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 1991
Dissertation: The Legislative Process in the Virginia General Assembly: Ten Case Studies of Environmental Legislation Proposed by Hampton Roads Cities, Betty Jean Meyer
Dissertation: Computer Use in the Scientific Office, Douglas L. Miller
Thesis: The Effects of a Commercial Nutritional Supplement Combining Amino Acids, Glutamine, Carnitine and B-Vitamins on the Physiological Responses to Ultraendurance Triathlon Training, Performance and Recovery, Mary V. Mitchell
Dissertation: Numerical Modeling of Flame Lift-Off Phenomenon and Calculation of Thermal Loads on a Methane Fuel Injector With Complex Geometry, Taj O. Mohieldin
Thesis: Nurse Manager Role Stress, RoseMarie Mohn
Dissertation: Characteristics of Families and Home Environments That Facilitate the Successful Adaptation of Children Into a Formal School Environment, Janice Elich Monroe
Dissertation: Determinants of Feedback-Seeking Behaviors, Melinda J. Montgomery
Dissertation: A Program Evaluation of the Welcome Baby Project: A Primary Prevention Program for Teenage Mothers and Their Infants, Susan A. Murdock
Thesis: The Breakdown Mechanism of Hollow Cathode Discharge, Mai Tuyet Ngo
Dissertation: Defining the Role of School Personnel Directors in Urban School Divisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Arnold Coy Nye Jr.
Dissertation: Continuum Modeling Methodology for Dynamic Behavior of Towers, Khaled A. Obeid
Dissertation: Psychosocial Developmental Levels of Freshman Urban University Students With Learning Disabilities, Nancy Ann Wolthuis Olthoff
Thesis: The Identification, Distribution, and Status of the Threatened Dismal Swamp Shrew (Sorex Longirostris Fisheri), Thomas M. Padgett
Dissertation: Approaches to High Speed Networks, Frank Charles Paterra
Thesis: A Descriptive Study of Commitment Practices in a Selected Jurisdiction, Louis A. Pesnicak
Thesis: Antisubmarine Warfare in the Fifth Naval District During World War II: The Defenses of the Chesapeake Bay, James R. Powell
Dissertation: A Study of the Planning Process Utilized by Urban School Divisions in Constructing Public Schools in the State of Virginia, 1984-1989, Patricia Liverman Powers
Thesis: Signal Processing Methodologies for an Acoustic Fetal Heart Rate Monitor, Robert A. Pretlow III
Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of Composite Sensors for Crack Length Measurement, Manickam Ramasamy
Dissertation: A Biochemical Study of Gossypol and Lactate Dehydrogenase X Binary Interactions, Patricia Brown Ravenell
Dissertation: A Robust Approach to Human-Computer Interface Design Using the Taguchi Method, Billie Mitchell Reed
Thesis: Identification of Health Promotion Behaviors, Perceived Health Status and Perceived Health Education Needs of Older Women, Susan Carol Fellinger Reynolds
Thesis: John Bankhead Magruder and the Defense of the Virginia Peninsula, 1861-1862, Leonard W. Riedel Jr.
Thesis: Relationships Among Type of Classrooms, Gender, and Measures of Student Classroom Perceptions and Preferences, Phyllis M. Roberson
Thesis: Edgardo Mercado Jarrin: Peruvian Foreign Policy During the First Three Years of the Revolutionary Military Government, 1968-1970, Cindy Lucille Robertson
Thesis: Problems and Coping Styles of Antepartal Patients Being Treated for Risk of Preterm Labor, Janet Wiehrs Rogers
Thesis: Study of the Heavy Fermion/Spin-Glass System, Ce1-x Gdx Al3, Using 155Gd Mossbauer Spectroscopy, Nicholas G. Ruggiero
Dissertation: Two-Dimensional Heat Loss From a Building Slab Including Convective Effects in Saturated Soil, William W. Rust III
Dissertation: Nitrogen Dynamics of the Acacia Senegal Agroforestry System in the Sudan, Zakaria Abdalla Mohammed Saad
Dissertation: Processes Affecting the Behavior of Redox-Sensitive Elements in Chesapeake Bay, Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone
Thesis: An Erasable Optical Memory Based on Stimulated Electronic Transition Concept, James D. Satira
Dissertation: Vitellogenesis in Hyalomma dromedarii (Acari: Ixodidae): A Model for Analysis of Endocrine Regulation in Ixodid Ticks, Martin E. Schriefer
Thesis: Investigation of Effects of Nose Bluntness and Angle of Attack on Slender Bodies in Viscous Hypersonic Flows, Ashwini Kumar Sehgal
