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 2000
Thesis: A Generic Object-Oriented Server Model, Brian Douglas Jones
Thesis: Kinetic Characterization of Tetracycline Binding and Release by Demineralized Bone - DFDBA, Orner Kabil
Dissertation: Identity, Conflict and Cooperation in International River Basins, Jack V. Kalpakian
Dissertation: Signal Modeling with Non-Uniform Time Sampling of Features for Automatic Speech Recognition, Montri Karnjanadecha
Thesis: The Role of Campus Surroundings in Student Retention: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Campus Surroundings Construct, Laura E. Kellard
Dissertation: Comparative Systematics of Subterranean Amphipod Crustaceans in the Families Crangonyctidae and Bogidiellidae, Stefan Koenemann
Dissertation: Factors Associated with Asthma Readmissions in Children's Hospitals, Maria Acedo Kronenburg
Thesis: Medical Students and Their Attitudes Toward Abortion: An Assessment of Which Factors Influence Medical Students' Willingness or Unwillingness to Perform Abortions, Katherine M. Krupa
Dissertation: Site-Based Dropout Identification and Prescription Process for Alternative Education in a Diverse School System, William P. Krupp
Thesis: The Influence of National Culture on Crew Resource Management and Team Performance in Aircraft Accident and Incident Reports, Jenny Chia Yi Kuang
Dissertation: An Object-Oriented Algorithmic Laboratory for Ordering Sparse Matrices, Gary Karl Kumfert
Dissertation: Transcriptional Regulation of Chicken Apolipoprotein A-I Gene Expression, Wen Lin Kumfert
Thesis: Perceptions of Police Abusive Behavior: Factors Influencing Citizens' Attitudes Toward the Police Use of Excessive Force, Debra P. Laville-Wilson
Thesis: Cytotoxic T Cell Response to Influenza Vaccination in Older Adults, Caroline R. Letter
Thesis: Delinquency and Victimization Among Adolescents: An Examination of the Relationship and Lifestyle Influences, Joy Eileen Livergood
Dissertation: Electroweak Structure of Three-and Four-Body Nuclei, Laura Elisa Marcucci
Thesis: An Analysis of Migratory Behavior Physiological Condition and Life History Strategy in the Salamanders Ambystoma Mabeei and A. Opacum in Southeastern Virginia, Michael W. McCoy
Dissertation: A Systems-Based Methodology for the Construction and Representation of Organizational Knowledge Systems, Willie James McFadden
Thesis: Validation of Passive Air Sampling Monitors Onboard United States Navy Submarines, Larry A. McFarland
Thesis: I Won't Say Heaven: Notes on an Outer Banks Village, Judith DePietro Mercier
Dissertation: An Empirical Analysis of the Critical Determinants Affecting Commitment and Performance of the U. S. Firm in the South African Market: Apartheid Versus Post-Apartheid, Sonja Pollard Mitchell
Dissertation: Multicast Services for Multimedia Collaborative Applications, Emad Eldin Mohamed Mohamed
Thesis: The Effects of Education and Exposure on College Students' Perceptions of Dating Violence, Kristian Moore
Thesis: Induction of Apoptosis in Human Prostate Cancer Cells by Resveratrol, Gary Zulfikar Morris
Dissertation: The Market and Ethics: The Case of the 1994 Decision by the Clinton Administration to Delink China's Human Rights Record From Most-Favored-Nation Status, Susan C. Morris
Thesis: Improving Co-Generation Plant Performance Using Computer Modeling Software: A Parametric Study, Gerald R. Munyan
Thesis: Perceptions of Clinical Psychologists Relative to Other Mental Health Providers, Glenora Nelson
Dissertation: Buckets: Smart Objects for Digital Libraries, Michael L. Nelson
Thesis: A Digital Pressure Sensor Data Acquisition System in a Wind Tunnel Model, John J. Novakoski
Thesis: Towards Quantification of Active Sand Volume in the Nearshore Profile, Sukru Serkan Ozger
Thesis: Kicking at the Closet Door: The Opinions, Attitudes, and Experiences of Military Homosexuals, Rodney Lee Parks
Dissertation: Investigations on the Use of Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Clinical Chemistry Applications, Henri Parson Patten
