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 2004
Thesis: Prediction of Rigid Body Aircraft Acceleration Response Due to Atmospheric Disturbances, Billy Keith Buck
Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of a Rubidium-Argon Dual Species Magneto-Optical Trap, Hauke Christian Busch
Dissertation: The Ultrastructure of the Olfactory System in Two Species of Short-Tailed Shrews, Blarina brevicauda and Blarina carolinensis, Lisa Johnson Byrum
Thesis: How the U.S. Military's Equal Opportunity Training Program Impacts Operational Readiness and Effectiveness: An Exploratory Study, James R. Camic
Thesis: Numerical Study of Combustion of Hydrogen and Ethylene in a Two-Dimensional Dual-Mode Scramjet Combustor, Robert A. Carson
Dissertation: An Experimental Examination of Equivalence Failures in Multi-Cultural Comparative Research, F. Mark Case
Thesis: Business Crime: The Perception and Experience of Victimization and Corresponding Use of Crime Prevention Measures, John A. Casten
Thesis: Modeling Nerve Electro-Stimulation in the Nanosecond Regime, Feng Chen
Thesis: Interactive Land Use VRML Application Using Servlet Assist, Suresh Chitithoti
Dissertation: The Relationship Among Disclosure, Internalized Homophobia, Religiosity, and Psychological Well-Being in a Lesbian Population, Sharon Lyn Clayman
Thesis: The Influence of the United Nations Secretary-General on the International Security Agenda, Jennifer S. Couture
Dissertation: Crisp and Fuzzy Signal Detection Theory and Pilot Weather Judgment: Implications for VFR Flights Into IMC, Joseph T. Coyne
Thesis: Johann August Weppen's Der Hessische Officer in Amerika and David Christoph Seybold's Reizenstein: The American Revolution and the German Bürgertum's Reassessment of America, Virginia Sasser DeLacey
Thesis: Hydrologic Variations Within Created and Natural Wetlands in Southeastern Virginia, Aaron Dyer Despres
Thesis: Hydrologic Variations Within Created and Natural Wetlands in Southeastern Virginia, Aaron Dyer Despres
Dissertation: Spin Structure Functions of the Deuteron Measured with CLAS in and Above the Resonance Region, Kahanawita G. Vipuli G. Dharmawardane
Thesis: Distal Placement of an End-To-Side Bypass Graft Anastomosis A 3-D Computational Study, John Robert Di Cicco
Thesis: An Algorithm for Locating Fundamental Frequency (F0) Markers in Speech, Princy Dikshit
Dissertation: Relating Water and Otolith Chemistry in Chesapeake Bay, and Their Potential to Identify Essential Seagrass Habitats for Juveniles of an Estuarine-Dependent Fish, Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), Emmanis Dorval
Dissertation: Compellence: An Empirical Perspective, Michael G. Dziubinski
Dissertation: Genetic Algorithm-Based Model for Determination of Efficient Management Strategies for Irrigation Canal Networks, Talaat Taher El Gamel
Thesis: Effect of Cycling Cadence on Economy at High Power, Carol Beatriz Ennser
Thesis: Combating Cry Wolf: The Effects of Urgency and Reliability on Reactions to Verbal Alarms, Corey K. Fallon
Thesis: Bacterial Degradation of Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water, Laura Inga Fauntleroy
Thesis: Characterization of Association Patterns of Coastal Migratory Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, in the Nearshore Waters of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Holly Fearnbach
Thesis: Vector Operations in Superscalar Architectures, Nathan Daniel Flinn
Thesis: Political Violence and Conflict Resolution: The Struggle for Peace in Northern Ireland, Lisa G. Fox
Thesis: The Satisfaction and Perspectives of Recent Graduates of Accredited Post-Certification Graduate Athletic Training Programs as It Relates to Their Educational Experiences, Jacqueline R. Gaida
Thesis: Computational Sensing and Active Flow Control of Airfoil at Stall Conditions, Ersin Gercek
Thesis: Problem-Focused Coping: Mediating the Link Between Personality and Work-Family Conflict, Lisa M. Germano
Dissertation: A Framework for Secure Group Key Management, Sahar Mohamed Ghanem
Thesis: Fire and Ice, Anne Wilson M. Gregory
