Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Old Dominion University since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2025, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Dissertation: Numerical Simulation of Complex, Three-Dimensional, Turbulent-Free Jets, Robert V. Wilson
Thesis: The Effectiveness of Film Cooling in a Hypersonic Flowfield with Favorable Pressure Gradients, Julie A. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Dissertation: Numerical Investigation of Shock-Induced Combustion Past Blunt Projectiles, Jagjit K. Ahuja
Thesis: Non-Linear Boundary-Layer Receptivity Due to Distributed Surface Roughness, Tahani R. Amer
Dissertation: Nonlinear Transient Thermal Analysis By the Force-Derivative Method, Narayani V. Balakrishnan
Thesis: Modeling and Simulation of Load Introduction for Fuselage Crown Panel Testing, Kevin P. Belack
Dissertation: An Experimental Investigation of Wall Cooling Effects on Hypersonic Boundary Layer Stability in a Quiet Wind Tunnel, Alan E. Blanchard
Thesis: Assumed-Stress Hybrid Beam Element for Nonlinear Elastic Stress Analysis, William Scott Carron
Dissertation: Finite Element Nonlinear Random Response of Composite Panels of Arbitrary Shape to Acoustic and Thermal Loads Applied Simultaneously, Roger R. Chen
Thesis: Assessment of High-Order Serendipity and Lagrangian Quadrilateral Membrane Elements, Timothy Scott Davis
Thesis: Extension to the Dynamic Modeling of the Large Angle Magnetic Suspension Test Fixture, Lucas E. Foster
Thesis: Open-Loop State-Space Model Identification from Closed-Loop Data, Lori Guy
Thesis: Experimental Investigation of the Inlet Deflector Configuration Variation in the Flow Field at Mach 1.9, Kyu C. Hwang
Thesis: Wing-Section Optimization for Supersonic Viscous Flow, Cem Cihan Item
Dissertation: Buckling Analysis and Optimum Design of Multidirectionally Stiffened Composite Curved Panel, Navin R. R. Jaunky
Dissertation: Aerodynamic Design Optimization with Consistently Discrete Sensitivity Derivatives Via the Incremental Iterative Method, Vamshi M. Korivi
Dissertation: Closed-Loop Identification of Unstable Systems in Time and Frequency Domains, Hyun Chang Lee
Dissertation: Component Mode Synthesis-Based Design Methodology for Structural Modification and Synthesis, Venkateshwarlu Maroju
Thesis: An Investigation of Hole Size Effects in a Composite Material During Tensile Fracture, David Floyd Moore
Thesis: Finite Element Formulation of a Three-Node Spatially Curved and Twisted Beam, Umesh Vishnu Padhye
Thesis: Automatic Differentiation for First- and Second-Order Sensitivity Derivatives of a CFD Code, Laura Lee Sherman
Dissertation: Dynamic Unstructured Method for Prescribed and Aerodynamically Determined Relative Moving Boundary Problems, Kamakhya Prasad Singh
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Thesis: A Study of the Thermodynamic and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Two-Phase Two-Component Flow with Application to a Solar-Assisted Heat Pump, Walid A. Aziz
Dissertation: Three-Dimensional Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using Discrete Sensitivity Analysis, Gregory Wayne Burgreen
Thesis: Stress Fields in Composites with a Variable Interphase Under Thermo-Mechanical Loadings, Nianfeng Chen
Thesis: Optimal Active and Passive Control Design for a Slewing Piezoelectric Laminate Beam, Travis V. DuBois
Dissertation: Investigation of Wall Injectors for Supersonic Mixing Enhancement, Yaacov Haimovitch
Dissertation: Explicit and Iterative LQG Controller Design, Min-Hung Hsiao
Dissertation: Multigrid Acceleration of Time-Dependent Solutions of Navier-Stokes Equations, Sarafa Oladele Ibraheem
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: Radiative Interactions in Multi-Dimensional Chemically Reacting Flows Using Monte Carlo Simulations, Jiwen Liu
