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 1997
Thesis: Development of Curved-Plate Elements for the Exact Buckling Analysis of Composite Plate Assemblies Including Transverse-Shear Effects, David Michael McGowan
Thesis: Stomach Content Analysis of Stranded Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops Truncatus, in Virginia, 1987-1996, John McGurk
Dissertation: To Lead a Team: Construct Validity Evidence for Team Leadership in the High-Tech Industry, Johanna M. Merritt
Dissertation: The Pricing Behaviors of Stock Index Futures: Some Preliminary Evidence in the Korean Market, Jaehoon Min
Dissertation: A Synthesized Methodology for Eliciting Expert Judgment for Addressing Uncertainty in Decision Analysis, Richard W. Monroe
Dissertation: The Influence of Reading Comprehension and Other Selected Factors on Student Dropouts in an Urban Southeastern School District in Virginia, Viola Garris Morgan
Dissertation: The Cellular and Molecular Dynamics of the Queuosine Modification in Transfer RNA: Definition, Modulation, Deficiencies and Effect of the Queuosine Modification System, Rana C. Morris
Dissertation: Characterization of the Fast Axonally Transported Proteins in the Rat Optic Pathway, Surafel Mulugeta
Thesis: Building Multi-Discipline, Multi-Format Digital Libraries Using Clusters and Buckets, Michael L. Nelson
Thesis: Devolpment of a Scale to Assess Home Health Care Aides' Ability to Recognize Depression in Older Adults, Tina M. Nerney
Dissertation: Characterization of Iron Oxides and Atmospheric Corrosion of Steel, Sei Jin Oh
Dissertation: Three-Dimensional Aerodynamic Design Optimization Using Discrete Sensitivity Analysis and Parallel Computing, Amidu Olawale Oloso
Thesis: Classical Montessori: A Study of the Classical Rhetorical Canons in Early Montessori Writing Instruction, Deborah E. O'Neil
Thesis: Specification and Verification of Generic Cell Rate Algorithms in PVS, Huseyin Ozgungor
Dissertation: Aerodynamic Gradient-Based Optimization Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and Discrete Sensitivities for Practical Problems, Mohagna Jayendrarai Pandya
Dissertation: Development of a Method for Determining the Relative Manufacturing Complexity of Advanced Engineering Materials, Shardul Y. Pandya
Thesis: Fabrication and Evaluation of Boron-Doped CVD Diamond Microelectrodes, Song Pang
Dissertation: Arterial Wall Hypertrophy and PDGF-A Expression in One-Kidney, One-Clip Hypertension and Angiotensin II Infusion Are Mediated By Elevated Arterial Pressure, Sheri Blair Parker
Dissertation: Microzooplankton Dynamics in Lower Chesapeake Bay and Its Major Tributaries, Gyung Soo Park
Thesis: A Comparison Between Simulated and Measured Free-Flight Vortex Encounter Behavior in the NASA Langley Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, Robert A. Pfouts
Thesis: Mr. Wilkes' War: Captain Charles Wilkes and the West India Squadron, Christopher J. Pieczynski
Dissertation: The Measurement of Mood Variation Over Time and Its Relation to Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy in Young Adolescents, William Thomas Pinkston
Dissertation: Patterns of Giving to Urban Public Higher Education Among Corporate Foundations in Virginia and Select Others Which Have a Significant Presence in Virginia, Grace Aine Porter
Thesis: Effect of Resistance Training on Lipid Profile and Body Composition in Premenopausal Women, Bharathi Prabhakaran
Dissertation: Type II Estrogen Binding-Site Agonist: The Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of the Enantiomers of Methyl-Para-Hydroxyphenyllactate (MeHPLA), Lester G. Pretlow
Dissertation: A Sociotechnical Systems Analysis of the Approval Process for a Complex Public Works Proposal, James C. Pyne
Thesis: Biostratigraphic Analysis of Southern Florida's Plio-Pleistocene Shell Beds, Dalton L. Rasmussen
Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of Bolt Preload Relaxation in Pultruded GFRP Composite Joints, Srinivas Ravi
Dissertation: Influence of Physics on the Distribution of Ichthyoplankton Across the Chesapeake Bay Plume, Christian S. Reiss
Dissertation: The Impact of Director Interlocks on Interorganizational Imitation in Germany, Elke Reuning-Elliot
