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 2001
Thesis: Hydrographic Variability on Decadal and Interdecadal Scales in the Northern Gulf of Alaska, Nandita Sarkar
Dissertation: Evaluation of a Distance Learning Program for the Preparation of Special Education Teachers, Tami Seifert
Thesis: SPICE-Based Heat Transport Model for Non-Intrusive Thermal Diagnostic Applications, Michael Stelzer
Thesis: Determination of the Impact of a Human Capital Decision Cost Model on the Economic Performance Measures of a Technical Services Company, Jeffery A. Temple
Thesis: The Synod of Dordrecht 1618-1619. The Influence of Calvinism on the Development of Freedom in the Netherlands in the Period 1560-1630, Joseph A. van Burik
Dissertation: Measurement of the gπNN(t) Form Factor, Kelly Gene Vansyoc
Dissertation: Barrier to Utilization of Primary Healthcare Resources in Children Two Years of Age and Under, Ruth A. Waibel
Dissertation: Systematics of the Subterranean Amphipod Genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae) in Western North America, With Emphasis on Species of the Hubbsi Group, Daqing Wang
Dissertation: A Substructuring Technique With Application to Spot Weld Placement Design, Yang Wang
Dissertation: Methods of Detecting Differential Item Functioning: A Comparison of Item Response Theory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Ratchaneewan Wanichtanom
Thesis: Positive Regulation of PKA on Human Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (hGnRH) Gene Expression in Human Placental JEG-3 Cells, Zhaoyang Wen
Dissertation: Time-Resolved Electron Diffraction Studies of Phase Transitions at Low-Index Germanium Surfaces, Xinglin Zeng
Dissertation: Dynamical Sedimentary Models of Shallow Marine Environments, Yong Zhang
Thesis: Sulphur By-Product: A Potential Indicator of Early Dental Plaque-Induced Gingival Disease Activity: A Pilot Study, Hui Zhou
Thesis: Court, Clients and Kingship: A Study of Royal Executive Style During the Reign of James I, Nick Jon Ziegler
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Thesis: An Integrated Engineering-Computation Framework for Collaborative Engineering: An Application in Project Management, Hisham Mohamed El-Sayed AbdelSalam
Dissertation: Characterization of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus 1 Reverse Transcriptase, Pinky Gundayao Agbuya
Dissertation: Design of Adaptive Sliding Mode Fuzzy Control for Robot Manipulator Based on Extended Kalman Filter, Abdelrahman Aledhaibi
Dissertation: Effects of Ventilation on Human Thermal Comfort in Rooms, Ahmed F. Alfahaid
Dissertation: Diffusion Problems in Wound Healing and a Scattering Approach to Immune System Interactions, Julia Suzanne Arnold
Dissertation: Community Social Disorganization Theory Applied to Adolescent Academic Achievement, Spencer Ross Baker
Dissertation: Piezoceramic Actuator Placement for Acoustic Control of Panels, Jeffrey S. Bevan
Dissertation: Community Building in Ethically Restructured States: The Baltics, Dovile Budryte
Dissertation: Resolution of Overlapping Spectra by Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy, Audra Michiele Bullock
Dissertation: Mechanistic Characterization of the Mitochondrial Type I DNA Topoisomerase and a Study of Genes Containing Type I DNA Topoisomerase-Related Domains, Jaydee Dones Cabral
Dissertation: Determination of Anisotropy of Granular Materials and Its Relation to Liquefaction Resistance Under Cyclic Loading, Omer Faruk Capar
Dissertation: An Architectural Framework for Performance Analysis: Supporting the Design, Configuration, and Control of DIS /HLA Simulations, David B. Cavitt
Dissertation: Extending Traditional Static Analysis Techniques to Support Development, Testing and Maintenance of Component-Based Solutions, Robert David Cherinka
Dissertation: Increasing Readiness to Change Among Smokers in a Primary Care Setting, Sheila F. Collicott
Thesis: Copper Complexation and Speciation in the Western South and Equatorial Atlantic Ocean, John A. Consolvo
Dissertation: Role of Lipolysis and Lipogenesis in the Development of Diet-Induced Obesity, Michael John Davies
Thesis: One Mistress and No Master: Elizabeth I and Her Use of Public Personas to Gain and Maintain Power, Michael J. Davye
