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 2001
Thesis: The Effects of Occupational Ultrasonic Noise Exposure on Hearing in Dental Hygienists: A Pilot Study, Jennifer S. Dunning
Dissertation: Perceptual Cues and Subjective Organization in a Virtual Information Workspace, Todd M. Eischeid
Thesis: Unsteady Flow Model for an Irrigation Canal Network, Talaat Taher El Gamel
Dissertation: A Health System Analysis Approach to Health Outcomes in Medicare Clients With Chronic Illnesses, Christine A. Elnitsky
Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Propeller Slipstream on the Behavior of Boundary Layers at Low Reynolds Number, Ehab A. Elsaadawy
Thesis: The Effects of Equal Opportunity Fairness and Diversity on Work Group Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment in the Military: A Test of Structural Invariance, Nancy P. Emery
Dissertation: Investigating the Effect of the International Stock Indexes on the United States Stock Index Futures, Zehlha Illhan Ertuna
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Academic Self-Concept and the Achievement Expectancies on the Academic Achievement and Persistence Rate of African-American Freshmen Students, Ira Falls III
Dissertation: Coastal Ocean Morphodynamics and the Resulting Erosion and Deposition: An Analytical Approach, Shejun Fan
Thesis: The Catholic Church in the Nicaraguan Revolution: Interdependence and Social Movements, Eric W. Frith
Dissertation: Understanding the Digital Divide As It Relates to Electronic Commerce, Franklin D. Gaillard
Thesis: An Evaluation of Washington State's First-Time Offender Waiver (FTOW), Marianne Galgon
Dissertation: Stress and Coping Experiences of Women in Transition: From Welfare to Work, William Jesse Gill
Dissertation: An Analysis of the Changes in the Proportional Distribution of Poverty Between Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Their Central Cities, Billy W. Godair
Dissertation: A History of Public Radio in an Urban Community: Its Impact Upon Education, Culture, Public Opinion and Policy, Barry K. Graham
Thesis: An Object-Oriented Resource Pool Model in Support of Discrete Event Simulations, Srinivas Gullapalli
Thesis: Psychophysiological Measures and Performance Effects in an Adaptive Sustained Attention Task, Gerald Alan Hadley
Thesis: Development of an Electrotransformation Technique for Streptococcus iniae and Preliminary Characterization of the Hemolysin Associated with this Bacterium, Kimberly Ann Hahn
Thesis: Institutionalized Discrimination and Sectarianism in Northern Ireland, Darlene E. Hall
Dissertation: An Integrated Risk Analysis Methodology in a Multidisciplinary Design Environment, Katrina R. Hampton
Thesis: Development of Atlas Based Simulation Capability for Automated Testing, Rami Hanbali
Thesis: The Impact of Parental Variables on Child Behavior at Home and in the Daycare Classroom, Margaret Sue Hart
Thesis: Map Kinases in Cynomolgus Monkey Sperm Hyperactivation, Emily Nicole Haynes
Thesis: The Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on Short-Term Fine Root Dynamics in a Barrier Island Dune Community, John Walter Hutton
Dissertation: New Sequential and Scalable Parallel Algorithms for Incomplete Factor Preconditioning, David A. Hysom
Dissertation: Regulation of the HCMV UL98 Promoter by Cooperation of the Cyclic AMP Response Element and Gamma Interferon Response Element, Tabmitha Patricia Young Jervey
Thesis: A Compact Ozone Differential Absorption Lidar (Dial) Transmitter Using a Solid-State Dye Polymer, Alton L. Jones Jr.
