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 2011
Dissertation: The Behavior and Choices of Serial Bidders in M&A Transactions: A Prospect Theory Approach, Ahmed Essam El-Din El-Bakry
Thesis: The Dynamics of Drug Trafficking/ Smuggling by Female Offenders in the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Approach, Le 'Jeane' Iman Ellis
Dissertation: An Ex Post Facto Study of First-Year Student Orientation as an Indicator of Student Success at a Community College, Amanda Ellis-O'Quinn
Dissertation: Excitation-Induced Ge Quantum Dot Growth on Si(100)-2X1 by Pulsed Laser Deposition, Ali Oguz Er
Dissertation: Fusion of Visual and Thermal Images Using Genetic Algorithms, Sertan Erkanli
Dissertation: Ultrafast High-Energy Electron Diffraction Study of Photoexcited Bismuth Nanoclusters by Femtosecond Laser Pulses, Ahmed R. Esmail
Dissertation: Relationships Between Religious Orientation and Academic Attitudes, Lauren Everitt
Dissertation: Faculty and Student Perceptions of Students' Sense of Community in Online Courses, William C. Fiege
Dissertation: Kindergarten Teachers' Classroom Management Beliefs and Practices and Their Implications on Students' Social and Academic Outcomes, Lauren D. Florin
Thesis: A Penalty-Based Approach to Handling Cluster Sizing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Ryan Florin
Dissertation: A Method to Improve the Sustainment of Systems Based on Probability and Consequences, Michael Ashton Gaintner
Thesis: Modeling the Contagion Effect of Foreclosures Within the Real Estate Market by Use of Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation, Marshall William Gangel
Dissertation: Adding Executable Context to Executable Architectures: Enabling an Executable Context Simulation Framework (ECSF), Johnny J. Garcia
Thesis: Predictors of Pre-Dispositional Juvenile Detention: Race Gender and Intersectionality, Jennifer Lee Gebler
Dissertation: A Three Dimensional Green's Function Solution Technique for the Transport of Heavy Ions in Laboratory and Space, Candice Rockell Gerstner
Thesis: The Ecology of the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) in Southeastern Virginia, Scott M. Goetz
Dissertation: Learning Local Features Using Boosted Trees for Face Recognition, Rajkiran Gottumukkal
Dissertation: Choosing to Serve: Modeling Antecedents of Public Service Motivation in Undergraduate Students, Vivian Walker Greentree
Thesis: A Methodology to Repair or Deorbit LEO Satellite Constellations, Goksel Gurgenburan
Thesis: Decontextualizing Development: A Critical Examination of American Popular Discourse on Foreign Aid, Jeffrey Haines
Thesis: Balloon Borne Mars Research Platforms, Sean Michael Hancock
Dissertation: Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Athletic Training Education, Dorice A. Hankemeier
Dissertation: A Principal's Perceptions of Character Education in a Rural Public School, Sandra H. Harrison
Dissertation: Understanding Fourth Graders' Decline in Reading Motivation from Students' and Teachers' Perspectives, Christine A. Hebert
Thesis: Richmond Iron: Tredegar's Role in Southern Industry During the Civil War and Reconstruction, Lisa Hilleary
Dissertation: The Effects of Expressive Writing on Anxiety, Mathematics Anxiety, Stress, Cognitive Processes and Psychological Processes on the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) on a Sample of Urban High School Students Failing Mathematics, Claudia Lorene Hines
Dissertation: Epistemic Strategies for Solving Two-Dimensional Physics Problems, Mary Elyse Hing-Hickman
Dissertation: A Study of Two Generations of Culturally Diverse Community College Students Views on Leader Attributes in Self and Others, Paula Jeanine Hodkowski
Thesis: Architecture for a Flexible and Scalable Simulation Engine, Robert C. Holcomb Jr.