Dissertation: Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Root Growth, Turnover and Decomposition in a Scrub Oak Ecosystem, John Joseph DiLustro
Thesis: Victimless Crime: A Comparison of Public Offense Ratings of Misdemeanor Offenses and Virginia Sentencing Guidelines, Theresa M. Dutton
Thesis: Effects of Gender Role Socialization and Investments in Human Capital on the Decision of a Woman With Children Under School Age to Work Outside the Home, Marion A. Edrington
Dissertation: Toward a Model of Team Situation Awareness, Alexis Anne Fink
Dissertation: Identification of Noncognitive Factors as Predictors of Freshman Academic Performance and Retention in a Community College Setting, Mark Fallon Freeze
Dissertation: The Pediatric Breathing Survey, Linda J. Galloway
Dissertation: Portuguese-Americans and Mental Health Treatment Client-Therapist Ethnic Match, Ethnic Identity, and Satisfaction with Treatment, Katherine B. Gamble
Thesis: A Buffered Advection/Dispersion Lake Water Quality Transport Framework for Modeling Lake Gaston Pipeline Intake Water Withdrawal, Lloyd Ashton Gatling
Dissertation: A Semantic-Based Middleware for Multimedia Collaborative Applications, Agustin Jose Gonzalez
Thesis: A Study of Faculty Attitudes at Old Dominion University Toward the Use of Technology in Higher Education, Charles R. Gray
Dissertation: Generalized Compton Amplitudes in Quantum Chromodynamics, Ignati Grigentch
Dissertation: Meaning in Sexual Behavior: Associating Personal Constructs with Condom Use, David W. Indest
Dissertation: Sales Training Practices in Malaysia: Comparisons of Domestic and Multinational Companies, Mohamad Asri Jantan
Thesis: The Book of Changes, Nancy H. Jolemore
Thesis: Kinetic Characterization of Tetracycline Binding and Release by Demineralized Bone - DFDBA, Orner Kabil
Dissertation: Identity, Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins, Jack V. Kalpakian
Dissertation: Signal Modeling with Non-Uniform Time Sampling of Features for Automatic Speech Recognition, Montri Karnjanadecha
Dissertation: Comparative Systematics of Subterranean Amphipod Crustaceans in the Families Crangonyctidae and Bogidiellidae, Stefan Koenemann
Dissertation: Factors Associated with Asthma Readmissions in Children's Hospitals, Maria Acedo Kronenburg
Thesis: Medical Students and Their Attitudes Toward Abortion: An Assessment of Which Factors Influence Medical Students' Willingness or Unwillingness to Perform Abortions, Katherine M. Krupa
Dissertation: Site-Based Dropout Identification and Prescription Process for Alternative Education in a Diverse School System, William P. Krupp
Dissertation: An Object-Oriented Algorithmic Laboratory for Ordering Sparse Matrices, Gary Karl Kumfert
Dissertation: Transcriptional Regulation of Chicken Apolipoprotein A-I Gene Expression, Wen Lin Kumfert
Thesis: Perceptions of Police Abusive Behavior: Factors Influencing Citizens' Attitudes Toward the Police Use of Excessive Force, Debra P. Laville-Wilson
Thesis: Cytotoxic T Cell Response to Influenza Vaccination in Older Adults, Caroline R. Letter
Thesis: Delinquency and Victimization Among Adolescents An Examination of the Relationship and Lifestyle Influences, Joy Eileen Livergood
Dissertation: Electroweak Structure of Three-and Four-Body Nuclei, Laura Elisa Marcucci
Thesis: An Analysis of Migratory Behavior Physiological Condition and Life History Strategy in the Salamanders Ambystoma Mabeei and A. Opacum in Southeastern Virginia, Michael W. McCoy
Dissertation: A Systems-Based Methodology for the Construction and Representation of Organizational Knowledge Systems, Willie James McFadden
Thesis: Validation of Passive Air Sampling Monitors Onboard United States Navy Submarines, Larry A. McFarland
Dissertation: An Empirical Analysis of the Critical Determinants Affecting Commitment and Performance of the U. S. Firm in the South African Market: Apartheid Versus Post-Apartheid, Sonja Pollard Mitchell
Dissertation: Multicast Services for Multimedia Collaborative Applications, Emad Eldin Mohamed Mohamed
Thesis: The Effects of Education and Exposure on College Students' Perceptions of Dating Violence, Kristian Moore
Thesis: Induction of Apoptosis in Human Prostate Cancer Cells by Resveratrol, Gary Zulfikar Morris
