshore Wind Turbine, Ian P. Aquino
Dissertation: Word Counts in Response to Cognitively Demanding Essay Prompts as Reflections of General Cognitive Ability and Broad Cognitive Abilities, Michael Beaumont Armstrong
Dissertation: Extended Poisson Models for Count Data With Inflated Frequencies, Monika Arora
Dissertation: An Exploration of Faculty and Staff Mentoring on High-Risk Community College Student Self-Efficacy, Support Systems, and Persistence, William E. Ashcraft
Thesis: Exploring the Association Between How Social Media Affects Attitudes Toward Marijuana Legalization, Troy Adam Aubut II
Thesis: Detecting Deceptive Impression Management Behaviors in Interviews Using Natural Language Processing, Elena Margaret Lawrence Auer
Dissertation: Measuring Vulnerability Interdependence: To What Extent Do Chinese Investments in Africa Make China Vulnerable?, Nurullah Ayyilmaz
Dissertation: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with Comorbid Anxiety/Depression in Adults: Impacts on Neuropsychological Functioning, Cristina Valdivieso Bain
Thesis: Characterization of Language Cortex Activity During Speech Production and Perception, Hassan Baker
Dissertation: Coexistence and Secure Communication in Wireless Networks, Saygin Bakşi
Dissertation: Epithelial Sheet Response to External Stimuli, Yashar Bashirzadeh
Thesis: Civilians on the Battlefield: Creating a Realistic Training Aid for the United States Military, Aaron D. Beam
Dissertation: When the Wind Blows: An Evaluation of Key Factors that Enabled the Proliferation of Wind Energy Generation in the United States Through 2016, Mary Sodini Bell
Thesis: Model-Less Fuzzy Logic Control for the NASA Modeling and Control for Agile Aircraft Development Program, Keith A. Benjamin
Thesis: To Relive the Web: A Framework for the Transformation and Archival Replay of Web Pages, John Andrew Berlin
Dissertation: Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrothermal Processing of Microalgae for Biofuels and Co-Product Generation, Andrew P. Bessette
Thesis: Anthropomorphically Inspired Design of a Tendon-Driven Robotic Prosthesis for Hand Impairments, Manali Bapurao Bhadugale
Dissertation: Risk of Unintended Pregnancy in Latina Young Adults: The Effect of Gender Role Beliefs, Acculturation, and Depression, Jessica Block
Dissertation: The Influence of Engineers on Public Policy, Sarah Bouazzaoui
Thesis: Aerothermodynamic Analysis of a Mars Sample Return Earth-Entry Vehicle, Daniel A. Boyd
Thesis: The Association Between Emotional Competencies and E-Cigarette Susceptibility, Laurel Brockenberry
Thesis: Sub/Mission, Abigail Naomi Brunt
Thesis: Exploring Factors That Enhance Career Advancement for African-Americans Across Various Criminal Justice Occupations: A Qualitative Examination, Antonio Jon Bryer
Thesis: More Than What Meets the Eye: An Examination of Characteristics That Impact Juvenile Justice Detention Decisions, Ashley Maria Buchanan
Dissertation: Research vs. Reality How School Districts Meet the Developmental Needs of School Principals, Catina Bullard-Clark
Thesis: Regional Sea Level Rise Along the United States Coasts, Alessandra G. Burgos
Thesis: Online Social Capital: Social Networking Sites' Influence on Civic and Political Engagement, Charles L. Bush
Dissertation: Race, Rejection Sensitivity, and Identity Centrality Among Young Sexual Minority Women, Denise M. Calhoun
Dissertation: The Effects of Selection System Characteristics and Privacy Needs on Procedural Justice Perceptions: An Investigation of Social Networking Data in Employee Selection, Rachel C. Callan
Dissertation: Predicting Score Change: An Empirical Investigation of Cheating on Unproctored Employment Tests, Katelyn J. Cavanaugh
Thesis: Safe Passage to the End of Earth, Gregory Martin Chandler
Thesis: Volterra Series Approximation for Multi-Degree of Freedom, Multi-Input, Multi-Output, Aircraft Dynamics, Alexander J. Chen
Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Glycolipids, Glycoclusters and Glycomacrocycles, Anji Chen
Dissertation: Security Risk Tolerance in Mobile Payment: A Trade-off Framework, Yong Chen
Dissertation: Contextual Framework of Communications Functions Supporting Complex System Governance, Charles Wesley Chesterman Jr.