Thesis: A Direct Numerical Simulation of Vortex Breakdown Induced Tail Buffet, Steven James Massey
Dissertation: Numerical Simulation of the Nonlinear Response of Composite Plates Under Combined Thermal and Acoustic Loading, Jayashree Moorthy
Thesis: Flow Simulations About Steady-Complex and Unsteady Moving Configurations Using Structured-Overlapped and Unstructured Grids, James Charles Newman III
Dissertation: Analysis of Random Structure-Acoustic Interaction Problems Using Coupled Boundary Element and Finite Element Methods, Carl S. Pates III
Thesis: Numerical Solution of Nonequilibrium Compressible Nozzle Turbulent Boundary Layers Using Laws of the Wall and Wake, Ajit A. Prabhu
Dissertation: Development of Vibration and Sensitivity Analysis Capability Using the Theory of Structural Variations, Ting-Yu Rong
Thesis: Transverse Stress Effects for Laminated Composite Beams in Bending, Christine Chatterton Schleicher
Dissertation: Simulation of Active Control of Asymmetric Flows Around Slender Pointed Forebodies, Hazem Sharaf El-Din
Thesis: An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Iosipescu Shear Test for Composite Materials, Barry Stuart Spigel
Thesis: Use of the Genetic Algorithm in Positioning Sacrificial Anodes for Optimum Cathodic Protection, Chi-Cheng Tsao
Thesis: Investigation of Computational and Spectral Analysis Methods for Aeroacoustic Wave Propagation, Florence Odile Vanel
Dissertation: The Development of a Method to Extract High Purity Oxygen From the Martian Atmosphere, Dongchuan Wu
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
Dissertation: Boundary Layer influences on the Subsonic Near-Wake of a Family of Three-Dimensional Bluff Bodies, Charles Willliam Alcorn
Thesis: Emissions Studies for a Natural Gas-Fired Internal Combustion Engine, Carlos M. Buitrago
Dissertation: Studies on Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Supersonic Chemically Reacting Flows, Rajnish Chandrasekhar
Thesis: Study of Algebraic Reynolds Stress Models for the Computation of Secondary Motion in Channels, Tomas Chylek
Thesis: Three-Dimensional Transport Simulations of the Dispersal of Volcanic Aerosol From Mount Pinatubo, T. Duncan A. Fairlie
Thesis: Simulation of Vertical Tail Buffet in Internal Vortex Breakdown Flows, Mark William Flanagan
Dissertation: Theoretical Results Supporting the Use of Passive Damping as Augmentation to the Active Control of Flexible Structures, Joseph Vincent Harrell
Thesis: Effects of Radiative Interactions in Molecular Gases Under Local and Nonlocal Thermodynamic Equilibrium Conditions, Manoj Kumar Jha
Dissertation: Navier-Stokes Simulation of Quasi-Axisymmetric and Three-Dimensional Supersonic Vortex Breakdown, Hamdy A. Kandil
Dissertation: Robust Control of Nonlinear Multibody Flexible Space Structures, Atul G. Kelkar
Thesis: Accurate Evaluation of Homogeneous and Nonhomogeneous Gas Emissivities, Kam-Pui Lee
Thesis: A Study of the Interface Between a Turbulent Boundary Layer and the Irrotational Free Stream, Shih-Chao Lin
Thesis: Simultaneous Aerodynamic Analysis and Design Optimization, Satish Venkatasubra Mani
Thesis: An Analysis of the Response of a Buckled Beam with Fixed Ends to an Harmonic Base Excitation Using the Finite Element Method, Peter John O'Donoghue
Thesis: A New Adjoint Variable Method for the Sensitivity Analysis of Dynamic Responses, Krishnamoorthy Ramesh
Dissertation: Grid Sensitivity for Aerodynamic Optimization and Flow Analysis, Ideen Sadrehaghighi
Thesis: Computation of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Subsonic Transport Aircraft Using a Panel Method, Lillianne Plaster Whitelock Troeger
Thesis: Analysis of Pultrusion Processing for Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite System, Wen Tso
