ODU theses and dissertations since 1965 are available in this collection.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Dissertation: Shape Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Skeletal Structures and Geometrically Nonlinear Solids, Ching-Hung Chuang
Dissertation: Developmental Changes in Predictors of Job Satisfaction for Female Elementary School Teachers, Donna Owens Collier
Thesis: Transfer Function Models and Control of a Flexible Structure Using Piezoelectric Laminates, Joseph A. Colvin
Thesis: Seasonal Changes in Brown Adipose Tissue and Pelage of the Southern Short-Tailed Shrew Blarina carolinensis, Elisa Michelle Dew
Thesis: The Effects of Post-Event Massage Therapy on Multistage Ultraendurance Cycling, Tracey Hodges Drews
Thesis: Biodegradation of Crude Oil by Marine Higher Fungi, Brian J. Dyer
Dissertation: Inelastic Stability of Nonproportionally Loaded Steel Sway Beam-Columns and Space Frames, Saleh Ali Eidan
Dissertation: A Computational Aerodynamic Design Optimization Method Using Sensitivity Analysis, Mohamed E. Eleshaky
Dissertation: Explicit Multistage Schemes for the Solution of the Three-Dimensional Compressible Euler/Navier-Stokes Equations, Alaa Ahmed Elmiligui
Thesis: Analysis of Heat Pump Cycles Using Thermodynamic Equations of State, Stephen C. Ericson
Thesis: An Application of Neural Networks in Data Communication Real-Time Resource Reallocation, Qing Fan
Thesis: The Effects of Style of Timing Cue on Motor Skill Acquisition, Michael A. Freeman
Dissertation: A Comparison of Alphanumeric, Direct Manipulation Graphic, and Equivalent Interface Design for a Production Scheduling Task, Ann C. Fulop
Thesis: Interferences of N-Chloroorganic Compounds in Free Chlorine Determination, Sushma H. Gandhi
Thesis: Retention of Cellular Viability and Growth Potential in Cryopreserved Bovine Arterial Tissue: Implications for Clinical Use of Cryopreserved Vascular Allografts, Kip G. Gardner
Thesis: Development of a Model Updating Technique for Controls-Structures Integrated Design Optimization, Angela Georges
Thesis: Approaches to Control of the Large Angle Magnetic Suspension Test Fixture, Mehran Ghofrani
Dissertation: Magnesium Regulation of Calcium in Essential Hypertension, Elaine Pringle Gordon
Thesis: Evaluation of Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic Tectonism: Atlantic Inner Coastal Plain Margin Near Richmond, Virginia, Andrew A. Gremos
Dissertation: Factors Affecting the Kinetics of Light Intensity Adaptation in Marine Phytoplankton, Chunzhi Guo
Dissertation: Multigrid Algorithms for Massively Parallel Machines, Satyanarayan Gupta
Thesis: The Effects of Exposure to the Modeling of Normative Discontent Versus Rational Coping on Women's Body-Image Affect, Lyse Guttau
Thesis: Dynamics and Control of a Five Degree-of-Freedom Magnetic Suspension System, Anwar Mohammed Haj
Thesis: Individual Differences in the Career Decision-Making Process, Laura S. Hamill
Dissertation: The Relative Effectiveness of Programmed Instruction Versus the Lecture and Discussion Method on the Assessment Skills and Reporting Patterns of Child Abuse and Neglect Among Undergraduate Nursing Students, Pamela Valleria Wilson Hammond
Dissertation: A Genetic and Physiological Study of the Role of Extracellular Copper-Binding Proteins in Copper Detoxification by the Marine Bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus, Valerie J. Harwood
Thesis: Kinetic Characterization of a Recombinant C-Terminal Mutant of Reverse Transcriptase from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Thomas S. Heard
Dissertation: A Responsive Evaluation in Two Hampton Roads Museums: The Development of a Performance Assessment System for Museum Volunteers, Joan Fishman Hecht
Dissertation: Development and Standardization of a Short-Term Assay for Evaluating Polluted Estuarine and Coastal Environments: The Medaka Embryo-Larval Assay, Michael Frederick Helmstetter
Thesis: Choice Reaction Time as a Function of Set Size and Signal Frequency, Barbara M. Herzing
