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 2005
Thesis: Downward Comparison as an Intervention to Lower Self-Reported Risk-Taking Behaviors, John P. Barile
Thesis: Citizen's Satisfaction With the Police, Kim Barshanet Baskerville
Thesis: Socioeconomic Attainments of Africans Versus African-Americans in the United States, Azeb Berhane
Thesis: An Examination Into the Effects of Social Positioning and Capitalist Immersion on Gendered Attitudes Towards Homosexuality in the United States, Fiona J. Blee
Thesis: Monte Carlo Simulation Analysis of Electron Bombardment of Gallium Nitride for Particle Detector Applications, James Gibson Bolitho
Thesis: Gauss-Hermite Integration for Reliability Calculation and Sensitivity Analysis, Nilesh K. Borade
Thesis: Image Compression by Vector Quantization of DCT Coefficients Using a Self-Organizing Neural Network, Kirankumar Boyapati
Thesis: Support for A Delivery Train Based Material Handling Mechanism, Sai P. Boyedapu
Dissertation: Regulation of SPARC Gene Expression by the Activator Protein 1 Transcription Factor, Joseph William Briggs
Dissertation: An Exploratory Analysis of Post Strategic Plan Implementation Fidelity in Two Urban-Based, Nonprofit Health Education/Advocacy Organizations, Theodore N. Burke
Thesis: Using Signal Detection Theory to Examine the Effects of Workload and Likelihood Displays on Human Responses to Alarms, Ernesto A. Bustamante
Thesis: Comparing Domestic Assaults in Military and Non-Military Populations: A Test of Social Learning Theory, Crystal S. Carey
Dissertation: Defensin in the Ticks Dermacentor variabilis and Ixodes scapularis, Shane Michael Ceraul
Dissertation: p-Version Time-Discontinuous Galerkin's Method for Nonlinear Transient Heat transfer Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis, Ta-Cheng Chien
Dissertation: Investigation of the Superconducting Properties of Niobium Radio-Frequency Cavities, Gianluigi Ciovati
Dissertation: Halonitromethane Treatment Using Advanced Oxidation Process: Rates, Mechanisms and Kinetic Modeling, Stuart Kirkham Cole
Dissertation: The Role of Inferential Accuracy in Performance Rating Accuracy: A Field Study of Teacher Performance Appraisal, Cynthia L. Cooper
Thesis: Lower Extremity Motion Analysis Patterns During Various Foot-Landing Styles, Nelson Cortes
Dissertation: A Systems Methodology for Measuring Operational Organization Effectiveness: A Study of the Original Equipment Computer Manufacturing Industry, 1948 to 2001, Teddy Steven Cotter
Thesis: Child Psychological Abuse Sexual Attitudes and Sexual Satisfaction: An Examination of Disclosure Gender and Perpetrator Relationship Differences, Natasha Coy
Dissertation: Complex System Contextual Framework (CSCF): A Grounded-Theory Construction for the Articulation of System Context in Addressing Complex Systems Problems, W. B. Max Crownover
Thesis: Programmable Process Flow Networks, Filip D. Cuckov
Thesis: A Family Systems Approach to Substance Misuse: An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors, Jennifer Anne Cutchin
Dissertation: Landscape Ecology of Birds on Mount Leconte, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Andreas P. Damalas
Dissertation: Effect of Instructional Styles and the Duration of Class Time on the Sense of Classroom Community of Military Urban Graduate Students, William J. Davis Jr.
