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 2005
Thesis: Lost in Translation: Decoding Rabelais, E. Ashley Hall
Thesis: The Determinants of Academic Performance of African American Males, Marvin K. Hall
Thesis: Electromagnetic Propagation Prediction Inside Aircraft Cabins, Genevieve Hankins
Thesis: Opal: In Vivo Based Preservation Framework for Locating Lost Web Pages, Terry L. Harrison
Dissertation: Multi-National Project Team Communications and Cultural Influences, Morgan E. Henrie
Thesis: Development and Application of a GG-IRMS Reductive Pyrolysis Reactor Interface for the δ34S Determination of Sulfur in Individual Organic Compounds, N. Deborah Hewlett
Dissertation: The Application of a System of Systems Analysis to Assessments of National Power, George T. Hodermarsky
Dissertation: Cultural Competence and Curricula in Physical Therapist Professional Education, Beth Ernst Jamali
Dissertation: Correlation and Causes of Fifth Order Cycles Within the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Formation, Bighorn Basin of Wyoming, Kimberly Ann Johnson
Thesis: Interannual Variation of Stratification in Lower Chesapeake Bay, Christopher S. Katzenmiller
Thesis: Robust and Efficient Localization Techniques for Cellular and Wireless Sensor Networks, Haseebulla M. Khan
Dissertation: Factors That Influence Mammography Use of Community Health Workers, Cynthia M. Kratzke
Thesis: Corporal Punishment and Its Relation to Race, Psychological Well-Being, and Parental Relationship, Michelle P. Kravitz
Dissertation: The Antitumor Agent, Arglabin-DMA, Preferentially Induces Apoptosis in Human Colon Tumor Cells, Sung Wook Kwon
Dissertation: Factors Predicting Teacher Satisfaction and Retention in the Hampton City Schools Teacher Induction Program, Gale A. Lee
Thesis: Morphological and Molecular Defects in Zebrafish Embryos (Danio rerio) After Chromated Copper Arsenate Exposure, Kerry Jean Lee
Thesis: Variation in the Fluorescence of Green Fluorescent Protein in Various Strains of Escherichia Coli, Paul R. LeTellier Jr.
Thesis: Active Control of Large Amplitude Nonlinear Free Vibrations and Nonlinear Supersonic Panel Flutter of Beams and Composite Plates Using Piezoelectric Self-Sensing Actuators, Qinqin Li
Dissertation: The Great Pestilence: Yellow Fever in Portsmouth, Virginia, 1855, Burden Susan Lundgren
Dissertation: A Comparison of Anonymous E-Peer Review Versus Identifiable E-Peer Review on College Student Writing Performance and Learning Satisfaction, Ruiling Lu
Dissertation: Grand Strategy Analysis: A Proto-Theoretical Approach, Patrick Magee
Dissertation: Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal and Multivariate Discrete Data, Deepak Mav
Thesis: Natural and Synthetic Viniferins Associated with the Grapevine Disease Young Vine Decline, David Michael McGinnis
Thesis: The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Growth, Unemployment, and Poverty in Bangladesh, Maha Z. Mirza
Dissertation: A Conceptual Model for Determining Career Choice of CHROME Alumna Based on Farmer's Conceptual Models, Lisa Simmons Moore
Dissertation: Assessing the Relationship Between Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Symptoms and Freshman Survey Academic Probation Scores for Use in Developing Counseling Programs for Academically at Risk College Students, Douglas Joe Muller
Thesis: An Application and Evaluation of a Methodology for Testing Operational Level Training Simulations, Karl Dean Neal
Thesis: 'Outside Agitators:' The Role of Foreign Islamists in the Chechen Fight for Independence, Robert Kent Pinkerton Jr.