Thesis: Plankton Transport Patterns and Residence Times Around a Tall Seamount: Simulation Results, Dorlisa Louise Hommel
Thesis: Biochemical Investigation of Gout and Its Familial Incidences, Chin-Ling Hsu
Dissertation: Visual Graphic Knowledge Management Methodology, Jih-shih Hsu
Dissertation: The Relationships Between Metacognitive Strategies and Learning Outcomes in an Adult Basic Skills Program, Bert Huggins
Thesis: Five Stories and a Novella for Young Adults, Ronald Vincent Hughes
Dissertation: Optimization of Cryopreservation Protocols for Cardiovascular Tissue, Jianfei Hu
Thesis: Making Salt, Lynn Dean Hunter
Thesis: Port Visits as a Component of Soviet Naval Diplomacy in the Mediterranean Sea 1967-1986, John Mark Ickes
Dissertation: Ring Dynamics in the Western Gulf of Mexico, Adolphe W. Indest
Dissertation: Reasoning by Analogy in a Multi-Level System Architecture for the Design of Mechanisms, Ghassan F. Issa
Thesis: The Description and Prediction of Self-Percepts and Ideal-Percepts of Body Image for Multiple Physical Attributes, Lora L. Jacobi
Thesis: Elastic Buckling of Stiffened Composite Curved Panels, Navin R. R. Jaunky
Dissertation: The Perceived Role of High-Level Black Urban Managers in Virginia, Karen Ann Johnson
Thesis: Formant Estimation from DCTC's Using a Feedforward Neural Network, Shubhangi U. Kelkar
Thesis: The Effect of Contacts on the Performance of Electron-Beam Controlled GaAs and Diamond Switches, Michael Kevin Kennedy
Thesis: Transient Simulation of a Trombe Wall Passive Heating System Coupled to a Thermally Stratified Room, Ali Saleh Kheireddine
Thesis: F Response Frequency for the Median and Ulnar Nerves in a Normal Population, Patricia J. Killea
Thesis: Gender, Reason, and Argument in Composition, Lee Ellen Knight
Thesis: The Effects of Orthopaedic Surgery and Dorsal Rhizotomy on Selected Gait Characteristics of Cerebral Palsy Children, Danielle M. Lanoue
Dissertation: Control of Low-Speed Turbulent Separated Flow Over a Backward-Facing Ramp, John C. Lin
Dissertation: Characterization of a Novel Prostate Tumor-Associated Antigen, Grayson B. Lipford
Dissertation: Some Solutions to a Lens Model With Applications to Warm-Core Eddies, Juping Liu
Dissertation: Diapycnal Mixing and Mass Transfer in Western Boundary Currents, Jose Luis Pelegri Llopart
Thesis: A Paleoenvironmental Analysis Based on Ostracode Assemblages from the Late Pliocene Tuapaktushak and Middle Pleistocene Karmuk Members of the Gubik Formation of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Western Alaska, D. E. Loehrke
Dissertation: High Performance Issues on Parallel Architectures, Peter J. Looges
Thesis: The Failure of United States Foreign Policy in Egypt 1953-1956, Patrick Bruce Lowrey
Thesis: Relation of Groundwater Fluoride Concentrations to Sediment Mineralogy, Potomac Formation (Cretaceous), Southeastern Virginia, Paul Anthony Maciuika
Dissertation: The Relationship of Educational Attainment and Socioeconomic Factors in the Health Behaviors of an Urban Population, George C. Maihafer
Thesis: The Development of a Youth Consumer Culture in the United States in the 1950s, Phillip D. McCaskey
Thesis: The Functional Role of Peripheral Nerves in IgE-Mediated Inflammation, Gary Wright Miller
Dissertation: Differential Utilization of Allochthonous and Autochthonous Carbon By Aquatic Insects of Two Shrub-Steppe Desert Spring-Streams: A Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis and Critique of the Method, Alfred Lynn Mize
Thesis: Russophobia and Judophobia Backlash in Extremist Russian Nationalism, 1987-1990, Connie Moray
Thesis: Characterization of Trailing Line Vortices, Karla M. Mossi
Thesis: The Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties, 1954 - 1967, David Pembroke Neff
Dissertation: Investigation of Alignment Dynamics in Mg-Ne and Mg-Ar Two-Photon Fractional Collisions, David Allen Olsgaard
Thesis: Teaching Rhetorical Delivery in Freshman Composition, Clayann Gilliam Panetta
Thesis: A Novel Technique for Deep Level Characterization of High-Resistivity Semiconductor Materials, Sridhar Panigrahi
