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 2011
Thesis: A Comparison of Adrenal in Toad-Eating and Nontoad-Eating Snakes, Shabnam Mohammadi
Dissertation: Coping with Customer Sexual Harassment: Examining Retaliation as a Coping Strategy and Testing a Contextual Model, Valerie J. Morganson
Dissertation: Controls on the Formation of Algal Blooms in the Lower Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries, Ryan Eric Morse
Thesis: The Comparison of Hamstring/Quadriceps Strength Ratio in the Dominant Versus the Non-Dominant Leg of Elite Female Artistic Gymnasts, Marina Moure
Thesis: Examining the Roles of Attachment Theory and Sensitivity to Reward and Punishment in Predicting Driving Behavior Among Young Adults, Elaine M. Murphy
Dissertation: The Relationship of Financial Performance, Quality Indicators, and the Role of Nurse Executives in Virginia Nursing Homes, Jeany V. Murphy
Dissertation: The Impact of the Higher Education Regulatory Environment on For-Profit Higher Education Institutions, Rhonda L. Myers
Thesis: Rats as Forest Pests in Southeastern Virginia: Girdling by the Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon Hispidus as a Significant Source of Mortality of Loblolly Pines (Pinus Taeda) in a Successional Pine Forest, Robyn M. Nadolny
Thesis: Exploratory Study of Countries Lacking Data on Female Genital Mutilation in the Middle East and Africa, Nazia Rose Naeem
Dissertation: Comics as a Cognitive Training Medium for Expert Decision Making, Amber Nalu
Dissertation: Perceived Satisfaction of Counseling Doctoral Students With Their Dissertation Chairperson: Examining Selection Criteria and Chairperson Behaviors, Cheryl Warren Neale-McFall
Thesis: Blind Pass Stability Analysis, Robert Burgin Neal II
Dissertation: Supervision Competencies for Counselor Education Doctoral Graduates: A Delphi Study, Anita Ann Neuer
Dissertation: The Effect of improvisations and Observations on Standardized Patient Encounters, Subjective Workload and Stress, Elizabeth T. Newlin-Canzone
Thesis: Nawal Al Saadawi and Hanan Al Shaykh's Authorship: Between Arab and Western Reception, Diana M. Obeid
Thesis: Investigation and Comparison of Proportional Navigation Guidance and Beam Rider Guidance, Ertac Olgun
Thesis: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Collision Avoidance from Moving Obstacles, Atila Ozdemir
Dissertation: How “Struggling” Readers Engage in Literacy Events in Middle School Science: An Analysis of Interactions in Literacy Events, Kristin Cartwright Palmer
Thesis: Internet Usage and Religious Authority: A Case Study of the Catholic Church of South Korea, Youngho Park
Thesis: An Analysis of NCAA Enforcement and its Influence on Conference Bowl Revenue: Does the Punishment Fit the Crime from a Financial Perspective?, Mark Joseph Patterson
Dissertation: Certification of Financial Aid Administrators, Stacey A. Peterson
Thesis: Steel Angle Section Members Under Combined Axial Load and Unsymmetric Bending, Maheshchandra Rajasekharan Phanibhushan
Dissertation: Community College Student Learning in Phlebotomy Preceptor-Led Clinical Internship, Susan E. Phelan
Dissertation: Circulation of the Western Antarctic Peninsula: Implications for Biological Production, Maria Andrea Piñones Valenzuela
Dissertation: Education and Economy: The Impact of Investment in Human Capital Through Education on Unemployment, Zafer Pirim
Thesis: Plantar Pressure Distribution Differences in Physically Active Individuals With and Without Functional Ankle Instability During a Side Cut, J'nai Pittman
Thesis: Effect of Reworking and Bioturbation on Sedimentary Reactive Iron Within a Microtidal Estuary, Amy Kathleen Pitts
Dissertation: A Structured Project-Risk Management and Life Cycle Framework for Complex Systems: Ship Repair and Maintenance (SR&M) Projects, Michael Craig Plumb
Dissertation: The Absent Empire: The United States and the South American Regional Subsystem, Carlos Gustavo Poggio Teixerira
Dissertation: Early Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: Review and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Efstathios Polychronopoulos
Thesis: Cyberknife Radiation Modeling: Effects of Relaxed Translational and Rotational Constraints on Healthy Tissue Irradiation, Sudha Bhavaroop Potineni
Thesis: Looking Beyond the Medical Model of Sexuality: Social Factors in Women's Sexual Satisfaction, Cristalle Rae Pronier