Thesis: An Exploratory Study of Domestic Violence Attitudes Among Virginia Magistrates, Elaine M. Phillips
Dissertation: The Concept and Practice of Representative Democracy in Post-Communist Eastern Europe, Georgeta V. Pourchot
Dissertation: Phenomenological Description of Double-Pion Photoproduction, Andry M. Rakotovao
Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of Long-Lived "ZEKE" Rydberg States in Ultracold Argon, Gambhir Ranjit
Dissertation: Advanced Atmospheric Water Vapor Dial Detection System, Tamer Refaat
Thesis: Arousal, Goal Commitment, Goal Difficulty, and Performance, Monica Ann Rickard
Thesis: An Ultrastructural Survey of the Nuchal Glands of Rhabdophis tigrinus (Serpentes: Colubridae), Kathleen A. Roberts
Thesis: An Investigation Into the Relationship Between Language Attitudes and Academic Performance in Northampton County, Virginia, Public Schools, Glenda L. Rose
Dissertation: Curvilinear Interface Methodology for Finite-Element Applications, Ollie James Rose
Dissertation: The Influence of Selected Noncognitive Variables on the Academic Success of Urban Black High School Males in an Enrichment Pre-College Program, Leon Rouson
Thesis: The Fundamental Use and Extension of Mode Stirred Chambers, Stephen A. Scearce
Dissertation: Implementation Theory and Determinants for Success: A Case Study of Televised Distance Learning Implementation in an Urban University, Deanne Shuman
Dissertation: An Assessment of the Links Between International Diversification, Product Diversification, Performance and Risk Within Service Corporations, Sally Ann Sledge
Dissertation: A Content Analysis of Advertising in Magazines Directed at United States and United Kingdom Seniors, Ray Markham Smith
Dissertation: A Power Structure Study of an Urban Superintendent's Tenure in the City of Virginia Beach, 1967–1986, Sophia V. Stubblefield
Dissertation: Detection and Modeling of Radiation Induced Effects in Tissues by Dielectric Spectroscopy, Dorin A. Todor
Dissertation: Virtual Compton Scattering in the Nucleon Resonance Region, Luminita Anca Todor
Dissertation: Pretrial Release in Virginia: Investigating the Influence of Defendant Characteristics and Community Type on Pretrial Outcome, Marie L. VanNostrand
Dissertation: An Examination of a Multidimensional Model of Customer Satisfaction with Internet Purchasing, Kathleen VanScoyoc
Thesis: Victims Confront Offenders: An Exploratory Study of Victim Satisfaction During Mediation, Krystal C. Walton
Thesis: Biological and Physical Observations on Larval Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) Recruiting to Oregon and Ocracoke Inlets North Carolina, Thomas R. Wasaff
Dissertation: Pulsed Optoacoustics in Solids, Zibiao Wei
Dissertation: Evaluation of Fish Scale Chemistry for Determining Habitat Associations, Brian Kenneth Wells
Dissertation: Precision Measurement of the Spin Structure of the Proton and the Deuteron, Frank R. Wesselmann
Thesis: Compressible Flow Modeling in a Low Pressure Natural Gas Fuel Injector, Eugene D. White Jr.
Thesis: Political Culture and Women's Political Activity in Post Communist Ukraine A Case Study of the 1994 Elections, Tonja M. Wilt
Thesis: Developing a Parametric Cost Model for Operating Costs of Army Ground Combat Weapon Systems, James O. Winbush Jr.
Thesis: Behavioral Couples Therapy for Female Substance-Abusing Patients: Effects on Relationship Adjustment and Drug-Using Behavior, Jamie J. Winters
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: Suppression of Post-Buckling Deflection and Panel-Flutter Using Shape Memory Alloy, Mohammad Tawfik Abo El So-oud
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: An Improved Thermal Mass Flow Controller for Hazardous and Precision Applications, William J. Alvesteffer
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
Thesis: Losing Ground: A Barrier Island Comes of Age, Lorraine M. Eaton
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