Thesis: Gender and HIV Risk Behavior in China, Yelan Guo
Thesis: A Boy in His Shadow, Francis Rutledge Hammes
Thesis: Effects of Track Irregularities on Dynamic Responses of a Moving Maglev Train, Aravind M. Hanasoge
Thesis: Functional Model of the Army's Initial Capabilities Training Plan (ICTP) Generation Process (Transitioning to a Knowledge-Base Enterprise), Bryon Keith Hartzog
Thesis: The Effects of Universal and Rotating Ultrasonic Inserts on Wrist Movement, Scaling Time Efficiency, and Cumulative Trauma Risk in Dental Hygienists, Christine Colavita Hawn
Thesis: Extension of a Cross-Shore Beach Profile Model for Coarse Materials and Steep Slopes, Kentaro Hayashi
Dissertation: Dynamical Studies of Model Membrane and Cellular Response to Nanosecond, High-Intensity Pulsed Electric Fields, Qin Hu
Dissertation: Parallel Decomposition Procedures for Large-scale Linear Programming Problems, Yusong Hu
Dissertation: The Effect of Submarine Canyon Width and Stratification on Coastal Circulation and Across Shelf Exchange, Kyung-Hoon Hyun
Thesis: Modeling and Simulation of Photonic Crystal Fibers Using Finite Difference Frequency Domain Method, Md. Khalid Ikram
Dissertation: Computation of Shock Induced Noise in Imperfectly Expanded Supersonic Jets, Bulent Imamoglu
Thesis: Letters to John Lennon: A Play in Two Acts, Stacey Isom
Thesis: Determinants of Paternal Involvement in Childcare in Dual-Earner Families with Preschool Children, Julie N. Jacobs
Thesis: Fuzzy Modeling of Electromagnetic Emissions from Portable Electronic Devices Onboard Commercial Aircraft, Madiha Jamil Jafri
Thesis: Music Videos and Perceptions of Women, Shanda Jenkins
Thesis: Pavlivian Conditioning to Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia as Indicated by Glycemic Response Motor Activity and Anxiety, Jermaine Dionte Jones
Thesis: Bottleneck Analysis of CPortS, SreeKalyana Chakravarthy Kajuluri
Dissertation: An Investigation of the Antecedents and Consequences of Individual-Level Customer Orientation: A Comprehensive Approach, Ceyhan Kilic
Dissertation: Estimation of Primary Production and Carbon Flux in Antarctic Coastal Waters: A Modeling Study, Hae-Cheol Kim
Dissertation: Electron Scattering From a High Momentum Neutron in Deuterium, Alexei V. Klimenko
Thesis: Modal Analysis and Validation of a Gasoline Fuel Injector Using Ansys and Laser Vibrometer, Ravi Kiran Kothamasa
Dissertation: Some Aspects of Deeply Virtual Compton Scattering, Elena Kuchina
Thesis: Fly, Bob Kunzinger
Dissertation: The Effects of an Autobiographical Dialogue Journaling Activity on Student Teachers' Levels of Cultural Sensitivity and Reflective Skills, Wanda G. Lastrapes
Thesis: Strong Interactions Between Juvenile Caribbean Spiny Lobster (Panulirus Argus) and Caribbean Reef Octopus (Octopus Briareus) in the Florida Keys, Jennifer Anne Lear
Thesis: Things That Pass Away, James J. Lidington
Dissertation: Synchronous Text-Based Chat Vis-à-Vis Asynchronous Threaded Discussion: An Instructional Strategy for Providing an Option in Two Course Delivery Schemes, Shin Yi Lin
Dissertation: Three Essays on Real Estate Investment Trusts, Yan Lin
Dissertation: Choice and Support: An Individualized Approach to Student Empowerment and Involvement in Combating Procrastination in the Internet Learning Environment, Han Liu
Dissertation: Generating Series for Interconnected Nonlinear Systems and the Formal Laplace-Borel Transform, Yaqin Li
Thesis: Hierarchical Hybrid Multicast An End System Multicast Algorithm Approach, Guillermo Loaisiga
Dissertation: Space Cooperation Under Anarchy: Commercialization of Outer Space and Space Security in the Post-Cold War Era, Irina V. Louts
Dissertation: The Psychological Contract of Multiple Agency Relationships: Understanding the Attitudes and Behaviors of Contractors, Cynthia J. Maahs
Dissertation: First-Mover Advantage: A Cross-National Comparison of Mature and Emerging Market Consumers' Attitudes Toward Pioneer and Follower Brands, Tarek T. Mady
Dissertation: An Empirical Examination of the Moderators of the Service Recovery Paradox, Vincent P. Magnini
