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 1984
Thesis: An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Friction Factors for Fully Developed Flow in Internally Finned Triangular Ducts, Hoshang Chegini
Thesis: Shape Optimization for Elastic Hollow Bars in Torsion, Jahau Lewis Chen
Thesis: An Analytical Design Procedure for the Determination of Effective Leading Edge Extensions on Thick Delta Wings, Farhad Ghaffari
Thesis: Combined Forced and Free Convection in the Trombe Wall Channel, Jim Ginchaun Huang
Thesis: Comparative Heat Load Analysis for a Direct Gain Passive Solar Building, Hong Hu
Thesis: Effect of Wall Temperature Control on Low-Speed Axisymmetric Body Drag, John C. Lin
Thesis: Finite Element Thermal-Structural Analysis of Cable-Stiffened Space Structures, Ajay Kumar Pandey
Thesis: Design of a Combustion System Simulating Waste Heat Recovery from Diesel Engine Exhaust Gases, Nikolaos Papadopoulos
Dissertation: Studies on the Interference of Wings and Propeller Slipstreams, Ramadas K. Prabhu
Thesis: An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Iosipescu Shear Test for Composite Materials, Barry Stuart Spigel
Thesis: Investigation of Flow Phenomena in a Repetitively-Pulsed Gas Flow Switch, Shivakumar Srinivasan
Thesis: The Development of a Microprocessor Controlled Linearly Actuated Valve Assembly, Raymond H. Wall
Thesis: Implementation of Uniform Perturbation Method for Potential Flow Past Axisymmetric and Two-Dimensional Bodies, Tin Chee Wong
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Thesis: Application of the Method of Lines for Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equations Using a Nonuniform Grid Distribution, Jamshid Samareh Abolhassani
Thesis: Effect of Transducer Size on the Statistical Properties of a Simulated Turbulent Wall Pressure Field, Mehdi R. Khorrami
Thesis: Viscous Modeling and Computation of Leading-And Trailing-Edge Vortex Cores of Delta Wings, Balakrishnan Lakshmanan
Thesis: The Use of Complex Versus Normal Modes in Structural Model Improvement, Chih Lin
Thesis: Experiments on Melting Around an Isothermal Horizontal Cylinder Under Computer Control, Timothy Moore Rothgeb
Thesis: Large Amplitude Free Flexural Vibrations of Laminated Composite Plates of Arbitrary Shape, Mo-How Shen
Dissertation: On the Space Shuttle Wing Thermal-Structural Analysis, Kumar Krishna Tamma
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Thesis: An Approach for Including Reliability in Control System Designs, Ime Isaac Akpan
Thesis: Application of Least-Squares Method to the Determination of Orthotropic Elastic and Photoelastic Constants, R. G. Chermahini
Dissertation: Improved Finite Element Methodology for Integrated Thermal-Structural Analysis, Pramote Dechaumphai
Thesis: Interaction of a Two-Dimensional Transverse Jet with a Supersonic Mainstream, Gilbert Otto Kraemer
Thesis: Experimental Investigation of a Direct Expansion Solar-Assisted Heat Pump, James Yau-Jwo Shen
Thesis: Calculation of Potential Flow Past Non-Lifting Bodies at Angle of Attack Using Axial and Surface Singularity Methods, Jin-Yea Shu
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Dissertation: Effects of Multiple Scattering and Surface Albedo on the Photochemistry of the Troposphere, Tommy Reinhold Robert Augustsson
Thesis: Analysis of Aerothermodynamic Environment of a Titan Aerocapture Vehicle, Hsing Chow
Thesis: Experimental Investigation of a Rectangular Surface Thermal Plume, Li-Cheng Chu
Dissertation: Sound Absorption in N2-H2O Gas Mixtures at Room Temperature and Low Frequency/Pressure Ratios, William Axam Griffin
Thesis: Photoelastic Investigation of Load Transfer in Eccentrically Loaded Single Lap Joints, Stephen Antrim Hann
Thesis: Low Speed Handling Characteristics of a Supersonic Transport by Eigenstructure Assignment, Michael Peter Lazar
Thesis: Design and Analysis of a Hybrid Thermoelectric Solar Collector, Kay Eddie Shaheen
Thesis: Goertler Instability in Compressible Boundary Layers Along Curved Surfaces with Suction and Cooling, Alok K. Verma
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Thesis: Natural Convection in Shallow Inclined Enclosures, Effendy Arif
Thesis: Thermodynamic and System Performance Analysis of a Heat Pump That Employs a Two-Phase Flow Collector as Evaporator, Yu-Fang Chiang
Thesis: A Nonlinear Hybrid Vortex Method for Wings Having Side-Edge Separations, Li-Chuan Chu
Thesis: The Significance of Peel Stresses in Cyclic Debonding, Richard A. Everett Jr.
