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 1974
Thesis: Feeding and Food Preferences by Three Sympatric Species of Cyprinodontid Fishes, Lawrence J. Baer
Thesis: Quantitative and Qualitative Seasonal Analysis of the Surface Zooplankton of Magothy Bay, Virginia, Malcom E. Browne
Thesis: The Synthesis and Characterization of the 2,2'-Bisacylazide of 2,2'-Diphenyldicarboxylic Acid, Subrata Chatterjee
Thesis: The Thermal and Photolytic Rearrangements of Isatoic Acid Diazide, Ana Alejandre Ciereszko
Thesis: Seasonal Composition of Zooplankton in the Lafayette River, Norfolk, Virginia, Dahn E. Crandall
Thesis: A Taxonomic Study of Members of the Family Entrobacteriaceae with Gas Chromatography, Madeline Ducate
Thesis: Comparison of Interferon Produced in Vitro by Monkey Kidney Cells Demonstrating Interference Against Polio II, Coxsackie A-9, Influenza A2/Hong Kong/68, and Echo-9 Viruses, Archer Duncan Farmer Jr.
Thesis: The Ecology of the Dominant Tick Species in the Northwestern Portion of the Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Mary Keith Garrett
Thesis: The Use of Color Infrared Aerial Photography in Determining Salt Marsh Vegetation and Delimiting Man-Made Structures of Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia, Robert E. Holman lll
Thesis: Studies on the Causes of Tree Distribution in a Forest Type in the Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Thomas A. Janszen
Thesis: An Ecological Study of the Craney Island Disposal Area in Hampton Roads, Virginia, David Wallace Laist
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Thesis: Seasonal Composition of Zooplankton of Lower Chesapeake Bay and Virginia Coastal Waters, Elizabeth W. Atkinson
Thesis: The Concept and Theory of Value-Added Taxation, Stacy R. Barnes
Thesis: A Seasonal Distributional Survey of the Epiphytic Diatoms of the Outer Banks Region of North Carolina with Respect to Temperature and Salinity, Charles Welles Belin Jr.
Thesis: Cytogenic Studies of a Chesapeake Bay Population of Molgula Manhattensis (Dekay) (Ascidiacea: Stolidobranchia), Elizabeth A. Crawford
Thesis: Seismic Refraction Study of Post-Pliocene Stratigraphy, Dismal Swamp, Virginia, William Brian Fraser
Thesis: Investigation of the Halocline Structure in Lower Chesapeake Bay, Samuel Bowen Heltzel
Thesis: American Diplomacy Toward China, 1945-1948, Margo E. Horner
Thesis: Complexes of the 2,2'-Bisacylhydrazide of 3,3'-Bipyridine and the Dipicolinic Acid Dihydrazide Ligand Systems, William Leo Johnson III
Thesis: Food and Feeding of Fishes from Magothy Bay, Virginia, Joseph J. Kimmel
Thesis: The Economic Aspects of Water Pollution by Naval Vessels in the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, John Edward O'Connor
Thesis: A Simulation Model of Peromyscus Leucopus in an Area of the Great Dismal Swamp, James E. Paschal Jr.
Thesis: Phytoplankton Succession in the Lafayette River, Estuary, Norfolk, Virginia, Thomas W. Purcell lll
Thesis: Community Structure and Production in a Marsh on the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, Virginia, Michael Bassett Robblee
Thesis: Evolution of Platt Shoals Northern North Carolina Shelf: Inferences from Areal Geology, Philip C. Sears
Thesis: Particle Size Distribution and Small-Scale Bed-Forms on Sand Waves, Chesapeake Bay Entrance, Virginia, John T. Wells
Thesis: Phycosociology of the Estuarine Eulittoral of Smith Island Virginia: A Quantitative Approach to Seasonal Periodicity, William M. Willis
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Thesis: The Effects of the Cyclic 3'5'-Monophosphate of Adenosine and Its Dibutyryl Derivative on the In-Vitro Immunization of Mouse Spleen Cell Suspensions, James A. Blanks
Thesis: A Numerical Technique for Solving Rigid Body Impact on an Incompressible, Viscous Medium, Cecil Thomas Chapman
Thesis: Phytoplankton Distribution in Waters Off the Northeastern Coast of the United States, Sharon H. Craft
Thesis: The Synthesis and Characterization of the 2,2'-Bisacylazide of 3,3'-Bipyridine, Magdy Adly Guirguis El-Fayoumy
Thesis: A Study of Precipitin and Soluble Antigen Fluorescent Antibody Technique in the Detection of Dirofilaria Immitis in Canines, John H. Ellsworth
Thesis: An Assessment of the Validity of the Unemployment Variable as a Determinant of Changes in Money Wages in Wage-Estimation Models, James L. Jennings
Thesis: Morphologic Time Series From a Submarine Sand Ridge on the South Virginia Coast, John F. McHone Jr.
