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 1995
Thesis: Fault Tolerant Pipelined Adaptive Systems, Bhasker Reddy Allam
Dissertation: Development of a K-correction Factor for the MMPI-A, Jody Jacobson Alperin
Thesis: Non-Linear Boundary-Layer Receptivity Due to Distributed Surface Roughness, Tahani R. Amer
Thesis: The Transference of Traditional American Indian Oral Narratives into Contemporary Literature, Barbara A. Baisley
Thesis: Judicial Intelligence: Allied Signal Intelligence and the War Crimes Trials of Class "A" War Criminals at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, 1946-1948, William Todd Baker
Dissertation: Nonlinear Transient Thermal Analysis By the Force-Derivative Method, Narayani V. Balakrishnan
Thesis: Conjunctive Decisions in a Paper-and-Pencil Task, Tracy A. Bean
Dissertation: The Effect of Arctic River Hydrological Cycles on Arctic Ocean Circulation, Peter Becker
Thesis: Modeling and Simulation of Load Introduction for Fuselage Crown Panel Testing, Kevin P. Belack
Thesis: The Effects of Simultaneous and Successive Tasks and Knowledge of Results on ADD and Non-ADD Children, Pamela J. Bishop
Dissertation: An Experimental Investigation of Wall Cooling Effects on Hypersonic Boundary Layer Stability in a Quiet Wind Tunnel, Alan E. Blanchard
Thesis: Revolution, Song Lyrics by John Lennon and Paul McCartney Playscript, LeRoy C. Boyd III
Thesis: Partnership of Necessity: The Anglo-American Intelligence Relationship from 1921 to 1942, H. Douglas Brooks III
Thesis: Effect of Oral Creatine Monohydrate Supplementation on Body Mass and Composition, Dennis Michael Burke
Thesis: Hold as a Monosemic Verb, Amy D. Camp
Thesis: Hardiness and Sensation Seeking as Potential Moderating Variables in the Stress-Illness Relationship, William N. Campbell Jr.
Dissertation: MMPI and Rorschach Findings of Individuals Approved for Gender Reassignment Surgery, Gregory Ralph Caron
Thesis: Assumed-Stress Hybrid Beam Element for Nonlinear Elastic Stress Analysis, William Scott Carron
Dissertation: Pathogenicity of Murine Cytomegalovirus Mutants, Victoria Jean Cavanaugh
Thesis: The Effects of Multiple Monitors and Knowledge of Results on Vigilance Performance and Mental Workload, Peter John Ceplenski
Thesis: Attentional Processing of Visual Stimuli: What Makes a Face a Face?, Samuel L. Chapman
Dissertation: Views of Feminist Family Therapy: A Q-Methodological Inquiry, Bronwen Cheek
Dissertation: In vitro Expression of Human Zona Pellucida Protein 3, Chih-Wei Chen
Dissertation: Finite Element Nonlinear Random Response of Composite Panels of Arbitrary Shape to Acoustic and Thermal Loads Applied Simultaneously, Roger R. Chen
Dissertation: A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Computer-Assisted Instruction on the Academic Achievement of Students in Grades 6 Through 12: A Comparison of Urban, Suburban, and Rural Educational Settings, Edwin Patrick Christmann
Thesis: A Historical, Theoretical, and Empirical Study of PPP Using Traditional and Alternative Methodologies, Kerry E. Clendenon
Thesis: The Inner Voice, Janis Ruth Bagnall Cochrane
Thesis: Geology of an Archean Greenstone Belt at Point Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, Patrick Rowan Considine
Thesis: Confederate Civil War Photographers Propagators and the Hero Myth, Ronald L. Crusan
Dissertation: The Nature of Data Sources That Inform Decision-Making in Reading by Experienced Second-Grade Teachers, Margaret Mary Dinan Davis
Thesis: Assessment of High-Order Serendipity and Lagrangian Quadrilateral Membrane Elements, Timothy Scott Davis
Thesis: A Comparison of Graduation Rates for Community College Transfer Students and Non-Transfer Students at An Urban, Regional University, Rory Jay DeShano
Thesis: Names as Insults Among Middle School Students, Susan M. de Veer
Dissertation: Theoretical Investigation of Two-Color, Two-Photon, 6s(2)S(1/2) → 5d(2)D(j) → 11p(2)P(3/2) Excitation and Depolarization Spectra in Atomic Cesium, Boris Dobrydnev
