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 1996
Thesis: Application of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Creatine Kinase MM and BB Isoenzymes for Creatine Kinase MB Isoenzyme Detection, Lei-Chieh Chuang
Dissertation: Extreme Response Style, Irvine Clarke III
Thesis: The Assessment of Different Cerebral Locations in the Study of Arousal and Attention Using a Closed Loop Tracking System, Keith W. Clouatre
Dissertation: A Progressive Damage Methodology for Residual Strength Predictions of Center-Crack Tension Composite Panels, Timothy William Coats
Thesis: Resource/Dataflow Graph Operating System Development, Sriram J. Coimbatore
Thesis: Parental Quality Ratings of Early Child Care Experiences and Subsequent School Adjustment, Donna Owens Collier
Thesis: The Cultural Adaptability of Dental Hygiene, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Nursing and Physical Therapy Faculty, Irene Mary Connolly
Thesis: Real-Time Visual Speech Articulation Training Aid, Neiyer S. Correal
Thesis: Economic Interdependence Along a Colonial Frontier: Capitalism and the New River Valley, 1745-1789, B. Scott Crawford
Thesis: When the "Blues" Come to Call: Police Officers' Attitudes Toward and Responses to Domestic Violence, Christine Reneé Crossland
Dissertation: Factors Affecting Nitrogen Fixation Rates in Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae: Reticulitermes) and Termite Nitrogen Contributions of Forest Ecosystems, Anthony Duane Curtis
Dissertation: The Effects of Environmental Variability on the Population Structure of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica): A Modeling Study, Margaret McManus Dekshenieks
Dissertation: Development of the Inventory of Life Span Events, Julie A. Dickison
Thesis: Lower Chesapeake Maritime Enterprise: 1781-1812, D. Dennis Duff
Dissertation: Modelling an Optical Fiber Bragg Grating, Claudio Oliveira Egalon
Thesis: The Relationship of Foot Types to Pressure Distribution Patterns of the Forefoot During Gait, Hui-Ji Fan
Thesis: A Receiving Water Quality Model for Dissolved Metal Runoff from a Floating Drydock, Thomas O. Fenn
Thesis: Validation of Continuous Self Improvement Flow and Individual Commitment as Personality Constructs, Alexia Anne Fink
Thesis: Petrochemical Analysis by Remote Fiber-Optic Raman Spectroscopy and Partial Least Squares Regression Analysis, Philip Edmund Flecher Jr.
Thesis: Reactions of Aqueous Chlorine with Alanylphenylalanine in Model Solutions and in a Wastewater, Thomas C. Fox
Thesis: Electron Beam Emission from a Ferroelectric Cathode, Crystal Briana Garland
Thesis: Modeling a High-Efficiency Ozone Injection Contactor, L. Bernard Garrett Jr.
Thesis: Relationship Between Design Marketing Strategies and Toothbrush Purchases by Consumers, Cynthia Lynn Garvin
Dissertation: Pion Absorption on Polarized Lithium-7 at 165 MeV, Thomas A. Greco
Thesis: School Behavior and Perception of the Family Environment of Delinquent Youth, Anne Rachel Greenberg
Dissertation: Volatility Risk Premiums in Futures Markets: Investment Prices and Commercial Bank Performance, Richard P. Gregory
Thesis: Finding Godot: Postmodernism and Truth, Robert T. Gregory Jr.