Dissertation: A Mixed Methodological Analysis of the Role of Culture and Diagnostic Variance Among Counselors and Counselor Trainees, Elizabeth A. Prosek
Thesis: Solving the Vehicle Re-Identification Problem by Using Neural Networks, Tanweer Rashid
Dissertation: A Field Experiment to Test the Effects of Automated Feedback and Monetary Incentive on Speeding Behavior, Ian J. Reagan
Dissertation: Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field Induction of Programmed Cell Death Is Cell Type Dependent: An in vitro Study, Wei Ren
Thesis: Patterns of Transience, Sex Bias, and Body Mass in Open-Habitat Rodent Populations, Stephen Edward Rice
Dissertation: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Students: A Qualitative Study of the Perceived Effects of Bullying in Schools, Brandy Kelly Richeson
Dissertation: Persistence to an Associate of Applied Science Registered Nurse Degree: The Impact of Placing Into Developmental Education Courses on Student Success, Caroline Clark Rivera
Dissertation: Student Achievement as an Investment in Human Capital: Using Longitudinal Patterns of Per Pupil Instructional and Capital Expenditures, Socioeconomic Status, and Past Performance in Predicting Student Achievement, Charles Anthony Roberts
Thesis: Design and Demonstration of a Miniature Lidar System for Rover Applications, Benjamin Robinson
Dissertation: A Conceptual Model for Employer Training to Manage Employee Counter-Productive Behaviors, Naomi Spickard Rock
Dissertation: Random Keys Genetic Algorithms Scheduling and Rescheduling Systems for Common Production Systems, Elkin Rodriguez-Velasquez
Dissertation: Analyst Following, Capital Market Pressure, and Real Activity Manipulation, Melanie Maureen Rose
Dissertation: A Microfluidic Device for Impedance Spectroscopy, Ahmet Can Sabuncu
Dissertation: Compensation Techniques in Accelerator Physics, Hisham Kamal Sayed
Dissertation: Exploring the Impact of Classified Staff Interactions on the Student Experience: A Multiple Case Study Approach, Mary Ann Schmitt
Dissertation: Effects of 11 Years of CO2 Enrichment on Root Biomass and Spatial Distribution in a Florida Scrub-Oak Ecosystem, Rachel Eilenfield Schroeder
Dissertation: Photoproduction of the Φ(1020) Meson in Neutral Decay Mode γP → ΦP → K(S)K(L)P, Heghine Seraydaryan
Dissertation: The Preparation of Master's Level Professional Counselors for Positions in College and University Counseling Centers, Brian M. Shaw
Dissertation: The Doubly Inflated Poisson and Related Regression Models, Manasi Sheth-Chandra
Dissertation: A Qualitative Investigation of the Use of an Art-Based Technique in Counselor Group Supervision, Cheryl Shiflett
Dissertation: Understanding the Elements of Executable Architectures Through a Multi-Dimensional Analysis Framework, Edwin A. Shuman IV
Dissertation: A Least Squares Closure Approximation for Liquid Crystalline Polymers, Traci Ann Sievenpiper
Dissertation: The Association Between Depressive Symptoms, Relationship Satisfaction, and Self- and Partner-Attributions, Amy Harrison Smith
Dissertation: Community College Student Persistence: A Focus on Occupational and Academic Clubs, Catherine Jean Songer
Thesis: The Effect of Maturation on Hip and Knee Kinetics and Kinematics During an Unanticipated Sidestep Cutting Task in Male Youth Lacrosse Players, Crystal M. Sullivan
Dissertation: Judging Credence Service Based on Experience Service Evaluation: Moderating Effect of Ease of Assessing and Extrinsic Cues, Kungpo Tao
Dissertation: Synthesis of ALD Zinc Oxide and Thin Film Materials Optimization for UV Photodetector Applications, Kandabara Nouhoum Tapily
Thesis: Performance Analysis for WiMAX Wireless Systems with Multiple Receive Antennas, Selcuk Taskin
Dissertation: On the Radius of Convergence of Interconnected Analytic Nonlinear Systems, Makhin Thitsa
Thesis: Model-Based Analyses of Nitrogen on the Mid-Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf, Tian Tian
Dissertation: Efficacy of Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) Certifications, Daniel L. Trent
Thesis: Effect of Body Mass and Added Mass on Treadmill Performance, Rachel Elizabeth Walker
Dissertation: Automatic High-Fidelity 3D Road Network Modeling, Jie Wang
Dissertation: Interface Circuit for a Multiple-Beam Tuning-Fork Gyroscope with High Quality Factors, Ren Wang
Dissertation: The Tracking Performance of Distributed Recoverable Flight Control Systems Subject to High Intensity Radiated Fields, Rui Wang
