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 2009
Dissertation: Reconciling Discontinuities and Disruptions: The Construction of an Integrated Typology, David Jeffery Kern
Thesis: A Hurricane Evacuation Route System Real-Time Monitoring and Distribution of Load, Anup Khanal
Dissertation: Sensitive Detection of Novel Effects and Characteristic Signal Structure of Higher Harmonic Detection in Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy, Mohammad Amir Khan
Dissertation: On the Role of Assertions for Conceptual Modeling as Enablers of Composable Simulation Solutions, Robert Dennis King
Dissertation: Test of a Multidisciplinary Health Behavior Model of Medicare Elders' Antihypertensive Acquisitions, Ann Marie Kopitzke
Thesis: Jamesonian Analysis of Contemporary American Rape Autobiographies, Michele Laaksonen
Thesis: Paternal Involvement as Determined by Paternal Motivational Social Support and Stress Skills and Self-Confidence and Institutional Factors, Jessica E. Ladage
Dissertation: Investigating the Relationship Between an IT Project Manager's Emotional Intelligence and the Customer's Perception of Success, William Jacob LaMarsh II
Dissertation: Emerging Workforce Trends and Issues Impacting the Virginia Community College System, Mary Greer Landon
Thesis: Development of Chemometric Models and Calibration Transfer for Rapid Diesel and Jet Fuel Analysis Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Christopher Matthew Larkin
Thesis: Effects of Low-Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma on Streptococcus Mutans, Margaret Farrer Lemaster
Thesis: Meaning in History? The Young Hegelian's Battle for Historical Meaning and the Resurgence of Nihilism, Angelo J. Letizia
Thesis: Individuals and Contex00tual Factors: An Interactionist Approach to Understanding Self-Development, Gregory Paul Letller
Dissertation: Product Market Competition and Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, Yen-Chih Liu
Dissertation: Effects of HZE Irradiation on Chemical Neurotransmission in Rodent Hippocampus, Mayumi Machida
Thesis: A Simulation Study of Convergence Speed for Distributed Codeword Adaptation Algorithms in CDMA Wireless Systems, Sahana Maharjan
Thesis: Bactericidal Effects of Low Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma on Porphyromonas Gingivalis, Arwa Mahasneh
Dissertation: Numerical/Experimental Investigation of Plunge Stage and Effect of Donor Material in Friction Stir Welding, Saptarshi Mandal
Dissertation: Molecular Dynamics Study of Single Stranded Peptide Nucleic Acids, Anna K. Manukyan
Thesis: A Compact Lidar for Aircraft Ozone Atmospheric Measurements, Joel A. Marcia
Dissertation: Instructional Alignment of Workplace Readiness Skills in Career and Technical Education, Sarah Jane Martin
Dissertation: An Examination of Section 504 in Practice: Dark Days for Student Rights, Ann S. Maydosz
Dissertation: TREE-D-SEEK: A Framework for Retrieving Three-Dimensional Scenes, Saurav Mazumdar
Thesis: Absence Makes the Heart, Paula L. McMahon
Thesis: Focusing Electromagnetic Radiation in Dielectric Media, Mark A. Migliaccio Jr.
