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 2013
Thesis: New Test Capabilities for the 0.3-Meter Transonic Cryogenic Wind Tunnel, Ben D. Phillips
Dissertation: Analysis and Simulation of Kinetic Model for Active Suspensions, Panon Phuworawong
Dissertation: Spin Dependence in Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC, Donika Plyku
Thesis: Examination of Micromotion-Induced Transient Effects of Brain Tissue Interfaced with A Neural Probe, Michael A. Polanco
Dissertation: Effects of an Interprofessional Simulation Activity to Improve Students' Perceptions of Other Healthcare Professions, Chase Raymond Poulsen
Thesis: Plight of the Gameur : Inhibitors to Empathic Connection with Representation of Suffering in Outreach Games, Kristopher John Purzycki
Dissertation: Initial Development and Validation of the Rural Competency Scale, Cassandra Gail Pusateri
Thesis: Lowrider, Phil Quam
Dissertation: New Types of Morpho-Physiological Changes in Cells Exposed to Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field, Mikhail A. Rassokhin
Thesis: Basin Isolation and Oceanographic Features Influencing Lineage Divergence in the Humbug Damselfish (Dascyllus Aruanus) in the Coral Triangle, Jeremy M. Raynal
Thesis: Study of Spatiotemporal Signatures Between Objects to Improve Video Segmentation in Complex Environments, Adam Robert Reckley
Dissertation: Improving Metacomprehension and Calibration Accuracy Through Embedded Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Prompts, Alan J. Reid
Thesis: Hydrogeologic Variations Across a Barrier Island that Influence Inter-Dune Wetlands False Cape State Park, Virginia, Matthew Collier Richardson
Thesis: Characterization of a Spiral Microfluidic Focusing Device for Continuous Single Cell Impedance-Based Cytometry Applications, Daniel Riley
Dissertation: Preferred Instructional Design Strategies for Preparation of Pre-Service Teachers of Integrated STEM Education, Amanda Shackleford Roberts
Dissertation: Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Engagement Systems (G) Department Development of a Plan to Maintain, Expand, and Create Corporate Knowledge, Luis J. Rodriguez
Thesis: Department of Defense Resource Allocations and Progress Toward U.S. Foreign Policy Objectives in Latin America, Melissa Rene Rodriguez
Dissertation: The Effects of Group Size on Student Learning, Student Contributions, \Mental Effort, and Group Outcomes for Middle-Aged Adults Working in an Ill-Structured Problem-Solving Environment, Gary Lee Roemmich
Dissertation: Training Effects of Adaptive Emotive Responses From Animated Agents in Simulated Environments, Enilda Jannet Romero-Hall
Thesis: Micro--PIV Measurements and Numerical Simulations of Induced Charge Electro-Osmosis Around a Conducting Metal Rod, William George Rosen
Thesis: Improving the Efficiency of P3HT:ICBA Organic Solar Cells by Modifying the Photoactive Solution Preparation Step, Matthew Blaine Samson
Dissertation: Observations and Modeling Forcing Mechanisms for the Coastal Dynamics of the Upper Gulf of Thailand, Suriyan Saramul
Thesis: Effect of Sensory Modality on Performance Workload and Frontal Lobe Oxygenation in a Standard Vigilance Task, Veronica Emily Scerra
Thesis: An Investigation of Unsteady, In-Cylinder Flows of a Mock-Up Internal Combustion Engine Using Particle Image Velocimetry, David Schleeper
Thesis: Carrion Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) Carcass Selection: Effects of Carcass Mass and Site Fidelity, Jonathan M. Schmude
Thesis: Response of Natural Estuarine Algal Communities to Nitrogen Additions, Christopher Schweitzer
Dissertation: An Epistemological Inquiry into the Incorporation of Emergency Management Concept in the Homeland Security with a Post-Disaster Security Centric Focus, Mehmet Secilmis
Dissertation: Dimensionless Criteria for Selecting Tidally-Influenced Advective-Dispersive Desalination Brine Mixing Plume Characterization Models, Alireza Shahvari
Dissertation: The Right to Bear Space Arms: U.S. Resistance to Arms Control in Space, Alessandro Shimabukuro
Dissertation: Fast Transients in Non-Volatile Resistive Memories (RRAM) Using Tantalum Pentoxide as Solid Electrolyte, Pragya Rasmi Shrestha
Dissertation: In Search for Instructional Techniques to Maximize the Use of Germane Cognitive Resources: A Case of Teaching Complex Tasks in Physics, Yekaterina Sliva
