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 2008
Dissertation: Massive Spatiotemporal Watershed Hydrological Storm Event Response Model (MHSERM) with Time-Lapsed NEXRAD Radar Feed, Changqing Song
Dissertation: Democratic Failure: Tracking the Ebb of Democracy's Flow, 1800–2006, Sanja E. Sray
Dissertation: Examination of a Nomological Network of Team Leadership: A Construct Validation Study, Kari R. Strobel
Dissertation: Real-Time Ultrasound Simulation for Medical Training and Standardized Patient Assessment, Bo Sun
Thesis: A Systematic Study on Structural and Optical Properties in Conjugated Polymer Photovoltaic Devices, Sri Sabarinadh Sunkavalli
Dissertation: Institutional Conditionality and State Compliance: The Czech and Slovak Accession to NATO and the EU, Eva Svobodova
Thesis: Robust Edge-Detection Algorithm for Runway Edge Detection, Swathi Tandra
Thesis: Spatial and Trophic Dynamics of a Macrofaunal Community on a High Energy Intertidal Sandflat, Sharon Ann Tatem
Dissertation: The Impact of Participation in a Virginia Community College Orientation Program Course on Student Engagement, Satisfaction, Academic achievement, and Retention, Wendy L. Tighe
Thesis: Mesoscale Dispersive Flux in the Lower Reaches of the Elizabeth River Estuary, Byron Danrich Tracy
Thesis: A Weighted Modular Principal Component Analysis Approach for Face Authentication, Chandrika Tummala
Dissertation: Parallel MPI/FORTRAN Finite Element Symmetrical/Unsymmetrical Domain Decomposition, Siroj Tungkatara
Dissertation: Identifying Determinants of Physical Activity in Maritime Union Members Using the Theory of Planned Behavior, Susan Atkinson Tweed
Thesis: The Development of Genetic Algorithm for the Prediction of Ship Motion from Wave Radar Data, Sumanth Tirumala Vangipuram
Thesis: Abuse Behind the Badge Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Police Families, Denicia M. Veroza
Thesis: Geo-Rectification of Aerial Images for Detecting Changes in Terrain, Diana Vincent
Thesis: Object Detection in Poor Visibility Conditions Using Image Segmentation, Triveni Vuppalapati
Thesis: Validation of a New Method of Estimating VO2max Based on VO2Reserve with Treadmill Exercise, Julie Lynn Ward
Thesis: Compartmentalizing the Other: Nineteenth-Century Englishwomen, Travel, and English Identity, Amanda E. Williams
Thesis: Piano Study and Gender Associations: A Query Into the Perceptions of Children Ages Five to Fourteen, Richard C. Winfree
Thesis: Detecting Portable Electronic Devices Onboard Commercial Aircraft, Randy Woods
Thesis: An Approach to Identifying the Biomechanical Differences Between Intercostal Cartilage in Subjects with Pectus Excavatum and Normals in Vivo: Reconstruction and CT Registration, Zhenzhen Yan
Dissertation: Gene Therapy Using Tet-Repressor System to Modulate Prostate Tumor Microenvironment, Nazita Yousefieh
Dissertation: Frontal Variability in Drake Passage - A Modeling Study, Bin Zhang
Dissertation: Design of a High-Speed Architecture for Stabilization of Video Captured Under Non-Uniform Lighting Conditions, Ming Zhu Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Dissertation: The Importance of Gender and Readiness to Change in the Prediction of Drinking and Negative Consequences of First-Year Student Drinkers, Margot E. Ackermann
Dissertation: A Structured Systemic Framework for Software Development, Kevin MacGregor Adams
Dissertation: The Impact of Privatization on Economic Growth and Income Inequality in Developing Countries, Samuel Adams
Dissertation: Essays on Momentum, Autoregressive Returns, and Conditional Volatility: Evidence From the Saudi Stock Market, Abdullah Alsubaie
Dissertation: Geopolitical Rivalry in the Caspian-Caucasus Region and the Dilemma of Interstate Cooperation, Nurettin Altundeger