Thesis: Examining Re-Entry Challenges and Needs of Trinidad and Tobago Offenders, Kamhya M. Milan
Dissertation: Transformation Paradox: A Framework for the Analysis of Politics in Enterprise Transformations, Cindy S. Miller
Dissertation: The Impact of Participation or Non-Participation in the Academic Excellence Commitment Area of the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills Program on the Academic Progress and Graduation Success Rates of Division I Football Teams, Melanie Miller
Thesis: Unplanned Maintenance Scheduling a Lean Application Using Group Technology and Adaptive Conflict Resolution, Manish Shashibhushan Mittal
Dissertation: Counselor Perceptions of Uninsured Clients, Katherine S. Moore
Thesis: A Military Surge in Afghanistan -- Modeling a Focused Security Effort, Brent David Morrow
Dissertation: Technology Education Teacher Supply and Demand in the United States, Johnny J. Moye
Thesis: Analysis of Partial Discharge Pulse Height Distribution Parameters, Vinay N. Nimbole
Thesis: The Stories We Tell the Stars, Andrea Nolan
Thesis: Like as An Exemplifier: A Description of its Construction and the Relations It Can Mark, Helena L. Osborne
Thesis: Effect of the Herbivorous Channel Clinging Crab (Mithrax Spinosissimus) on Patch Reef Algal Communities in the Florida Keys, Florida (USA), Angela M. Mojica Osorio
Dissertation: Multidisciplinary Design Optimization for Sonic Boom Mitigation, Isik A. Ozcer
Thesis: Retention and Job Satisfaction Among Local Law Enforcement, Lisa N. Parron
Thesis: Time Valuation of Risk: A Delayed-Bang Approach, Abhishek Pathak
Thesis: Implicit and Explicit Alcohol Expectancies Drinking Motives Alcohol Use and Alcohol Problems: A Comprehensive Evaluation of College Student Drinking, Matthew R. Pearson
Dissertation: Wireless Personal Area Network-Based Assistance for the Visually Impaired, Kurt Matthew Peters
Thesis: Sisyphus Uphill, April K. Phillips
Thesis: The Effects of Isolated Hamstring Fatigue on Jump Landing in Healthy Recreational Athletes, Kristen Anne Phillips
Thesis: Influences Aided and Unaided Visual Search Performance: Effects of Secondary Task Modality, Secondary Task Processing Code, and Personal Preferences, Rachel R. Phillips
Dissertation: Effects of an Educational and Support Program for Family and Friends of a Substance Abuser, Amanda Jeffrey Platter
Dissertation: A Comparison of Traditional and Nontraditional Students Attending Historically Black or Predominantly White Institutions, Courtney H. Podesta
Dissertation: The Impact of On-Line Training on College Faculty Attitudes and Knowledge of Students with Disabilities, Wayne M. Pollock
Dissertation: Regional Emergency Response Teams: Case Studies in Hampton Roads, Virginia, Thomas E. Poulin
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Case Study of the Multicultural Counseling Experience of Students and Faculty in Relation to Their Perceptions of Their Multicultural Competency and CACREP Standards, Nial P. Quinlan
Thesis: Virtual Wired Transmission Scheme - A Novel Technique for Efficient Mobile Adhoc Networks, Manikya Vinay Rali
Dissertation: Ecology of Neotropical Arboreal Snakes and Behavior of New World Mollusk-Eating Snakes, Julie M. Ray
Thesis: Purchasing Power: An Exploration of Predictors of Political Participation and Political Consumerism, Sara Resnick
Thesis: A Three Dimensional Numerical Investigation of a Donor Material in Friction Stir Welding, Justin M. Rice
Dissertation: An Exploration of the Use of Expressive Writing to Reduce Physical and Emotional symptoms Associated with Stress in a Sample of Orthodox Jewish Wives Preparing for a Religious Observance, David Jay Richels
Dissertation: Institutional Factors Supporting the Enrollment and Persistence of African-American Males in Virginia Community Colleges, Alfred A. Roberts
Dissertation: A Subspace Projection Methodology for Nonlinear Manifold Based Face Recognition, Praveen Sankaran
Dissertation: Network Optimization of Dynamically Complex Systems, Ramez Ahmed Shamseldin
Thesis: Brain Tumor Progression Assessment Using Multiple MRI Volumes, Yufei Shen
Dissertation: Computational Studies on R67 Dihydrofolate Reductase: An Investigation Into Its Unique Binding Patterns, Chuanyin Shi
Thesis: A Hidden Markov Model Based Approach to Detect Rogue Access Points, Gayathri Shivaraj
Dissertation: Experiences of School Counselors During and After Making Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Reports, April Sikes
Dissertation: Exploration of Barriers and Solutions for Women in the Pathway to the High School Principalship, Tracy Shook Skinner
Thesis: A Brand New Bond: Shifting Strategies for 007 in the Age of Conglomeration and Convergence, Katherine C. Skophammer