Thesis: Surface Water Turbidity in the Entrance to Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, James R. Melchor
Thesis: Determination of Nutrient Levels and Proposed Predictive Models for Phosphate in the Lafayette River, Norfolk, Virginia, John R. Montgomery
Thesis: Motivation and the Poor Worker, Charles Barry Pfitzner
Thesis: Plant Succession in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia, Susan Woodward Walker
Thesis: The Influence of the Summer Thermocline on Estuarine Classification in the Chesapeake Bay Entrance, William G. Weiss Jr.
Thesis: A Physical Hydrographic Study of the Lafayette River, E. Glenn White
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
Thesis: Spectroscopic Measurement of the Electron Temperature in the Tenuous Argon Ion Laser Plasma, Dane Danijel Bicanic
Thesis: An Evaluation of a Stable Isotope of Dysprosium for Labeling and Tracing Sedimentary Particles, Charles Glenn Boone
Thesis: An Empirical Test of Linder's Trade Hypothesis, James Norman Carnes
Thesis: A Graphic Analysis of Current Velocity Salinity Density and Temperature During Periods of EBB and Flood in the Entrance to Thimble Shoals Channel, Stanley Hecker
Thesis: Observations on the Hydraulic Regime of the Ridge and Swale Topography of the Inner Virginia Shelf, Barry W. Holliday
Thesis: Portsmouth, Virginia: The Growth and Burdens of Property Taxes 1952-1967, Nicholas C. Kyriakides
Thesis: Static and Dynamic Buckling of Shallow Arches, David D. Loendorf
Thesis: An Application of Spectroscopic Techniques to the Measurement of Electron Density and Temperature in a Brush Cathode Plasma, Ramabhai M. Patel
Thesis: Phytoplankton Composition at Lake Drummond in the Dismal Swamp, Virginia, William Howard Poore Jr.
Thesis: Analysis of Littoral Transport by Wave Energy: Cape Henry, Virginia to the Virginia, North Carolina Border, Zvi Henry Weinman
Thesis: Trap Manifested Behavior Trap Reflected Density Trap Reflected Distribution and Foods Consumed by Raccoons (Procyon Lotor L.) in Two Natural Areas of Virginia, Elton L. Winslow
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Thesis: The Neo-Classical Contributions to the Theory of International Trade, Mohammed Arifeen
Thesis: Erasure of Sediment Surface Features by Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske), Walter Richard Boehmer
Thesis: An Investigation of a Gas Measurement Technique Employing Ultraviolet Excitation, Alphonso Vincent Diaz
Thesis: An Experimental Study of Lateral Soil Pressures and Moments on Flexible Sheet Piles, James H. Donahue
Thesis: Excitation of Hydrogen Atoms by Fast Protons, Edward Ellis Fitchard
Thesis: An Evaluation of an Electromagnetic Current Meter for Study of Water Particle Motion, George Milton Hecker
Thesis: An Economic Base Study of the Southeastern Virginia Planning District, Toby Lee Jarman
Thesis: Income Velocity in the United States, 1961-1968, William F. Kennedy
Thesis: Grain Size Reconnaissance of the Virginia-North Carolina Inner Shelf Analysis by Settling Technique, Robert Bailey Sanford Jr.
Thesis: The Elasticity of Investment Demand: An Empirical Survey, Donald E. Schatz
Thesis: A Study of Elasto-Viscous Material Under Moving Rigid Wheel, Sou-nan Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Thesis: Selected Aspects of the Demand for Money Function, Geraldine Bocchieri
Thesis: Some Summary Theories of Inflation Causation, Carl M. Colonna
Thesis: An Analysis in Terms of Trade, Nobuhiro Hayashi
Thesis: The Progress of the Japanese-American Commodity Trade and the Commercial Policy Since 1945, Akio Mitake
Thesis: An Empirical Examination of Selected Aspects of the Coffee Market, John Michael Morgan
Thesis: Oil and Planning in the Economic Development of Iran, Jahangier Saleh
Thesis: Selected Theories of the Consumption Function, Thomas Cameron Whiteman
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
Thesis: Population Excitation Mechanism of the First Negative System of Nitrogen, Robert Lynn Bridigum
Thesis: Towards the Concept of the Long Run Average Cost Curve, David D. Whitehead