ODU theses and dissertations since 1965 are available in this collection.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Thesis: An Arrayed Hot-Film Sensor for Detection of Laminar Boundary-Layer Flow Disturbance Spatial Characteristics, Michael S. Wusk
Thesis: Large Planar Maneuvers for Articulated Flexible Manipulators, Li-Farn Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Thesis: Stress Assignment in English, Said Abdessamad
Dissertation: Topology and Grid Adaption for High-Speed Flow Computations, Jamshid Samareh Abolhassani
Thesis: Testing Orem's Dependent Care Agency Construct: Parents as Health Educators in the Home, JoAnn M. Baldwin
Thesis: The Stratigraphy of Late Quaternary Deposits in the Payan Mining District, Narino, Colombia, South America, Richard Alan Barringer
Dissertation: A Simple Numerical Model for the Study of Baroclinic Estuarine Shelf Interactions, Thomas J. Berger
Thesis: Sediment Budgets and Shoreline Dynamics Cape Henry, Virginia, Marcia R. Berman
Thesis: A Comparison of Myofascial Release and Ultrasound in the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain, Dianna Lynn Bishop
Thesis: Meaning in the Historic and Artistic Milieu of the Jacobean Court Masque, John R. Bledsoe
Dissertation: Implications of a Family Systems Orientation for Preventing Psychiatric Hospitalization, James Howard Bullock
Thesis: Gas Permeation Measurements on Small Polymer Specimens, Karen S. Burns
Dissertation: Socialization for Professionals an Analysis of the Process, Influencing Elements, and Outcomes, Catherine Via Cauthorne-Lindstrom
Thesis: An Application of Global Optimization Algorithm for Modal Parameter Identification, Chung-Men Chen
Thesis: Synthesis of Potential Long Acting Calcium Channel Antagonists: A Study of 1,4-Dihydropyridine Analogs, Thomas E. Christos
Dissertation: Volunteer Trustees in Urban United Way Agencies, Rosemarie Scoti Cook
Thesis: Provenance of Sands Within the Lower Chesapeake Bay Based on Ilmenite Composition, Edward Augustus Council III
Dissertation: Direct Simulation of Hypersonic Transitional Flows Over Blunt Slender Bodies, Vincent Cuda Jr.
Thesis: Analysis of Phytoplankton and Particle Variability at a Warm Core Ring/Shelf Break Front Using Flow Cytometry, Kimberly G. Davis
Thesis: Investigation of Complex Formation by Oligomers of Cytosine and Guanosine, Steven Roberts Davis
Thesis: Sins of the Fathers and Mothers: Relationships Between Parental History Variables and Adult MMPI Profiles, Kathryn E. Dawson
Dissertation: Finite Element Methodology for Nonlinear Free and Harmonic Forced Vibrations of Beam and Plate Structures, Kamolphan Decha-Umphai
Dissertation: On the Thermal Stresses Due to a Uniform Heat Flow Past a Circular Hole With a Radial Edge Crack, George F. Edmonds
Thesis: The Hydrogeology of Nags Head Woods, Dare County, North Carolina, Janet Salyer Emry
Thesis: Discrimination of Subparallel Beach Ridges Using Detrital Ilmenite Composition and Fourier Shape Analysis, Allen E. Evans Jr.
Thesis: Virginia in Transition: The 1961 Democratic Primary, Thomas Carter Evans
Dissertation: The Implications of Varying Levels of Task Automation on Workload, Micheline Y. Eyraud
Dissertation: Implementation and Performance Analysis of Numerical Algorithms on the MPP, Flex/32, and Cray/2, Raad A. Fatoohi
Thesis: Computer-Aided Analysis and Design of Rectangular Buried Tank Walls and Its Safety Factor Evaluation Based on Yield Line Analysis, Rakiya J. Fatoohi
Thesis: A Comparison of Potential Fishing Methods Associated with Fish Aggregating Devices off the Northeast Coast of Puerto Rico, Alan M. Friedlander
Thesis: An Intergenerational Investigation of Urban Preferences, Angelique A. Gavin
Thesis: Coupled Bending-Torsion Steady-State Response of Pretwisted, Nonuniform Rotating Beams Using a Transfer-Matrix Method, Carl E. Gray Jr.
