ETDs: Virginia Tech Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Virginia Tech has been a world leader in electronic theses and dissertation initiatives for more than 20 years. On January 1, 1997, Virginia Tech was the first university to require electronic submission of theses and dissertations (ETDs). Ever since then, Virginia Tech graduate students have been able to prepare, submit, review, and publish their theses and dissertations online and to append digital media such as images, data, audio, and video.
University Libraries staff are currently digitizing thousands of pre-1997 theses and dissertations and loading them into VTechWorks. Most of these theses and dissertations are fully available to the public, but we will, in general, honor requests by the item's author to restrict access to Virginia Tech only. See our process for Requesting that Material be Amended or Removed.
To search all Virginia Tech print and digital theses and dissertations, use the University Libraries ETD resource guide.
Materials that are restricted to Virginia Tech only may be requested via your own university or public library's Interlibrary Loan program or through the VTechWorks request form that appears when you try to access the item. You might also be able to obtain a copy of the work through ProQuest's database of theses and dissertations. If you are on a Virginia Tech campus but are unable to find the pre-1997 thesis or dissertation you are seeking in VTechWorks, you may also be able to order a physical copy from library storage. Please check the library catalog at http://www.lib.vt.edu/ for physical copies.
The guidelines that apply to Virginia Tech's graduate students as ETD authors can be found at http://guides.lib.vt.edu/ETDguide.
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Doctoral Dissertations [13301]
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Masters Theses [18260]
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Undergraduate Theses [12]
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Virginia Tech ETD Resources [11]
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Recent Submissions
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On Background
(Virginia Tech, 2018-10-17)By dexterity, unbind walls of stone. There is no shrill scream, but rather the quiet enjoyment of joining the supportive forms of invisible culture. Premonitions, apparitions, illusions, allusions, and relationships make ... -
Synthesis, Properties, and Biology of Advanced H2S-Releasing Materials
(Virginia Tech, 2017-04-25)Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenously produced signaling gas involved in numerous cellular functions. At the appropriate concentration, exogenous administration of this gasotransmitter regulates vasodilation, promotes ... -
Plasmon Directed Chemical Reactivity and Nanoparticle Self-Assembly
(Virginia Tech, 2017-04-25)Nanotechnology has advanced to the point that nanoparticles can now be fabricated in a broad variety of shapes from a wide range of materials, each with their own properties and uses. As the list of manufacturable particles ... -
Characterizing the Innate Immune Response of Human Airway Cells to the Unique Fungal Allergen Alt a 1
(Virginia Tech, 2017-04-25)Allergic airway diseases such as rhinitis, asthma, and chronic rhinosinusitis are responsible for causing a huge economic burden on patients and society. Patients suffering from asthma often have allergies to pollen, dust ... -
Crosstalk Signaling Between Circadian Clock Components and Iron Metabolism
(Virginia Tech, 2017-04-25)Circadian rhythms are daily molecular oscillations within cells ranging from prokaryotes to humans. This rhythm is self sustaining, and receives external cues in order to synchronize an organism's behavior and physiology ... -
Gene Mapping of Morphological Traits in Chickens
(Virginia Tech, 2017-04-25)Gene Mapping of Morphological Traits in Chickens Jingyi Li Abstract (Public) Chickens, one of the major protein sources in diets for humans, have a long cultural, sport and religious history since their initial ... -
Development of a Support-Vector-Machine-based Supervised Learning Algorithm for Land Cover Classification Using Polarimetric SAR Imagery
(Virginia Tech, 2018-10-16)Land cover classification using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data has been a topic of great interest in recent literature. Food commodities output prediction through crop identification, environmental monitoring, and ... -
Development of Advanced Image Processing Algorithms for Bubbly Flow Measurement
(Virginia Tech, 2018-10-16)An accurate measurement of bubbly flow has a significant value for understanding the bubble behavior, heat and energy transfer pattern in different engineering systems. It also helps to advance the theoretical model ... -
A CMA-FRESH Whitening Filter for Blind Interference Rejection
(Virginia Tech, 2018-10-16)The advent of spectrum sharing has increased the need for robust interference rejection methods. The Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band is soon to be occupied by LTE waveforms and License Assisted Access (LAA) ... -
A RNA Virus Reference Database (RVRD) to Enhance Virus Detection in Metagenomic Data
(Virginia Tech, 2018-10-16)With the great promise that metagenomics holds in exploring virome composition and discovering novel virus species, there is a pressing demand for comprehensive and up-to-date reference databases to enhance the downstream ... -
Effect of Nanoscale Surface Structures on Microbe-Surface Interactions
(Virginia Tech, 2017-04-24)Bacteria in nature predominantly grow as biofilms on living and non-living surfaces. The development of biofilms on non-living surfaces is significantly affected by the surface micro/nano topography. The main goal of this ... -
Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Acetaminophen in Adult Horses
(Virginia Tech, 2018-10-15)Due to the detrimental side effects of NSAID administration, such as gastrointestinal ulceration and renal papillary necrosis, there is a profound need for clinical pain relief in horses with long term orthopedic disease ... -
Development of Metal-based Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
(Virginia Tech, 2017-04-21)New synthetic advances in the control of nanoparticle size and shape along with the development of new surface modifications facilitates the growing use of nanomaterials in biomedical applications. Of particular interest ... -
Patient-centric care in the U.S. - A comparative study of patient satisfaction and quality care among for-profit physician-owned, corporate-owned, and not-for-profit hospitals
(Virginia Tech, 2018-10-12)This dissertation examines the effects of physician ownership of hospitals on the quality of patient-centric care in the U.S. The health care sector in the U.S. is becoming more aligned with markets and in turn, with ... -
Comparing University Entomology Outreach Events While Examining Public Views of Arthropods and Pesticides
(Virginia Tech, 2018-10-12)Hokie BugFest is an annual free event designed by the Entomology Department at Virginia Tech to translate the importance of entomology to the public. The event has grown from 2,000 attendees in 2011 to over 8,000 attendees ... -
Negotiating Expertise: The Strategies Writing Program Administrators use to Mediate Disciplinary and Institutional Values
(Virginia Tech, 2017-04-20)A First Year Writing program is an academic unit that manages the curriculum, budget, teaching faculty, and other aspects of writing classes for first year students as part of a university's general education curriculum. ... -
Ontogeny and biological function of epithelial cells in the chicken yolk sac and small intestine
(Virginia Tech, 2018-10-11)The chicken yolk sac and small intestine are connected through the yolk stalk and share many biological similarities. During the embryonic stage, the extra-embryonic yolk sac helps the embryo to absorb nutrients primarily ... -
An Exploration of the Social Justice Identity Development of Professional School Counselors Who Advocate for Undocumented Students
(Virginia Tech, 2017-04-19)Research related to the school counselor's journey to social justice advocacy is minimal. An exploration of the school counselor's journey to social justice advocacy and the impact it has on the counselor's work with ... -
1995 Virginia Tech master plan proposal : open space master plan and long range strategies for Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
(Virginia Tech, 1995-12-14)Fifty years ago, with a population of 2,331 students on campus, no one would have thought to plan for a student population to increase by 20,000. The same is true for today: if Virginia Tech doesn't have a plan for the ... -
Fluidity in Space
(Virginia Tech, 2018-10-09)Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. -Mies van der Rohe Architectural space is directly related to enclosure. When inside and outside are ...
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