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 1988
Dissertation: A Finite Element Formulation for the Large Deflection Random Response of Thermally Buckled Structures, James Eugene Locke
Thesis: Survival and Reproduction of the Freshwater Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes paludosus (Gibbes 1850) (Decapoda:Palaemonidae), in Saline Water, Brian Thomas Lowe
Thesis: Operation Bumpy Road: The Role of Admiral Arleigh Burke and the U.S. Navy in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, John P. Madden
Dissertation: Investigation of Supersonic Chemically Reacting and Radiating Channel Flow, Mortaza Mani
Thesis: Die Geburt der Tragoedie, Joseph Barnett Metzler III
Thesis: Factors Involved in Battered Women's Decision to Leave Their Abusive Partners: Shelter Research in the Southeast, Mary Ellen Miles
Thesis: Reactions of Aqueous Chlorine in the Gastric Fluid of the Rat, Michael Gary Nickelsen
Thesis: Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy and Paleoenvironmental Analysis of the Anahuac Formation (Late Oligocene-Early Miocene) from a Deep Well in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Audrey Lynne Orndorff
Thesis: The Relationship Between Multiple Health Factors, Demographics, and Body Weight, Glenda J. Potter
Dissertation: A Mathematical Model of the Dynamics of an Optically Pumped Four-Level Solid State Laser System, Lila Freeman Roberts
Thesis: Optimization of the Tungstic Acid Denuder Technique for the Measurement of Atmospheric Ammonia, Patricia Diane Roberts
Thesis: Effects of Ethanol and Caffeine Administered Maternally on Neonatal Adrenocortical Function, Rhonda L. Mullins Rohlfing
Thesis: Television and the Integration of Europe in the Era of Satellite Communications, John Erick Roos
Thesis: Development and Testing of the Stress Adaptation Scale for Parents with Chronically Ill Children (SASP), Carolyn M. Rutledge
Thesis: Seasonal Phytoplankton Assemblages in the Nansemond River, Virginia, Cindy Eleanor Shomers
Thesis: A Simple Solid-Phase Electrophoretic Procedure for the Separation of Plasmid DNA, Linda Ann Simurra
Dissertation: Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flows Past Three-Dimensional Cavities, Shivakumar Srinivasan
Thesis: Trace Elements in Northern Virginia Middle Ordovician Carbonates: Implications for Diagenesis, Ruth Ann Strauss
Dissertation: Performance Appraisal Ratings as a Function of Source of Ratings and Purpose of the Appraisal, Richard J. Tannenbaum
Dissertation: Dynamic Allocation of Responsibility Between Operators With Different Models of System Information Using Computer-Mediated Communication, Michele Terranova
Thesis: Decomposition of Roots in the Great Dismal Swamp, Edward G. Tupacz
Thesis: Vertical Distribution of Phytoplankton Populations Along the Northeastern Continental Shelf Margin of the United States, Bruce Burwell Wagoner
Thesis: The Synthesis and Evaluation of 5-Phenyloxazolidines as Potential Cardiovascular Drugs, Tammy C. Wang
Thesis: Structural Geology of Page Valley, Page County, Virginia, Tamera J. Warden
Dissertation: An Examination of Factors Which Contribute to Errors and Omissions in the Polling Place on Election Day, Ann J. Washington
Thesis: Reform and Democracy: British and American Reactions to the French Revolution, 1789-1801, Martha Lingua Wheless
Thesis: A Light and Electron Microscopic Study of the Rat Olfactory Tubercle: Normal Morphology and Acetylcholinesterase Localization, James Curtis Woodley
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Dissertation: Topology and Grid Adaption for High-Speed Flow Computations, Jamshid Samareh Abolhassani
Thesis: Testing Orem's Dependent Care Agency Construct: Parents as Health Educators in the Home, JoAnn M. Baldwin
Thesis: The Stratigraphy of Late Quaternary Deposits in the Payan Mining District, Narino, Colombia, South America, Richard Alan Barringer
Dissertation: A Simple Numerical Model for the Study of Baroclinic Estuarine Shelf Interactions, Thomas J. Berger
Thesis: Sediment Budgets and Shoreline Dynamics Cape Henry, Virginia, Marcia R. Berman
Thesis: A Comparison of Myofascial Release and Ultrasound in the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain, Dianna Lynn Bishop
Thesis: Meaning in the Historic and Artistic Milieu of the Jacobean Court Masque, John R. Bledsoe
Dissertation: Implications of a Family Systems Orientation for Preventing Psychiatric Hospitalization, James Howard Bullock
Thesis: Gas Permeation Measurements on Small Polymer Specimens, Karen S. Burns
Dissertation: Socialization for Professionals an Analysis of the Process, Influencing Elements, and Outcomes, Catherine Via Cauthorne-Lindstrom
Thesis: Synthesis of Potential Long Acting Calcium Channel Antagonists: A Study of 1,4-Dihydropyridine Analogs, Thomas E. Christos
Dissertation: Volunteer Trustees in Urban United Way Agencies, Rosemarie Scoti Cook
Thesis: Provenance of Sands Within the Lower Chesapeake Bay Based on Ilmenite Composition, Edward Augustus Council III
Dissertation: Direct Simulation of Hypersonic Transitional Flows Over Blunt Slender Bodies, Vincent Cuda Jr.
