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 1990
Thesis: Analysis and Development of a Switched Capacitor Power Supply, John Richard Hackworth
Thesis: A Case Study in the Development of a Cost Reduction Methodology in the Public Sector, Ross Cooper Haines
Thesis: Perceptions of Women and Substance Abuse, Marla Harrison
Thesis: Hydrogeology and Water Budget Analysis of Two Interdunal Ponds Nags Head Woods Ecological Preserve, Dare County, North Carolina, Richard A. Hisert
Thesis: Metal Mobilization from a Near-Shore Lake Sediment Under Simulated Acidic Groundwater Inputs, Raveendra V. Ika
Thesis: The Role of the Court of Justice in European Integration, Frances M. Jacobson
Dissertation: A Comparative Study of Spectral Peaks Versus Global Spectral Shape as Invariant Acoustic Cues for Vowels, Amir Jalali Jagharghi
Thesis: Middle Eocene Foraminifera From the Piney Point Formation of the Virginia and Maryland Coastal Plain, Megan S. Jones
Thesis: Diagnostics Software for Concurrent Processing Computer Systems, Robert L. Jones III
Thesis: The Frontal Method for Finite Element Analysis on IBM-3090 Vector Computer, Chaerul Kamal
Dissertation: An Application of the Investment Model for Examining the Effects of Commitment, Self-Efficacy, and Goal Difficulty on Performance, Brian J. Kaufman
Thesis: The Influence of Payload Dynamics on Trajectory Tracking Performance of Robot Manipulator, Atul G. Kelkar
Thesis: Eigensensitivity Analysis for Space Structures with Applications in Design Optimization, Sean Patrick Kenny
Thesis: The Relationship Between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Coping with Interpersonal Conflict in Adulthood, Jennifer Leigh Kerpelman
Dissertation: Freshwater Transport on the Continental Shelf of the Southeastern United States, Cheolsoo Kim
Thesis: The Determination of Clomiphene Citrate and Tamoxifen in Human Blood Plasma and Semen, Janice Irene Kiss
Thesis: Trace Metals and Pyrite in Sediments of Chesapeake Bay, Robert S. Kluckhohn
Dissertation: An Experimental Study of an Axisymmetric Turbulent Boundary Layer Disturbed By a Periodic Freestream, Chithrabhanu Koodalattupuram
Thesis: A Systematic Procedure for the Analysis and Design of Deployable Space Structures, Praveen Kumar
Thesis: Assessment of Lipid Extraction from Human Bone on Subsequent Demineralization, JaeEun Lee
Thesis: Development of a Solid Phase Enzyme Immunoassay for Total Serum Testosterone, Li Li
Thesis: A Detailed Analysis of Dynamic Robotic Simulation, Lonnie J. Love
Thesis: An Autecological Study of Pyxidanthera Barbulata in the Blackwater Ecologic Preserve Virginia, John Marc Lowenthal
Thesis: A Software Design Tool for Predictable Performance in Real-Time, Data Flow Architectures, Brij Mohan V. Mandala
Thesis: An Artificial Neural Approach to the Decomposition Problem, Chandrashekar L. Masti
Dissertation: Experimental Studies of Bulk Optically Controlled GaAs Switches Utilizing Fast Infrared Quenching, Michael S. Mazzola
Thesis: An Analysis of External Features as Predictors of Reproductive Status in Small Mammals, Kenneth Wayne McCravy
Dissertation: Effect of Passive Flow-Control Devices on Turbulent Low-Speed Base Flow, Farid Heidari Miandoab
Thesis: A Root Finding Algorithm for Parallel Architecture Machines, Stuti Moitra
Thesis: Job Satisfaction and Retention: Outcomes Since Implementation of Three Scheduling Options, Katherine Marie Newnam
Thesis: Measurement of Thermal Noise in Condenser Microphones in a Vacuum-Isolation Vessel, Kim Chi Thi Ngo
Thesis: Dental Hygiene Manpower Distribution in Virginia, Christine Ann Nielsen
Thesis: A Pulse Gas Chromatographic Method for Determining the Dispersion and Surface Area of CO Oxidation Catalysts, Susan Kay Ohorodnik
Dissertation: Hemispheric Effects of Verbal Information Processing on Single and Dual Task Performance, Gwendolyn Lorell Pearson
Thesis: Interaction Between Amphetamine and Ethanol on Amphetamine-Produced Conditioned Place Preference, Cheryl Pelphrey-Weigand
