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
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
Thesis: Culture’s Impact on Drawing Styles: A Comparison of Indian, Indian-American, and American Children’s Human Figure Drawings, Ashy Palliparambil
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: A Mixed Methods Study Examining the Efficacy of Art Media on Stress Reduction, Lilani Pecht
Thesis: Mars Carbon Dioxide Propulsion, Christopher Cushman Perry
Dissertation: Certification of Financial Aid Administrators, Stacey A. Peterson
Thesis: A Comparison of Human Figures Drawn by Cochlear Implant Recipients and Children with Hearing, Molly Frances Pettit
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: Shared Leadership as a Function of Role Assignment and Task Difficulty in a Distributed Computer Game, Alexandra Proaps
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: The Dust Grows Hard, Eric Ramseier
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
Thesis: Viscosity, Noah Renn
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
Thesis: Case Studies in Working with Loving-Kindness Meditation and Art Therapy for Those Suffering from Chronic Pain, Jessica N. Ropars
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
Thesis: The Efficacy of Art Therapy in Increasing Coping Skills and Decreasing Loneliness in Children of Individuals Who Are Substance Addicted, Stefanie Scannell
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
Thesis: Interface Thermal Resistance Between Liquid Argon and Various Solids, Ziyuan Shi
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: Study of the Role of Pressure Relaxation in Inviscid, Incompressible Flows, Jonathan Strzelec
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
Thesis: A Year and a Day, Peter Surran
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: Clergy Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Art Therapy, Joanna Harris Tarr
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
Thesis: A Collection of Reportage, Lynn Marie Waltz
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
Thesis: The Disappearing Disease, Heather M. Weddington
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
Thesis: The Transfer of Laser-Machined Micro-Structured Patterns from Silicon to Polymethyl Methacrylate, Warren E. Withrow
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
Thesis: Philosophical Concerns: Implications for Art Therapy, Anzhela Akbarova
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: Optimization and Oscillation of a Two-Dimensional Bump to Enhance Airfoil Performance, Dinesh Atchala
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
Thesis: Art Therapists’ Strategies for Improving Adolescent Self-Esteem: A Qualitative Study, Jennifer Lauren Barnette
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: Development of Sustainability Indicators for Products and Processes, Sundeep Bodapati
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