Dissertation: Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Distributed Parameter Models of Large Beam-Like Structures, Ji Yao Shen
Dissertation: Using Socio-Demographic Characteristics to Evaluate the Program Outcome of Job Training Partnership Act Clients, Denise Vanasse Siegfeldt
Thesis: Faculty Standardization of Dental Hygiene Instrumentation Skill Evaluation: A Calibration Exercise, Diane-Marie Smela
Thesis: Cathodoluminescence of GaAs, Tyler Smith
Thesis: An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Wing Flutter on a Trial Rotor V/STOL Aircraft, David L. Soistmann
Thesis: A Case Study in Software Reuse: The RNTDS Architecture, Barry J. Stevens
Thesis: The Study of Natural Product(s) from Opsanus tau (Linnaeus), the Oyster Toadfish, Miki Taira
Thesis: Investigation of Radiative Interactions in Supersonic Chemically Reacting Channel Flows, Almuttil M. Thomas
Thesis: The Political and Ideological Context of Broadcast News CBS Nightly News Coverage of Eastern Europe, Terese A. Thompson
Thesis: The Effects of Glutathione on Human Keratinocyte, Manisha N. Trivedi
Thesis: Simulation and Measurement of the Radiant Field Produced by Quartz Heating Systems, Travis Lee Turner
Thesis: Effects of Extraversion and Gender on Self-Disclosure of Emotion with a Same-Sex Friend, Patrick M. Ulmen
Thesis: Monte Carlo Simulation of Millimeter-Wave Gunn Effect Oscillators, Ramani Vaidyanathan
Dissertation: Identification of the Potential High School Dropout, Alan L. Vaughan
Thesis: Computer Simulation Techniques to Assess Bias and Precision in the Roving Creel Survey Estimator, David L. Wade
Thesis: Mothers and Daughters: A Study of Edith Wharton, Patricia K. Waller
Dissertation: Kinematic Synthesis of Deployable-Foldable Truss Structures Using Graph Theory, Dirk B. Warnaar
Thesis: The Effect of Menopause Stage and Exercise on Perceived Body Image and Depression, Barbara Anne Waters
Thesis: A Comparative Analysis of Nurse Leaders' Degree of Transformational Leadership and Staff Nurse Job Satisfaction, Kathie Sawyer Weatherly
Dissertation: Fast Parallel Algorithms for Basic Problems, Zhaofang Wen
Dissertation: School Desegregation and Urban Renewal in Norfolk, 1950-1959, Forrest R. (Hap) White
Dissertation: Information Technology and Wealth: Cybernetics, History and Economics, Elin Whitney-Smith
Thesis: Ninety-Nine and One-Half, Deborah R. Williamson
Thesis: The Relation Between Maternal Behavior and Childrearing Goals and Child Outcomes in Low-Income Black Children, Dawn D. Wimbush
Dissertation: Prediction and Control of Asymmetric Vortical Flows Around Slender Bodies Using Navier-Stokes Equations, Tin-Chee Wong
Dissertation: Compressed Digital Video Instructional Delivery: A Study of Student Achievement, Student Attitude, and Instructor Attitude, Eddyth Niceler Worley
Dissertation: Transplantation of the Mammalian Pineal Gland: Studies of Survival, Revascularization, Reinnervation and Recovery of Function, Wutian Wu
Dissertation: Finite Element Frequency Domain Solution of Nonlinear Panel Flutter With Temperature Effects and Fatigue Life Analysis, David Yongxiang Xue
Thesis: In the Shadow of Oriental Culture: A Study of the Impact of Confucianism on Japan's Economic Development After World War II, Xuedong Xu
Thesis: Japan Looks at An Uncertain China: The Role of Japan's Aid to China, Yixin Yang
Dissertation: Formal and Informal Educational Activities of Transformational Nurse Leaders in Urban Hospitals, Sue Waltrip Young
Dissertation: Integration of Abductive and Deductive Inference Diagnosis Model and Its Application in Intelligent Tutoring System, Jingying Zhang
Dissertation: Parallel-Vector Design Sensitivity Analysis in Structural Dynamics, Yongxing Zhang
Dissertation: Effectiveness Analysis of Knowledge Bases, Shensheng Zhao
Thesis: Osteoinductivity of Demineralized Bone: A Quantitative In Vitro Assessment, Yihong Zheng
Thesis: Signal Intelligence and Macarthur's Use of Military Intelligence (G-2) During the Second World War, James Walter Zobel
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Dissertation: Seasonal and Diel Patterns of Abundance and Productivity of Phototrophic Picoplankton in the Lower Chesapeake Bay, Lewis Francis Affronti Jr.