Dissertation: Measurement of Virtual Compton Scattering Below Pion Threshold at Invariant Four-Momentum Transfer Squared Q²=1.(GEV/C)², Christopher Jutier
Dissertation: Corporate Investment Activity, Industrial and Global Diversification and Internal Capital Markets, Ozgur Berk Kan
Dissertation: Interactions Among Murine Cytomegalovirus US22 Family Gene Products That Influence Viral Pathogenesis, Zaruhi Karabekian
Dissertation: Urban Terrorism: Strategies for Mitigating Terrorist Attacks Against the Domestic Urban Environment, John J. Kiefer
Thesis: Theology, Tradition, and Turbulent Times: Ordination of Women in the Lutheran Church, 1970, Donna L. Koch
Dissertation: Coherent Differential Absorption Lidar for Combined Measurement of Wind and Trace Atmospheric Gases, Grady James Koch
Thesis: Seasonal Phytoplankton Assemblages of Five Ephemeral Ponds in York County, Virginia, Michelle R. Kokolis
Dissertation: Towards a Strategy-Balanced Measure of Business Performance: Conceptualization and Empirical Examination With the Market Orientation Construct, David William Lambert
Dissertation: Globalization and the Paradox of Incorporation and Marginalization: An Exploratory Note on Sub-Saharan Africa, Charles R. Lartey
Thesis: The Role of the Internet in Chinese Foreign and Domestic Affairs, Jean Bowman Leedy
Dissertation: Characterization of the Biological Activities of Recombinant Fusion Protein Green Fluorescent Protein/Human Zona Pellucida Protein 3 (GFP/HZP3), Zhiyong Lin
Dissertation: Ensemble Monte Carlo Based Simulation Analysis of GaN HEMTs for High-Power Microwave Device Applications, Tao Li
Thesis: The Effects of Cultural Values on Acceptance of Human Resource Management Decisions, Ying Liu
Thesis: Mitigation of Water Vapor Interference for Infrared Polarization-Modulated Gas Filter Correlation Radiometry, David K. Lockwood
Thesis: Caste, Desire, and the Representation of the Gendered Other in U. R. Ananthamurthy's “Samskara,” “Ghatashraddha,” and “Akkayya”, Krishna Manavalli
Thesis: Taking Care of One's Own, Nicole M. Mazzarella
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Workplace Absenteeism and Alcohol Use: A Day-to-Day Examination, Susan Kay McFarlin
Dissertation: Mathematical Models of Quiescent Solar Prominences, Iain McKaig
Thesis: Life Study: A Collection of Persona Poetry, Denise Louise McNelly
Dissertation: Characterization of the Human Cytomegalovirus UL75 Late Gene Promoter, Bernard J. P. McWatters
Thesis: Computational Fluid Dynamic Study of A NASCAR Winston Cup Series Race Car, Terry L. Meek Jr.
Thesis: Pulsed Electron Heating of Atmospheric Pressure Air Glow Discharges, Hisham Merhi
Thesis: Fighting "Don't Know, Don't Care": The FCDA's Public Education Quest, Rachel M. Mihalovich
Dissertation: A Software Reliability Model Combining Representative and Directed Testing, Brian Michael Mitchell
Thesis: Economic Impact Analysis of the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, Michael Morris
Dissertation: Strategy Implementation Effectiveness in a Nonprofit Environment: The Case of Museum Stores, Sandra A. Mottner
Thesis: Good Grief: Representations of the Death of Children in Early American Writings, Lisa M. Murray
Thesis: A Comparison of Phytoplankton Communities in Lake Prince and the Western Branch Reservoir, Suffolk, Virginia, Cara Marie Muscio
Thesis: Determinants of Paternal Responsibility, Engagement, Accessibility, Suzanne Mischell Nangle
Dissertation: Post Doi Moi Urban Higher Education in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: The Case of Hong Duc University, Jeanne Beth Natali
Dissertation: Controlling Adult Oriented Businesses in Norfolk, Virginia, 1943–1998: A Descriptive Case Study, Janet Gail Nicula
Dissertation: Market Orientation: Towards an Understanding in Developing Marketplaces of South America, Howard Warren Olsen
Thesis: Investigation of Dual-Mode Combustion with Large Upstream Interaction, Melanic Olynciw-Mills
Thesis: Morphostatic Long-Term Hypsometric Analysis of Coastal Bay Environments: Hog Island Bay, Virginia, Kathleen Marie Overman
Thesis: Effects of Human Disturbances on the Behavior of Dabbling Ducks, Melissa Lynn Pease
Dissertation: Radiative Interactions in Thermochemical Nonequilibrium Expanding Flows, Srikanth B. Pidugu
Dissertation: The Validation of a Detailed Strategic Planning Process Model for the Implementation of Distance Education in Higher Education, Kenneth Phillip Pisel Jr.
Dissertation: Adsorption of Inorganic and Organic Ligands Onto Aluminum Hydroxide and Its Effect in Water Treatment, Peter Pommerenk
Dissertation: The Regional Public-Private Civic Infrastructure of Hampton Roads and Its Impact on the Implementation of Economic Development Initiatives, James Andrew Probsdorfer
Thesis: Effect of Magnesium on the Production of SCNA and SCNR by Streptococcus pyogenes, Strain FF22, Laura E. Quinn
Dissertation: On Multifunctional Collaborative Methods in Engineering Science, Jonathan B. Ransom Sr.
