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 2000
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
Thesis: Theory of SiC Schottky Barrier Conduction and Model Analysis for Diode Breakdown With and Without Screw Dislocations, Lifeng 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
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Dissertation: Large Amplitude Pitching of Supermaneuver Delta Wings Including Flow Control, Yahia A. Abdelhamid
Thesis: Home Health Nurses: Are They Satisfied With Their Work Environment, Said Abu Salem
Thesis: The Accuracy of Nitrous Oxide Passive Dosimeters as Compared With an Infra-Red Spectrographic Reference Method, Susan Allen
Thesis: Abnormal Electrical Potentials in Lower Limb Muscles After Ankle Sprain Grades I, II and III, Talal A. Al-Shatti
Thesis: Social Disorganization Theory the Effect of Social and Economic Factors on Crime and Delinquency, Tonya G. Anderson
Thesis: Marital Decision Making Scale: Psychometric Properties, Kathy Szynklewski Babel
Thesis: An Analysis of Student Attitudes Toward Old Dominion University's TELETECHNET: A Comparison of Traditional and Non-Traditional Sites, Michael G. Bisciglia
Dissertation: Surface Resistance Measurements of Superconducting Niobium Samples with a Triaxial Cavity, Paul Martin Boccard
Dissertation: Production of Copper-Complexing Ligands in Response to Elevated Concentrations of Copper in Marine Synechococcus spp., Arunsri Chatkaeomorakot Brown
Thesis: A Study of Community Satisfaction, Environmental Concern, and Attitudes Toward Development on Virginia's Eastern Shore, Tasha M. Brown
Dissertation: Competitive Interaction: The Influence of Strategic Group Structure, Sherry M. Burlingame
Dissertation: Program Practices in an Urban School District for Serving Students Identified as Emotionally Disturbed in the Least Restrictive Environment, Leigh L. Butler
Thesis: Medicaid Fraud: Medical Students' and Physicians' Attitudes and Perceptions, Kristin M. Byars
Thesis: Zinc Speculation and Ligand Fluxes in Chesapeake Bay and Elizabeth River Pore Waters, Duncan Glover Byers
Dissertation: Construction of an Escherichia coli lac Repressor-Based System to Study Human Cytomegalovirus Gene Expression, Laura Fernanda Cageao-Luchetti
Thesis: Development and Testing of an AC Micro Hollow Cathode Simulator, Thomas E. Caldwell
Dissertation: Transgenerational Attachment, Life Stress, and the Development of Disruptive Behavior in Preschool Children, Mary Jane Call
Thesis: The Effect of Illicit Drugs on the Cardiovascular and Hormonal Responses in Pregnant Rabbits, Andrea Alana Chambliss
Thesis: The Comparison of Gait Characteristics Between Older Adults Who Do Tai-Chi Chuan and Older Adults Who Do Not Do Tai-Chi Chuan, Shu-Ya Chen
Dissertation: Tissue-Specific Expression and Steroid Hormone Regulation of Human Gonadotropin -Releasing Hormone (hGnRH) Gene in Placental Cells (JEG -3 cells), Zhengguang Chen
Dissertation: Setpoint Tracking Predictive Control in Chemical Processes Based on System Identification, Sinchai Chinvorarat
Thesis: Buying for the Cold War: Influences on Air Force Procurement, 1945-1956, William Cline
Dissertation: A Numerical Solution of Low-Energy Neutron Boltzmann Equation, Martha Sue Clowdsley
Thesis: Hanover Courthouse: The Union's Tactical Victory and Strategic Failure, Jerry Joseph Coggeshall
Dissertation: The Effects of Inclusion of Students with Learning Disabilities on Urban Fourth-Grade General Education Students, Brenda E. Cox
Dissertation: An Analysis of Two Forms of Self-Defense Training and Their Impact on Women's Sense of Personal Safety Self-Efficacy, Darcy Shannon Cox
Thesis: Stability Analysis and Augmentation of a Closed-Loop Computer Control System Subject to Electromagnetic Disturbances, Mustafa Doğan
Dissertation: Classification of Participants Into Two Health Resource Utilization Groups By the Health Enrollment Assessment Review (HEAR) Survey, Jody W. Donehoo
Dissertation: Preparation and Surface Studies of Negative Electron Affinity Semiconductors Photocathodes, Khaled A. Elamrawi
Dissertation: The Parallel Organization and Employee Perceptions of Participative Leadership in a Mid-Atlantic City, Landis Denise Faulcon