Dissertation: Inclusive and Exclusive Compton Processes in Quantum Chromodynamics, A. Psaker
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of \Sub-Microsecond Electrical Breakdown in Liquids with Application to Water, Jun Qian
Thesis: DREAM: A Theoretical Analysis, Xueying Qi
Dissertation: Telecommunications Technology and Sovereignty: Effects on States as Information Transfer Increased from the Speed of Oxcart to the Speed of Light, James H. Radford
Dissertation: The Interactive Question Protocol: Examining the Relationship Between Feedback, Cognitive Development and Student Achievement, G. Simon Richmond
Thesis: Radar - A Novel Admission Control and Handoff Management Scheme for Multimedia LEO Satellite Networks, Syed Rashidali Rizvi
Dissertation: Principal Component Regression for Construction of Wing Weight Estimation Models, Humberto Rocha
Thesis: Differential Police Treatment of Domestic and Nondomestic Assaults, Gina Michelle Sajko
Dissertation: Modeling the Effects of Physical and Biogeochemical Processes on Phytoplankton Species and Carbon Production in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, Baris Salihoglu
Thesis: The Defensin Gene in Dermacentor Variabilis and Ixodes Scapularis, Katherine Corbett Seguin
Dissertation: Lightweight Federation of Non-Cooperating Digital Libraries, Rong Shi
Thesis: Chromosomal Localization of the Islet Neogenesis Associated Protein (INGAP) Gene in Syrian Hamster by Tyramide Signal Amplification-Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization (TSA-FISH), Sallie A. Smith
Thesis: Boys Will Be Boys: A Social Control Approach to Assessment of Gender-Based Sentencing Disparity in Norfolk Circuit Court Cases, Fay F. Spence
Dissertation: Geochemical Behavior of the Rare Earth Elements in Natural Terrestrial Waters, Jianwu Tang
Dissertation: Multi-Modal Enhancement Techniques for Visibility Improvement of Digital Images, Li Tao
Thesis: Use of Miswak Versus Toothbrushes: Oral Health and Behaviors of Jordanian Adults, Reem Saleem Tubaishat
Dissertation: Modeling Multilevel Supply Chain Systems to Optimize Order Quantities and Order Points Through Mathematical Models, Discrete Event simulation and Physical Simulations, Alok K. Verma
Dissertation: Pursuit of Professionalism in Bureaucracy: Perceptions About Bureaucratic Values of Civil Service Employees in the Ethnic Federalism of Ethiopia, Mary Elizabeth Vogel
Dissertation: The Straggling Green's Function Method for Ion Transport, Steven Andrew Walker
Dissertation: Clustering and Hybrid Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Lan Wang
Dissertation: Evaluation of 2+2 Alternative Teacher Performance Appraisal Program in Shanxi, People's Republic of China, Weiping Wang
Thesis: HIV/AIDS and Condom Usage: Factors That Contribute to African American Women's Vulnerability to HIV Infection, Monica P. Washington
Dissertation: The Effects of Breakthrough to Literacy on the Phonological Awareness Skills of Students in Early Elementary School, Amy W. Woodward
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of Photonic Crystal Fibers and Distributed Feedback Photonic Crystal Fiber Lasers, Feng Wu
Dissertation: Carbon Nanotubes and Tungsten Oxide Nanorods: Synthesis and Applications, Bing Xiao
Dissertation: Energy-Efficient Self-Organization Protocols for Sensor Networks, Qingwen Xu
Dissertation: Valuation Effects of Earnings Restatements Due to Accounting Irregularities, Tan Xu
Dissertation: High Power 121.6 NM Radiation Source for Advanced Lithography, Jianxun Yan
Dissertation: Melting and Solidification Study of Indium and Bismuth Nanocrystals Using Reflection High-Energy Electron Diffraction, Mohamed K. Zayed
Dissertation: Using Social Cognitive Theory to Model Health Behaviors Among Chinese Children, Yan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Dissertation: Customer Relationship Marketing and Effects of Demographics and Technology on Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in Financial Services, Priscilla Gaudet Aaltonen
Thesis: Racial Discourse in Planet of the Apes, Mandy Sheidah Allen
Dissertation: Analysis of Human Thermal Comfort Using a Coupled Model for Predicting Human Body-Environment Heat and Mass Exchange, Ahmed M. Al-Mogbel
Dissertation: Digital Library Services for Three-Dimensional Models, Hesham Anan
Thesis: Recommender Systems for Multimedia Libraries: An Evaluation of Different Models for Datamining Usage Data, Raquel Oliveira Araujo
Thesis: Euthanasia: An Exploration of Public Opinion, Debra M. Babylon
Dissertation: Culture of Growth: Teacher Collaboration for the Empowerment of All Students, Kamilla Bahbahani