Thesis: The Effects of Risk Management Program Implementation on Worker Safety Knowledge, John C. Donnelly
Dissertation: The Study of Pion Absorption on -4He at 355 MeV/C with LADS (Large Acceptance Detector System), Thomas A. Dooling
Dissertation: Heavy-Ion Interaction Models for Radiation Transport, Rajendra R. Dubey
Thesis: The Relationship Between Levels of Dentist Supervision and the Ability of Dental Hygienists in Nontraditional Settings to Provide Care, Julie Ann Dunphy
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Machiavellianism, Self-Monitoring, and Adaptiveness to the Performance of Real Estate Sales Professionals, Dianne Broman Eppler
Thesis: Competitive Enzyme Immunoassay of Catechin in Human Blood Serum, Jay Fedorowicz
Thesis: Extension to the Dynamic Modeling of the Large Angle Magnetic Suspension Test Fixture, Lucas E. Foster
Dissertation: An Assessment of the Descriptors and Determinants of Academic Success of Selected Allied Health Students in Virginia, Theodora Christine Gordon
Dissertation: Identification and Characterization of the Iron-Zinc Intermetallics Formed in Galvanneal steel, Richard Frederick George Grant
Dissertation: Understanding Collaborative Writing of Technical Proposals with a Process/product Model, Frank Joseph Greco
Dissertation: The Effect of Technology-Rich School Environments on Academic Achievement and Attitudes of Urban School Students, Charles R. Grimm
Thesis: Attachment Theory and Self-Disclosure of HIV Status, Amy H. Grimshaw
Thesis: Attachment Theory and Self-Disclosure of HIV Status, Amy H. Grimshaw
Dissertation: A Comparison of the Utilization of Health Services in the Presence or Absence of Prescriptive Drug Insurance in a Managed Care Environment, Martha Groblewski
Thesis: Open-Loop State-Space Model Identification from Closed-Loop Data, Lori Guy
Dissertation: Identification and Characterization of Genes Associated with V-Jun Induced Cell Transformation, Martin Toralballa Hadman
Dissertation: Non-United States Firms' Exchange Rate Exposure and the Pricing of Exchange Rate Risk in Foreign Stock Markets, Patricia Hill Hamlin Hall
Dissertation: Identification and Characterization of Mitochondrial DNA Variants in Alzheimer's Disease, Natasha Singh Hamblet
Thesis: Willa Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop: Narrative and Historical Inspiration, Melissa L. Hamilton
Dissertation: Values in Transition: The Case of Modern Mexico, Howard Stanley Hart III
Dissertation: Comparing Traditional Statistical Models with Neural Network Models: The Case of the Relation of Human Performance Factors to the Outcomes of Military Combat, William Oliver Hedgepeth
Dissertation: The Effects of Aerobic Exercise on State and Trait Body Image and Physical Fitness Among College Women, Sherri L. Hensley
Dissertation: Predicting Strategic Orientations of Public Research Universities in Economic Development: A Test of the Resource Dependence Model, Steven Rae Hoagland
Dissertation: Software Reliability Issues: An Experimental Approach, Mary Ann Hoppa
Thesis: A Two-Dimensional Model for Watershed Runoff and Pollutant Transport, Laura Jean Howard
Thesis: Experimental Investigation of the Inlet Deflector Configuration Variation in the Flow Field at Mach 1.9, Kyu C. Hwang
Thesis: Wing-Section Optimization for Supersonic Viscous Flow, Cem Cihan Item
Dissertation: Buckling Analysis and Optimum Design of Multidirectionally Stiffened Composite Curved Panel, Navin R. R. Jaunky
Dissertation: A Kinetic Investigation of the Mechanism of Muscle Contraction with a Series of Nucleotides, Wei Jiang
Dissertation: Nuclear Forward-Scattering of Synchrotron Radiation From Krypton: First Observation and Application to the Study of Lattice Dynamics in Near-Monolayer Krypton-on-Graphite, David Eric Johnson
Thesis: Development of a Knowledge-Based System for Generating Process Plans Using Group Technology: A Study for Norfolk Naval Shipyard, William P. Keene Jr.
