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 1994
Thesis: Come Rain or Come Shine, Teresa E. (Terry) Perrel
Thesis: Materials Recovery Facilities in the United States Virgin Islands: A Regional Facilities Location Model Study, Lloyd O. Prince Jr.
Thesis: Transient Simulations and Modelling of Semi-Insulating GaAs Photoconductive Switches, Prasun Kumar Raha
Thesis: Development of a Knowledge-Based System for Wastewater Pipeline Rehabilitation, David Allen Reaves
Thesis: Computer Networks and the Teaching of English as a Second Language: How Networks Affect Second Language Acquisition, Kirstin J. Reed-Perez
Dissertation: The Application of Formal Principles of Public Administration as Perceived by City Managers, Shelton P. Rhodes
Dissertation: Landfill Leachate Production and Gas Generation Numerical Model, John Edward Riester Jr.
Dissertation: Development of Vibration and Sensitivity Analysis Capability Using the Theory of Structural Variations, Ting-Yu Rong
Dissertation: The Teamwork Components Model: An Analysis Using Structural Equation Modeling, Rebecca Rosenstein
Dissertation: Methods for the Comparison of Timing Behavior Applied to the Pink Salmon Fisheries of Prince William Sound, Alaska, Louis J. Rugolo
Thesis: The Influence of Saprolite Composition Texture and Structure on Groundwater Flow in the Piedmont Province Henry County Virginia, John Thomas Russell
Dissertation: In Situ Regulation of Cytosolic Phospolipase A₂, Beverly A. Rzigalinski
Thesis: Dynamic Task Scheduling for the ATAMM Multicomputer Operating System Using Embedded Firmware on Microcontrollers, Sudhir Sastry
Thesis: Vigilance: Instruction Effects and Personality Correlates of Performance Workload and Boredom, David A. Sawin
Thesis: Autonomous Robot Navigation in Unknown Terrains Using Parallel Numerical Artificial Potential Fields, John C. Schneider
Thesis: Seasonal Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Pagan River, David Wade Seaborn
Dissertation: Translational Regulation of the C-Jun Proto-Oncogene, Anil Sehgal
Dissertation: Simulation of Active Control of Asymmetric Flows Around Slender Pointed Forebodies, Hazem Sharaf El-Din
Thesis: Premature Infant Attractiveness and Temperament in the Prediction of Maternal Sensitivity, Cheryl L. Shiflett
Dissertation: Subunit Interactions of Recombinant HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase With Mutations at L289, Jacquelyn R. Smith
Thesis: Benthic Community Responses to Hypoxic Conditions in the Lower Rappahannock River, Virginia, Mary Elaine Smith
Thesis: An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Iosipescu Shear Test for Composite Materials, Barry Stuart Spigel
Dissertation: Strong Magnetic Field Effects and Molecular Processes with Applications to White Dwarfs, Phillip C. Stancil
Thesis: Allied Communications Intelligence and the Monsoon Group, 1943-1945, Christopher G. Stuart
Thesis: Investigation of Selenium Status in Hypo-, Hyper- and Euthyroid Children, Ping Sun
Thesis: The Atlantic Conference at Argentia (9-12 August 1941) The Anglo-American Agreement on the Defeat of Nazi Germany, John Michael Sweeney
Thesis: An Approach for Representation of Organizational Mental Models Using System Dynamics, Jörg-Peter Theissen
Dissertation: The Effect of Same-Sex Grouping Versus Mixed-Sex Grouping on Mathematics Achievement and Attitudes of Academically Gifted Fourth and Fifth Grade Females in the Urban Classroom, Martha J. Tompkins
Dissertation: Invariant Manifolds of a Toy Climate Model, Michael Toner
Dissertation: Iodate Transformation By Marine Phytoplankton, Ajcharaporn Udomkit
Dissertation: Invariance Properties of Statistical Tests for Dependent Observations, Akhil K. Vaish
Dissertation: Determination of Pancreatic and Salivary Amylase By Enzyme Immunoassay and Their Prevalence in Hyperamylasemic Patients, Sabdra Borgens Ward