Thesis: Design and Fabrication of A Prototype Fabry-Perot Cavity for the Compton Polarimeter Upgrade at Jefferson Lab, Deepa Deepa
Thesis: Static and Modal Analysis of the Magnetic Levitation Vehicle, Santosh Kumar Desetty
Dissertation: An Empirical Investigation of the Link Between Market Orientation and New Product Performance: The Mediating Effects of Organizational Capabilities, Turkan Dursun-Kilic
Thesis: Feeding Behavior and Conditioning in Two Heterotrophic Dinoflagellates, Todd A. Egerton
Dissertation: The Effects of Local and Global Risk Factors on Industry Stock Returns: Across Country Analysis, Mahdy Farag Elhossiny
Dissertation: Essays on Currency Risk Management, Nehad Elsawaf
Dissertation: Quantifying Vulnerability to Critical Infrastructure, Barry Charles Ezell
Dissertation: Operating Measures, IPO Valuation, and After Market Performance-Perspective From Internet Bubble Period, Yuhong Fan
Thesis: The Sharper Image: Bringing Irish Nationalist Identity Into Focus, 1880-1923, Meghan M. Ferriter
Dissertation: The Effects of Parcels and Latent Variable Scores on the Detection of Interactions in Structural Equation Modeling, Thomas D. Fletcher
Thesis: What Is Positive Disclosure and to Whom Do We Disclose? The Role of Topics, Gender and Type of Relationship in Positive Self-Disclosure, Elizabeth Landers Ford
Thesis: Escape Velocity, Mark Gatlin
Thesis: Fine-Tuning of Mass-Spring Model Properties for Simulating Realistic Soft Body Deformation, Sylva A. Girtelschmid
Dissertation: Developing and Optimizing Conditions for Single Cell Genetic Analysis, Susan Adele Gitlin
Dissertation: The Role of Interfunctional Market Orientation in New Product Program Success: An Exploratory Empirical Analysis, George Grady Gresham
Dissertation: Shape Memory Alloy Applications on Control of Thermal Buckling, Panel Flutter and Random Vibration of Composite Panels, Xinyun Guo
Dissertation: Tumor Response TCF-4/β-Catenin Regulatory Elements for Enhancing Cancer Gene Therapies, Saurabh Kumar Gupta
Thesis: The Link Between Corporal Punishment and Teen Pregnancy, Jennifer M. Hagberg
Thesis: Lost in Translation: Decoding Rabelais, E. Ashley Hall
Thesis: The Determinants of Academic Performance of African American Males, Marvin K. Hall
Thesis: Electromagnetic Propagation Prediction Inside Aircraft Cabins, Genevieve Hankins
Thesis: Electromagnetic Propagation Prediction Inside Aircraft Cabins, Genevieve Hankins
Thesis: Factors Influencing the Decision to Disclose After Sexual Assault, Courtney A. Hanley
Thesis: Opal: In Vivo Based Preservation Framework for Locating Lost Web Pages, Terry L. Harrison
Thesis: Creating Software [Sic] Environments on an M-Node Beowulf Cluster to Execute Discrete-Event Simulations, Jermaine Fitz-Gerald Headley
Dissertation: Multi-National Project Team Communications and Cultural Influences, Morgan E. Henrie
Thesis: Development and Application of a GG-IRMS Reductive Pyrolysis Reactor Interface for the δ34S Determination of Sulfur in Individual Organic Compounds, N. Deborah Hewlett
Thesis: Availability of Emotional Support, Conflictual Interactions, and Coping as Predictors of Adherence and Affect in Individuals with Diabetes, Misty D. Hixon
Dissertation: The Application of a System of Systems Analysis to Assessments of National Power, George T. Hodermarsky
Thesis: Conjugate Gradient Method for Solving System of Nonlinear Equations, Abhijit Prakash Honrao
Thesis: Coping and Depressive Symptoms in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis, Scott W. Huffman
Thesis: Implementation of Problem-Based Learning in Senior Engineering Design-I (ECE 485W), Fawaz Muzaffer Hussain
Dissertation: Cultural Competence and Curricula in Physical Therapist Professional Education, Beth Ernst Jamali
Thesis: Contemporary-Classical Sequential Loop Design with Parameter Uncertainty, Donghyuk Jeong
Dissertation: Correlation and Causes of Fifth Order Cycles Within the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Formation, Bighorn Basin of Wyoming, Kimberly Ann Johnson
Thesis: Effects of a Wilderness Orientation Program on Student Expectations of Adjustment to College, Emily Anne Joyner
Thesis: An Analysis of a Finite Element Human Brain in Low Speed Rear Impact Automobile Collision Comparison, Model Development and Study Using TNO Rear Impact Dummy, Mangesh S. Kadam
Thesis: Computational Sensing and Closed-Loop Active Flow Control of Airfoil at Post-Stall Conditions, Volkan Kamaci
Thesis: Interannual Variation of Stratification in Lower Chesapeake Bay, Christopher S. Katzenmiller
Thesis: Robust and Efficient Localization Techniques for Cellular and Wireless Sensor Networks, Haseebulla M. Khan
Dissertation: Factors That Influence Mammography Use of Community Health Workers, Cynthia M. Kratzke
Thesis: Corporal Punishment and Its Relation to Race, Psychological Well-Being, and Parental Relationship, Michelle P. Kravitz
Thesis: Rapid Prototyping for the Design of Virtual Worlds, Prabhu V. Krishnan
Dissertation: The Antitumor Agent, Arglabin-DMA, Preferentially Induces Apoptosis in Human Colon Tumor Cells, Sung Wook Kwon
Dissertation: Factors Predicting Teacher Satisfaction and Retention in the Hampton City Schools Teacher Induction Program, Gale A. Lee
Thesis: Morphological and Molecular Defects in Zebrafish Embryos (Danio rerio) After Chromated Copper Arsenate Exposure, Kerry Jean Lee
Thesis: Variation in the Fluorescence of Green Fluorescent Protein in Various Strains of Escherichia Coli, Paul R. LeTellier Jr.
