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
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
Dissertation: The Impact of Dual Enrollment Participation on Degree Attainment, Peggy Anne Westcott
Dissertation: Analysis of N-Linked Oligosaccharides of Prostate-Specific Antigen and Prostatic Acid Phosphatase in Prostatic Fluids, Krista Yaudes White
Thesis: The Effects of Post-Outcome Information on Hindsight Bias, Brad Whittet
Dissertation: How do People React to Someone Who Has Recently Tested for HIV? An Experimental Study of the Effects of Sexual Orientation and HIV Status, Stacie A. Wilson
Dissertation: Social Capital in Rural China: Its Impact on Economic Development, Grassroots Governance, and Democratic Participation, Min Xia
Thesis: Capacity Improvement of a Small-Scale Cryogenic System Using Exergy Analysis, Errol L. Yuksek
Dissertation: Spatiotemporal Estuarine Water Quality Parameterization Using Remote Sensing and in-situ Characteristics, Kwisun Park Yu
Dissertation: 3D Numerical Modeling of Hydrodynamic Flow, Sediment Deposition and Transport in Stormwater Ponds and Alluvial Channels, Leying Zhang
Thesis: Using Geographically Weighted Regression Models to Analyze Crash Harm, Libin Zheng
Dissertation: Compensation of Loss and Stimulated Emission of Surface Plasmon Polaritons, Guohua Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Dissertation: Two Essays on the Corporate Payout Behavior of Japanese and European Firms, Rahnuma Binte Ahsan
Dissertation: Microspore Wall Morphogenesis and Orbicule Ultrastructure of Isoetes, Khalid Alarid
Thesis: The Effects of Display Complexity and Cueing on Monitoring Maternal Fetal Heart Rate Signals, Brittany L. Anderson
Dissertation: Effect of Household Structure on Family-Friendly Benefit Utilization: Implications for Organizational Attraction and Workplace Withdrawal Behaviors of Federal Government Employees, Sharyn J. Aufenanger
Dissertation: Rapid Prototyping for Virtual Environments, Emre Baydogan
Thesis: The Return of Russia: Energy's Superpower or Potemkin Village?, Greg R. Bayes
Thesis: The Relationship Between Stigma Consciousness and Variables of Well-Being Among Foreign-Born Faculty Members, Sharnail D. Bazemore
Thesis: A Night in Neverland, Elizabeth Rebecca Beal
Thesis: Italy and Italians Through American Eyes, 1861-1881, Dennis M. Bench
Dissertation: Modeling Physical Activity in Working Adults: How Suitable Is the Expanded Parallel Process Model?, Adwoa B-H-Sam
Thesis: Examining Neurophysiological Evidence of Age-Related Interactions of Sensory and Cognitive Processes During Speech Processing, Cady Kristen Block
Thesis: An Agent-Based Combat Simulation Framework in Support of Effect-Based and Net-Centric Evaluation, Robert Joseph Bowen
Dissertation: Microtextures of Cyanobacterial Mats in Siliciclastic Sedimentary Environments (Modern & Ancient): Applications to the Search for Life on Mars, Dina M. Bower
Thesis: An Assessment of an Education Intervention on Youth Sports Coaches Knowledge of Concussions, Heidi Elizabeth Brigham
Thesis: Social-Cognitive Biases in Simulated Airline Luggage Screening, Jeremy R. Brown
Dissertation: Shades of Green: The Use of Force Debate in the German Green Party, 1990--2002, Scott H. Brunstetter
Dissertation: Effects of Leader Relationship Quality (LMX), Supervisor Support, and Upward Influence in National Science Foundation Industry /University Cooperative Research Centers, Janet L. Bryant
Dissertation: School District Budgeting in the Era of Increased Accountability and No Child Left Behind: A Mixed Methods Case Study of School District Budgeting Processes and the Correlation to Student Achievement, Scott Alan Burckbuchler
Dissertation: An Empirical Analysis of Macroeconomic and Political Determinants of Private Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ralph Cann-Tamakloe
Dissertation: The Relationships Among Age, Physical Activity, and Working Memory, Ellen M. Carpenter
Dissertation: Parameter Estimation of the Arterial System, James Charles Carter II
Dissertation: MALDI Mass Spectrometry Imaging for the Discovery of Prostate Carcinoma Biomarkers, Lisa Harris Cazares
Thesis: Surface Pre-Treatments and Fabrication of Highly Ordered Anodic Aluminum Oxide Nanopores at Room Temperature, Sampath Chennuri
Dissertation: In Vivo Murine Melanoma Tumor Responses to Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field Treatment, Xinhua Chen
Dissertation: Nonlinear Random Response of Large-Scale Sparse Finite Element Plate Bending Problems, Swati Chokshi
Thesis: Optimum Preventive Maintenance by Markov Processes, Wen-Chun Chung
Thesis: The Relationships Among Religiosity Spirituality Sexual Attitudes Sexual Permissiveness and Sexual Behavior in a College Population, Brandi Colter
Thesis: The Effect of Task Instructions and Working Memory on Syllogistic Reasoning Performance, Clinton S. Comer
Thesis: The Effect of Ethanol and Pfiesteria Toxins on Anxiety and Spontaneous Motor Activity in Rats, Juan Carlos Constantine