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 1993
Dissertation: The Biogeochemistry of Iodine in Seawater, Lingsu Zhang
Dissertation: Diffusion of Total Quality Management: An Organizational Self-Production Perspective, Baizhong Zhao
Dissertation: The Influence of Reynolds Number and Atmospheric Effects on Aircraft Wake Vortices Near the Ground, Zhongquan Charlie Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Thesis: The Riga Mission: The Reports of the First American Outpost on the Soviet Border, 1924-1933, Jeffrey Acosta
Dissertation: Materially Nonlinear Finite Element Analyses of Trusses and Slab-on-Grade Problems, Moayyad Moh'd Al-Nasra
Dissertation: Elementary Guidance Services in Urban and Rural Schools in Tidewater, Virginia, Berkley Edgerton Ashby
Thesis: Biochemical Analysis of Human Seminal Plasma, Jamshed Ayub
Dissertation: A Comparison of Self-Efficacy and Informational Career Counseling With Undecided High School Seniors, Beth Beddingfield Bangley
Thesis: Ground Water Investigation of the Petersburg Granite in Chesterfield County, Virginia, Michael W. Bennett
Thesis: Francis Gildart Ruffin: A Jeffersonian Agrarian in the Old South and New Virginia, 1816 - 1892, R. Allen Brahin
Dissertation: A Comparison of Two Theories of Resistance to Innovation in Medical Record Administration Baccalaureate Degree Programs, Joyce Brown-Harvey
Thesis: France and NATO: A Case of Misunderstanding, Servane Burel
Thesis: Increasing International Military Interdependence: Defense Cooperation in the New World Order, Sheila Callaham-Gay
Dissertation: Runge-Kutta Upwind Multigrid Multi-Block Three-Dimensional Thin Layer Navier-Stokes Solver, Frank E. Cannizzaro
Dissertation: The Impact of an Employee Involvement Program on Service Quality in a Nursing Home Organization, Diane Catanzaro
Dissertation: Topics in Nonlinear Stochastic Control, Estimation, and Decision, Using a Measure Transformation Approach, Charalambos Demetriou Charalambous
Thesis: Single Object Detection Using Multiple Sensors with Unknown Noise Distributions, Shaofen Chen
Dissertation: Laminar and Turbulent Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Trombe Wall Channels, Tony D. T. Chen
Dissertation: Shape Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Skeletal Structures and Geometrically Nonlinear Solids, Ching-Hung Chuang
Dissertation: Developmental Changes in Predictors of Job Satisfaction for Female Elementary School Teachers, Donna Owens Collier
Thesis: Seasonal Changes in Brown Adipose Tissue and Pelage of the Southern Short-Tailed Shrew Blarina carolinensis, Elisa Michelle Dew
Thesis: Biodegradation of Crude Oil by Marine Higher Fungi, Brian J. Dyer
Dissertation: Inelastic Stability of Nonproportionally Loaded Steel Sway Beam-Columns and Space Frames, Saleh Ali Eidan
Dissertation: A Computational Aerodynamic Design Optimization Method Using Sensitivity Analysis, Mohamed E. Eleshaky
Dissertation: Explicit Multistage Schemes for the Solution of the Three-Dimensional Compressible Euler/Navier-Stokes Equations, Alaa Ahmed Elmiligui
Dissertation: A Comparison of Alphanumeric, Direct Manipulation Graphic, and Equivalent Interface Design for a Production Scheduling Task, Ann C. Fulop
Thesis: Interferences of N-Chloroorganic Compounds in Free Chlorine Determination, Sushma H. Gandhi
Thesis: Retention of Cellular Viability and Growth Potential in Cryopreserved Bovine Arterial Tissue: Implications for Clinical Use of Cryopreserved Vascular Allografts, Kip G. Gardner
Dissertation: Magnesium Regulation of Calcium in Essential Hypertension, Elaine Pringle Gordon
Thesis: Evaluation of Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic Tectonism: Atlantic Inner Coastal Plain Margin Near Richmond, Virginia, Andrew A. Gremos
Dissertation: Factors Affecting the Kinetics of Light Intensity Adaptation in Marine Phytoplankton, Chunzhi Guo
Dissertation: Multigrid Algorithms for Massively Parallel Machines, Satyanarayan Gupta
Dissertation: The Relative Effectiveness of Programmed Instruction Versus the Lecture and Discussion Method on the Assessment Skills and Reporting Patterns of Child Abuse and Neglect Among Undergraduate Nursing Students, Pamela Valleria Wilson Hammond