Dissertation: Visibility-Related Problems on Parallel Computational Models, Himabindu Gurla
Thesis: Frequency Response Enhancement of a Flow Sensor Using Diamond Thin Films Synthesized by Plasma CVD, John Curren Hagwood
Thesis: Comparison of Sapling Community Structure in Created and Natural Forested Wetlands in Southeastern Virginia, Sharon Ann Haines
Thesis: The Resurgence of the Wehrmacht on the Western Front in the Fall of 1944, Aaron S. Hamilton
Dissertation: The Effect of an Integrated Library Computer System on Job Characteristics in Public Libraries, Richard J. Harris
Thesis: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Risk Perception Related to Needlestick Injuries at a Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia, Ronald B. Hartman
Thesis: The Effects of Feedback Seeking Performance and Tenure on Perceived Organizational Commitment Self-Promotion Attributions and Allocation of Organizational Rewards, Bryan C. Hayes
Thesis: Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus Ater) Range Expansion into the Southeast: Effects on the Passerine Populations Using North American Breeding Bird Survey Data, Elizabeth Pruitt Henderson
Thesis: Concentrations, Complexation and Speciation of Total Dissolved Zinc in the Chesapeake Bay, Charles William Henry III
Dissertation: An Artificial Life Model of Engineering Attrition Contemplation: Why do Federally Employed Civilian Engineers Think of Quitting?, John William Herweg
Dissertation: Cross-Cultural Differences and Intercultural Cooperation in the Context of Change and Uncertainty: Americans and Finns in the Workplace, Maija Llisa Herweg
Thesis: The Relation Between Maternal Beliefs and Behavior and the Metabolic Control and Social Development of Children with Diabetes, Peggy Ann Herzog-Simmer
Thesis: Annie Wood: A Portrait, Jo Ann Mervis Hofheimer
Thesis: Work Interference with Family (W→F) and Family Interference with Work (F→W): Antecedents and Mediators, Karyn Hofler
Thesis: Psychological Outcomes of Religiosity in the Elderly, Deanna R. Hogge
Thesis: Social and Economic Opportunity in Seventeenth-Century Charles County, Maryland, Garett William Hughes
Dissertation: Variational Methods in Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization for Aerodynamic Applications, Adem Ibrahim Hussen
Dissertation: Correlates of the MMPI-A Immaturity (IMM) Scale in an Adolescent Psychiatric Population, Eric Albert Imhof
Thesis: Two-Dimensional Drift-Diffusion Simulations of Silicon Avalanche Shaper (SAS) Devices for High Power Applications, Hamid Jalali
Thesis: Affinity-Maintenance Strategies and Relationship Satisfaction, Carla J. Jernigan
Thesis: Long-Term Effects of Seawalls on the Adjacent Nonwalled Beaches of a Historically Receding Shoreline, Bryan Norton Jones
Dissertation: Therapist Orientation and Circularity-Linearity of Causality, Responsibility, Intentionality, and Blame for Clinical Problems, Helen Alexander Jones
Dissertation: Dynamic Scale Genetic Algorithm: An Enhanced Genetic Search for Discrete Optimization, Bela Dange Joshi
Thesis: An Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Detection of Cardiac Myoglobin Using Monoclonal Antibodies, Deborah F. Kelly
Dissertation: Numerical Prediction of Turbulent Diffusion Flames Formed by Cylindrical Tube Injector, Ali S. Kheireddine
Dissertation: The Valuation Effects of Corporate Investment Decisions: Evidence From Domestic and Foreign Plant Announcements, Bum Suk Kim
Dissertation: Application of Reanalysis Techniques for Pattern Design of Spot Welds, Young San Kim
Thesis: Comparison of Curriculum Content on Behavioral Strategies for Managing Anxious Clients in Associate and Baccalaureate Degree Dental Hygiene Programs in the United States, Darnyl Marie King
Thesis: Interaction of Ethanol and Insulin on Motor Activity and Hypoglycemia in Rats, Kristen E. Koontz
Thesis: Task Interdependence and Teamwork Processes, Kristin Krahl
Dissertation: Observation of Shelfwater Overrunning the Southern Slope Sea, Ajoy Kumar
Dissertation: Seasonal and Mesoscale Variability in the Distribution of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba, West of the Antarctic Peninsula, Cathy Meyer Lascara
Thesis: Nuclear Pariahs and Regimes in the New World Disorder, Wayne F. Lesperance Jr.
Dissertation: The Corporate Effects of R&D and Patent-Grants: Evidence From Intra-Industry Analysis, Steven Alan Lifland
Thesis: A Decision Support Model for Large Systems Using Quality Function Deployment and Goal Programming: A Capital Budgeting Problem, Kenneth Lindsey Jr.