Thesis: The Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on the Phenology of Roots in a Barrier Island Sand Dune Community, Everett P. Weber
Dissertation: A Study of Similarity and Analogical Decision-Making in Collaborative Design, Christopher Edward Weeks
Thesis: Reproductive Biology of Chesapeake Bay Black Drum, Pogonias cromis, with an Assessment of Fixatives and Stains for Histological Examination of Teleost Ovaries, Brian K. Wells
Thesis: Role of Heat Shock Protein 70 kDa Cognate in Limiting Thermal Inactivation and Refolding of Heat-Denatured Nuclear Type I Topoisomerase, Kuo-Kuang Wen
Dissertation: The Development of a Method to Extract High Purity Oxygen From the Martian Atmosphere, Dongchuan Wu
Dissertation: Rational Cubic B-Spline Interpolation and Its Applications in Computer Aided Geometric Design, Kotien Wu
Dissertation: On the Low-Frequency Current and Temperature Fluctuations Along the Shelf Break in the South Atlantic Bight, Sunny Yu Wu
Thesis: The African Independence Movement and United States Foreign Policy, 1945-1960, Vera McLauchlin Wyche
Thesis: The Ottoman Reaction to the Annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1908 by Austria-Hungary, Yücel Yanikdağ
Dissertation: Unsteady Flow Simulations About Moving Boundary Configurations Using Dynamic Domain Decomposition Techniques, Guan-Wei Yen
Dissertation: Finite Element Analysis for Nonlinear Flutter Suppression of Composite Panels at Elevated Temperatures Using Piezoelectric Materials, Run Chen Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Thesis: An Exploratory Study of Terminal Syndrome, Phyllis Jean Adams
Thesis: The Effect of 6-Methoxybenzoxazolinone on Reproductive Condition in the Hispid Cotton Rat, Sigmodon Hispidus, Vera Lee Adams
Dissertation: The Implementation of Neighborhood Conservation Projects in Portsmouth, Virginia, 1960-1990, Robert Brooke Albertson
Dissertation: Boundary Layer influences on the Subsonic Near-Wake of a Family of Three-Dimensional Bluff Bodies, Charles Willliam Alcorn
Thesis: Naval Airborne Early Warning 1945-1985, Edwin Leigh Armistead
Dissertation: A Multivariate Quality Control Approach for Automated Manufacturing Systems, Hisham Naim Ashur
Dissertation: A Multiple Case Study of Selected Individuals Who Facilitate the Successful Adoption of Environmental Public Policy, John H. Austin
Dissertation: A Preliminary Study of a Job Analytic Inventory Derived From a Behavioral Consistency Method for Assessing Intrinsic Motivation, William John Banis
Thesis: The Adversarial and Mediation Processes An Exploration of Outcomes in Child Custody Disputes, Cheryl Barakey
Thesis: Intersection Decisions and Reaction Time, Orhan Earle Beckman
Thesis: Statistical Variations in Beach Parameter Change Rates for Walled and Non-Walled Profiles at Sandbridge, Virginia, Douglas Allen Bellomo
Dissertation: Time-Optimal Algorithms on Meshes With Multiple Broadcasting, Dharmavani Bhagavathi
Dissertation: Export Marketing Development Program Selection, Albert Phillip Bianchi Jr.
Dissertation: A Follow-Up Study Investigating the Relationships Between Holland's Personality Types and Selected Career Choice Variables, Kennard S. Brackney Sr.
Thesis: Light Injection from an Active Cladding to the Core of a Fiber Optic Fluorosensor, Alvin Leon Bryant
Thesis: Choice Reaction Time and Conjunctions of Form Size Color and Orientation, Cristina Bubb-Lewis
Thesis: DOK: An Original Screenplay, Duncan Campbell
Dissertation: Studies on Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Supersonic Chemically Reacting Flows, Rajnish Chandrasekhar
Thesis: The Complexities of Learning Prepositions: Spanish to English, Denise J. Simon Chiavarini
Thesis: The Influence of Touch and Gender on Subjects' Perceived Social Support and Emotional State, Edmond R. Cochard
Thesis: Women's Profiles, Robyn Lynn Cochran
Dissertation: A Comparison of Minority and Non-Minority Engineering Students on Selected Personality and Program Variables, Thomas Mercer Collier Jr.