Dissertation: The Effects of Operator Trust, Complacency Potential, and Task Complexity on Monitoring a Highly Reliable Automated System, Nathan R. Bailey
Dissertation: Role of Nanophase Oxides in Short-Term Atmospheric Corrosion of Structural Steels, Rama Balasubramanian
Dissertation: The War Powers Resolution: Asserting Congress's Role Over the Use of Military Force, Catherine M. Banks
Thesis: The Effects of Firearm Use on Police Officers, Quinn M. Beers
Thesis: Effects of Ultrasonic and Hand-Activated Scaling on Tactile Sensitivity in Second Year Dental Hygiene Students in a Clinical Setting, Miranda Beeson
Dissertation: Inter-Annual to Inter-Decadal Variability of Upwelling and Anchovy Population off Northern Chile, Jose L. Blanco-Garcia
Thesis: Seed Bank Response to Fire and Successional Trajectory of a Virginia Small Depression Pocosin, Jay F. Bolin
Thesis: The Effect of Humor on Elderly Well-Being, Mary M. Boone
Thesis: Prediction of Rigid Body Aircraft Acceleration Response Due to Atmospheric Disturbances, Billy Keith Buck
Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of a Rubidium-Argon Dual Species Magneto-Optical Trap, Hauke Christian Busch
Dissertation: The Ultrastructure of the Olfactory System in Two Species of Short-Tailed Shrews, Blarina brevicauda and Blarina carolinensis, Lisa Johnson Byrum
Dissertation: An Experimental Examination of Equivalence Failures in Multi-Cultural Comparative Research, F. Mark Case
Thesis: Business Crime: The Perception and Experience of Victimization and Corresponding Use of Crime Prevention Measures, John A. Casten
Dissertation: The Relationship Among Disclosure, Internalized Homophobia, Religiosity, and Psychological Well-Being in a Lesbian Population, Sharon Lyn Clayman
Thesis: The Influence of the United Nations Secretary-General on the International Security Agenda, Jennifer S. Couture
Dissertation: Crisp and Fuzzy Signal Detection Theory and Pilot Weather Judgment: Implications for VFR Flights Into IMC, Joseph T. Coyne
Thesis: Johann August Weppen's Der Hessische Officer in Amerika and David Christoph Seybold's Reizenstein: The American Revolution and the German Bürgertum's Reassessment of America, Virginia Sasser DeLacey
Thesis: Hydrologic Variations Within Created and Natural Wetlands in Southeastern Virginia, Aaron Dyer Despres
Thesis: Hydrologic Variations Within Created and Natural Wetlands in Southeastern Virginia, Aaron Dyer Despres
Dissertation: Spin Structure Functions of the Deuteron Measured with CLAS in and Above the Resonance Region, Kahanawita G. Vipuli G. Dharmawardane
Dissertation: Relating Water and Otolith Chemistry in Chesapeake Bay, and Their Potential to Identify Essential Seagrass Habitats for Juveniles of an Estuarine-Dependent Fish, Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), Emmanis Dorval
Dissertation: Compellence: An Empirical Perspective, Michael G. Dziubinski
Dissertation: Genetic Algorithm-Based Model for Determination of Efficient Management Strategies for Irrigation Canal Networks, Talaat Taher El Gamel
Thesis: Bacterial Degradation of Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water, Laura Inga Fauntleroy
Thesis: Characterization of Association Patterns of Coastal Migratory Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Nearshore Waters of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Holly Fearnbach
Thesis: Political Violence and Conflict Resolution: The Struggle for Peace in Northern Ireland, Lisa G. Fox
Dissertation: A Framework for Secure Group Key Management, Sahar Mohamed Ghanem
Thesis: Gender and HIV Risk Behavior in China, Yelan Guo
Thesis: Functional Model of the Army's Initial Capabilities Training Plan (ICTP) Generation Process (Transitioning to a Knowledge-Base Enterprise), Bryon Keith Hartzog
Thesis: The Effects of Universal and Rotating Ultrasonic Inserts on Wrist Movement, Scaling Time Efficiency, and Cumulative Trauma Risk in Dental Hygienists, Christine Colavita Hawn
Thesis: Extension of a Cross-Shore Beach Profile Model for Coarse Materials and Steep Slopes, Kentaro Hayashi
Dissertation: Dynamical Studies of Model Membrane and Cellular Response to Nanosecond, High-Intensity Pulsed Electric Fields, Qin Hu
Dissertation: Parallel Decomposition Procedures for Large-scale Linear Programming Problems, Yusong Hu
Dissertation: The Effect of Submarine Canyon Width and Stratification on Coastal Circulation and Across Shelf Exchange, Kyung-Hoon Hyun
Dissertation: Computation of Shock Induced Noise in Imperfectly Expanded Supersonic Jets, Bulent Imamoglu