Thesis: Interpreting the Personal Orientation Inventory Through the Five-Factor Model, Diane Donald Anderson
Dissertation: A Generalization of Linear Multistep Methods, Leon Arriola
Thesis: The American Influence on the Mindanao Resistance During the Second World War, Michael Anthony Balis
Thesis: Deep Level Characterization Studies in GaAs, Gordhan R. Barevadia
Thesis: George F. Kennan and the Rebuilding of Japan: The Second Phase of Occupation Policy, Rhonda S. Beckham
Thesis: Head Nurse Leadership Behavior and Head Nurse and Staff Nurse Job Satisfaction and Burnout in the Intensive Care Setting, Dianne Vick Benton
Thesis: Comparison of the Protein Content in Selected Tissues at Different Feeding Stages in the American Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis (Say), Mark John Beveridge
Dissertation: An Assessment of the Utilization of Permanent and Temporary Classrooms as It Relates to Cost and Efficiency in Selected School Divisions, E. Carlton Bowyer
Thesis: Survey of Virginia Dental Practices to Determine Compliance With the Standards of Risk Management Theory, Joanne Schade Boyce
Dissertation: Comparison of the Efficacy of General and Specific Performance Dimensions in an Operational Assessment Center, Wanda J. Campbell
Dissertation: Validation of the Human Factors Satisfaction Questionnaire, James Carlopio
Dissertation: An Extension of Essentially Non-Oscillatory Shock-Capturing Schemes to Multi-Dimensional Systems of Conservation Laws, Jay Casper
Thesis: Evidence of a Neurogenic Component During IgE-Mediated Inflammation in Murine Skin, Victoria Jean Cavanaugh
Thesis: Finite Element Analysis of Structures with Constrained Viscoelastic Layer Damping, Yung Chen
Thesis: Use of a Generalized Set of Variables in Fluid Flow Calculations, Pawel Chwalowski
Dissertation: Marketing Higher Education to Mexican-Americans: Identification of Successful Marketing Strategies and Tactics, Cynthia Gale Coiner
Thesis: A Comparison of Metals in Several Ahermatypic Corals and Surficial Sediments: Mobile Pinnacles and Hoffa Reef, Northcentral Gulf of Mexico, Kathryn M. Conko
Thesis: A Comparison of Decision-Making Variables Used by Dual-Career Couples, Margaret K. Conrad
Dissertation: Nonproportionally Loaded Steel Beam-Columns and Flexibly-Connected Nonsway Frames, Siva Prasad Darbhamulla
Thesis: The Hydrogeology and Leachate Generation of an Alum Sludge Lagoon Chesapeake Virginia, Charles M. Darling
Dissertation: Boundary Value Problems in Elasticity and Thermoelasticity, Stuart Davidson
Dissertation: The Fokker-Planck and Related Equations in Theoretical Population Dynamics, George DeRise
Dissertation: The Modeling of the Interactions of Pellets With Magnetic Fusion Plasmas for Alpha Particle Diagnostics, Abdel-Ghafar Mahmood El-Cashlan
Thesis: Activation In Vitro of Transfer RNA-Guanine Ribosyltransferase by Protein Kinase C, Panayota Eriotou
Dissertation: Morphological and Physiological Examination of a Demyelinating and Remyelinating Lesion, Paul Anson Felts
Thesis: The Effect of the Type of Goal Setting Procedure Task Difficulty and Feedback on Psychomotor Performance, Jennifer Anne Mikulka Fletcher
Dissertation: Navier-Stokes Simulations of Flows About Complex Configurations Using Domain Decomposition Techniques, Kamran Fouladi-Semnani
Thesis: Knowing God in William Blake: A Study to Find Meaning in His Work Through Plato, Swedenborg, and Mystical Tradition, David B. Gabel
Dissertation: Performance Improvements for FDDI and CSMA/CD Protocols, David Earl Game
Thesis: A Potentiometric Gaseous Hydrogen Sensor, Anne Guillory