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 1996
Thesis: Affinity-Maintenance Strategies and Relationship Satisfaction, Carla J. Jernigan
Thesis: Long-Term Effects of Seawalls on the Adjacent Nonwalled Beaches of a Historically Receding Shoreline, Bryan Norton Jones
Dissertation: Therapist Orientation and Circularity-Linearity of Causality, Responsibility, Intentionality, and Blame for Clinical Problems, Helen Alexander Jones
Dissertation: Dynamic Scale Genetic Algorithm: An Enhanced Genetic Search for Discrete Optimization, Bela Dange Joshi
Thesis: An Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for the Detection of Cardiac Myoglobin Using Monoclonal Antibodies, Deborah F. Kelly
Thesis: Lattice Truss Structural Response Using Energy Methods, Winfred Scottson Kenner
Dissertation: Numerical Prediction of Turbulent Diffusion Flames Formed by Cylindrical Tube Injector, Ali S. Kheireddine
Dissertation: The Valuation Effects of Corporate Investment Decisions: Evidence From Domestic and Foreign Plant Announcements, Bum Suk Kim
Dissertation: Application of Reanalysis Techniques for Pattern Design of Spot Welds, Young San Kim
Thesis: Comparison of Curriculum Content on Behavioral Strategies for Managing Anxious Clients in Associate and Baccalaureate Degree Dental Hygiene Programs in the United States, Darnyl Marie King
Thesis: Interaction of Ethanol and Insulin on Motor Activity and Hypoglycemia in Rats, Kristen E. Koontz
Thesis: Task Interdependence and Teamwork Processes, Kristin Krahl
Thesis: An Approach for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Robert V. Krueger
Dissertation: Observation of Shelfwater Overrunning the Southern Slope Sea, Ajoy Kumar
Dissertation: Seasonal and Mesoscale Variability in the Distribution of Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba, West of the Antarctic Peninsula, Cathy Meyer Lascara
Thesis: Nuclear Pariahs and Regimes in the New World Disorder, Wayne F. Lesperance Jr.
Dissertation: The Corporate Effects of R&D and Patent-Grants: Evidence From Intra-Industry Analysis, Steven Alan Lifland
Thesis: A Decision Support Model for Large Systems Using Quality Function Deployment and Goal Programming: A Capital Budgeting Problem, Kenneth Lindsey Jr.
Dissertation: Neuronal Toxicity of Humoral Factors From Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy and Mechanism of Neuronal Death on Cultured Adrenergic Neurons: Studies of Autoimmune Pathogenesis in Diabetic Neuropathy, Dong Liu
Thesis: Organic Matter Characterization of Virginia Rivers and Reservoirs, Susanne Margaret Lockhart
Thesis: A Structural Model of Antecedents and Consequences of Satisfaction with Growth and Development, Greg E. Loviscky
Thesis: Wavelength Modulation Spectroscopy with Diode Lasers, Ying Lu
Thesis: Wittgenstein on Freedom of the Will, Grant Allen Marler
Thesis: A System for Structured Management of Hypermedia Resources for the World Wide Web, Kevin L. Marlowe
Thesis: The NOAA Corps -- A Participant Action Research of a Uniformed Service Facing Termination, Richard Eugene Marriner II
Thesis: The United State Government Versus John Harrison Surratt: A Study in Attitudes, Thomas Michael Martin
Thesis: The Crash Simulation and Analysis of the Friendly Mobile Barrier, Bryan Edward Marz
Thesis: Telemedicine: Discovering and Overcoming the Barriers, Dennis McClain-Furmanski
Dissertation: Gamma-Ray Optical Studies of ⁷³Ge and ⁵⁷Fe, Walter Carlton McDermott III
Thesis: The Creation and Destruction of Surrogate Worlds in Montana Literature, Julie Lyn McMurray
Thesis: Interest, Motivation, and Self-Regulation as Predictors of Strategy Use and Academic Performance, Tracy L. McPherson
Dissertation: Unsteady, Transonic Flow Around Delta Wings Undergoing Coupled and Natural Modes Response: A Multidisciplinary Problem, Margaret Anne Menzies
Thesis: Pounding Seas Against the Shore Wife Battering in the U.S. Navy and Its Relationship to Duty Assignment, Peter James Mercier III