Dissertation: The Effects of Teacher Coaching in the LINCing Routine on the Vocabulary Knowledge of Secondary Students with Disabilities, Dana W. Cho
Dissertation: An Examination of Athletic Directors' Perceptions of the Utilization of Athletic Trainers in the Secondary School Setting, Stephanie H. Clines
Dissertation: A Representation of Tactical and Strategic Precursors of Supply Network Resilience Using Simulation Based Experiments, Yaneth C. Correa-Martinez
Dissertation: Decision Making in the Sciences: Understanding Heuristic Use by Students in Problem Solving, Elizabeth Csikar
Dissertation: Numerical Framing and Emotional Arousal as Moderators of Review Valence and Consumer Choices, Anh Dang
Thesis: “For The Homeland”: Die Deutsche Hausfrau and Reader Responses to World War I, Julie Sliva Davis
Thesis: Supporting Big Data at the Vehicular Edge, Lloyd Decker
Thesis: Non-Destructive Evaluation for Composite Material, Desalegn Temesgen Delelegn
Dissertation: Understanding Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge in an Educational Technology Course: A Case Study of Social Studies Preservice Teacher's Beliefs and Dispositions, Mark M. Diacopoulos
Thesis: The Effects of Rating Source, Rating Target, and Job Position on Ratings of Perceived Training Needs, Phillip Joseph Dillulio
Dissertation: The Impact of the Number of Dual Enrollment Credits on Racial Minority Students’ Completion Time at Five Virginia Community Colleges, Elizabeth Gardiner Dingess
Dissertation: Multilevel Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Family Adjustment Measure with Lower-Income, Ethnic Minority Parents of Children with Disabilities, Vanessa Nicole Dominguez-O'Hare
Dissertation: Ethical Accountability of Licensed Professional Counselors: A Comparative Study of State Regulations and the Effects on Ethical Behavior, Kelly J. Doolan
Thesis: Differential Gene Expression in Response to Hypoxia and Acidosis in Chest Wall Deformities and Chondrosarcoma, Jamie L. Durbin
Dissertation: Simplified, Alternative Formulation of Numerical Simulation of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, Russell L. Edwards
Thesis: Examining the Role of Behavioral Inhibition in Harsh Parenting Preferences: An Analog Study, Kelsey T. Ellis
Dissertation: Risk and Resiliency Factors Affecting the College Adjustment of Students with Intersectional Ethnocultural Minority and LGBTQ Identities, Stacey Christina Fernandes
Thesis: The Evaluation of Enhancing Biological Phosphorus Removal and Improving Settleability Using Mainstream Hydrocyclones for External Selection, Amanda Carrie Ford
Dissertation: The Effects of Metacognitive Training on Algebra Students’ Calibration Accuracy, Achievement, and Mathematical Literacy, Deana J. Ford
Thesis: Families Communicating About Health: Conceptualization and Validation of the Family Health Communication Quotient Scale, Erin E. Gafner
Dissertation: Ion Bunch Formation Strategies for the JLEIC Collider, Bamunuvita Randika Prasad Gamage
Thesis: Fem Media Matters: An Inqueery Into Campus Sexual Assault, Andrew Kennedy Garber
Thesis: Improved Thermal Stability of Cesium-Doped Perovskite Films With PMMA for Solar Cell Application, Christine M. Gausin
Thesis: A Right-Hand Man: A Novel, Christopher Giofreda
Dissertation: The Importance of Keeping the Big Ones: Harvest Slot Limits and Marine Protected Areas for the Management of the Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Gayathiri Gnanalingam
Thesis: Sugar Acts, Amanda Raquel Gomez
Thesis: Are We All #NastyWomen? The Rhetoric of Feminist Hashtags and Respectability Politics, Kimberly Lynette Goode
Thesis: The Last Cherokee of Blue Ridge, Dexter Benjamin Gore
Dissertation: A Multi Case Study of Community College Discipline Faculty’s Participation in a Disciplinary Literacy Professional Learning Community, Kristen Howell Gregory
Dissertation: Community College Students' Deep Learning Approaches in OER Courses, Kim Ellen Grewe
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Adult Relationship Health for Economically Marginalized, Racially and Ethnically Diverse Individuals, Sandy-Ann M. Griffith
Thesis: Analysis of Bulk Power System Resilience Using Vulnerability Graph, Md Ariful Haque
Thesis: Zika Modulates Arthropod Histone Methylation in Mosquito Cells, Telvin Lee Harrell
Dissertation: Behavioral Determinants of Exercise-Related Injury Prevention Program Participation, Emily M. Hartley
Thesis: Identifying Marine Key Biodiversity Areas in the Greater Caribbean Region, Michael S. Harvey
Thesis: Deep Learning for Segmentation Of 3D Cryo-EM Images, Devin Reid Haslam
Thesis: The Effects of Automation Transparency and Ethical Outcomes on User Trust and Blame Towards Fully Autonomous Vehicles, Nathan Andrew Hatfield
Thesis: Distributed Sensing and System Identification of Cantilever Beams and Plates in the Presence of Weak Nonlinearities, Patrick Sean Heaney
Dissertation: A Single Campus Study of the Green Dot Bystander Intervention Program, Brittany F. Hollis