Thesis: The Rape Victim's Response An Examination of the Impact of Situational Factors on Self-Protective Strategies Utilized by Sexual Assault Victims, Sharon K. Flax
Dissertation: Comparative Effects of Three Methods of Staff Development in Content Area Reading Instruction on Urban High School Teachers, Mark Alan Forget
Thesis: A Generic Object-Oriented Random Variate Model for Discrete Event Simulations Separating the Data Model from the Process Model, Palathingal Frank
Dissertation: Physical Control of Biological Processes in the Central Equatorial Pacific: A Data Assimilative Modeling Study, Marjorie Anne MacWhorter Friedrichs
Thesis: The Virginia Conservative Party, 1965-1969, Gerald Paul Gaidmore III
Dissertation: A Study of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Physicians Toward Victims of Spouse Abuse, Ramani N. Garimella
Thesis: Newton Parameter Update Algorithm for Recurrent Neural Networks Applied to Adaptive System Identification and Control, Donald Allen Gates
Dissertation: Continuous Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis for Aerodynamic and Acoustic Optimization, Kaveh Ghayour
Thesis: An Analysis of the Success and Failure of the Collection and Interpretation of American Intelligence, 1942-1989, Alexander Michael Gibby
Thesis: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Considering the Impact of Educational Institutions and Teacher Perceptions, Cynthia S. Glass
Thesis: Studies Related to the Design of a Magnetic Suspension and Balance System for an Ultra-High Reynolds Number Flow Facility, Oscar Magno Michael Gomeiz
Dissertation: The Long-Term Performance of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs): Venture Capitalists, Reputation of Investment Bankers, and Corporate Structure, Halit Gonenc
Thesis: Fiber-Optic Coupled Lidar Receiver System to Measure Stratospheric Ozone, David Brent Harper
Dissertation: Cognitive Complexity and Empathy as Predictors of Leadership Style in an Urban College Student Population, Scott B. Harrison
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Accelerated Reader Program in Grades 3–5 on Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Attitude in an Urban Southeastern School District in Virginia, Carol Ann Howard
Dissertation: Regulation S: Offshore Equity Offerings, Marla Sue Howard
Thesis: Generation of Human chorionic gonadotropin Beta Subunit Specific Monoclonal Antibody Using a Synthetic Peptide, Zhe Huang
Dissertation: Nitrate Reductase Activity, Nitrate Uptake and Iodine Speciation in the Marine Environment, Chin-Chang Hung
Dissertation: Use of Selected MMPI-A Factors in the Prediction of Clinical Outcomes in a Community-Based Treatment Program for Juvenile Sexual Offenders, Linda Marks Hunter
Dissertation: Computational Modeling of Airborne Noise Demonstrated Via Benchmarks, Supersonic Jet, and Railway Barrier, Moumen Idres
Dissertation: Comparative Student Perception and Interactional Event Analysis in an Urban Computer-Based Distance Education Environment, Michael Shawn Ireland
Thesis: Analysis of Lunar Basalt Flows in Oceanus Procellarum Using Clementine Data, Noel William Jackson
Dissertation: The Application of Role Theory to the Sexual Harassment Paradigm: A Policy Capturing Approach, Lora L. Jacobi
Thesis: An Extracellular Protein Produced by Staphylococcus Hominis Strain αM with Antimicrobial Activity Against Mycobacterium SPP, Sandra May Jacobsen
Thesis: A Phenomenological Inquiry Into the Nature of the Sacred, Ana Maria Janssen
Dissertation: The Impacts of External Nutrient Sources on Marine Phytoplankton in an Eastern Shore Sea-Side Estuary, Claudette Lajoie Jenkins
Dissertation: A Comparison of Cognitive Development Between Whites and African Americans Based on William Perry's Scheme of Intellectual and Ethical Development, Joan Johnson
Thesis: A Study on the Effects of the N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence on the Activation of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Protease, Hidayah Muhammad Kendall
Thesis: Encystment, Excystment and Photosynthetic Activity in the Temporary Cysts of Amphidinium carterae, Steven R. Kibler
Dissertation: A Coupled Bio-Optical and Mixed Layer Model for the Equatorial Pacific, James Vincent Koziana
Dissertation: Evolution and Devolution: The Dynamics of Sovereignty and Security in Post-Cold War Europe, Thomas M. Lansford
