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 2003
Dissertation: The Relationship of MMPI-A Item Effectiveness to Item Content, Diagnostic Category, and Classification Accuracy, Kathleen D. Lynch
Dissertation: Embryo and Gamete Development Upon Exposure to CCA Components: CrO3, CuO, and AS2O5, Nerbana Talaat-Elsebaei Mahmoud
Thesis: Feeding Responses of Juvenile and Adult Streblospio Benedicti Webster (Spionidae) to Organic Chemicals Bound to Glass Microbeads, Heidi Kathryn Mahon
Thesis: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Capacitative Calcium Entry Blockers, Thadigiri Celina Mala
Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of Elemental Incorporation in the Otoliths of Larval and Juvenile Fish: Implications for Use as Environmental Recorders, Gretchen Bath Martin
Dissertation: Aphytophagy in the Miletinae (Lycaenidae): Phylogeny, Ecology, and Conservation, John Mathew
Dissertation: Hybridization Between the Watersnakes Nerodia sipedon and Nerodia fasciata, in the Carolinas: A Morphological and Molecular Approach, Konrad Mebert
Dissertation: Application of the Traditional Epidemiological Model to Predict Occupational Injury Rates in Manufacturing Industries, Gary A. Morris
Dissertation: The Role of Alexithymia in Ethnic Groups on Eating-Related Attitudes and Behaviors, Lisa M. Newman
Dissertation: Measurments of Correlated Pair Momentum Distributions in 3He(e,e'pp)n With CLAS, Rustam Niyazov
Dissertation: Superconvergence of Iterated Solutions for Linear and Nonlinear Integral Equations: Wavelet Applications, Boriboon Novaprateep
Dissertation: Boussinesq Model and the Relative Trough Froude Number (RTFN) for Wave Breaking, Takashi Okamoto
Dissertation: Development of a Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System with Application to the Economic Optimization of Aircraft Based Weather Data Collection, Ganzague Erol Osman Ozan
Dissertation: Implementation and Testing of Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes and Detached Eddy Simulation Using an Implicit Unstructured Multigrid Scheme, Juan A. Palaez
Thesis: Determining the Validity of a New Cycle Ergometer Protocol for Estimating VO(2) Max, James Allen Parrott
Thesis: Sulphur By-Product: A Potential Indicator of Early Dental Plaque-Induced Gingival Disease Activity, Aleksandra Pavolotskaya
Dissertation: Privatize or Self-Operate: Decision-Making in Campus Services Management, Jeffrey Shelton Pittman
Dissertation: Analysis of Multivariate Data Using Kotz Type Distribution, Kusaya Plungpongpun
Thesis: Characterization and Removal of Tributyltin (TBT) From Shipyard Washwasters Laboratory and Full-Scale Studies, Ram Prasad
Dissertation: Nonlinear Response and Fatigue Estimation of Aerospace Curved Surface Panels to Acoustic and Thermal Loads, Adam Przekop
Thesis: Mechanical Properties of the Integument of the Common Gartersnake, Thamnophis sirtalis (Serpentes: Colubridae), Gabriel Rivera
Thesis: Effects of Ultrasonic Scaling and Hand-Activated Scaling on Tactile Sensitivity in Dental Hygiene Students, Danielle Leigh Ryan
Dissertation: Wind-Induced Exchange in Semi-Enclosed Basins, Rosario Sanay
Dissertation: Use of EPS-Filled Tires as Lightweight Construction Material, Sethapong Sethabouppha
Dissertation: Estimation of Parameters in Replicated Time Series Regression Models, Genming Shi
Dissertation: Guided by God: The Catholic Church and Political Legitimacy in the Philippines, Steven B. Shirley
Dissertation: Information System Product Development by Integration of Kano's Customer Satisfaction Model with Quality Function Deployment, Afife Yesim Sireli
Dissertation: Modeling the Decision Process of a Joint Task Force Commander, John Anthony Sokolowski
Thesis: The Comparative Effects of 0.12% Chlorhexidine and an Herbal Oral Rinse on Dental Plaque-Induced Gingivitis, Elizabeth N. Southern
Dissertation: Fuzzy System Identification Based Upon a Novel Approach to Nonlinear Optimization, Raymond Scott Starsman
Dissertation: Market Orientation and Export Performance in Thailand: A Moderating Effect of International Marketing Strategy, Phattarawan Tantong
Dissertation: Proactive Personality and the Big Five as Predictors of Motivation to Learn, Jonathan E. Turner
Dissertation: K+-Induced Smooth Muscle Calcium Sensitization Requires RhoA Kinase (ROK) Translocation to Caveolae Which Is Inhibited in Non-Neuronal Cell Memory, Nicole Hairrell Urban