Dissertation: A Genetic and Physiological Study of the Role of Extracellular Copper-Binding Proteins in Copper Detoxification by the Marine Bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus, Valerie J. Harwood
Thesis: Kinetic Characterization of a Recombinant C-Terminal Mutant of Reverse Transcriptase from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Thomas S. Heard
Dissertation: A Responsive Evaluation in Two Hampton Roads Museums: The Development of a Performance Assessment System for Museum Volunteers, Joan Fishman Hecht
Dissertation: Development and Standardization of a Short-Term Assay for Evaluating Polluted Estuarine and Coastal Environments: The Medaka Embryo-Larval Assay, Michael Frederick Helmstetter
Thesis: Plankton Transport Patterns and Residence Times Around a Tall Seamount: Simulation Results, Dorlisa Louise Hommel
Thesis: Biochemical Investigation of Gout and Its Familial Incidences, Chin-Ling Hsu
Dissertation: Visual Graphic Knowledge Management Methodology, Jih-shih Hsu
Dissertation: The Relationships Between Metacognitive Strategies and Learning Outcomes in an Adult Basic Skills Program, Bert Huggins
Dissertation: Optimization of Cryopreservation Protocols for Cardiovascular Tissue, Jianfei Hu
Thesis: Port Visits as a Component of Soviet Naval Diplomacy in the Mediterranean Sea 1967-1986, John Mark Ickes
Dissertation: Ring Dynamics in the Western Gulf of Mexico, Adolphe W. Indest
Dissertation: Reasoning by Analogy in a Multi-Level System Architecture for the Design of Mechanisms, Ghassan F. Issa
Dissertation: The Perceived Role of High-Level Black Urban Managers in Virginia, Karen Ann Johnson
Thesis: F Response Frequency for the Median and Ulnar Nerves in a Normal Population, Patricia J. Killea
Thesis: The Effects of Orthopaedic Surgery and Dorsal Rhizotomy on Selected Gait Characteristics of Cerebral Palsy Children, Danielle M. Lanoue
Dissertation: Control of Low-Speed Turbulent Separated Flow Over a Backward-Facing Ramp, John C. Lin
Dissertation: Characterization of a Novel Prostate Tumor-Associated Antigen, Grayson B. Lipford
Dissertation: Some Solutions to a Lens Model With Applications to Warm-Core Eddies, Juping Liu
Dissertation: Diapycnal Mixing and Mass Transfer in Western Boundary Currents, Jose Luis Pelegri Llopart
Thesis: A Paleoenvironmental Analysis Based on Ostracode Assemblages from the Late Pliocene Tuapaktushak and Middle Pleistocene Karmuk Members of the Gubik Formation of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Western Alaska, D. E. Loehrke
Dissertation: High Performance Issues on Parallel Architectures, Peter J. Looges
Thesis: The Failure of United States Foreign Policy in Egypt 1953-1956, Patrick Bruce Lowrey
Thesis: Relation of Groundwater Fluoride Concentrations to Sediment Mineralogy, Potomac Formation (Cretaceous), Southeastern Virginia, Paul Anthony Maciuika
Dissertation: The Relationship of Educational Attainment and Socioeconomic Factors in the Health Behaviors of an Urban Population, George C. Maihafer
Thesis: The Development of a Youth Consumer Culture in the United States in the 1950s, Phillip D. McCaskey
Thesis: The Functional Role of Peripheral Nerves in IgE-Mediated Inflammation, Gary Wright Miller
Dissertation: Differential Utilization of Allochthonous and Autochthonous Carbon By Aquatic Insects of Two Shrub-Steppe Desert Spring-Streams: A Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis and Critique of the Method, Alfred Lynn Mize
Thesis: Russophobia and Judophobia Backlash in Extremist Russian Nationalism, 1987-1990, Connie Moray
Thesis: The Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties, 1954 - 1967, David Pembroke Neff
Dissertation: Investigation of Alignment Dynamics in Mg-Ne and Mg-Ar Two-Photon Fractional Collisions, David Allen Olsgaard
Thesis: An Experimental Study for the Effect of Specimen Size on Shear Behavior of Granular Materials, Clifton Linwood Parker IV
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Performance of Retired Military Personnel Who Begin Teaching as a Second Career, Wendell Edgar Parker
Thesis: Structural Characterization of Fucoidan and Its Role in the Hemizona Assay, Manish S. Patankar