Thesis: Health Locus of Control, Sexual Self-Concept, Self-Efficacy and the Contraceptive Behavior of College Students, Lorraine Kime Perkins
Dissertation: Investigations of the Trophic Relationships, Feeding Ecology and Feeding Behavior of Larval Spot, Leiostomus Xanthurus Lacepede, and Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias Undulatus (Linnaeus) (Pisces:Sciaenidae), Dirk Edward Peterson
Thesis: Franco-American Relations and the Emergence of French Nuclear Armament, 1939-1962, Regis Hugues Philippon
Thesis: Phytoplankton in Lake Drummond and Two Drainage Ditches in the Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia, Christine Gregory Phillips
Dissertation: Parallel Process: An Empirical Investigation, Thomas E. Pollack
Thesis: An Explanatory Study of Maternal Stress and Coping with a Cystic Fibrosis Child, Leslie G. Potter
Thesis: Root Biomass and Production in Four Communities Within the Great Dismal Swamp, Susan West Powell
Thesis: From Roman Britain to Norman England Continuity and Change - c. A. D. 284 - 1066, Gary Philip Priolo
Thesis: Effects of Applied Soil Repellent Finish on Pesticide Residues in Work Clothing, Sandra L. Prior
Thesis: Encoding Phonetic Knowledge for Use in Hidden Markov Models of Speech Recognition, Danming Qian
Thesis: The Effectiveness of Viscoelastic Damping Treatments on a Flexible Manipulator Subjected to Torsional Loads, Leah L. Remias
Thesis: The Role of Longshore Sediment Transport in the Loss of Fill Material from an Estuarine Groin System, R. Neville Reynolds
Thesis: Development of a Perturbation Generator for Vortex Stability Studies, John Edward Riester Jr.
Thesis: Finite Element Formulation and Numerical Simulation of the Large Deflection Random Vibration of Laminated Composite Plates, Jay Howard Robinson
Thesis: Optical and High Electric Field Effects in Bulk Gallium Arsenide Switches, Randy Roush
Thesis: Body Image and Perceptions of Body Size Among Black and White College Women, Clifford E. Rucker III
Thesis: The Effect of Initial Leader-Group Interaction and the Moderating Influence of Leadership Style on Group Decision-Making, Brian J. Ruggeberg
Thesis: From Aristotle to IBM: Classical Rhetoric and the Teaching of Technical Writing, Kathleen S. Scharf
Thesis: A Comparative Analysis of Pediatric and General Hospital Nurse Recruitment Practices, Rebecca Parsons Scott
Thesis: Effects of Chemical Aneuploidogens on Taxol Purified Drosophila and Mouse Brain Microtubules Polymerization and Depolymerization In Vitro, Anil Sehgal
Thesis: Quantitative Respirator Fit Testing: Probed Facepiece versus Probed Cartridge, Sonya Melissa Seward
Dissertation: The Effects of a Program to Develop Collaboration on Teacher Interactions and Norms of Collegiality Within the School as a Workplace, Michael E. Sicignano
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Needs and Interpersonal Problems of Women in Four Interpersonal Categories, Valarie Elaine Sikes-Nova
Thesis: The Influence of Perceptions of Labor Turnover on Stayers' Organizational Commitment, Ellen Ruth Simmons
Thesis: The Guaranteed Minimum Price and Price Stabilization in the Wheat Market, Therese L. Soullier
Dissertation: The Truncated Cauchy Distribution: Estimation of Parameters and Application to Stock Returns, Paul G. Staneski
Thesis: Grid Generation and Flow Computation About a Martian Entry Vehicle, John Edward Stewart
Dissertation: Integrated Control of Thermally Distorted Large Space Antennas, Robert H. Tolson
Thesis: Radiative Interactions in Laminar Duct Flows, Prakash A. Trivedi
Dissertation: The Role of Small Peptides in Cancer Physiology and Chemotherapy, Bao-Ling Tsay
Thesis: Visual Speech Training Aid for the Deaf, Subhashri Venkat
Thesis: The Reaction of Organoboranes with N-Chloro-N-Sodiocarbamates: A Convenient Synthesis of N-Alkylcarbamates, Nanette M. Wachter-Jurcsak