Thesis: Limb Regeneration After Multiple Autotomy and Coxae Removal in the Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus, Jennifer Ambler
Dissertation: FreeLib: A Self-Sustainable Peer-to-Peer Digital Library Framework for Evolving Communities, Ashraf A. Amrou
Thesis: Channel Management in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks, Mohammad Hadi Arbabi
Thesis: An Adaptive and Non-Linear Technique for Enhancement of High Contrast Images, Saibabu Arigela
Dissertation: Measurements of Correlated Pair Momentum Distributions in -3He(e,e',p,p)n with CLAS, Hovhannes Baghdasaryan
Thesis: Self-Perceived Leadership Practices of Athletic Training Leaders, Jessica Lynn Barrett
Dissertation: Changes in Formal-Informal Caregiving in Elderly Stroke Survivors, Holly Anne Beard
Thesis: The Bachelor Primetime Construction of Romance, Fairy Tales, and Melodrama, Susan E. Beck
Dissertation: Exact and Heuristic Algorithms for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Earliness and Tardiness Over a Common Due Date, Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia
Dissertation: Modeling Habitat and Environmental Factors Affecting Mosquito Abundance in Chesapeake, Virginia, Alan Scott Bellows
Thesis: Authoritarianism Hostility Toward Women Attitudes Toward Violence Rape Myth Acceptance and Sexual Aggression, Gina M. Bondi
Thesis: Authoritarianism, Hostility Toward Women, Attitudes Toward Violence, Rape Myth Acceptance, and Sexual Aggression, Gina M. Bondi
Dissertation: Uncertainty Assessment in High-Risk Environments Using Probability, Evidence Theory and Expert Judgment Elicitation, Stella Barberis Bondi
Dissertation: Fatigue's Influence on Workload, Situation Awareness, and Performance in a Military Simulation of Combat, Carlotta M. Boone
Dissertation: Diagnosing Reading strategies: Paraphrase Recognition, Chutima Boonthum
Thesis: Assessment of High School Athletic Coaches Knowledge of the Prevention Recognition and Treatment of Heat Illnesses, Erica Lea Borgia
Thesis: Condensed and Expanded Sections in the Lower Mesaverde Clastic Wedge, Campanian of Wyoming: Evidence for Tectonic Rectification of Sea Level, Matthew W. Botzler
Thesis: Masculine Ideology and High-Risk Behavior Among Disabled Veterans, Abby L. Braitman
Dissertation: Assessment of Preliminary Design Approaches for Metallic Stiffened Cylindrical Shell Instability Problems, Vicki Owen Britt
Dissertation: A Technique for Solving the Singular Integral Equations of Potential Theory, Brian George Burns
Dissertation: The A-B Signal Detection Theory Model, Ernesto A. Bustamante
Thesis: College Students Online: An Exploration of the Benefits and Risks of Social Networking Sites, Catherine Blair Parker Butler
Thesis: Social Disadvantage and Family Violence: Neighborhood Effects on Attitudes About Intimate Partner Violence and Corporal Punishment, Deeanna M. Button
Dissertation: An Identity Approach to Understanding Diversity, Inclusion and the Work-Family Interface, Rebekah A. Cardenas
Thesis: Investigating Real-Time Sonar Performance Predictions Using Beowulf Clustering, Charles Lane Cartledge
Dissertation: Analysis of Determinants in Neighborhood Satisfaction Between Defended and Defensible Communities Within the General and Urban Housing Environments, David William Chapman
Thesis: The Effects of Collective Efficacy and Dissatisfaction With Law Enforcement on Neighborhood Crime Rates, Kelly E. Cobb
Thesis: Effects of Five Different Finger Rest Positions on Arm Muscle Activity During Scaling by Dental Hygiene Students, Mary Elizabeth Cosaboom
Thesis: Learning to Fly: Military Aviation Training at Middle Tennessee State University and the Transformation of Southern Higher Education in World War II, Christopher T. Crawford Jr.