Dissertation: Technological Literacy in K–12 Teacher Preparation: A Review of Course Requirements at Accredited Education Institutions, Roger Allan Skophammer
Dissertation: Export of Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Matter Along a River to Ocean Transect of the Lower Chesapeake Bay Investigated by Advanced Analytical Techniques, Rachel Leigh Sleighter
Dissertation: Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, Objectivism and Religious Activities/Beliefs in Practitioners, Brenda J. Smith
Dissertation: Test Anxiety and Other Factors as Predictors of Outcome For an Undergraduate University's Examination of Writing Competency, Carrie D. Smith
Thesis: Isometric Isokinetic and Isotonic Strength Evaluation Of Subjects With Stable And Unstable Ankles, Lauren Nicole Snyder
Thesis: Fault-Tolerance and Recovery in Wireless Sensor Networks, Kevin M. Somervill
Dissertation: The Effects of Automation Expertise, System Confidence, and Image Quality on Trust, Compliance, and Performance, Randall D. Spain
Thesis: Inhibition of Yeast Hexokinase by the Antimalarial Drug Artemisinin: Probing Mechanism of Action with a Model Enzyme, Jennifer S. Spence
Thesis: "In this Time of Close Trial": An Examination of Quaker Women's Roles and Political Activism in Philadelphia, September 1777-April 1778, Kimberly Ann Stinedurf
Thesis: A Bio-Optical Model for Syringodium filiforme Canopies, Margaret A. Stoughton
Dissertation: Two Essays on Earnings Quality and Corporate Decisions, Qian Sun
Thesis: EKG Tracking for Augmented Standardized Patient Virtual Pathology Stethoscope Heart Auscultation, Sujith Surendran
Dissertation: Relationship Predictors of Unwanted Pursuit, Farrahdya Tassy
Dissertation: A Model of Responses to Race-Based and Gender-Based Stereotype Threat in Computer Science, Lara Tedrow
Dissertation: The Impact of The 101s: A Guide to Positive Discipline Teacher Training on Teacher Interaction Practices, Teacher-Child Relationship Quality, School Adjustment, and Academic Outcomes in Kindergarten Classrooms in Bangkok, Thailand, Panadda Thanasetkorn
Dissertation: The Impact of The 101s: A Guide to Positive Discipline Parent Training: A Case Study of Kindergarteners and Their Parents in Bangkok, Thailand, Piyavalee Thanasetkorn
Dissertation: Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance in Vibrio cholerae Isolated From Ships' Ballast and Other Environmental Sources, Frank Kornegay Thomson III
Thesis: Indentation Creep Analysis for Self Similar Indenters, Sandeep V. Thube
Thesis: Working in Groups and Alone: Effects of Group Gender Composition on Cognitive Insight Problem Solving Performance, Viktoria Tidikyte
Thesis: The Role of Human Endogenous Retroviruses in Renal Cell Carcinoma, Michele D. Tisdale
Dissertation: Neutron Structure Functions Measured with Spectator Tagging, Svyatoslav Tkachenko
Dissertation: Traumatic Stress as a Predictor of Suicidality, Sherry Malana Todd
Dissertation: An Adaptive Method for Calculating Blow-Up Solutions, Charles F. Touron
Thesis: Analysis of Electroencephalogram Signals for the Identification of Mental Tasks, My Thy Thi Tran
Thesis: A Systematic Study of Atomic Layer Deposition of Platinum Nano-Scale Metallization Films and Their Application to Electrical Contacts in Porous Alumina Templates, Ngoc H. Tran
Thesis: Implementation Requirements for the Notice Architecture in Vehicular Communications, Dusadee Treeumnuk
Dissertation: WISC-IV and IVA+Plus Pattern Analysis: Assessment of Attention-Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder, Kevin K. Tsang
Thesis: Image Registration Using Conformal Log Polar Mapping, Bala Krishna Vadapally
Dissertation: A State Comparative Study of the Factors Influencing Nursing Home Quality of Care Regulation, Tancy Joe Vandecar-Burdin
Dissertation: Measuring Collaboration: An Assessment of the Containment Model Effort Used to Manage Sex Offenders in the Community, Teresa L. Van Nostrand
Thesis: Dynamic Interaction of Elevated Guideway with Uncontrolled Maglev Vehicles, Sumanth Reddy Velma
Thesis: PCF: Voice of the People, Raisa Vilensky
Dissertation: A Grounded Theory of School Counselors' Conceptualizations of Their Training Regarding Adolescent Mental Health Issues, Cynthia Theresa Walley
Dissertation: High-Performance Broadcast and Multicast Protocols for Multi-Radio Multi-Channel Wireless Mesh Networks, Jun Wang
Thesis: An Assessment of Athletic Training Educators' Knowledge and Calibration of Evidence-Based Diagnostic Concepts, Cailee Elizabeth Welch
Thesis: Aerodynamic Analysis of an Urban Magnetic Levitation Vehicle, John Matthew Wells
Dissertation: Changing Fecundity and Reproductive Output in Females of a Chesapeake Bay Population of Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Shannon L. Wells