Thesis: Active Control of Large Amplitude Nonlinear Free Vibrations and Nonlinear Supersonic Panel Flutter of Beams and Composite Plates Using Piezoelectric Self-Sensing Actuators, Qinqin Li
Dissertation: The Great Pestilence: Yellow Fever in Portsmouth, Virginia, 1855, Burden Susan Lundgren
Dissertation: A Comparison of Anonymous E-Peer Review Versus Identifiable E-Peer Review on College Student Writing Performance and Learning Satisfaction, Ruiling Lu
Thesis: Validation of Finite Element Beam Models, Pavan R. Madhineni
Dissertation: Grand Strategy Analysis: A Proto-Theoretical Approach, Patrick Magee
Thesis: Shape and Size Sensitivity Analysis of Geometrically Nonlinear Laminated Composite Plates, Nitin R. Mane
Dissertation: Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal and Multivariate Discrete Data, Deepak Mav
Thesis: Natural and Synthetic Viniferins Associated with the Grapevine Disease Young Vine Decline, David Michael McGinnis
Thesis: The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Growth, Unemployment, and Poverty in Bangladesh, Maha Z. Mirza
Thesis: Theta Activity During Navigation in Virtual Environments, Colleen Margaret Moore
Dissertation: A Conceptual Model for Determining Career Choice of CHROME Alumna Based on Farmer's Conceptual Models, Lisa Simmons Moore
Thesis: Austrian Patriots and German Nationalists: Political Radicalism and Austrian Identity in Fin-De-Siècle Vienna, Scott O. Moore
Dissertation: Assessing the Relationship Between Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Symptoms and Freshman Survey Academic Probation Scores for Use in Developing Counseling Programs for Academically at Risk College Students, Douglas Joe Muller
Thesis: Complexity Measure of a Product or Process by Application of Fuzzy Multi-Attribute Utility Theory, Shrikant Chandrakant Nagpure
Thesis: An Application and Evaluation of a Methodology for Testing Operational Level Training Simulations, Karl Dean Neal
Thesis: Fourier Transform Analysis of Terahertz Radiation, Chikaodira N. Okpo
Thesis: Sonic Boom Prediction Using Euler/Full Potential Methodology, Isik Ali Ozcer
Thesis: Numerical Integration Strategy for Generating Root Migration Diagrams, Deepak H. Panduranga
Thesis: Investigation and Applications of Latin Hypercube Sampling Methods, Prashant K. Patel
Thesis: 'Outside Agitators:' The Role of Foreign Islamists in the Chechen Fight for Independence, Robert Kent Pinkerton Jr.
Thesis: New Methodology for Robust Control System Design and Analysis for Single Parameter Uncertain Systems, Charles J. Player
Thesis: Non-Linear and Linear Transformations of Features for Robust Speech Recognition and Speaker Identification, Saurabh Prasad
Dissertation: Inclusive and Exclusive Compton Processes in Quantum Chromodynamics, A. Psaker
Dissertation: Modeling and Simulation of \Sub-Microsecond Electrical Breakdown in Liquids with Application to Water, Jun Qian
Thesis: DREAM: A Theoretical Analysis, Xueying Qi
Dissertation: Telecommunications Technology and Sovereignty: Effects on States as Information Transfer Increased from the Speed of Oxcart to the Speed of Light, James H. Radford
Thesis: Using Working Memory Interference Tasks to Test for Verbal and Spatial Route Learning Strategies, Ian Reagan
Thesis: Here and There, Warren D. M. Reed