Dissertation: Driver Response to Simulated Intersections: An Analysis of Workload-Related Variables, Monty G. Grubb
Thesis: The Effects of Task Load on Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability, Paula Jeanne Guerette
Thesis: Slavery and the Early Teutonic Codes A.D. 400-800: A Legal Paradigm Shift, Elizabeth Thompson Harris
Thesis: A Taxonomic Survey of the Family Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) of the State of Virginia, Jerrold R. Harris
Thesis: Effects of the Presence of a Same-Sex Friend or Stranger on Coping with Stress, Scott B. Harrison
Thesis: Molting in the Mature Female Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus, Rathbun, Kirk J. Havens
Dissertation: Psychologists' Volunteering: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Toward Psychotherapy Research, James Perry Howell
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of N-Alkyl-Adenosine-5'-Diphosphates, Han-Ping Huang
Dissertation: On a Moving Boundary Problem of Transitional Ballistics, Jen-Ing G. Hwang
Thesis: Experimental Parametric Study of a True Airspeed Sensor, Adel R. Ibrahim
Thesis: Determination of Amino Acids and Chloramino Acids in Municipal Wastewater, Jeffrey Taylor Jewell
Dissertation: The Influence of Direct Versus Indirect Observation, Candidate Report Format, and Assessor Training on the Accuracy of Assessor Ratings, Rudolph L. Johnson Jr.
Thesis: Model of Hot-Film Sensor with Substrate Effects, David McAlpine Judge
Dissertation: Cross-Shore Sediment Transport in Relation to Waves and Currents in a Groin Compartment, Hyo Jin Kang
Dissertation: Growth Potential of Young Black Sea Bass, Centropristis Striata, in Artificial Environments, Joung Won KIm
Thesis: Sulfide in Shelf/Slope Waters of the Western Atlantic, Christian F. Krahforst
Thesis: Influences of Pre-Columbian Art in the Work of Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, June-Marie Lam
Dissertation: Microsurgical Fertilization of Mammalian Eggs: An Assessment of Clinical Utilization, Susan E. Lanzendorf
Thesis: The Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Isopropyl Alcohol, Phenylphenol, and Nonphenal Oxyethylene Iodine Complex on Dental Operatory Surfaces, Maureen Anne Lawless
Thesis: Biochemical and Histological Evaluation of Normal Human Epidermis vs Cultured Human Epidermis, Ngo Thi Bich Lien
Thesis: Processes Which Create and Destroy Stratification in the South Atlantic Bight During GABEX II, Rebecca Lynn Lovingood
Dissertation: Groin-Associated Rip Currents Measured Using a New Digital Current Meter, Dennis L. Lundberg
Thesis: The Impact of Orientation Training on Spatial Cognition and Spatial Behavior in Elderly Shoppers, Elizabeth Ann Mathes
Thesis: Reactions of Organic N-Chloramines in the Gastric Fluid of the Rat, Kathryn E. Mazina
Thesis: The Effectiveness of Oral Health Computer Assisted Instruction on Increasing the Oral Hygiene Status of Children, Claudia Ann Michalak
Thesis: The Public Record Office: A Study of the Creation of the Office and the Construction of Its Fireproof Repository, Kathryn A. Miller
Thesis: Computation of 2-D and 3-D Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Closed and Vented Cavities, T. O. Mohieldin
Thesis: Bilateral Eda Measurement of Females During Simple and Complex Listening Tasks, Rory Craig Montero
Thesis: Job Satisfaction Among Female Employees as Predicted by Work Friendships, Melinda Jan Montgomery
Dissertation: Phytoplankton Dynamics in the Very Low Salinity Region of the James River Estuary, Virginia, U.S.A., Changho Moon
Thesis: Clinical Effects of Daily Rotary Electric Toothbrushing on the Presence of Gingivitis and Supragingival Dental Plaque, Laura Jean Mueller
Thesis: A Comparison of Nursing Role Conceptions Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students, Their Nursing Faculty, and Clinical Nurse Mentors, Michele Lynn Musella
Thesis: Over My Shoulder, Marvel Mustard
Thesis: Software Tools for Performance Evaluation of Concurrent Processing, Rodrogo A. Obando