Dissertation: Elementary Teachers' Views of Environmental Education, Rose M. Hotchkiss
Dissertation: Adoption of Electronic Health Records by Admitting Physicians: A Heuristic Model, John Sharon Hudson
Dissertation: Social Trust in Contemporary Rural China: Its Sources and Impacts on Public Goods Provision, Narisong Huhe
Dissertation: Data Aggregation and Dissemination in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks, Khaled Ibrahim
Thesis: Meaning of Hijab According to Urban Egyptian and Yemeni Muslim Women, Kenneth E. Jackson
Dissertation: The Relationship of Cognitive Development Level, Supervision, and Counselor Skills in Preparing Counselors, Margaret Jean Jensen
Dissertation: A Variable Acceleration Calibration System, Thomas H. Johnson
Dissertation: Spectrum Adaptation in Cognitive Radio Systems with Operating Constraints, Deepak R. Joshi
Thesis: The Effect of an Offshore Wind Turbine Array on Circulation in an Idealized Coastal Ocean, Mahmoud Kamel
Thesis: A Study of Diversity Techniques for LTE Wireless Systems, Ferhat Kaplan
Dissertation: Optimization Models and Approximate Algorithms for the Aerial Refueling Scheduling and Rescheduling Problems, Sezgin Kaplan
Dissertation: Characterizations of Atmospheric Pressure Low Temperature Plasma Jets and Their Applications, Erdinc Karakas
Thesis: Factors of Paternal Involvement and Their Association with Developmental Outcomes of Nine-Month Olds, Heather A. Keefe
Thesis: Stigmatization as a Barrier to Help-Seeking Among Individuals Who Engage in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury, Tatyana Kholodkov
Thesis: Stigmatization as a Barrier to Help-Seeking Among Individuals Who Engage in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury, Tatyana Kholodkov
Dissertation: A Cultural Approach to Understanding Professional Experiences of Foreign-Born Faculty in U.S. Educational Leadership Preparation Programs, Iryna M. Khrabrova
Dissertation: Statistical Optimizations of Muscle Action Potentials Based on Modeling and Analysis of Ion Channel Dynamics, GyuTae Kim
Thesis: Writing Program Design for ESL Writers, Kacie M. Kiser
Dissertation: Using the Web Infrastructure for Real Time Recovery of Missing Web Pages, Martin Klein
Thesis: Examination Timetabling with Mathematical Programming An Application in Turkish Air Force Academy, Emrah Koksalmis
Dissertation: The Association Between Different Clinical Methods for Evaluating Lower Extremity Muscular Function, Roger Olen Kollock Jr.
Dissertation: Two Essays on the Effect of Macroeconomic News on the Stock Market, Ajay Kongera
Dissertation: Design of Multi Agent Based Crowd Injury Model, Emin Kugu
Thesis: Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Transonic Airfoil Sections Using Multiobjective Optimization and Computational Intelligence Tools, Amit A. Kulkarni
Dissertation: Modeling and Analysis of Repeated Ordinal Data Using Copula Based Likelihoods and Estimating Equation Methods, Raghavendra Rao Kurada
Thesis: Wrongful Convictions and Punitiveness: Measuring Student's Attitudes on Erroneous Felony Convictions, Shayna Lancaster
Thesis: Improving the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells by Varying the Material Concentration in the Photoactive Layer, Kevin Anthony Latimer
Thesis: Improving the Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells by Varying the Material Concentration in the Photoactive Layer, Kevin Anthony Latimer
Dissertation: Predicting Student Success in Passing the Exit Exam for Writing Proficiency, Cheryl Ann Latko
Dissertation: Attitudes of Counselors Regarding Ethical Situations Encountered by In-Home Counselors, Justin Douglas Lauka
Thesis: A Google Earth-Based Framework for Visualization of the Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System, Gary Lawson
Thesis: Contextual Cueing Effects in Visual Threat Detection, Molly M. Liechty
Dissertation: Age-Related Hamster Mitochondrial Changes and Oocyte Changes Following Autologous Platelet Mitochondrial Microinjection, Fang Li
Dissertation: Bioinformatics, Thermodynamics and Kinetics Analysis of an All Alpha Helical Protein with a Gree-Key Topology, Hai Li
Thesis: Insights into Chemical Structure Changes of Kerogen from Bituminous Coal in Response to Dike Intrusions Investigated by Advanced Solid-State 13C NMR, Yuan Li
Dissertation: Community of Inquiry Framework and Learning Outcomes, Jennifer Ann Maddrell
Dissertation: Intercultural Accommodation of Ethnic Minority Consumers: An Empirical Examination of the Moderating Effects in Service Encounters, Sarah Mady
Thesis: Nine Stories, Minus One, Claudia Anne Mazur
Dissertation: The Nature, Origin and Preservation of Amide Organic Nitrogen in Organic Matter, Georgina Anne McKee
Dissertation: The Effects of Rumination, Hostility, and Distraction on Cardiovascular Reactivity and Recovery From Anger Recall in Healthy Women, Meghan K. McLain
Dissertation: Technology Independent Synthesis of CMOS Operational Amplifiers, Praveen Koushik Meduri
Thesis: Electronic Warfare by Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Aydin Meric
Dissertation: Stability and Change in Goal Orientation and Their Relationship with Performance: Testing Density Distributions Using Latent Trait-State Models, Michael Charles Mihalecz
Thesis: Social Issues in Living with Sickle Cell Disease Pain, Jeannie L. Miranda
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: Potential Environmental Benefits of Extending Aircraft Pushback Operations, Dennis R. O'Connell
Thesis: Investigation and Comparison of Proportional Navigation Guidance and Beam Rider Guidance, Ertac Olgun
Thesis: The Book of Memes, Michael Ray Owens
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: Marine Pollution and Energy Calculation Study of Impacts of Speed Reduction and Hull Roughness, Aditi Patil
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
Thesis: Mars Carbon Dioxide Propulsion, Christopher Cushman Perry
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