Dissertation: A Consensual Qualitative Research Study of the Transformation From High School Dropout to Second Chance Alumni, Jayne E. Smith
Dissertation: The Effect of Emotionally Arousing Negative Images on Judgments About News Stories, Martin Daniel Smith-Rodden
Dissertation: Piracy, Slavery, and the Limits of International Law: The Gap Between the Rhetoric and Reality of Jus Cogens, Stephanie Elizabeth Smith
Dissertation: Exploring Travel and Activity Behavior in Transit-Oriented Developments: Insights Into Transportation Benefits and Travel Demand Modelling, Sanghoon Son
Dissertation: Quality Profiles in Early Childhood: An Example From Virginia's Quality Rating Improvement System, Kathryn M. Squibb
Dissertation: Functional Near Infrared Detection of Real and Imagined Finger Taps Using Support Vector Machine, Linear Discriminant Analysis, and Decision Tree Classification Methods, Eugene A. Stoudenmire
Dissertation: The Response of Commercial Banks to Credit Stimuli, Denise Williams Streeter
Thesis: Reefer Madness to Marijuana and Legalization: Media Exposure and American Attitudes Towards Marijuana (1975-2010), Richard James Stringer
Thesis: Analyzing Students' Perceptions of Their Examination of Writing Competency (EWC) Readiness in Online First-Year Composition Courses, Harry Pendleton Styles II
Thesis: Effect of a Lateral Wedge Insole Over a One Week Period in a Healthy Population, Sarah E. Sudheimer
Dissertation: Taking Centerstage: The Impact of Bollywood's Rise on India's Soft Power, Roopa Swaminathan
Thesis: Synthesis and Optimization of VO₂ Thin Films for Phase Transition Applications by Atomic Layer Deposition and RF Magnetron Sputtering, Madhavi Tangirala
Thesis: Nonlinearity Index Analysis of Periodic-Chaotic Stall-Spin Aircraft Motion, Daniel Paul Tapolcai
Dissertation: Changes in the Dynamics of Postural and Locomotor Control as a Result of Varying Task Demands, Kathleen Sherry Thomas
Dissertation: Late Registration and Student Success in On-Campus and Online Classes, Patrick Tompkins
Thesis: Development and Assessment of an In-Situ Load System, Kenneth Toro
Thesis: Zombies as a Generational Metaphor: Connections Between George A. Romero, Zombies and Fandom -- A Critical Study, Alfredo Torres
Thesis: An Idea of Liberation in the Suburbs, Jeffrey Allan Turner
Thesis: Sweeping the Floors of Privilege: The Lived Experiences of University Janitors, Jennifer Laverne Turner
Thesis: Investigation of Buoyant Transport Systems for Martian Exploration, Jake A. Tynis
Thesis: Identifiability of Additive, Time-Varying Actuator and Sensor Faults by State Augmentation, Jason M. Upchurch
Thesis: Bootstrapped Deattenuated Correlation with Missing Data, Anna Veprinsky
Thesis: Using Real Property Layouts to Study the Foreclosure Contagion Effect in Real Estate with Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation, Daniele Vernon-Bido
Thesis: There Are No "Innocent Victims": The Influence of Just World Beliefs and Prior Victimization on Rape Myth Acceptance, Rebecca Lynne Vonderhaar
Dissertation: Teacher Leadership: Emergent Leadership in a Complex System Functioning as a Professional Learning Community, Andrea Lorene Voshell
Thesis: Assessing the Release of Bioactive Trace Elements from Coal Fly Ash into Natural Fresh Waters, Candace E. Wall
Dissertation: An Assessment of Post-Professional Athletic Training Students' Critical Thinking Skills and Dispositions, Jessica Marie Walter
Thesis: Multi-Objective Preliminary Design Optimization of Planing Craft Using Differential Evolution and Artificial Networks, Robert Eugene Weidman
Dissertation: Student Perceptions of Online Course Quality: A Comparison By Academic Discipline, Brian Riley Wilcox
Thesis: Hush, Valerie Wilkinson
Thesis: Ecclesiastical Homogeny and Splintering Spirituality: White Ecumenical Christianity and the Church in Norfolk Virginia's Civil Rights Movement, Joshua Wesley Wilson
Thesis: The Residual Resistance of the Individual Within the Rhizomatic Hegemony of the Internet, Emma Katherine Wolfe
Thesis: American Exceptionalism and the Historical Fiction of Chabon and DeLillo: Media Identity Commodification and the Truth of Lies, Samm Yeakel
Thesis: Large-Scale Incidents Modeling and Network Simulation, Yichi Zhang