Thesis: Analysis of Phytoplankton and Particle Variability at a Warm Core Ring/Shelf Break Front Using Flow Cytometry, Kimberly G. Davis
Thesis: Investigation of Complex Formation by Oligomers of Cytosine and Guanosine, Steven Roberts Davis
Dissertation: Finite Element Methodology for Nonlinear Free and Harmonic Forced Vibrations of Beam and Plate Structures, Kamolphan Decha-Umphai
Dissertation: On the Thermal Stresses Due to a Uniform Heat Flow Past a Circular Hole With a Radial Edge Crack, George F. Edmonds
Thesis: The Hydrogeology of Nags Head Woods, Dare County, North Carolina, Janet Salyer Emry
Thesis: Discrimination of Subparallel Beach Ridges Using Detrital Ilmenite Composition and Fourier Shape Analysis, Allen E. Evans Jr.
Dissertation: The Implications of Varying Levels of Task Automation on Workload, Micheline Y. Eyraud
Dissertation: Implementation and Performance Analysis of Numerical Algorithms on the MPP, Flex/32, and Cray/2, Raad A. Fatoohi
Thesis: Computer-Aided Analysis and Design of Rectangular Buried Tank Walls and Its Safety Factor Evaluation Based on Yield Line Analysis, Rakiya J. Fatoohi
Thesis: A Comparison of Potential Fishing Methods Associated with Fish Aggregating Devices off the Northeast Coast of Puerto Rico, Alan M. Friedlander
Dissertation: Driver Response to Simulated Intersections: An Analysis of Workload-Related Variables, Monty G. Grubb
Thesis: Molting in the Mature Female Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Rathbun, Kirk J. Havens
Dissertation: Psychologists' Volunteering: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Toward Psychotherapy Research, James Perry Howell
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of N-Alkyl-Adenosine-5'-Diphosphates, Han-Ping Huang
Dissertation: On a Moving Boundary Problem of Transitional Ballistics, Jen-Ing G. Hwang
Thesis: Determination of Amino Acids and Chloramino Acids in Municipal Wastewater, Jeffrey Taylor Jewell
Dissertation: The Influence of Direct Versus Indirect Observation, Candidate Report Format, and Assessor Training on the Accuracy of Assessor Ratings, Rudolph L. Johnson Jr.