Thesis: Numerical Simulation of Two-Dimensional, Spatially Developing Mixing Layers, Robert V. Wilson
Dissertation: Fiber Enhanced Viscoelastic Damping Polymers and Their Application to Passive Vibration Control, Houchun Xia
Dissertation: The Influence of Reynolds Number and Atmospheric Effects on Aircraft Wake Vortices Near the Ground, Zhongquan Charlie Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Thesis: Eigenvalue Reanalysis Techniques Using MSC/NASTRAN, Christopher B. Barton
Thesis: Experimental Investigation of Crossflow Instability Waves in Rotating Disk Flow, Alan E. Blanchard
Thesis: Modal Analysis of Gyroscopically Coupled Sound-Structure Interaction Problems, Vijay B. Bokil
Thesis: A Fracture Mechanics Analysis of A 38 Inch Diameter Hot Pressed Beryllium Telescope Mirror, Phillip L. Brown
Thesis: Preliminary Structural Design of a Lunar Transfer Vehicle Aerobrake, Lance B. Bush
Dissertation: Runge-Kutta Upwind Multigrid Multi-Block Three-Dimensional Thin Layer Navier-Stokes Solver, Frank E. Cannizzaro
Dissertation: Laminar and Turbulent Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Trombe Wall Channels, Tony D. T. Chen
Dissertation: Shape Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Skeletal Structures and Geometrically Nonlinear Solids, Ching-Hung Chuang
Thesis: Transfer Function Models and Control of a Flexible Structure Using Piezoelectric Laminates, Joseph A. Colvin
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: 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
Thesis: Dynamics and Control of a Five Degree-of-Freedom Magnetic Suspension System, Anwar Mohammed Haj
Thesis: Elastic Buckling of Stiffened Composite Curved Panels, Navin R. R. Jaunky
Thesis: Transient Simulation of a Trombe Wall Passive Heating System Coupled to a Thermally Stratified Room, Ali Saleh Kheireddine
Dissertation: Control of Low-Speed Turbulent Separated Flow Over a Backward-Facing Ramp, John C. Lin
Thesis: Characterization of Trailing Line Vortices, Karla M. Mossi
Thesis: Hierarchical Flux-Based Thermal-Structural Finite Element Analysis Method, Sandra P. Polesky
Thesis: Analysis of Impact Damage of Composite Laminates Using Five-Point Bending, Mark Edward Robeson
Dissertation: Unsteady Euler and Navier-Stokes Computations Around Oscillating Delta Wing Including Dynamics, Ahmed Abd-El-Bar Ahmed Salman
Thesis: Design Considerations for an Astronaut Monorail System for Large Space Structures and the Structural Characterization of Its Positioning Arm, Judith J. Watson
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Thesis: Effect of Passive Flow-Control Devices on the Drug of a Tractor-Trailer Model, Jagjit K. Ahuja
Dissertation: Integrated System Identification and Adaptive State Estimation for Control of Flexible Space Structures, Chung-Wen Chen
Thesis: Thermal Compatibility Analysis of the Passive Damping Treatment Proposed for the Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS), Mahesh Chowdhary
Thesis: Finite Element Analysis of Nonlinear Panel Flutter of Rectangular Composite Plates Under a Uniform Thermal Load, lain Ross Dixon
Dissertation: Large-Amplitude Finite Element Flutter Analysis of Composite Panels in Hypersonic Flow, Carl E. Gray Jr.
Thesis: Finite Element Analysis of Thermal Post-Buckling and Vibrations of Thermally Buckled Composite Plates, Charles Clifton Gray
Thesis: Simulation of 3-D Viscous Flow Around a Nozzle-Afterbody at High Speeds, Wendy B. Hoffman
Thesis: Experimental Study of Transition in a Supersonic Free Shear Layer, Rudolph A. King
Thesis: Linearized Dynamics of Space Structures with Articulated Appendages, Gopichand Koganti
Thesis: Application of Sensitivity Analysis to the Euler Equations, Vamshi Mohan Korivi