ODU theses and dissertations since 1965 are available in this collection.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Dissertation: Development and Evaluation of Post-Production Oxygenation Techniques for the Augmentation of Biochar, Matthew David Huff
Dissertation: The Impact of Performance-Based Funding on Graduation Rates at Texas State Technical College, Adam Hutchison
Thesis: A Dual Resonant Transformer and a Dielectric Antenna for Picosecond Pulse Radiation, Khiem Huynh
Thesis: A Novel Power Sharing Control Method for Distributed Generators in DC Networks, Christina James
Thesis: Grateful Beneficiaries and Proud Benefactors: A Moderated Mediation Model Relating Supervisors' Gratitude Expression to Employees' Organizational Citizenship Behavior, William Peter Jimenez
Thesis: Dynamic Response Modeling of High Speed Planing Craft with Enforced Acceleration, Brian K. Johnson
Thesis: IDPAL - Input Decoupled Partially Adiabatic Logic: Implementation and Examination, Kevin A. Johnson
Dissertation: Motivating and Enabling Factors for Military Service Members Earning a Post-Secondary Degree, Rossie Dean Johnson
Dissertation: Examining the Association of Environmental Degradation and Poor Cardiovascular and/or Respiratory Health Outcomes in a Disadvantaged Community, Khyati Niranjan Kantaria
Dissertation: Reimagining the Chalk Talk: Animated Handwriting as a Social Cue to Improve Motivation in Multimedia Video Lessons, Hillary C. Kaplowitz
Dissertation: Physiological Tremor in Handgun Aiming and Shooting Tasks, Kyle J. Kellran
Dissertation: Is There a More Distinct South? Comparing Key’s, Elazar’s and the U.S. Census Bureau’s Version of the South through the Lens of the Affordable Care Act, Robert Christopher Kenter
Dissertation: Factors Influencing Student Enrollment in Career Academy Programs, Whitney Stokes Ketchledge
Dissertation: Identification and Optimal Linear Tracking Control of ODU Autonomous Surface Vehicle, Nadeem Khan
Dissertation: Sequence-Based Simulation-Optimization Framework With Application to Port Operations at Multimodal Container Terminals, Mariam Aladdin Kotachi
Thesis: Girlhood, Tarin Kovalik
Thesis: Plastics and Microplastics as Vectors for Bacteria and Human Pathogens, Amanda Lee Laverty
Dissertation: Approximation of Quantiles of Rank Test Statistics Using Almost Sure Limit Theorems, Mark Ledbetter
Dissertation: An Exploration of Practicum Students' Experiences of Meaning-Making Through Altruism, Debra Paige Lewis
Dissertation: Value Added Products From Lignin and Biomass Derivatives, Chen Li
Thesis: Current Radiation Safety Practices of United States Dental Hygienists, Kimberly Lintag
Dissertation: Predicting Effects of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise on Hydrologic Processes in a Mid-Atlantic Coastal Watershed, Rui Li
Dissertation: Investigating Application of the Self-explanation Learning Strategy During an Instructional Simulation, Paul Michael MacLoughlin
Dissertation: Human-Intelligence and Machine-Intelligence Decision Governance Formal Ontology, Faisal Mahmud
Dissertation: Three Essays on CEO Risk Preferences, and Ability, Corporate Hedging Decisions, and Investor Sentiment, Sonik Mandal
Thesis: Your Favorite Place, Christina Marable
Dissertation: Predicting First-Year Mathematics Success at the Community College: Modifications on High School Grade Point Average and the Impact of High School Quality, C. Caleb Marsh
Dissertation: Latent Class Analysis of Malingering Classifications Using Performance and Symptom Validity Measures in a Civil Forensic Setting, Willie Floyd McBride III
Thesis: Permanent Resident, Joshua McGarry
Thesis: Advances in Amino Acid Analysis for Marine Related Matrices and Its Application to Coastal Shelf Settings in The Canadian Arctic, Rachel M. McMahon
Thesis: The Quality of Mercy, Kerry McNamara
Dissertation: Design and Implementation of an Artificial Neural Network Controller for Quadrotor Flight in Confined Environment, Ahmed Mekky
Thesis: Lack of Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity in Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis), Jessica Shannon Miller
Thesis: Gust Alleviation System for General Aviation Aircraft, Lucas Coleman Mills