Dissertation: The Potential Influence of Motivation on the Decision to Stay or Quit the Navy Delayed Entry Program: A Descriptive Analysis, Angela W. Cyrus
Thesis: Duchampian Authenticity and the Readymade Consumer, Terra D' An Rudisill
Thesis: Dynamic Routing Structure for an RTI Taking an Evolutionary Approach Towards Optimization, Matthew Ryan Davis
Dissertation: Methodology for Analyzing and Characterizing Error Generation in Presence of Autocorrelated Demands in Stochastic Inventory Models, Rafael Diaz
Thesis: Employers Preferences: What Type of Employers Are Hiring Ex-Offenders?, Gia M. Dyke
Dissertation: Foundation Year Field Instruction in a Master of Social Work Program: A Comparison Study of Learning Outcomes for On-Campus and Off-Campus Students, Martha T. Early
Dissertation: Propulsion Enhancement Contributions to the Performance of Space Launch Vehicles, Russell H. Edwards
Thesis: The Tactical Flexibility of the Union Cavalry: How Modern Firearms Changed the Federal Cavalry, Peter J. Francione
Thesis: Distributed Cluster-Based Outlier Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks, Swetha Gali
Dissertation: Judicial Implementation of the Revised Family Code in Addis Ababa, Tassew Shiferaw Gizaw
Thesis: Behavioral Enhancement of Onshore Transport by Postlarval Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus Argus), Jason Seth Goldstein
Thesis: Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.11b Devices in the Presence of Interference Aware Scheduling-Adaptive Frequency Hopping Enabled Bluetooth Devices, Deepthi Gopalpet
Thesis: The Effect of Intensity of Aerobic VO2max Resting Heart Rate and Blood Pressure, Shannan Elizabeth Gormley
Thesis: The Depiction of Alcohol Tobacco and Other Substances in Children's G & PG-Rated Animated Films Post 2000, Lindsay F. Graham
Thesis: A Modular Kernel Linear Discriminant Analysis of Gabor Features for Improved Face Recognition, Neeharika Gudur
Thesis: An Exploration of the Influence of Recreation Benefits and Use of Public Parks: The Impact on Sense of Community in Neighborhoods, Svetoslav Dimov Gueorguiev
Thesis: Simulation to Augment Standardized Patients in Obstetric Ultrasound Training, Scott Richard Guirlinger
Dissertation: Neighborhood Defined Feature Selection Strategy for Improved Face Recognition in Different Sensor Modalitie, Satyanadh Gundimada
Dissertation: Shaken Baby Syndrome: Retinal Hemorrhaging. A Biomechanical Approach to Understanding the Mechanism of Causation, Steven Alex Hans
Dissertation: Revitalizing Deteriorated Urban Neighborhood Real Estate Markets Through Concentrated Homeownership Development: Determining the Spillover Effects of New Homes on the Value of Surrounding Homes, Jerry Michael Hawkins
Thesis: What Should Be in a Human Behavior Representation Federation Object Model for High Level Architecture, Gurkan Haznedaroglu
Dissertation: Self-Assembly and Characterization of Germanium Quantum Dots on Silicon by Pulsed Laser Deposition, Mohammed S. Hegazy
Thesis: Curricular Satisfaction Levels of NATA Accredited Post-Professional Athletic Training Graduates, Kevin J. Henry
Dissertation: The Effect of Nutrition Information on Menu Selection When Eating Food Away From Home, Rebecca Foster Hochradel
Dissertation: Seagrass-Mediated Carbonate Dissolution and Early Diagenesis in Bahamas Bank Sediments, Xinping Hu
Dissertation: Adsorption of Lead (II) Ions by Organosilicate Nanoporous Materials, Larry Keith Isaacs
Dissertation: Prediction of interference Pathloss Inside Commercial Aircraft Using Modulated Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks, Madiha Jamil Jafri
Dissertation: The Impact of Intercultural Training on the Satisfaction and Achievement of Undergraduates Taught by International Teaching Assistants, Kirsten Jensen
Thesis: An Examination of Sport Commitment of Windsurfers, Jung-Hwan Jeon
Dissertation: Down-Regulation of Natural Killer Cell Activation in Response to Influenza Virus in Older Adults, Yu Jing
Dissertation: The Computation of Exact Green's Functions in Acoustic Analogy By a Spectral Collocation Boundary Element Method, Andrea D. Jones
Thesis: Leisure Constraints Ethnic Factors and Recreation Participation: A Case Study of the Latino Population in Manassas Park, Virginia, Gregory T. Jones
Thesis: The Effect of Instruction of Jump-Landing Motion Patterns And Impact Forces, Mary Elizabeth Joos
Thesis: Complexity, Fine-Tuning, and Multiple Universes: The Insufficiency of Scientific Theories for Determining Metaphysical Views, Ashley Graham Kennedy
Dissertation: Sonic Boom Focusing Prediction and Delta Wing Shape Optimization for Boom Mitigation Studies, Nitin Khasdeo
Dissertation: Coopetition (Contemporaneous Cooperation and Competition) Among Nonprofit Arts Organizations: The Case of Symphony Orchestras, Theresa A. Kirchner
Dissertation: Using Principles of Momentum Conservation to Develop a Coastal Storm Impulse Scale (COSI), Chris Adam Klentzman
Dissertation: Micro Synthetic Jets as Effective Actuator, Mehti Koklu
Thesis: PARMELA Based Simulations on Jefferson Lab Free Electron Laser Injector, Deepesh Kumar Koppunuru
Thesis: A Wavelet Based Complementary Approach for Image Enhancement, Ismail Kosum
Dissertation: Methods of Detecting Differential Item Functioning: A Comparison of Confirmatory Factor Analysis Methods, Jenny Chia Yi Kuang