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Collegial Support to Retention of Nurse Educators in Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Nursing Programs in Virginia, Estella Mary Henry Reynolds
Thesis: The Map the Body Makes, Timothy Carl Richardson
Thesis: Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Cryogenic Propellant Tank Concepts for Advanced Launch Vehicles, H. Kevin Rivers
Dissertation: Towards Understanding Why Assessment Centers Work: An Evaluation of the Subtle Criterion Contamination Hypothesis, Christopher T. Rotolo
Dissertation: Mark-Recapture Creel Survey and Survival Models, Shampa Saha
Thesis: Formal Specification of Fragmentation and Reassembly in IPv6, Ibrahim Sahin
Dissertation: Subsystem Variables Associated with Positive Foster Mother-Foster Child Relationships, Meg Sandow
Dissertation: Input Design for Systems Under Identification Using Indirect and Direct Methods, Marco P. Schoen
Dissertation: The Effects of Estrogen on Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons, Sheila A. Scoville
Thesis: The Effects of Procedural Explanation in Lessening Anxiety During Dental Hygiene Care, Michelle Leigh Sensat
Thesis: Nabokov and Bergson: An Influence of Independence, Susan LeAnne Shaevitz
Dissertation: A Survey of Health Care Personnel's Perceptions Toward Diversity in the Workplace, Jacqueline Elaine Sharpe
Dissertation: A Comparison of Factors Associated With Referrals, Service Placements and Length of Service for African-American and Caucasian Youth With Serious Emotional and Behavioral Disturbances Served Through the Comprehensive Services Act in Virginia, Vanessa B. Sheppard
Thesis: Groundcrew Coordination Training: An Application of Team Training to Aviation Ramp Activities, I. Benjamin Sian
Dissertation: Fostering the Development of Domain-General, Nonlinear Mental Models: A Foundation for Systemic Thinking, Jeffrey S. Sinn
Thesis: African-American Fathers: Their Role in Children's Social and Cognitive Development, Tammy Sue Smith
Thesis: Correlation of Finite Element Prediction and Experimental Measurements of Aircraft Panel Structural Vibration, Olaf L. Storaasli
Thesis: Emotional and Sexual Dating Infidelity as a Function of Gender Relationship Quality and Parental Influence, Melinda Jeanene Swager
Thesis: Development of Solid Phase Microextraction Methods for Contraband Drugs, Vangielynn Cruz Tersol
Dissertation: Axotomy and Regeneration of the Rat Facial Nerve: A Histomorphometric Study of the Facial Nucleus, Nerve and Orbicularis Oculi Muscle in an Experimental Model of Facial Paralysis, Peter Konstantinos Thanos
Thesis: Differences in Married Versus Maritally Disrupted Children's Frequency of Contact With Their Mothers, Sonya Dee Thompson
Thesis: Speciation of Selenium in Serum, Alice Tsapayi-Musapatike
Dissertation: Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase and Growth Factor Regulation of Flow-Mediated Vascular Remodeling, David Anthony Tulis
Thesis: A Comparison of Self-Generated Task Strategies and Explicitly-Provided Task Strategies in the Context of Goal Setting, Jonathan Edward Turner
Thesis: Bailing Out of Bonds: The Effect of Victim/Offender Relationships and Other Factors in the Setting of Bail, Tancy Vandecar
Dissertation: Sex Chromosome Ratios and Aneuploidy Rates in the Zona Pellucida Selected Spermatozoa From Normal and Subfertile Men, Qinuo Fan Van Dyk
Thesis: Hoarfrost, Mae Lynn Wallker
Thesis: The Nautical Quest, Bradford S. Warner
Thesis: Effects of a Circuit Weight Training Program on the Body Images of College Students, Pamela Ann Williams
Thesis: Research Related to Multi Degree of Freedom Magnetic Suspensions, Yan Yang
Thesis: Taking Up Slack, Thomas Andrew Yuill
Thesis: Elevation as a Control of Boulder Stream Formation in the Blue Ridge Province of Virginia, Marc D. Zamkotowicz
Dissertation: Systematics of the Freshwater Amphipod Genus Crangonyx (Crangonyctidae) in North America, Jun Zhang
Dissertation: Cγ- and Cα-Subunits Provide the Specificity for cAMP/PKA Function, Wei Qing Zhang
Dissertation: Diamond for Fiber-Optic Raman Spectroscopy, Jianli Zheng
Thesis: Development of a Fluorescent Indicator for Inorganic Monochloramine, Xiaojun Dong Zou