Dissertation: Constructing an Early Modern Queen: Posturing, Mimicry, and the Rhetoric of Authority, Megan K. Mize
Thesis: We Are the Bobcats, Jacquelyn Mohan
Dissertation: Social Construction of Power in Policymaking: A Case of Cybersecurity Articulation Agreements in Virginia, Michael Paul Moore
Thesis: Predictors of Medical Students’ Attitudes Towards Abortion and Their Changes Overtime, Rebecca Elizabeth Morales
Dissertation: Exploring Critical Success Factors of Community Development Projects, Kevin Wanjama Muchiri
Dissertation: FlexStream: SDN-Based Framework for Programmable and Flexible Adaptive Video Streaming, Ibrahim Ben Mustafa
Dissertation: Testing a Model of Servant Leadership's Influence on Follower Outcomes: Exploring Mediation Effects of Follower Trust and Prosocial Identity, Dante P. Myers
Thesis: Novel Technique for Gait Analysis Using Two Waist Mounted Gyroscopes, Ahmed Nasr
Dissertation: Addiction Counselors' Perceptions of Clinical Supervision Practices, Marla Harrison Newby
Thesis: New Method of Nickel Oxide as Hole Transport Layer and Characteristics of Nickel Oxide Based Perovskite Solar Cell, Loi Nguyen
Dissertation: A Multi-Criteria and Dynamic Sustainability Assessment of Crop Rotation Alternatives, Saturnina Fabian Nisperos
Dissertation: A Study of Late Registration at Four Community Colleges, Meredith Courtney Nourie-Manuele
Thesis: Characterizing the Activity of Antimicrobial Peptides Against the Pathogenic Bacterium Clostridium Difficile in an Anaerobic Environment, Adenrele Mojeed Oludiran
Dissertation: Examining the Measurement Invariance of the MMPI-A-RF Externalizing Scales Across Korean and American Adolescent Normative Samples, Kristoffer Yong Park
Thesis: Flexural Behavior and Strength of Doubly-Reinforced Concrete Beams with Hollow Plastic Spheres, Rutvik R. Patel
Dissertation: Non-Invasive Picosecond Pulse System for Electrostimulation, Ross Aaron Petrella
Dissertation: Countervisuality as Policy Feedback: A Critical Policy Study on the Symbolic Role of Visual Culture in Contemporary Antiracist Resistance, Lindsay N. Plott-Buckner
Thesis: Contemporary Russia in America's World: Russian Narratives on Post-Soviet Space, Marianna Portniagina
Thesis: Human-Robot Collaborative Force-Controlled Micro-Drilling for Advanced Manufacturing and Medical Applications, Parimal Mahesh Prajapati
Dissertation: Building a Cognitive Readiness Construct for Violent Police-Public Encounters, James Eric Preddy
Thesis: Single-Stage, Venturi-Driven Desalination System, Brandon Proetto
Dissertation: Community College Faculty Compensation for Online Course Development and Delivery, Radhika I. Prout
Dissertation: Optimization of Top Contact for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells, Grace Cherukara Rajan
Dissertation: Technology, Institutions and Their Interactions: How Do These Explain E-Participation Degree and Levels? A Cross-Country Analysis, Pragati Rawat
Dissertation: Generation of Large-Volume Diffuse Plasma by an External Ionization Wave From a Single-Electrode Plasma Jet, Seyed Hamid Razavi Barzoki
Dissertation: 3D Bioprinting Systems for the Study of Mammary Development and Tumorigenesis, John Reid
Thesis: Incivility as a Barrier to Embeddedness Among Engineering Students: Does Gender Matter?, Katelyn R. Reynoldson
Dissertation: Throw Me a Lifeline: A Comparison of Port Cities with Antithetical Adaptation Strategies to Sea-Level Rise, Claudia Marie Risner
Dissertation: Bisexuality and Motherhood: An Investigation of Psychological Distress, Parenting Efficacy, and Self Esteem Through Identity Theory, Laurin B. Roberts
Dissertation: Exploring the Variant Experiences Through Which Racial/Ethnic Minorities Select Art Therapy as a Career, Mary Ritchie Roberts
Thesis: When Silence Screams: An Examination of Reporting Behaviors Among Sexual Assault Victims on HBCU Campuses, NaTasha Robinson
Dissertation: Predicting Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Student Success: Executive Functions and Standardized Admission Tests, Jane E. Roitsch
Thesis: Museum of Unforeseen Circumstances, Ethan Forrest Ross
Dissertation: The Effect of the Behavioral Analysis Feedback Model on Improving Performance of Nursing Students During Clinical Rotations, Melanie Elizabeth Ross