Dissertation: The Impact of Place of Residence on the Academic Achievement and Retention of First-Time-in-College Students at an Urban Commuter University, Tameria Lee Vickerson
Dissertation: An Experimental Study of Flow Control Techniques on a Multi-Element Airfoil, Ira James Walker
Dissertation: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Exposure to Risk, Gender, and Delinquency: An Exploratory Case Study, Rosanne D. Walters
Dissertation: Hyaluronate Lyase Gene of Streptococcus pyogenes: Molecular Characterization and Regulation, Sheryl Lynne Walton
Thesis: Police Response to Domestic Violence: Does Officer Gender Make a Difference?, Amy Leighann Whitmore
Thesis: Effects of Race and Prosecutor's Perceptions of Victim's Behaviors on Domestic Violence Case Outcomes, Angel K. Williams
Dissertation: Life-Extending Control for a Highly Maneuverable Flight Vehicle, Si-bok Yu
Dissertation: Hypersonic Boundary-Layer Stability Across a Compression Corner, Hongwu Zhao
Thesis: Adaptive Parallel Framework Algorithm (APFA) for Environmental Engineering Applications, Lianghua Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Dissertation: An Examination of the Effects of the America Reads Tutoring Program and Tutor Training on the Attitude and Academic Achievement of Urban At-Risk Minority Students, Tami C. Al-Hazza
Dissertation: A Policy-Based Resource Brokering Environment for Computational Grids, Ahmed Hamdan Al-Theneyan
Thesis: Production of a Monoclonal Antibody Against Benzo[α]Pyrene Diol Epoxide DNA Adducts, Brian Peden Austin
Dissertation: External Aerodynamics of Heavy Ground Vehicles: Computations and Wind Tunnel Testing, Ilhan Bayraktar
Dissertation: Investigation of Port Fuel Injector Spray Mass Distribution by Laser Induced Fluorescence, Tuba Bayraktar
Dissertation: Time-Based Work-Family Conflict: Myth or Reality?, Karyn H. Bernas
Dissertation: Clinton's Foreign Policy and the Politics of Intervention: Cases of Ethnic Cleansing and Democratic Governance, Daneta G. Billau
Dissertation: A Naturalistic Investigation Into the Processes and Themes of Recovery From Chemical Dependency, Mark Thomas Blagen
Dissertation: Modeling Aspects of Magnetic Actuators and Magnetic Suspension Systems, V. Dale Bloodgood Jr.
Dissertation: Leadership: The Missing Variable in the Economic Development of Sub-Saharan Africa, Osei K. Bonsu
Thesis: Effects of Daily Oral Care with 0.12% Chlorhexidine Gluconate and a Standard Oral Care Protocol on the Development of Nosocomial Pneumonia in Intubated Patients- A Pilot Study, Michelle Lynn Bopp
Thesis: In the Shadow of the Fleet: The Development of American Submarines Between the World Wars, Stephen J. Brady
Dissertation: Variables Associated With a Sense of Classroom Community and Academic Persistence in an Urban Community College Online Setting, Cynthia P. Cadieux
Dissertation: Finite Element Modal Formulation for Panel Flutter at Hypersonic Speeds and Elevated Temperatures, Guangfeng Cheng
Dissertation: The Effect of Model Formulation on the Comparative Performance of Artificial Neural Networks and Regression, Michael F. Cochrane
Thesis: Selected Factors That Influenced a State's Collapse: A Historical Analysis of the Case of Sierra Leone, I. Betty Williams Conteh
Dissertation: Decomposition Dynamics in Restored and Naturally Recovering Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) Wetlands, Edward Ratcliffe Crawford
Dissertation: Decomposition of Carbon Dioxide in a Capacitively Coupled Radio Frequency Discharge, Thao Hoang Dinh
Dissertation: The Transfer Promise: An Investigation of Impediments to Academic Success and Persistence in a Mid-Sized Urban University, Mary H. Duggan
Dissertation: Development of an Efficient Ti:Sapphire Laser Transmitter for Atmospheric Ozone Lidar Measurements, Khaled A. Elsayed
Dissertation: Video Indexing and Retrieval Techniques Using Novel Approaches to Video Segmentation, Characterization, and Similarity Matching, Waleed Ezzat Farag
Dissertation: Organizational Climate and Commitment: A Case Study of an Urban Nonprofit Organization, William Sawyer Grant
Thesis: Chipping Away at the Gendered Wall Implications for Being a Woman Sociologist, Rebecca Fogerty Grove