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Thesis: Downsizing America in the Twentieth Century: A Sociological and Theoretical Analysis of the Shrinking Middle Class, Terreea Lynne Adams
Thesis: Expressions of Oppression or Power? Reconsidering the Texts of Hannah Webster Foster and Tabitha Gilman Tenney, Debra Anne Akgun
Thesis: Passage or Pathology: Current Attitudes Toward Women's Aging in the Literature of Menopause, Kaaren Gearhart Ancarrow
Thesis: Body Image and Information-Processing Biases on a Modified Stroop Task, Andrea Powell Arcona
Thesis: Speech Feature Computation for Visual Speech Articulation Training, Stefan Auberg
Thesis: Effects of Goal Reward and Feedback Frequency on Motivation: A Control Theory Perspective, Jonathan Michael Balcerek
Dissertation: An Analysis of Structure, Organization, and Activities of Community Dispute Resolution Centers in Virginia, Terri Colby Barr
Dissertation: Two-Photon Quantum Interference Polarization Spectroscopy: Measurements of Transition Matrix Elements in Atomic Rubidium, Alexander I. Beger
Thesis: Depositional Environment and Sequence Stratigraphic Interpretation of Miocene St. Marys Formation, Calvert County, Maryland, John J. Blandin
Thesis: Maintaining the Neutrality: Soviet-Japanese Relations, 1941-1945, Michael Shawn Blevins
Dissertation: A Computational Paradigm on Network-Based Models of Computation, Venkatavasu Bokka
Thesis: An Investigation of Software Reliability Models, Pamela Elaine Bowman
Thesis: An Enhanced Signal Processing Strategy for Fetal Heart Rate Detection, Charles Brewton
Thesis: Effects of Exposure to Information About Appearance Stereotyping and Discrimination on Body Image and Mood, Melissa Ann Brown
Dissertation: Recruitment of Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Postlarvae to the Back-Barrier Lagoons of Virginia's Eastern Shore, Robert D. Brumbaugh
Thesis: Parametric Correlations for Generic Scramjet Combustors with Ramp-Type Injectors, Jason Granville Bush
Thesis: The Role of Plant Foods Among Native Americans in Seventeenth-Century Virginia An Historical and Botanical Study, Timothy W. Cameron
Dissertation: Determinants of CEO Pay: A Critical Assessment, W. Otto Carroll
Thesis: Visual Speech Recognition Using Multiple Deformable Lip Models, Devi Chandramohan
Thesis: The Relationship of Autonomy Sociotropy and Depression to the Recall of Autobiographical Memories, Jennifer Sue Cheavens
Dissertation: The Progressive Failure Analysis of Cut Slope in Anisotropic Strain Softening Soils, Jong Woon Choi
Thesis: Application of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Creatine Kinase MM and BB Isoenzymes for Creatine Kinase MB Isoenzyme Detection, Lei-Chieh Chuang
Dissertation: Extreme Response Style, Irvine Clarke III
Thesis: The Assessment of Different Cerebral Locations in the Study of Arousal and Attention Using a Closed Loop Tracking System, Keith W. Clouatre
Dissertation: A Progressive Damage Methodology for Residual Strength Predictions of Center-Crack Tension Composite Panels, Timothy William Coats
Thesis: Resource/Dataflow Graph Operating System Development, Sriram J. Coimbatore
Thesis: Parental Quality Ratings of Early Child Care Experiences and Subsequent School Adjustment, Donna Owens Collier
Thesis: The Cultural Adaptability of Dental Hygiene, Medical Laboratory Sciences, Nursing and Physical Therapy Faculty, Irene Mary Connolly
Thesis: Energy Use Analysis of a Multi-Unit Housing Facility A Parametric Study, Brian David Cooper
Thesis: Real-Time Visual Speech Articulation Training Aid, Neiyer S. Correal
Thesis: Economic Interdependence Along a Colonial Frontier: Capitalism and the New River Valley, 1745-1789, B. Scott Crawford
Thesis: When the "Blues" Come to Call: Police Officers' Attitudes Toward and Responses to Domestic Violence, Christine Reneé Crossland
Dissertation: Factors Affecting Nitrogen Fixation Rates in Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae: Reticulitermes) and Termite Nitrogen Contributions of Forest Ecosystems, Anthony Duane Curtis
Dissertation: The Effects of Environmental Variability on the Population Structure of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica): A Modeling Study, Margaret McManus Dekshenieks