Thesis: An Experimental Study for the Effect of Specimen Size on Shear Behavior of Granular Materials, Clifton Linwood Parker IV
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Performance of Retired Military Personnel Who Begin Teaching as a Second Career, Wendell Edgar Parker
Thesis: Structural Characterization of Fucoidan and Its Role in the Hemizona Assay, Manish S. Patankar
Dissertation: Evidence for the Sensory Receptor(s) of the Mounting Sex Pheromone in Two Species of Ixodid Ticks, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) and Dermacentor andersoni Stiles, James Stephen Phillips
Thesis: The Measurement of Mood Variation Over Time and Its Relation to Performance, William T. Pinkston
Dissertation: The Growth and Bioenergetics of Callinectes sapidus Larvae and the Effects of Diet Quality on Larval Physiology, James J. Pletl
Thesis: Hierarchical Flux-Based Thermal-Structural Finite Element Analysis Method, Sandra P. Polesky
Dissertation: The Evaluation of Company-Sponsored Test-Preparation Courses: Training Different Aged Employees on General Test-Taking Skills and Basic Cognitive Skills, Kerrie D. Quinn
Dissertation: Search for the Mössbauer Effect in 109Ag, Shokrollah Rezaie-Serej
Thesis: SMIMD - A Synchronous Multiple Instruction Multiple Data Computer Architecture, Cathy C. Roberts
Thesis: U.S.S. New Ironsides: The Seagoing Ironclad in the Union Navy, William Howard Roberts
Thesis: Analysis of Impact Damage of Composite Laminates Using Five-Point Bending, Mark Edward Robeson
Dissertation: Text-Independent Automatic Speaker Identification Using Partitioned Neural Networks, Laszlo Rudasi
Dissertation: Unsteady Euler and Navier-Stokes Computations Around Oscillating Delta Wing Including Dynamics, Ahmed Abd-El-Bar Ahmed Salman
Thesis: A Multivariate Characterization of Assemblages of Planktonic Mysids Decapods and Sergestids in the Chesapeake Bay Mouth Area, John Charles Seibel
Dissertation: Bounds on Constraint Weight Parameters of Hopfield Networks for Stability of Optimization Problem Solutions, Gursel Serpen
Thesis: About Faces: The Investigation of Electrodermal Activity (EDA) as it Relates to the Recognition and Naming of Faces, Donald J. Shearer
Thesis: The Relationship Between Gender and Empathy on a Telephone Hotline, George Shepeard
Thesis: An Assessment of Food Sanitation Knowledge and Practice of Restaurant Workers in Taichung City, Taiwan, Shiow-Fu Sheu
Thesis: Attacks on U.S. Submarines by Friendly Forces in World War II, Britt C. Skogstad
Thesis: Fluid Inclusion Studies of the Morefield Pegmatite Amelia County, Virginia, John Richard Smerekanicz
Thesis: Wising up the Marks: The Later Works of William S. Burroughs, Stephen L. Starck
Thesis: The Implementation of the Reagan Administration's Counterterrorist Policy, Howard Lawrence Steinberg
Dissertation: Mat Movement in Coastal Louisiana Marshes: Effect of Salinity and Inundation on Vegetation and Nutrient Levels, Christopher Martin Swarzenski
Thesis: Salvation at the Cinema: Religious References in American Science Fiction Films of the 1980's, Marjorie Roberts Tautkus
Dissertation: The Effects of Automation and Task Difficulty on Crew Coordination, Workload, and Performance, Ruth Coleen Thornton
Thesis: The Effects of Stroke on the Comprehension of Affective and Nonaffective Prosody, Mona Matheney Tiernan
Thesis: A Phenomenology of Textuality, Alessandro Tomasi
Dissertation: Causal Analysis of a National Study of Sales Personnel Turnover Functionality, Eric J. Vanetti
Thesis: Awareness of and Rights Related to the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990 by Selected Post-Adolescent College Students, Toni M. Vargas
Thesis: Design Considerations for an Astronaut Monorail System for Large Space Structures and the Structural Characterization of Its Positioning Arm, Judith J. Watson
Thesis: The American Schoolyard: A Critical Study of Charles Bukowski's Short Fiction, Jonathan D. Weiss
Dissertation: Distribution of Foraminifera and Pollen in Coastal Depositional Environments of the Southern Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia, U.S.A., Han Jun Woo