Thesis: "Fictual" Reportage and (Virtual) Reality: Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song, Rania M. Mahmoud
Thesis: An Empirical Study of Highly Personal Topics Involved in Self-Disclosure, Alicia Monique Mathews
Thesis: The Effects of Plyometrics Training on Neuromuscular Responses and Ground Reaction Forces Surrounding the Knee, Barbara McDowell
Thesis: The Effects of Ankle Taping and Spatting on the Reaction Times of the Supporting Musculature of the Ankle Before and After Exercise in Healthy and Functionally Unstable Ankles, Jennifer I. McKenzie
Dissertation: The Smugglers' Landscape: Geography, Route Selection and the Global Heroin Trade, James Dallis Medler
Thesis: Generic Performance Evaluation Tool Implementation for an Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer, James M. Mengert
Dissertation: Scaling and Characterization of Direct Current Glow Discharge Plasma in Atmospheric Air, Abdel-Aleam Hefney Mohamed
Thesis: Emotional Intelligence and Coping, Veena A. Nair
Dissertation: The Relationship of Project Team Attributes to Project Interim Performance, Vickie S. Parsons
Dissertation: Stability Analysis of Jump-Linear Systems Driven by Finite-State Machines with Markovian Inputs, Sudarshan S. Patilkulkarni
Dissertation: Uncertainty Propagation and Robust Design in CFD Using Sensitivity Derivatives, Michele M. Putko
Thesis: Idiomatic Expressions and Marital Relationships Over Three Stages of the Family Lifespan, Meredith T. Raynor
Thesis: Suffer the Skin, Leona Ripley
Dissertation: Acknowledgement Response and Interference Timing During the Processing of Voice and Datalink ATC Commands, Matthew R. Risser
Thesis: A Staging Sequence and Analysis of Growth in Postovipositional Embryos of Lamprophis Fulignosus, Angela Renee Vogel Rivera
Dissertation: QoS Provisioning for Multi-Class Traffic in Wireless Networks, Mona El-Kadi Rizvi
Thesis: The Evaluation of Child Safety Seat Misuse and Driver Training to Increase Correct Use in a Local Community, Michelle Lynn Rose
Thesis: A Cross-National Analysis of the Impact of Conscription on Crime Rates, Nicolette G. Rose
Dissertation: Comparative Systematics of Subterranean Amphipod Crustaceans (Hadzioidea), Thomas R. Sawicki
Thesis: The Effect of Pfiesteria Toxin on General Activity and Performance on the Elevated Plus Maze in Rats, Sarah Ann Schultz
Thesis: Work-Family Conflict Among Teleworkers: Demographic Effects and Work-Related Outcomes, Katherine A. Selgrade
Dissertation: A Comparison Between First-Year Alternative Certified Teachers and First-Year Traditional Certified Teachers Based on Students' Academic achievement: The Case of a High-Need Urban Southeast District in Virginia, Abdou Maty Sene
Dissertation: Inner Shelf Circulation in Coastal Virginia: A Data Assimilation Approach, Hector Hito Sepulveda
Thesis: A Community Assessment of Drinking and Driving Predictors: Alcohol Outlets and Socioeconomic Factors, Cynthia L. Shier
Dissertation: Microdischarge Arrays, Wenhui Shi
Thesis: Huffman Approach to Opcode Compression, Jason B. Shreve
Thesis: Anthropogenic Lead Deposition and Four National Parks in Poland as Determined by Lead Isotope Ratios, Shannon Simcoe
Dissertation: An Investigation of Dissolved Organic Matter in a Shallow Coastal Bay Subject to Aureococcus anophagefferens Blooms, Jean-Paul Simjouw
Thesis: A Phylogeny of Genera of the Fish Family Nemipteridae (Percoidei) Based on the Cytochrome B Gene, Denise R. Sliter
Thesis: Social Capital and Religion: A Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship Between Religious Participation and Social Capital, Kyshawn Smith
Dissertation: Creating Individual Behavior Change Through 360-Degree Feedback: A Development Pipeline Perspective, Victoria Cole Stage
Dissertation: Pilot Performance and Eye Movement Activity with Varying Levels of Display Integration in a Synthetic Vision Cockpit, Julie Michele Stark
Thesis: The New Deal in Art: The Fine Arts Project and the Evolution of Abstract Expressionism, Sarah Coon Stoops