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Course Delivery Mode and Location with Course Success for Dual Enrolled Students, Dean Morris Roughton
Thesis: A Cost Effective Design for a Propeller Thrust/Torque Balance, Nicholas Barrett Sadowski
Dissertation: Leveraging Resources on Anonymous Mobile Edge Nodes, Ahmed Salem
Thesis: Testing the Efficacy of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Treating Depression in Patients with Cognitive Impairment, Daniel Robert Schaffer
Dissertation: Two Essays on the Creation and Success of New Ventures, Amirmahmood Amini Sedeh
Dissertation: Punishment as Pedagogy: An Exploration of the Disciplinary Alternative School, Kaitlyn J. Selman
Dissertation: Instructional Designer Awareness and Application of Strategies to Manage Cognitive Load, Justin A. Sentz
Dissertation: Beyond Carrots and Sticks: An Analysis of U.S. Approaches to Counterterrorism From 2000-2016, Margaret M. Seymour
Dissertation: Development of a Laser-Spark Multicharged Ion System – Application in Shallow Implantation of Sic by Boron and Barium, Md. Haider Ali Shaim
Dissertation: An Examination of the Key Features of Salman Rushdie’s Historiographic Metafiction: A Possible Worlds Theory Approach, George Shamshayooadeh
Dissertation: Understanding the Mechanical Behavior of Costal Cartilage at Their Curved Exterior Surface Via a Tactile Sensor with a Built-In Probe for Distributed-Deflection Detection, Jiayue Shen
Dissertation: Exploring the Effects of Pacing in Community College Courses, Robin Dillon Shepherd
Dissertation: Computational Investigation of Energetic Materials: Influence of Intramolecular and Intermolecular Interactions on Sensitivity, Ashley Lauren Shoaf
Thesis: The “Trump Effect?” Challenges to the United States Hegemony in Higher Education Cross-Cultural Exchange: A Case Study of International Students at Old Dominion University, Raven Alexandra Showalter
Dissertation: A Multi-Level Longitudinal Investigation of Transformational Leadership Influence on Team Members Development in Engineering Project Teams, Nathapon Siangchokyoo
Thesis: Fishery Interaction Modeling of Cetacean Bycatch in the California Drift Gillnet Fishery to Inform a Dynamic Ocean Management Tool, Nicholas B. Sisson
Dissertation: A Workforce Development Study to Explore Current Demand for Industry-Recognized Credentials, Debra Kay Smiley
Dissertation: Study of ABC Membrane Transporters in Single Live Cells, Preeyaporn Songkiatisak
Thesis: Wet and Dry Atmospheric Deposition of Nutrients and Bioactive Trace Metals to Coastal Waters of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, Christine Sookhdeo
Thesis: A Scientific Approach to Understanding the Head Trauma Endured by a Mixed Martial Arts Fighter, John William Michael Sorbello
Dissertation: Crab Cavity Requirements for the Jefferson Lab Electron-Ion Collider, Salvador Isaac Sosa Güitrón
Dissertation: The Effect of Emotive Content on Knowledge Acquisition and Ethical Sense Making Using an Ill-Structured Case Example, Tina M. Souders
Dissertation: A Continuum of Care: School Librarian Interventions for New Teacher Resilience, Rita Reinsel Soulen
Thesis: The Effect of Soxhlet Extraction and Synthesis Temperature on Properties of Polyaniline, Samuel Watson Stahl
Thesis: The Effects of Risky Alcohol Use and Type of Hook Up Behaviors on the Relationship Between Hooking Up to Cope and Negative Affect, Leah E. Stevens
Dissertation: Sexual Violence Victimization, Mental Health, and University-Based Health Service Use Among College Females, Julie E. Stoner
Thesis: Learn-To-Fly Control System Design, Alexander Brent Streit
Dissertation: The Impact of Professional Development Grounded in Social Learning on Community College Faculty Efficacy, Shanika Shantell Strickland-Davis
Dissertation: Policing the Drinking Community: An Assessment of the Criminal Justice Response to Drunk Driving and Alcohol Related Crashes (1985 -2014), Richard James Stringer
Thesis: Robocatch: Design and Making of a Hand-Held Spillage-Free Specimen Retrieval Robot for Laparoscopic Surgery, Farid Tavakkolmoghaddam
Thesis: Fabrication of an Apparatus for All-Optical Production of Metastable Krypton, Lindsay M. Thornton
Dissertation: Effectiveness of Social Media Analytics on Detecting Service Quality Metrics in the U.S. Airline Industry, Xin Tian