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
Thesis: A Comparative Analysis of Prospective Nursing Patient Classification and Retrospective Nursing Patient Classification, Dana Larmore Hlusko
Thesis: The Dinoflagellate Flora of the Late Oligocene - Early Miocene Old Church Formation Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, Alan P. Hoffmeister
Dissertation: Explicit and Iterative LQG Controller Design, Min-Hung Hsiao
Dissertation: Structure-Substrate Binding Relationships of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase, Steve Chien-Wen Huang
Dissertation: Multigrid Acceleration of Time-Dependent Solutions of Navier-Stokes Equations, Sarafa Oladele Ibraheem
Dissertation: Visual Information Processing of Geometric Figures as a Function of Complexity and Field of Vision, Karen E. Inn
Thesis: Derivative Absorption Spectroscopy with Tunable Laser Diodes, Andrew D. Jackson
Thesis: Effects of a Commercial Sodium Bicarbonate Toothpaste on Composite Restorative Material, Maggie Jackson
Thesis: Investigation of the Relationship Between Pelvic Tilt and Unilateral Sacroiliac Pain, Beth-Anne Moody Jones
Dissertation: Neuropsychological Functioning Among Violent and Nonviolent Sex Offenders, Pamela Knox-Jones
Thesis: Implementation of a Multiblock Sensitivity Analysis Method in Numerical Aerodynamic Shape Optimization, James Matthew Lacasse
Thesis: Vibration Control With Piezoelectric Actuation Applied to Nonlinear Panel Flutter Suppression, Zhihong Lai
Dissertation: Some Sampling Designs and Estimation Problems, Hassan Lakkis
Dissertation: High Energy Coupled Nucleon Tranpsort in One Dimension, Stanley L. Lamkin
Thesis: Characterization of an Antiviral Agent Based on Nonionic Surfactants and It's Effects on Human Dermal Fibroblasts, Ji Young Li
Dissertation: Radiative Interactions in Multi-Dimensional Chemically Reacting Flows Using Monte Carlo Simulations, Jiwen Liu
Dissertation: The Speciation of Dissolved Uranium in Marine Waters, Darrin Kent Mann
Thesis: A Direct Numerical Simulation of Vortex Breakdown Induced Tail Buffet, Steven James Massey
Dissertation: An Assessment of Personal Characteristics, Job Satisfaction and Semantic Descriptors of Virginia Acute and Tertiary Care Hospitals' Chief Executive Officers, Justin C. Matus
Dissertation: The Routinization of Innovations in an Urban School System, Thomas McAnulty
Thesis: Eutrophication and Macrobenthic Communities of the Lower Chesapeake Bay: Effects of Organic Enrichment in Pocomoke Sound, Saxis Virginia, Janice D. McDonnell
Dissertation: The Impact of Educational Interventions on Organizational Culture at an Urban Federal Agency, Janet Myrick McKenzie
Thesis: Judging Statistical Significance: The Effects of Standard Error Bar Formats and Visual Displays, Rebecca Wilson Miller
Thesis: African-American Women's Career Development: Predicting Nontraditional Educational and Career Choices Educational and Career Aspirations and Career Salience, Tonya Alicia Miller
Dissertation: Biosystematics and Diversification in the Genus Striga Lour. (Scrophulariaceae) in Africa, Kamal-Eldin Ibrahim Mohamed
Thesis: The Current Voltage Characteristics of Electron Beam Controlled Thin Film Diamond Switches, Christopher Anthony Molina
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