Dissertation: Thermo-Elasto-Plastic Behavior of Biaxially Loaded Steel Beam-Columns Inducing Those From World Trade Center Towers, Yanhong Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Dissertation: Performance Optimization Over Wireless Links With Operating Constraints, Shiny Abraham
Dissertation: Evaluation of Hydraulic Conductivity of Non Aqueous Phase Liquids in Partially Saturated Soils, Chijioke Ekeleme Akamiro
Thesis: Dynamics of Non-Thermal Plasma Jets Under Variable Pressure, Mehmet Arda Akman
Dissertation: Numerical Study of the Performance of a Model Scramjet Engine, Ayad Alhumadi
Dissertation: De Novo Protein Structure Modeling from Cryoem Data Through a Dynamic Programming Algorithm in the Secondary Structure Topology Graph, Kamal H. Al Nasr
Thesis: Integrating Probe Vehicles and Stationary Detector Data to Construct Accurate Cumulative Curves to Study Bottlenecks, Khairul Azfi Anuar
Dissertation: Incorporating Memory and Learning Mechanisms Into Meta-RaPS, Arif Arin
Thesis: Using Decision-Making Techniques in Support of Simulation Training Transfer Selections, Jane Taylor Bachman
Dissertation: Preservice Teachers' Epistemological Beliefs: A Study of Student and Course Characteristics, Peter B. Baker
Dissertation: Factors That Influence Nonadherence Outpatient Medical Follow-Up by African Americans with HIV/AIDS at an Outpatient Infectious Disease Clinic, Cynthia Burrell Banks
Dissertation: Molecular Dynamics Studies on Nanoscale Gas Transport, Murat Barisik
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Women in Leadership and Community at Old Dominion University From 1970 to 1990, Ann E. Wendle Barnes
Dissertation: Effects that Previous Employment Experiences Had on Organizational Commitment of an Hourly Workforce, Charles August Bartocci
Dissertation: The Experiences of Women in a U.S. Department of Education School Leadership Preparation Cohort Program: A Case Study, Darra KaTrina Belle
Dissertation: Counselor Beliefs and Perceived Knowledge Regarding Clients with Learning Disabilities, Tamekia R. Bell
Dissertation: Real-Time Virtual Pathology Using Signal Analysis and Synthesis, Dennis L. Bergin
Dissertation: A Mixed Methods Study of Special Education Teachers' Knowledge of Reading Instruction and Perceptions Concerning Their Preparation to Teach Reading, Cynthia Darden Blakeslee
Thesis: The Stories Teeth Can Tell, Emily Lindsey Bonner
Dissertation: Competencies Required of Human Resource Professionals in the Government Contracting Industry, Dawn Denise Boyer
Dissertation: The Effects of Personalized Boosters for a Computerized Intervention Targeting College Student Drinking, Abby L. Braitman
Thesis: Optimizing Chronic Slow Breathing Training to Cause a Therapeutic Effect on Heart Rate Variability, Jennifer Joy Brown
Dissertation: An Examination of Middle Manager Innovation Behaviors and Institutional Factors Impact on Organizational Innovation in the USA and Mexico, J. Lee Brown III
Dissertation: Assessing Resiliency and Sustainability in an Intelligence Infrastructure System, Shelly Dawn Bumphus
Thesis: There's a Reason One Thing Always Leads to Something More, Tara Shea Burke
Thesis: Near Earth Asteroid Mission Design for 2000 SG344, Gökhan Çahşkan
Thesis: The Effects of Task Experience and Learner Control on Time and Learning in Training, Rachel C. Callan
Dissertation: Synergistic Effect of Subnanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields and Temperature on the Viability of Biological Cells, James Thomas Camp
Dissertation: Single and Double Spin Asymmetries for Pion Electro-Production From the Deuteron in the Resonance Region, Sharon L. Careccia
Dissertation: Large-Eddy Simulation of Axially-Rotating, Turbulent Pipe and Particle-laden Swirling Jet Flows, Nicolas D. Castro
Thesis: Developments in the Global Energy Markets and Constructing the Future of the Persian Gulf Security, Nihat Cengel
Thesis: Satisfaction With Police: Explaining Variation by Race, Megan N. Centeno
Dissertation: Nano- and Micro-Second Electrical Pulsing of B16-F10 Mouse Melanoma Cells: Plasma Membrane and Sub-Cellular Organelle Changes, Yiling Chen
Thesis: Hungry Heart, Valarie Clark
Dissertation: Prompting Self-Monitoring of Learning in Self-Paced Computer Based Training: The Effect on Self-Regulation and Learning, Christopher J. Coburn