Dissertation: Elasto-Plastic Responses of Buried Pipeline Systems Under Wave Propagation, Yuean-Chen Lau
Thesis: The Influence of Fathering on Child Outcomes, Judith Joye Lehman
Thesis: Benthic Community Analysis of Hog Island Bay, Virginia, David James Lewis
Thesis: Effects of Organic Matter and Iron-Rich Clay on Mobility of Trace Metals From Flue Dust Contaminated Soil, Scott Ephraim Lewis
Dissertation: Fairness in Chinese Organizations, Kai-Guang Liang
Dissertation: Perceptions of Childhood Relation with Parents Related to Current Functioning, Peter O. Lielbriedis
Dissertation: Factors Which Affect Post-Hospital Resource Use and Patient Health Outcomes Among Taiwanese Older Adults, Chouh-Jiaun Lin
Dissertation: First Mover Advantage: An Industrial Buyer Behavioral Perspective, Howard G. Ling
Thesis: Two Approaches to Critical Path Scheduling for a Heterogeneous Environment, Guangxia Liu
Thesis: The Effects of Offshore Mining of Beach Quality Sediments on Nearshore Wave Climate, Frank R. Lonza
Thesis: The Effects of Task Demand and Knowledge of Results on Operator Engagement and Vigilance Performance Moderation with a Biocybernetic System, Jamie Lynn LoVerde
Thesis: Henri IV as Military Commander, Terence W. Loveridge
Dissertation: Efficient Dynamic Unstructured Methods and Applications for Transonic Flows and Hypersonic Stage Separation, Xiaobing Luo
Thesis: Cultural Adaptability of Students Attending Culturally Diverse and Non-Culturally Diverse Dental Hygiene Programs, Katrina White Magee
Dissertation: African American Community Mental Health Center Service Utilization: A Test of the Cultural Compatibility Hypothesis, Alicia Michelle Marsh
Dissertation: An Empirical Investigation Into Significant Factors of Moral Reasoning and Their Influences on Ethical Judgment and Intentions, Janet K. Mullen Marta
Dissertation: The Effects of School Uniforms on Student Behavior and Perceptions in an Urban Middle School, Jacqueline M. McCarty
Thesis: Daughters of Charity: Catholic Women and Their Communities in Antebellum America, Linda Merritt McCubbins
Thesis: The Relationship Between Workplace Aggression and Alcohol Use: A National Survey, Susan Kay McFarlin
Dissertation: Stratal Architecture in a Prograding Shoreface Deposit, Eastern Shore, VA: Relationship to Grain Size, Permeability, and Facies Distribution, Andrew C. Miller
Dissertation: Work-Life Role Integration: A Construct Validation Study, Tonya Alicia Miller
Thesis: Television, Low Self-Control, and Deviance: Examining Basic Elements of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime, Moises O. Mina Jr.
Dissertation: The Effects of Group Counseling on the Self-Esteem, Anxiety, and Behavior of Children with Deployed Parents, Nancy Taylor Mitchum
Dissertation: Needle Localization for Breast Biopsy: The Patient's Experience, Marian De Walt Morgan
Dissertation: Virtual Compton Scattering Processes in Quantum Chromodynamics, Igor V. Musatov
Thesis: Development of Baseline Water Quality Stormwater Detention Pond Model for Chesapeake Bay Catchments, William J. Musico
Thesis: An Exploratory Study of the Correlates of Drug Use Among Juveniles: Analysis of Regional Variations in the United States, Denise D. Nation
Thesis: When Officers Get the "Blues": Factors That May Determine Which Officer Is More Inclined to Feel Job Stress, Olivia Poppy Nelson
Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Multicultural Education on the Racial Attitudes of Pre-K Through Grade 12 Students: A Comparison of Curricular Intervention and Reinforcement Dimensions in Suburban and Urban Educational Settings, Ogochukwu Nkeiruka N. Okoye-Johnson
Thesis: Factors That Affect Recidivism of Offenders on Electronic Monitoring in Norfolk, Virginia, Michael P. O'Toole
Dissertation: Jet Stability and Noise Computations Using Direct Numerical Simulation, Farouk Owis
Thesis: Evaluation of the Transport Properties of GaSb for Bipolar Applications Through Monte Carlo Simulations, Damayanthi Palaniappan
Thesis: Sexual Harassment in the Virginia Dental Hygiene Profession, Anne Pennington
Dissertation: Growth and Yield-Per-Recruit Modeling of Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) in the Chesapeake Bay, and a Comparison of Biological Reference Points, Kevin Ray Piner