Thesis: Josiah Gorgas and the Richmond Ordnance Industry: The Arsenal of the Confederacy, J. Michael Moore
Dissertation: Exact Solutions for Orthogonal and Non-Orthogonal Magnetohydrodynamic Stagnation-Point Flow, Shahrooz Moosavizadeh
Dissertation: Optical Fiber Fourier Transform Infrared Evanescent Wave Absorption Spectroscopy of Aluminum Hydroxide and Natural Corrosion, Juock S. Namkung
Thesis: Scheduling Processors for Distributed, Critical, Real-Time Systems, Hari K. Narasimhamurthy
Thesis: The Emperor Julian (A.D. 331-363): His Life and His Neoplatonic Philosophy, Anthony W. Nattania
Thesis: The Oral Health Status of Individuals on Renal Dialysis, Kimberley Naugle
Thesis: An Exploratory Study of Gender and the Process of Negotiating Academic Contracts Among Sociologists, Miriam M. Newton
Thesis: Eldorado: The Poes in Norfolk, Myreen Moore Nicholson
Thesis: Grading Teaching: An Evaluation of Teaching Techniques Used by California Community College Introduction to Sociology Instructors, Lynette Ann Osborne-Estes
Dissertation: A Total Systems analysis Method for the Conceptual design of Spacecraft: An application to Remote Sensing Imager Systems, Knut I. Oxnevad
Thesis: Construct Validation of the Small Unit Equal Opportunity Climate Survey, Arlene L. Pace
Dissertation: Numerical Chromosome Abnormalities in Sperm From Oligoasthenoteratozoospermic Patients and Fertile Males, Myung-Geol Pang
Thesis: Information Warfare: Technology and the Information Advantage, Daniel Matthew Parker
Thesis: Animal-Word and Sound Test: An Auditory Cognitive Interference Effect, Jason L. Parker
Thesis: The Utilization of Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedures in Universities, Beth Parsons
Thesis: The Martinsville Seven: Virginia's Most Controversial Court Case, 1949 - 1951, Michael Dean Plemmons
Thesis: Characterization of Rainfall Runoff Quality from a Shipyard Drydock, Peter Pommerenk
Thesis: Correlates of Parental Discipline in ADHD Children, Dawn Marie Powers
Thesis: The Evaluation of Succinylcholine Chloride for Harmful Effects Upon Early-Stage Mouse Embryos, Francis Warren Prescott
Thesis: Representations of Gender in Juvenile Literature During the Era of the American Revolution, Sandra Strohhofer Pryor
Dissertation: Linear Models for Multivariate Repeated Measures Data, Shantha S. Rao
Dissertation: Lead Activation of a Developmentally Regulated Calcium Channel in Rat Hippocampal Nerve Terminals, Troy E. Rhodes
Dissertation: The Tacit Dimension of Organizational Learning, Thomas Reeder Robinson
Thesis: Lord Byron's Heroines, Cathy Douglas Rodreguez
Dissertation: Computer Anxiety and Attitudes of Urban Teacher Education Students, Alfred P. Rovai
Dissertation: Toward Understanding Team Leadership: The Empirical Development of a Team Leadership Classification System, Brian J. Ruggeberg
Thesis: Development and Experimental Verification of a Finite Element Model for PTC Panel Thermal Analysis, Hamid Sayar
Dissertation: The Influence of Time Pressure and Information Load on Rule-Based Decision-Making Performance, Brooke Browne Schaab
Thesis: An Experimental Study of an Advanced Polymeric Material for Use in Total Knee Replacements Including Gait Analysis of Mobile Knee Bearings, Lisa Ann Scott
Dissertation: A One-Dimensional Model for Storm Breaching of Barrier Islands, Cheol Shik Shin
Dissertation: The Modeling of Structural-Acoustic Interaction Using Coupled FE/BE Method and Control of Interior Acoustic Pressure Using Piezoelectric Actuators, Yucheng Shi
Thesis: Fear of Crime in Rural America: Fear Along Virginia's Eastern Shore, David Steven Simon
Thesis: Progressive Failure Analysis Methodology for Laminated Composite Structures, David Wayne Sleight
Thesis: Neural Generalized Predictive Control for Real-Time Control, Donald I. Soloway