Dissertation: The Market and Ethics: The Case of the 1994 Decision by the Clinton Administration to Delink China's Human Rights Record From Most-Favored-Nation Status, Susan C. Morris
Thesis: Perceptions of Clinical Psychologists Relative to Other Mental Health Providers, Glenora Nelson
Dissertation: Buckets: Smart Objects for Digital Libraries, Michael L. Nelson
Thesis: Towards Quantification of Active Sand Volume in the Nearshore Profile, Sukru Serkan Ozger
Thesis: Kicking at the Closet Door: The Opinions, Attitudes, and Experiences of Military Homosexuals, Rodney Lee Parks
Dissertation: Investigations on the Use of Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Clinical Chemistry Applications, Henri Parson Patten
Thesis: An Exploratory Study of Domestic Violence Attitudes Among Virginia Magistrates, Elaine M. Phillips
Dissertation: The Concept and Practice of Representative Democracy in Post-Communist Eastern Europe, Georgeta V. Pourchot
Dissertation: Phenomenological Description of Double-Pion Photoproduction, Andry M. Rakotovao
Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of Long-Lived "ZEKE" Rydberg States in Ultracold Argon, Gambhir Ranjit
Dissertation: Advanced Atmospheric Water Vapor Dial Detection System, Tamer Refaat
Thesis: An Ultrastructural Survey of the Nuchal Glands of Rhabdophis tigrinus (Serpentes: Colubridae), Kathleen A. Roberts
Thesis: An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Language Attitudes and Academic Performance in Northampton County, Virginia, Public Schools, Glenda L. Rose
Dissertation: Curvilinear Interface Methodology for Finite-Element Applications, Ollie James Rose
Dissertation: The Influence of Selected Noncognitive Variables on the Academic Success of Urban Black High School Males in an Enrichment Pre-College Program, Leon Rouson
Dissertation: Implementation Theory and Determinants for Success: A Case Study of Televised Distance Learning Implementation in an Urban University, Deanne Shuman
Dissertation: An Assessment of the Links Between International Diversification, Product Diversification, Performance and Risk Within Service Corporations, Sally Ann Sledge
Dissertation: A Content Analysis of Advertising in Magazines Directed at United States and United Kingdom Seniors, Ray Markham Smith
Dissertation: A Power Structure Study of an Urban Superintendent's Tenure in the City of Virginia Beach, 1967–1986, Sophia V. Stubblefield
Dissertation: Detection and Modeling of Radiation Induced Effects in Tissues by Dielectric Spectroscopy, Dorin A. Todor
Dissertation: Virtual Compton Scattering in the Nucleon Resonance Region, Luminita Anca Todor
Dissertation: Pretrial Release in Virginia: Investigating the Influence of Defendant Characteristics and Community Type on Pretrial Outcome, Marie L. VanNostrand
Dissertation: An Examination of a Multidimensional Model of Customer Satisfaction with Internet Purchasing, Kathleen VanScoyoc
Thesis: Victims Confront Offenders: An Exploratory Study of Victim Satisfaction During Mediation, Krystal C. Walton
Thesis: Biological and Physical Observations on Larval Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) Recruiting to Oregon and Ocracoke Inlets North Carolina, Thomas R. Wasaff
Dissertation: Pulsed Optoacoustics in Solids, Zibiao Wei
Dissertation: Evaluation of Fish Scale Chemistry for Determining Habitat Associations, Brian Kenneth Wells
Dissertation: Precision Measurement of the Spin Structure of the Proton and the Deuteron, Frank R. Wesselmann
Thesis: Political Culture and Women's Political Activity in Post Communist Ukraine A Case Study of the 1994 Elections, Tonja M. Wilt
Thesis: Developing a Parametric Cost Model for Operating Costs of Army Ground Combat Weapon Systems, James O. Winbush Jr.
Thesis: Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy for Process Control in the Petroleum Industry, Kent Lawson Wise
Dissertation: Telomerase Activity in Human Preimplantation Embryos, Diane Lynne Wright
Dissertation: Human Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (hGnRH) Gene Expression and Hormone Regulation in Human Placental JEG-3 Cells, Heming Zheng
Dissertation: Explanatory Power of the Behavior Model of Utilization for Pediatric Asthma Health Care in an Urban Managed Care Setting, Kathie Marie Sawyer Zimbro