Dissertation: The Relationship Between International Migration and Regional Integration, Christopher C. White
Dissertation: The Factors That Are Related to Native American Community College Students' Intent to Persist, Garnet Laureen Williams
Dissertation: Ethically Speaking: Academic Librarians' Perceptions of Information Privacy, Intellectual Freedom, and the USA PATRIOT Act, Alicia Carol Willson-Metzger
Dissertation: Financial Aid as Retention Predictor: The Relationship of Financial Aid to Retention at a Virginia Community College, Eunice Rohrer Wine
Dissertation: The Impact of Computer-Assisted Sight Word Instruction on the Reading Skills of Students with Significant Intellectual Disabilities, Colleen Frances Wood-Fields
Dissertation: Towards an Organizational Strategic Vitality Theory: A Study of a Public Sector Board of Directors, Keith L. Woodman
Dissertation: Manipulating Particles for Micro- and Nano-Fluidics Via Floating Electrodes and Diffusiophoresis, Sinan Eren Yalcin
Dissertation: Altering Nitric Oxide Bioavailability and Lipid Profiles in Endothelial Cells By Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Particulate Matter, Liang Yu
Dissertation: A Hybrid Lehmer Code Genetic Algorithm and Its Application on Traveling Salesman Problems, Jun Zhang
Dissertation: What Drives U.S. Banking Mergers: Misvaluation, Gambling or Envy?, Wenjia Zhang
Thesis: Video Stabilization Based on Speeded-Up Robust Features, Minqi Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Dissertation: A Virtual Infrastructure for Mitigating Typical Challenges in Sensor Networks, Hady S. Abdel Salam
Dissertation: Spectroscopic Study of Ultracold Rubidium Atoms in an Optical Dipole Force Trap, Eman Mohammed Ahmed
Thesis: Expression Invariant Face Recognition Using Shifted Phase-Encoded Joint Transform Correlation Technique, Trisha Ahmed
Dissertation: Post-Project Risk Perception and Systems Management Reaction, Baqer Alali
Thesis: Plain and Steel-Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls With and Without CFRP Retrofitting, Ali Mohammed Salih Al Aloosi
Thesis: Untangling Fear of Crime: A Multi-Theoretical Approach to Examining the Causes of Crime-Specific Fear, Mariel Alper
Dissertation: Persistence of Community College Transfer Students in a Private Liberal Arts University Nursing Program, Rita M. Amerio
Thesis: Laser Scribing of ITO and ITO/Ag Coated Glass Substrates Comparison of Back and Front Side Ablation, Oguzhan Balki
Dissertation: Cultural Intelligence: An Examination of Predictive Relationships in a Study Abroad Population, Bryan James Banning
Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of a Non-Thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet, Asma Begum
Thesis: Body Size and Growth Patterns of Microtus Pennsylvanicus (Ord.) in Chesapeake, Virginia, Sara E. Bell
Dissertation: Effect of High School Completion of the Agricultural Education Program on the Rate of Return on Investment for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Phillip Scott Bevins
Thesis: Inter-Island Variability in Above and Belowground Plant Biomass in Interior Marshes on the Virginia Barrier Islands, Staci B. Blecha
Thesis: Closing the Greenland-Iceland Atlantic Air-Gap: 1939 to 1943, James F. Boland
Dissertation: Interannual Differences in Nutrient Dynamics During a Brown Tide Bloom (Aureococcus anophagefferens) and the Interaction of A. anophagefferens with Heterotrophic Bacteria, George Eric Boneillo
Thesis: Examining the Dual Process Model of Decision Making in Visual Threat Detection and Human-Automation Interaction, Patricia Chin Brennan
Dissertation: A Decision Making Construct for Complex Situations, Van Edward Brewer
Dissertation: A Solution of the Heat Equation with the Discontinuous Galerkin Method Using a Multilivel Calculation Method That Utilizes a Multiresolution Wavelet Basis, Robert Gregory Brown
Thesis: The Impeding Role of Initial Unrealistic Goal-Setting on Training Performance: Identifying Underpinning Self-Regulatory Processes and Solutions, Robert C. Brusso
Dissertation: Critical Components of Community College Enrollment Management Planning, Karen Hart Bucher
Dissertation: Evaluating the Effects of a Safe Space Training on Professional School Counselors and School Counseling Trainees, Rebekah Byrd
Thesis: Embedding GPS Data into Speech Signal, Kagan Can