Thesis: Simulation Optimization Studies of Routing and Process Flow Problems, Satish Ravichandran
Dissertation: Tidal and Subtidal Lateral Structures of Density and Velocity in the Chesapeake Bay Entrance, Austreberto Cristobal Reyes-Hernandez
Thesis: Effects of Hormonal Changes Throughout the Menstrual Cycle on Joint Laxity in Females, John C. Roberts
Dissertation: The Implications of the Target-Area Hypothesis on the Population Dynamics of the Spotted Spiny Lobster, Panulirus guttatus, Denice N. Robertson
Thesis: Fine Root Dynamics in Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) Wetlands: Patterns of Ecosystem Development in Natural and Restoration Settings, Harvey LeRoy Rodgers
Thesis: A Scanning Electron Microscopy Comparison of the Effects of the Arkansas Stone and the Ida-Hone Ceramic Stone on Curet Sharpness and Root Smoothness, Marian Gayle Rubino
Dissertation: An Examinaton of the Enhanced Primary Care Model for the Organization of Team Care in Managing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Elderly Population, Carolyn Morcom Rutledge
Dissertation: Elastic Properties, Strength and Damage Tolerance of Pultruded Composites, Mrinal Chandra Saha
Thesis: Hydrographic Variability on Decadal and Interdecadal Scales in the Northern Gulf of Alaska, Nandita Sarkar
Dissertation: Evaluation of a Distance Learning Program for the Preparation of Special Education Teachers, Tami Seifert
Thesis: Development and Testing of a CFD-Based Optimization System for Axially Symmetric Rocket Nozzles, John-Paul Shebalin
Thesis: American Indian-White Miscegenation in Early Nineteenth Century American Literature, Elisabeth Michaelis Simmons
Thesis: SPICE-Based Heat Transport Model for Non-Intrusive Thermal Diagnostic Applications, Michael Stelzer
Thesis: Longitudinal Analysis of Cohesion in Student Work Teams: The Efficacy of Teamwork Skills Training, Kari Rachel Strobel
Thesis: The Effects of Training in Teamwork Skills on Intact Student Teams, Lara Bryan Tedrow
Thesis: Determination of the Impact of a Human Capital Decision Cost Model on the Economic Performance Measures of a Technical Services Company, Jeffery A. Temple
Thesis: The Synod of Dordrecht 1618-1619. The Influence of Calvinism on the Development of Freedom in the Netherlands in the Period 1560-1630, Joseph A. van Burik
Dissertation: Measurement of the gπNN(t) Form Factor, Kelly Gene Vansyoc
Thesis: Minimum Mean Square Error Spectral Peak Envelope Estimation for Automatic Vowel Classification, Jaishree Venugopal
Dissertation: Barrier to Utilization of Primary Healthcare Resources in Children Two Years of Age and Under, Ruth A. Waibel
Dissertation: Systematics of the Subterranean Amphipod Genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae) in Western North America, With Emphasis on Species of the Hubbsi Group, Daqing Wang
Dissertation: A Substructuring Technique With Application to Spot Weld Placement Design, Yang Wang
Dissertation: Methods of Detecting Differential Item Functioning: A Comparison of Item Response Theory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Ratchaneewan Wanichtanom
Thesis: Money Versus Morality: The Failure of the Joint Boycott Council and the Anti-Nazi Boycott Movement in the United States, Michelle D. Ward
Thesis: Positive Regulation of PKA on Human Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (hGnRH) Gene Expression in Human Placental JEG-3 Cells, Zhaoyang Wen
Thesis: The Effect of Occupant and Vehicular Parameters on the Onset and Severity of Whiplash Associated Disorder, James Keith Wilkerson
Thesis: Seeing the One-to-One Writing Conference Through Owl Eyes: Reimagining the Voice of Tutor, Madeline Yonker
Thesis: Transonic and Supersonic High Alpha Flow Prediction and Control for an SC-X Space Vehicle, Ruobo You
Dissertation: Time-Resolved Electron Diffraction Studies of Phase Transitions at Low-Index Germanium Surfaces, Xinglin Zeng
Dissertation: Dynamical Sedimentary Models of Shallow Marine Environments, Yong Zhang
Thesis: Sulphur By-Product: A Potential Indicator of Early Dental Plaque-Induced Gingival Disease Activity: A Pilot Study, Hui Zhou
Thesis: Court, Clients and Kingship: A Study of Royal Executive Style During the Reign of James I, Nick Jon Ziegler