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 1994
Dissertation: The Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Education Program on Knowledge, Attitudes and Sexual Behavior of Selected College Students, Arlene Jaine Jackson Montgomery
Dissertation: Numerical Simulation of the Nonlinear Response of Composite Plates Under Combined Thermal and Acoustic Loading, Jayashree Moorthy
Thesis: Regulation of Dental Hygienists: Its Effect on Disciplinary Action and Opinions of Regulatory Board Members in the United States and Canada, Jodie A. Mueller
Dissertation: Flow Kinematics and Dynamics of the Gulf Stream From Composite Imagery, Caitlin Patrice Mullen
Dissertation: Immunologic Evaluation of Ectopic Gestation, Tawfig Amin Nasser
Thesis: Flow Simulations About Steady-Complex and Unsteady Moving Configurations Using Structured-Overlapped and Unstructured Grids, James Charles Newman III
Thesis: Defining Locally Shared Memory Constructs for Special Purpose Parallel Architectures, David J. Nielsen
Dissertation: Taxes and Dividend Policies: An International Study, Chinwe Edna Nweke
Dissertation: An Assessment of Management Practices Among Virginia Acute Care Hospitals, Ogbonnia Godfrey Ochonma
Dissertation: The Effects of Athletic Participation on Self-Concept, Daily School Attendance, and Grade Point Average of Female Seventh-Grade Students in Urban Schools, David L. Olah
Dissertation: Analysis of Random Structure-Acoustic Interaction Problems Using Coupled Boundary Element and Finite Element Methods, Carl S. Pates III
Thesis: A Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopic Investigation of the Oxidation of CO on Platinum/Tin(IV) Oxide-Based Catalysts, Julie Christi Stiltner Patrick
Thesis: Come Rain or Come Shine, Teresa E. (Terry) Perrel
Thesis: Numerical Solution of Nonequilibrium Compressible Nozzle Turbulent Boundary Layers Using Laws of the Wall and Wake, Ajit A. Prabhu
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
Thesis: Ironic Discourse in Film Noir, D. Kirk Richardson
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: Transverse Stress Effects for Laminated Composite Beams in Bending, Christine Chatterton Schleicher
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
Thesis: The Igloo, Michael George Treanor
Thesis: Use of the Genetic Algorithm in Positioning Sacrificial Anodes for Optimum Cathodic Protection, Chi-Cheng Tsao
Dissertation: Iodate Transformation By Marine Phytoplankton, Ajcharaporn Udomkit
Dissertation: Invariance Properties of Statistical Tests for Dependent Observations, Akhil K. Vaish
Thesis: Investigation of Computational and Spectral Analysis Methods for Aeroacoustic Wave Propagation, Florence Odile Vanel
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
Thesis: The Vital Life: D.H. Lawrence's Response to a Dehumanized World, Rebecca Recce White
Thesis: It's a Family Affair: Choices in Kinship Configurations as Represented in Fried Green Tomatoes and Bastard Out of Carolina, Mary Elizabeth Wright
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: Emissions Studies for a Natural Gas-Fired Internal Combustion Engine, Carlos M. Buitrago
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: Study of Algebraic Reynolds Stress Models for the Computation of Secondary Motion in Channels, Tomas Chylek
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: Robot Force Velocity Control Using Expert System for Control Mode Changes, William R. Doggett
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