Dissertation: Neuronal Toxicity of Humoral Factors From Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy and Mechanism of Neuronal Death on Cultured Adrenergic Neurons: Studies of Autoimmune Pathogenesis in Diabetic Neuropathy, Dong Liu
Thesis: Organic Matter Characterization of Virginia Rivers and Reservoirs, Susanne Margaret Lockhart
Thesis: A Structural Model of Antecedents and Consequences of Satisfaction with Growth and Development, Greg E. Loviscky
Thesis: Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy with Diode Lasers, Ying Lu
Thesis: Wittgenstein on Freedom of the Will, Grant Allen Marler
Thesis: A System for Structured Management of Hypermedia Resources for the World Wide Web, Kevin L. Marlowe
Thesis: The NOAA Corps A Participant Action Research of a Uniformed Service Facing Termination, Richard Eugene Marriner II
Thesis: The United State Government Versus John Harrison Surratt: A Study in Attitudes, Thomas Michael Martin
Thesis: Telemedicine: Discovering and Overcoming the Barriers, Dennis McClain-Furmanski
Dissertation: Gamma-Ray Optical Studies of ⁷³Ge and ⁵⁷Fe, Walter Carlton McDermott III
Thesis: Interest, Motivation, and Self-Regulation as Predictors of Strategy Use and Academic Performance, Tracy L. McPherson
Dissertation: Unsteady, Transonic Flow Around Delta Wings Undergoing Coupled and Natural Modes Response: A Multidisciplinary Problem, Margaret Anne Menzies
Thesis: Pounding Seas Against the Shore Wife Battering in the U.S. Navy and Its Relationship to Duty Assignment, Peter James Mercier III
Thesis: Josiah Gorgas and the Richmond Ordnance Industry: The Arsenal of the Confederacy, J. Michael Moore
Dissertation: Exact Solutions for Orthogonal and Non-Orthogonal Magnetohydrodynamic Stagnation-Point Flow, Shahrooz Moosavizadeh
Dissertation: Optical Fiber Fourier Transform Infrared Evanescent Wave Absorption Spectroscopy of Aluminum Hydroxide and Natural Corrosion, Juock S. Namkung
Thesis: Scheduling Processors for Distributed, Critical, Real-Time Systems, Hari K. Narasimhamurthy
Thesis: The Emperor Julian (A.D. 331-363): His Life and His Neoplatonic Philosophy, Anthony W. Nattania
Thesis: The Oral Health Status of Individuals on Renal Dialysis, Kimberley Naugle
Thesis: An Exploratory Study of Gender and the Process of Negotiating Academic Contracts Among Sociologists, Miriam M. Newton
Thesis: Eldorado: The Poes in Norfolk, Myreen Moore Nicholson
Thesis: Grading Teaching: An Evaluation of Teaching Techniques Used by California Community College Introduction to Sociology Instructors, Lynette Ann Osborne-Estes
Dissertation: A Total Systems analysis Method for the Conceptual design of Spacecraft: An application to Remote Sensing Imager Systems, Knut I. Oxnevad
Thesis: Construct Validation of the Small Unit Equal Opportunity Climate Survey, Arlene L. Pace
Dissertation: Numerical Chromosome Abnormalities in Sperm From Oligoasthenoteratozoospermic Patients and Fertile Males, Myung-Geol Pang
Thesis: Information Warfare: Technology and the Information Advantage, Daniel Matthew Parker
Thesis: Animal-Word and Sound Test: An Auditory Cognitive Interference Effect, Jason L. Parker
Thesis: The Martinsville Seven: Virginia's Most Controversial Court Case, 1949 - 1951, Michael Dean Plemmons
Thesis: Characterization of Rainfall Runoff Quality from a Shipyard Drydock, Peter Pommerenk
Thesis: The Evaluation of Succinylcholine Chloride for Harmful Effects Upon Early-Stage Mouse Embryos, Francis Warren Prescott
Thesis: Representations of Gender in Juvenile Literature During the Era of the American Revolution, Sandra Strohhofer Pryor
Dissertation: Linear Models for Multivariate Repeated Measures Data, Shantha S. Rao
Dissertation: Lead Activation of a Developmentally Regulated Calcium Channel in Rat Hippocampal Nerve Terminals, Troy E. Rhodes
Dissertation: The Tacit Dimension of Organizational Learning, Thomas Reeder Robinson
Dissertation: Computer Anxiety and Attitudes of Urban Teacher Education Students, Alfred P. Rovai
Dissertation: Toward Understanding Team Leadership: The Empirical Development of a Team Leadership Classification System, Brian J. Ruggeberg
Dissertation: The Influence of Time Pressure and Information Load on Rule-Based Decision-Making Performance, Brooke Browne Schaab
Dissertation: A One-Dimensional Model for Storm Breaching of Barrier Islands, Cheol Shik Shin