Dissertation: Dynamic Lot Sizing and Scheduling in a Multi-Item Production System, Padmanabhan Soundar
Thesis: The Role of Event Asynchrony and Attentional Deficits on Task-Unrelated Thoughts in Vigilance: Implications for Workload and Boredom Proneness, Steven Michael Springer
Thesis: Monte Carlo Simulations of Photoemission Characteristics from GaAs and Diamond, Abhishek Srivastava
Dissertation: Optimality and Construction of Designs with Generalized Group Divisible Structure, Sudesh K. Srivastav
Dissertation: The Impact of Total Quality Management on Student Achievement and School Improvement Team Performance in an Urban Elementary Setting, Jennette Ann Straus
Thesis: Comparison of Positive Screening and Confimatory Results From Federally Mandated Drug Testing of Urine, Mary M. Stuck
Dissertation: Comprehensive Conjunctive-Use Management of Connected Surface Water Groundwater Systems using Stochastic Inputs and Uncertainties, Seshadri Suryanarayana
Thesis: A Study of the Numerical Implementation of Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Strategies, Rodney A. Taylor
Thesis: Rectified Synthesis of Coupler Driven Four Bar Mechanisms for Two and Three Position Motion Generation, Ramanujam Thiruvenkatachari
Dissertation: Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Aerodynamic Configurations With Blend Surfaces, Almuttil Mathew Thomas
Dissertation: A Study to Determine the Effects of Marketing Occupational Experience on Urban Secondary Marketing Teachers' Perceptions of Curriculum Priorities, K. Denise Threlfall
Dissertation: Neuropsychological Assessment of Battered Women, Mona Matheney Tiernan
Dissertation: Characterization of P39, A Borrelia burgdorferi Specific Protein, Jill M. Troyer
Dissertation: Measuring Organizational Climate for Diversity, Amy L. Vick
Thesis: A Test of an Alternate Calibration Matrix for NIOSH Method 7300, Robert T. Vitek
Thesis: Study of Surface Heat Exchangers for High-Altitude Atmospheric Research Aircraft, Te-Kang Wang
Thesis: Effects of Initial Geometric Imperfections on the Behavior of Graphite-Epoxy Cylinders Loaded in Compression, William Allen Waters Jr.
Dissertation: Causal Models of Work-Family Conflict From Family and Organizational Perspectives, Lyse Guttau Wells
Thesis: Developing Methods to Measure and Project Levels of Combat Readiness in a Naval Aviation Squadron at the Unit Level, Michael Lawrence White
Thesis: Narcissism and Actors: A Comparative Study of the Narcissistic Qualities of Actors Acting Students and Psychology Students, David William Wicker
Dissertation: Numerical Simulation of Complex, Three-Dimensional, Turbulent-Free Jets, Robert V. Wilson
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Norfolk Interagency Consortium's Community-Based System of Care for At-Risk Youth, Melody Bingman Wilt
Thesis: Procedural Implications of Affirmative Action: Perceptions and Attitudes Toward the Policy and Its Beneficiaries, Nicole A. Windfelder
Thesis: The Diet of Oryzomys Palustris Based on Stomach Content Analysis, Shannon L. Wright
Thesis: Variable Step Size LMS Adaptive Filters with Delayed Coefficient Updating, Guixian Xu
Dissertation: Scalability in Real-Time Systems, Ramesh Yerraballi
Thesis: "Never Draw Unless You Mean to Shoot": United States Department of State's Responses to Property Seizures in Latin America, Nathan D. Younge
Thesis: The Effectiveness of Film Cooling in a Hypersonic Flowfield with Favorable Pressure Gradients, Julie A. Young
Dissertation: Exploring Knowledge Processes for Technology Assimilation, Rochelle K. Young
Thesis: Parallel Newton-Krylov-Schwarz Solvers for the Full Potential Flow Equation, Jie Zhang
Dissertation: The Assessment of Osteoinductivity of Human Allograft Demineralized Bone Matrix by In Vivo and In Vitro Assay Models, Min Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Dissertation: Numerical Investigation of Shock-Induced Combustion Past Blunt Projectiles, Jagjit K. Ahuja