Dissertation: Cross-Shore Sediment Transport in Relation to Waves and Currents in a Groin Compartment, Hyo Jin Kang
Dissertation: Growth Potential of Young Black Sea Bass, Centropristis Striata, in Artificial Environments, Joung Won KIm
Thesis: Sulfide in Shelf/Slope Waters of the Western Atlantic, Christian F. Krahforst
Thesis: Influences of Pre-Columbian Art in the Work of Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, June-Marie Lam
Dissertation: Microsurgical Fertilization of Mammalian Eggs: An Assessment of Clinical Utilization, Susan E. Lanzendorf
Thesis: The Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Isopropyl Alcohol, Phenylphenol, and Nonphenal Oxyethylene Iodine Complex on Dental Operatory Surfaces, Maureen Anne Lawless
Thesis: Processes Which Create and Destroy Stratification in the South Atlantic Bight During GABEX II, Rebecca Lynn Lovingood
Dissertation: Groin-Associated Rip Currents Measured Using a New Digital Current Meter, Dennis L. Lundberg
Thesis: Reactions of Organic N-Chloramines in the Gastric Fluid of the Rat, Kathryn E. Mazina
Thesis: The Effectiveness of Oral Health Computer Assisted Instruction on Increasing the Oral Hygiene Status of Children, Claudia Ann Michalak
Thesis: The Public Record Office: A Study of the Creation of the Office and the Construction of Its Fireproof Repository, Kathryn A. Miller
Dissertation: Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Very Low Salinity Region of the James River Estuary, Virginia, U.S.A., Changho Moon
Thesis: Clinical Effects of Daily Rotary Electric Toothbrushing on the Presence of Gingivitis and Supragingival Dental Plaque, Laura Jean Mueller
Thesis: A Comparison of Nursing Role Conceptions Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Their Nursing Faculty, and Clinical Nurse Mentors, Michele Lynn Musella
Dissertation: The Effects of Nonlinear Damping on the Large Deflection Response of Structures Subjected to Random Excitation, Chunchu Bhavani Prasad
Thesis: Tardive Dyskinesia: A Prevalence Study in an Outpatient Population, Virginia J. Ravizza
Dissertation: A Study of Flow Separation in Transonic Flow Using Inviscid and Viscous CFD Schemes, James Andrew Rhodes
Dissertation: Studies of Radiation Effects in Three High Polymers, Heidi Rene-Mitchell Ries
Dissertation: Statewide Higher Education Governing Board Decision Making in Capital Project Planning, Richard Charles Runner
Dissertation: Large Deviation Local Limit Theorems for Ratio Statistics, Sanjeev V. Sabnis
Thesis: An Annual Study of Phytoplankton Composition and Associated Environmental Conditions of Lake Trashmore, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Seba B. Sheavly
Dissertation: Category Test and WAIS Scores: Sex and Age Inter-Relationships, Julia Ann Shelton
Dissertation: Factors Affecting the Efficacy of Rater Training: Information Type and Mode of Presentation, Todd A. Silverhart
Dissertation: A Numerical Study of Three-Dimensional Vortex Breakdown, Robert Edward Spall
Thesis: Pre-Natal Learning Needs Perceptions of Expectant Parents and Childhood Educators, Cynthia Divens Sweeney
Thesis: Evaluation of Two Methods for Estimating Belowground Production in the Great Dismal Swamp, Millie Symbula
Thesis: Structural Sensitivity Analysis on a Parallel Computer, Niu Kian Teck
Thesis: Perceived Job Stress in Critical Care Nursing in a Military Setting, Jeannette Theriault
Dissertation: Supervisors' Perceptions of Staff Development Needs of Urban Vocational Teachers, Patricia Tynes Tompkins
Dissertation: The Geochemistry of Selenium and Sulfur in a Coastal Salt Marsh, David Jay Velinsky
Thesis: Depositional and Diagenetic History of the Middle Ordovician Carbonates of the Shenandoah Valley, Northern Virginia, Lynn Ellen Weyenberg
Thesis: Laminar Viscous Effects on Longitudinal Dispersion in Tidal Froude Models, Larry H. White
Dissertation: Experimental Study of Shock Wave Interference Heating on a Cylindrical Leading Edge, Allan R. Wieting
Dissertation: Community Development Through Industry and Education Partnerships: An Integrated Evaluability Assessment of a Cooperative Training Alliance Between Industry and an Urban Community College, Richard E. Witte
Dissertation: The Effects of Various Lumbar/Sacral Back Support Systems Upon Human Peak Muscular Force, Total Work, and Average Power, Michael Lee Woodhouse
Dissertation: The Influence of Rater Training, Scale Format, and Rating Justification on the Quality of Performance Ratings by Three Rater Sources, Steven B. Woods
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Dissertation: An Administrative Microcomputer Literacy Training Model for Elementary School Administrators of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Karen Ann Bosch
Thesis: Solid Phase Extraction of Mammalian Cell Mitochondrial DNA and its Electrophoretic Separation in Agarose Gels, Theresa Brick-Miller
Thesis: Factors that Influence Prepared Childbirth Couples' Use of Epidural Anesthesia for Labor and Delivery, Terri S. Chambers
Dissertation: Three-Dimensional Elastic-Plastic Finite Element Analysis of Fatique Crack Growth and Closure, Rahmatollah G. Chermahini
Thesis: Matoaka, June Nan Cooper
Thesis: The Image of the Nurse in a Professional Journal: A Historical Perspective, Dawn Louise Crane