Thesis: Experimental Study of Delta Wing Leading-Edge Devices for Drag Reduction at High Lift, Thomas Dwight Johnson Jr.
Thesis: Feasibility of Quasi-Random Band Model in Evaluating Atmospheric Radiance, Navin Mirakhur
Thesis: Finite Element Model of a Timoshenko Beam with Structural Damping, Louis Ablen Roussos
Dissertation: Analytic and Experimental Studies of a True Airspeed Sensor, Joseph Yao-Cheng Shen
Dissertation: Influence of Nonequilibrium Radiation and Shape Change on the Flowfield of a Jupiter Probe With Ablation and Mass Injection, Sundaresa Venkata Subramanian
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Dissertation: Curing and Flow of Thermosetting Resins for Composite Materials Pultrusion, Howard L. Price Jr.
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Thesis: Inviscid Two-Dimensional Vortex-Panel Method for Calculating the Pressure Distribution Over Noncircular Cylinders at Various Flow Incidence Angles, Sophia Kokkinos Ashley
Thesis: Studies of Fracture and Deformed Surfaces of High Strength Aluminum Alloys by X-Ray Diffraction, Tamma K. Kumar
Dissertation: Design, Calibration, and Application of a Sensor for Measuring Time Dependent Angle of Attack of Helicopter Blades, Weiyuan Henry Liu
Dissertation: Crack Propagation in Aluminum Sheets Reinforced With Boron-Epoxy, George Lawrence Roderick
Thesis: Effect of Precursor Heating on Radiating and Chemically Reacting Viscous Flow Around a Jovian Entry Body, Kuo Yen Szema
Dissertation: Analysis of Moisture Absorption and Diffusion in Fiber Reinforced Polymeric Resin-Matrix Composite Materials, Stephen Stern Tompkins
Thesis: Temperature and Time Dependent Viscosity of an Elastomer Modified Epoxy Resin, Woodrow Williard Wagner Jr.
Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of a Turbulent Boundary Layer with Suction Through Closely Spaced Streamwise Slots, Stephen P. Wilkinson
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Dissertation: Evaluation of Hydrogen as a Cryogenic Wind Tunnel Test Gas, Richard Carl Haut II
Dissertation: Optimal Control of a Large Space Telescope Using an Annular Momentum Control Device, Arun Anant Nadkarni
Thesis: Static Temperature Measurements in Supersonic Flow Using Lasar Raman Spectroscopy, Paul A. Nystrom
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Dissertation: Similitude of Mass Transfer Processes in Distorted Froude Model of an Estuary, Carvel Hall Blair
Thesis: Evaluation of Upwelling Infrared Radiance in a Nonhomogeneous Nonequilibrium Atmosphere, Sundaresa Venkata Subramanian
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Thesis: Analysis of Spread Multi-Jet VTOL Aircraft in Hover, Leroy F. Albang
Thesis: A Method for Improving the Accuracy in Phase Change Heat Transfer Data Through Increased Precision in Thermophysical Property Determinations, John Philip Drummond
Thesis: Effect of Rod Gap Spacing on a Suction Panel for Laminar Flow and Noise Control in Supersonic Wind Tunnels, William D. Harvey
Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of a Cold Jet with Solid Centerbody Emitting from a Flat Plate Into a Subsonic Free Stream, Danny K. Livingston
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
Thesis: The Effect of Unreinforced Cutouts on the Buckling of Thin Conical Shells Loaded by Central Axial Compression, Garla Arjuna
Thesis: Application of Boundary Layer Theory to Suction Through Streamwise Slots in Wind Tunnel Walls, Michael Harold Berger
Thesis: Dynamics of Explosion Remnants in Earth-Orbits, Joseph T. Fuss
Thesis: The Design and Performance of a Fiber Optic Pressure Transducer, Raymond Henry Pahler Jr.
Thesis: A Finite Element Analysis of Unsymmetrically Laminated Rectangular Plates, Stanley F. C. Tseng
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Thesis: Numerical Study of the Turbulent Boundary Layer in a Hypersonic Nozzle, Joan Patricia Gosink
Thesis: An Investigation of a Free Jet at Low Reynolds Numbers, George C. Greene
Thesis: Computer-Aided Design of Light Aircraft to Meet Certain Aerodynamic and Structural Requirements, Joanne Lynn Walsh
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Thesis: The Analysis of a Subsonic Jet Issuing Perpendicular to a Freestream Flow from a Flat Plate and a Body of Revolution, Donald R. Haberman
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
Thesis: A Theoretical and Experimental Study of an Unsteady Pressure Measuring System, Ramesh R. Batki
Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of the Vortex Sink Rate Sensors, Nelson L. Lu
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Thesis: A Numerical Solution to the Problem of Rotation Near the Ground, David D. Chen
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Thesis: An Experimental Study of a Type of Vortex Sink Rate Sensors, Rao V. Arimilli