Thesis: Worlds Away From Home, Renee Ellen Olander
Thesis: Short Term Temporal and Spatial Variability of Phytoplankton in the Elizabeth River, Robert L. O'Reilly
Thesis: The Influence of Transverse Magnetic Fields on the Current-Voltage Characteristics of Glow Discharges, Thomas J. Powers
Dissertation: The Effects of Nonlinear Damping on the Large Deflection Response of Structures Subjected to Random Excitation, Chunchu Bhavani Prasad
Thesis: Learned Helplessness and Masculinity in Women: Performance Effects and Attributions About Success and Failure, Sherry B. Rabinowitz
Thesis: Tardive Dyskinesia: A Prevalence Study in an Outpatient Population, Virginia J. Ravizza
Dissertation: A Study of Flow Separation in Transonic Flow Using Inviscid and Viscous CFD Schemes, James Andrew Rhodes
Dissertation: Studies of Radiation Effects in Three High Polymers, Heidi Rene-Mitchell Ries
Thesis: The Effects of Temporospatial Integration on Distance Estimations of Young and Elderly Adults, Margaret Rowley-Bernicki
Dissertation: Statewide Higher Education Governing Board Decision Making in Capital Project Planning, Richard Charles Runner
Thesis: Benchmarks, Mina Ryan
Dissertation: Large Deviation Local Limit Theorems for Ratio Statistics, Sanjeev V. Sabnis
Thesis: An Annual Study of Phytoplankton Composition and Associated Environmental Conditions of Lake Trashmore, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Seba B. Sheavly
Dissertation: Category Test and WAIS Scores: Sex and Age Inter-Relationships, Julia Ann Shelton
Thesis: Development of Load Carrying Thermoplastic Components for an Automotive Emergency Braking System, Joseph Gerard Sikora
Dissertation: Factors Affecting the Efficacy of Rater Training: Information Type and Mode of Presentation, Todd A. Silverhart
Dissertation: A Numerical Study of Three-Dimensional Vortex Breakdown, Robert Edward Spall
Thesis: Pre-Natal Learning Needs Perceptions of Expectant Parents and Childhood Educators, Cynthia Divens Sweeney
Thesis: Evaluation of Two Methods for Estimating Belowground Production in the Great Dismal Swamp, Millie Symbula
Thesis: Structural Sensitivity Analysis on a Parallel Computer, Niu Kian Teck
Thesis: Perceived Job Stress in Critical Care Nursing in a Military Setting, Jeannette Theriault
Thesis: The Construction of the U.S.S. Monitor, Stephen C. Thompson
Thesis: The Effects of Task Difficulty on Pupil Diameter in a Choice Reaction Time Task, Coleen Thornton
Dissertation: Supervisors' Perceptions of Staff Development Needs of Urban Vocational Teachers, Patricia Tynes Tompkins
Thesis: Priming in a Simulated Assessment Center Environment: Can Behavioral Observation Training Overcome the Effects of Prior Information?, Eric J. Vanetti
Dissertation: The Geochemistry of Selenium and Sulfur in a Coastal Salt Marsh, David Jay Velinsky
Thesis: Depositional and Diagenetic History of the Middle Ordovician Carbonates of the Shenandoah Valley, Northern Virginia, Lynn Ellen Weyenberg
Thesis: Laminar Viscous Effects on Longitudinal Dispersion in Tidal Froude Models, Larry H. White
Dissertation: Experimental Study of Shock Wave Interference Heating on a Cylindrical Leading Edge, Allan R. Wieting
Thesis: Analysis and Optimal Design of Pyramidal Truss Core Panels, Mark A. Wiseman
Dissertation: Community Development Through Industry and Education Partnerships: An Integrated Evaluability Assessment of a Cooperative Training Alliance Between Industry and an Urban Community College, Richard E. Witte
Dissertation: The Effects of Various Lumbar/Sacral Back Support Systems Upon Human Peak Muscular Force, Total Work, and Average Power, Michael Lee Woodhouse
Dissertation: The Influence of Rater Training, Scale Format, and Rating Justification on the Quality of Performance Ratings by Three Rater Sources, Steven B. Woods
Thesis: Analysis and Design Sensitivity Computations of Nonlinear Free and Forced Vibrations of Stepped Beams, Yong Xiang Xue