Thesis: A CIPP Evaluation of the Administrative Associate Training Program through Sentara, Patricia A. Criswell
Dissertation: The Effect of Noncognitive Variables on the Prediction of Academic Difficulty and Attrition of Freshman Student-Athletes, Bruce W. Cunningham
Dissertation: Recognition of Quadric Surfaces From Range Data: An Analytical Approach, Ivan X. D. D'Cunha
Thesis: Computer-Based Procedural Performance as a Function of Window Size and Format Type, Christina Ann DiPalo
Thesis: Yellow Ribbons, D. Scott Drake
Thesis: Dependency Autonomy Stress and Depression: A Test of an Interactive Model, Kathryn Kern Drury
Dissertation: Fast Fourier Transforms on Distributed Memory Parallel Machines, Anshu Dubey
Thesis: The Soviet Military: Pressures for Change 1981-1991, William C. Dughi
Thesis: A Test of Bass's Model of Transformational Leadership Among Managers in the Dominican Republic, Nancy Urbaez Echavarria
Thesis: Validation of a Bag Sampling Method for 1,3-Butadiene, Lori Eckenrode
Dissertation: A Framework for Data Sharing in Computer Supported Cooperative Environments, Mohamed Youssef Eltoweissy
Thesis: Stand and Run, Andrea Gaye Evans
Thesis: Longitudinal Study of Plasma and Erythrocyte Selenium Levels in Type I Diabetic Children During Development and Treatment of Ketoacidosis, Pi-hsia Fan
Thesis: The Influence of Temperature Salinity and Postlarval Transport on the Distribution of Juvenile Spiny Lobsters, Panulirus argus, in Florida Bay, Jennifer Marie Field
Thesis: Paleocene to Miocene Foraminifera From a Well Near Gloucester, Virginia, Nelson Stanley Ford
Thesis: A Comparison of Four Muscle Relaxant Techniques and Their Incidence of Postoperative Myalgia in Ambulatory Patients, William James Garske Jr.
Thesis: Description, Distribution, and Abundance of the Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus (Rathbun), Spawning Stock of the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Patrick John Geer
Dissertation: A Study of the Relative Effectiveness of Alternative Instructional Delivery Schedules for Adult Achievement, Wendy A. Gee
Thesis: The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy, Outcome Expectancy, and Metabolic Control in People With Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Edwina Rudisill Giddens
Thesis: The Distribution and Occurrence of Aerobic Heterotrophic Antimicrobic-Producing Bacteria Isolated from the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Linda Lea Gilmer
Thesis: Iranian Foreign Policy Shedding the Pariah Image, Joseph Edward Gleason Jr.
Thesis: Factors Influencing Dental Hygiene Job Retention in the Private Practice Setting, Kristin A. Hamman
Dissertation: Theoretical Results Supporting the Use of Passive Damping as Augmentation to the Active Control of Flexible Structures, Joseph Vincent Harrell
Dissertation: An Evaluation Model for Middle School Counseling and Guidance, Ann Salisbury Harrison
Thesis: Real Time Texture Analysis from the Parallel Computation of Fractal Dimension, Halford I. Hayes Jr.
Thesis: Beyond Sugar and Spice: Labeling Female Genitalia, Ethel E. Hellman
Thesis: Effects of Palatability of Food on the Conditioning of Hunger in Rats, Elizabeth Yates Hill
Dissertation: Multidimensional Approach to Implementation of Continuous Process Improvement Utilizing Small Run Analysis in a Shipyard Environment, Paul Ray Hollandsworth
Thesis: A Comparison of Three Cam Profiles as Measured by EMG and Angular Displacement, Elizabeth Grace Ann Hood
Thesis: Evaluation of Long Term Changes in the Macrobenthic Community of the Southern branch of the Elizabeth River, Virginia, William S. Hunley
Dissertation: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Types of Clinical Instruction on Selected Variables Among Urban Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Janice Parks Hylton
Dissertation: Navier-Stokes Simulation of Quasi-Axisymmetric and Three-Dimensional Supersonic Vortex Breakdown, Hamdy A. Kandil
Dissertation: Cloning a Putative DNA-Binding Protein Controlling the 5'LTR of the Copia Element in Drosophila, Horng-Yuan Kan
Dissertation: Heat Storage and Transport Processes in the Tropical Atlantic Ocean, Andras Kapolnai
Dissertation: A Computer-Based Strategy to Facilitate Organizational Learning Process, Charles B. Keating