Dissertation: Evidence for the Sensory Receptor(s) of the Mounting Sex Pheromone in Two Species of Ixodid Ticks, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) and Dermacentor andersoni Stiles, James Stephen Phillips
Dissertation: The Growth and Bioenergetics of Callinectes sapidus Larvae and the Effects of Diet Quality on Larval Physiology, James J. Pletl
Dissertation: The Evaluation of Company-Sponsored Test-Preparation Courses: Training Different Aged Employees on General Test-Taking Skills and Basic Cognitive Skills, Kerrie D. Quinn
Dissertation: Search for the Mössbauer Effect in 109Ag, Shokrollah Rezaie-Serej
Thesis: SMIMD - A Synchronous Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Computer Architecture, Cathy C. Roberts
Thesis: U.S.S. New Ironsides: The Seagoing Ironclad in the Union Navy, William Howard Roberts
Dissertation: Text-Independent Automatic Speaker Identification Using Partitioned Neural Networks, Laszlo Rudasi
Dissertation: Unsteady Euler and Navier-Stokes Computations Around Oscillating Delta Wing Including Dynamics, Ahmed Abd-El-Bar Ahmed Salman
Thesis: A Multivariate Characterization of Assemblages of Planktonic Mysids Decapods and Sergestids in the Chesapeake Bay Mouth Area, John Charles Seibel
Dissertation: Bounds on Constraint Weight Parameters of Hopfield Networks for Stability of Optimization Problem Solutions, Gursel Serpen
Thesis: An Assessment of Food Sanitation Knowledge and Practice of Restaurant Workers in Taichung City, Taiwan, Shiow-Fu Sheu
Thesis: Fluid Inclusion Studies of the Morefield Pegmatite Amelia County, Virginia, John Richard Smerekanicz
Thesis: The Implementation of the Reagan Administration's Counterterrorist Policy, Howard Lawrence Steinberg
Dissertation: Mat Movement in Coastal Louisiana Marshes: Effect of Salinity and Inundation on Vegetation and Nutrient Levels, Christopher Martin Swarzenski
Thesis: Salvation at the Cinema: Religious References in American Science Fiction Films of the 1980's, Marjorie Roberts Tautkus
Dissertation: The Effects of Automation and Task Difficulty on Crew Coordination, Workload, and Performance, Ruth Coleen Thornton
Dissertation: Causal Analysis of a National Study of Sales Personnel Turnover Functionality, Eric J. Vanetti
Thesis: Awareness of and Rights Related to the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 by Selected Post-Adolescent College Students, Toni M. Vargas
Dissertation: Distribution of Foraminifera and Pollen in Coastal Depositional Environments of the Southern Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia, U.S.A., Han Jun Woo
Thesis: Multiple Learner Systems Using Resampling Methods, Binyun Xie
Dissertation: Monitoring Computer Systems: An Intelligent Approach, Myron Zhihong Xu
Dissertation: Seismic Response of Pipeline Systems in a Soil Liquefaction Environment, Hongzhi Zhang
Dissertation: High Performance Issues in Image Processing and Computer Vision, Jingyuan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Thesis: Overall Laughing One and the Experiences, Anina Porter Adams
Dissertation: Micromechanics of Granular Materials and Its Relation to Wave Velocity, Tarun K. Agarwal
Thesis: United States Tactical Doctrine, 1855 to 1861: The Mismeasure of Technology, Marion Vincent Armstrong Jr.
Dissertation: Operator Strategies Under Varying Conditions of Workload, Ruth Justine Arnegard
Dissertation: Parallel-Vector Computation for Geometrically Nonlinear Frame Structural Analysis and Design Sensitivity Analysis, Majdi A. Baddourah
Dissertation: The Effects of an Inservice Training Program for Cooperating Teachers on the Supervision of Student Teachers in an Urban School System, Cheryl S. Baker
Thesis: Inter-American Indemnity: Internal Security and the Mutual Security Program for Latin America (1951-1961), Robert George Baker
Dissertation: An Analysis of Urban Higher Education CEO's Perceptions of Critical Leadership Behaviors, Linda Ferguson Banis
Thesis: The Road to Reorganization: The First Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia, May 18-25, 1785, William C. Barnhart
Dissertation: Relocation Decision-Making in Dual-Career Couples, Lori Bartels
Thesis: Thermal Characterization of Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Catalysts Using Thermogravimetric Analysts and Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Rene A. Bartgis