Dissertation: Creating Inclusive Organizations: Its Meaning and Measurement, Bryan Christopher Hayes
Thesis: Fine Root Vitality and Its Application in a Minirhizotron Study of a CO2 Enrichment in a Florida Scrub Oak Ecosystem, Brandon Todd Herbert
Thesis: Recruitment Variability of Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonia undulatus, With Observations on Environmental Factors, Sumalee Hoskin
Thesis: Crossing the Line: Juvenile Transfer and Prison Violence, Jessica M. Huffman
Dissertation: Study of Non-Equilibrium Electron Dynamics in Metals, Wael Mohamed Gomaa Ibrahim
Dissertation: Robust Face Representation and Recognition Under Low Resolution and Difficult Lighting Conditions, Mohammad Moinul Islam
Thesis: Vertical Distributions of Zooplankton at the Mouth of Chesapeake Bay and Calibration of Backscatter From an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, Arthur Keith Jenkins
Dissertation: Mass Transfer Reactions and Decay Sinks for Disinfectants in Water Distribution Systems, Jeremy B. Jones
Dissertation: Geometric Integrators for Hamiltonian PDEs, Dmitry Karpeev
Dissertation: Performance Modeling and Prediction for the Scalable Solution of Partial Differential Equations on Unstructured Grids, Dinesh Kumar Kaushik
Thesis: Invisible Men in Family Planning: Determinants of Men's Unmet Need in Bangladesh, Mahmuda Khatun
Dissertation: Generic Cost Estimation Framework for Design and Manufacturing Evaluation, Uday A. Kilkami
Dissertation: Institutional Investors and ADRs: Three Essays, Deqing Li
Dissertation: Federating Heterogeneous Digital Libraries by Metadata Harvesting, Xiaoming Liu
Dissertation: A Conceptual Design Tool for Engineers: An Amalgamation of Theory of Constraints, Theory of Inventive Problem Solving and Logic, Stephen R. Luke
Thesis: Major Factors That Influence the Employment Decisions of Generation X Consulting Engineers, Robert William Mayfield
Dissertation: Modeling the Biogeochemical Cycle of Selenium in the San Francisco Bay, Shannon L. Meseck
Dissertation: Sources of Inter-State Alignments: Internal Threats and Economic Dependence in the Former Soviet Union, Eric A. Miller
Thesis: Styrene Monomer Solubility in Artificial and Natural Seawaters of the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Eric Joseph Miller
Dissertation: Deception in Advertising: A Content Analysis of the Legal Parameters of Deception, E. Carla Mitchell
Thesis: Sea Level Slopes and Volume Fluxes Produced by Atmosphere Forcing in Chesapeake Bay, David Salas Monreal
Dissertation: A Formal Object Model for Layered Networks to Support Verification and Simulation, Rasha M. B. E. Morsi
Dissertation: Excimer Emission From Pulsed Microhollow Cathode Discharges, Mohamed Moselhy
Dissertation: A Comparative Analysis of Two Course Delivery Models Through the Telequiz Protocol, a Study of Web-Based Distance Assessment Modalities, Patrick Michael O'Shea
Dissertation: Depression and Social Support as Moderators of Withon-Person Relationships Between Daily Events and Daily Adjustments During Adolescence, Rebecca M. Plesko
Dissertation: Nearly Balanced and Resolvable Block Designs, Brian Henry Reck
Dissertation: Anting Behavior in Birds: Ant Selection and Effect of ant Chemistry on Feather Ectoparasites, Hannah Carrington Revis
Dissertation: Involvement of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, PDGF Receptor Signaling, Focal Adhesion Kinase and SRC in Pressure-Induced Vascular Smooth Muscle Hypertrophy, Darian Clark Rice
Thesis: The Effect of a Predator Gradient on Female Oviposition Site Selection and Larval Performance, Josef F. Rieger
Dissertation: Aligning Hierarchical Goals in an Organization: The Path From Training to Performance, Jeanette Denise Selby-Lucas
Dissertation: They Did Not Teach: Veterans' Experiences in a Mid-Career Transition Program at an Urban University, Joseph Franklyn Shipes
Dissertation: Latin American-United States Security Relations and the Power Asymmetry Divide, Matthew R. Slater
Dissertation: Facility Administrator Perceptions of the External Environmental Constituencies Shaping Urban Advanced Technology Centers, Daniel Robert Smith
Dissertation: Supersonic Combustion and Mixing Characteristics of Hydrocarbon Fuels in Screamjet Engines, Ahmed A. Taha
Thesis: Managerial and Administrative Competencies for Dental Hygiene Program Administrators, Kelly Gale Tanner