Dissertation: A Mathematical Model of the Dynamics of an Optically Pumped Codoped Solid State Laser System, Thomas G. Wangler
Thesis: Relationship of Dysphoria to the Recall of Positive Negative and Neutral Words, Sarah Ellen Ware
Thesis: Hydrogenation Effects on Trap Related Conduction in Diamond, Linwood Cleveland Watkins III
Thesis: Looking for Literary Metaphor on Film: A Structuralist Study of East of Eden, Doctor Zhivago, and To Kill a Mockingbird, Charles D. Weaver
Thesis: Investigation of Mixing Characteristics of a LOX Injector Operating at Non-Ideal Thermodynamic Conditions, W. Wei
Dissertation: The Role of the Voltage Gradient in the Agarose Gel Electrophoresis of DNA, David Wheeler
Dissertation: The Effects of Variable Parameters on the Behavior of Initial Wind Waves, Glen Harvey Wheless
Thesis: A Study of Striga Chromosome Numbers with a Comparison to Those of Some Genera in the Rhinathoideae and the Orobanchaceae, Cynthia White
Thesis: The Effects of Two Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Benzo[a]pyrene and Naphthalene on Reproductive Success Embryological Development Larval Physiology and Mortality of the Mud Crab Rhithropanopeus harisii (Gould), Gregory V. White
Thesis: Dynamics and Control of Two Suspension Mechanisms for Ground-Based Testing of Space Structures, Joseph E. Wilson
Thesis: Vincent Van Gogh: The Artist and His Journey, Sheila F. Winborne
Thesis: Separation of Transfer RNA Isoacceptors by Reversed Phase W-Porex C-4 High Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Christine D. Witte
Thesis: Relationships Between Early Mother-Infant Interaction and Later Patterns of Attachment, Christine Oakes Work
Thesis: Mathews County Shipbuilding Patterns, 1780-1860, Peter Jennings Wrike
Thesis: The Study of Oxygen Transport Through Polycrystalline, Single Crystal and Alloyed Silver, Dongchuan Wu
Thesis: Microwell Based Solid Phase Competitive Enzyme Immunoassay for Estradiol and Estriol, Jeng-Ting Yang
Dissertation: Control and Mechanism Interaction for Ground-Based Testing of Space Structures, Li-Farn Yang
Thesis: The Evolution and Implementation of Eisenhower's "New Look" Foreign Policy: Guatemala, Jonathan Joseph York
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Occupational Choice and Perceptions of Professional Nursing Functions and Characteristics, Ellis Quinn Youngkin
Dissertation: Retirement and Re-Entry Decision-Making: A Faculty Perspective, Seth Zimmer
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Thesis: Evaluation of Equilibrium Turbulence for a Hypersonic Boundary Layer at Nonadiabatic Wall Conditions, Cindy W. Albertson
Thesis: Auditory Feedback and Fitts' Law, Tamara L. Atkinson
Thesis: The U.S. Army and the Development of the ROK Army: 1945-1950, Charles M. Ayers
Dissertation: The Effects of Training Strategies on Assessor Behavior and the Accuracy of Assessment Center Consensus Ratings, Todd A. Baker
Thesis: An Assessment of the Characteristics and Attrition Rates of Physical Therapist Assistant Educational Programs, Pamela Ann Bayliss
Dissertation: Productivity Measurement for Home Health Care Registered Nurses, Lazelle Emminizer Benefield
Thesis: Self-Esteem and Perceived Barriers to and Benefits of Exercise Among Physically Active and Non-Physically Active College Students, Barbara Brown Bonheur
Thesis: Person Perception as a Function of Sex and Age, Leslie Borland
Thesis: Mine Warfare in the Russian and Soviet Navies, Jeffrey K. Bray
Thesis: Regulation of Queuine Insertion into Transfer RNA: Effects of Tumor Promoters, Bonnie Jean Brooks
Dissertation: Population Variation in the Mitochondrial-DNA of Two Marine Organisms: The Hard Shell Clam Mercenaria spp. and the Killifish, Fundulus Heteroclitus, Bonnie Lynn Brown
Thesis: An Analysis of Selected Family Life Education Curricula, Phoebe Terry Butler
Dissertation: Computer Technology for Executive Decision-Making in Urban Public Education Divisions in Virginia, Richard Kenneth Byrd