Dissertation: Thermal Ignition Analysis in the Laminar Boundary Layer Behind a Propagating Shock Front, Mushtaq Ahmed Khan
Thesis: Effectiveness of DNA Probe Technology in Distinguishing Among Gingival Health, Mild-Moderate Periodontitis, and Severe Periodontitis in Human Oral Sites, Juliana J. Kim
Dissertation: Aerodynamic Design Optimization with Consistently Discrete Sensitivity Derivatives Via the Incremental Iterative Method, Vamshi M. Korivi
Dissertation: Studies of Mixing Processes in Gases and Effects on Combustion and Stability, Frank Paul Kozusko Jr.
Dissertation: Nozzle Flow with Vibrational Nonequilibrium, John Gary Landry
Thesis: Patient Satisfaction Among Users of the After Hours Program, Helen L. LaRocco
Dissertation: Excited-State Magnesium-Rare Gas Optical Collisions, Rosemary A. Lasell
Dissertation: A Model for Assessing the Quality of Learning in Distance Education, George C. Lassetter III
Thesis: Thermal Effects on Y2O3:Eu3+ for Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing, Arnel C. Lavarias
Dissertation: Closed-Loop Identification of Unstable Systems in Time and Frequency Domains, Hyun Chang Lee
Thesis: Self-Esteem, Sense of Community, and Participation in Organized Sports: A Study of Rural High School Students on Virginia's Eastern Shore, Michele K. Lee
Dissertation: Seasonal Variability of Heat and Mass Transport Process in the Upper Tropical Atlantic Ocean: A Numerical Model Study, Sang-Ki Lee
Dissertation: Knowledge Acquisition and Structuring by Multiple Experts in a Group Support Systems Environment, Bernard Lee Lewis
Thesis: Russia's China Policy Under Yeltsin and Its Effect on the Korean Peninsula, Jong Dyuk Lim
Dissertation: Dynamics of Dipoles in the Middle Atlantic Bight, Bruce L. Lipphardt Jr.
Thesis: Predicting Utility Bills for Air Combat Command A Study of Forecasting Techniques, William L. Luthie
Thesis: The Influence of Work Environment, Perpetrator Power and Victim Characteristics on the Occurrence of and Response to Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Cynthia J. Maahs
Thesis: Population Dynamics of Oryzomys palustris and Microtus pennsylvanicus on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, John A. March Jr.
Dissertation: Component Mode Synthesis-Based Design Methodology for Structural Modification and Synthesis, Venkateshwarlu Maroju
Dissertation: Characteristics, Perceived Skills and Leadership Styles of Female Executives in the Senior Executive Service, Ahmad Mashayekh
Dissertation: The Relationship Among Self-Reported Aggression, Locus of Control, Expectancy for Success, and Dream Content, Stephen James McCullough
Dissertation: Precision Measurement of Relative Dipole Matrix Elements in Atomic Sodium, Rodney P. Meyer
Dissertation: The Association Between Perceived Family Support and Psychological Well-Being in Infertile Couples, Linda Marquardt Mintle
Thesis: An Examination of Factors Influencing the Definition of Rape, Connie Sue Minton
Dissertation: Effect of Nutrition Intervention on the Outcomes of Pregnancy: A Rural Urban Comparison, Ranjita Misra
Dissertation: An Examination of the Role of the Assistant Principal in High schools in Virginia That Are Restructuring, Teresa K. Mizelle
Thesis: An Investigation of Hole Size Effects in a Composite Material During Tensile Fracture, David Floyd Moore
Thesis: Presidential Philosophies and American Foreign Policy: From the Long Telegram to the New Look, John R. Moore
Thesis: Comparison of System Identification Techniques for the Dexterous Orbital Servicing System (DOSS), Allan Terrence Morris
Thesis: Development of a Measure of Homosexual Stress: A Factor-Analytic Approach, Lynn Marie Morris
Thesis: The Effects of Social Interaction and Verbalization on the Acquisition of an Organizational Memory Strategy, Suzanne F. Morrow
Thesis: Data on Gait Characteristics of Four, Five, and Six Year Old Children Using Three Dimensional Video Motion Analysis, Donna Soave Nichols
Thesis: Out of the Air: The Role of Communications Intelligence in the Strategic Bombing Campaign Against the German Oil Industry and Transportation System in World War II, Darrell Nolen
Thesis: Text Independent Speaker Verification Using Binary-Pair Partitioned Neural Networks, Claude A. Norton III
Dissertation: Teacher Roles for the Twenty-First Century, James C. Onderdonk Jr.