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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On the Effectiveness of Dimensionality Reduction for Unsupervised Structural Health Monitoring Anomaly Detection
(Virginia Tech, 2022-04-19)Dimensionality reduction techniques (DR) enhance data interpretability and reduce space complexity, though at the cost of information loss. Such methods have been prevalent in the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) anomaly ... -
A Green Light at the Intersection of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Drug Delivery
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-20)The development of controllable drug delivery systems is crucial for reducing toxicity and minimizing off-target drug effects for patients undergoing chemotherapy. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of hybrid ... -
I Can See What You Are Feeling, but Can I Feel It? Physiological Linkage while Viewing Communication of Emotion via Touch
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-20)Past research has demonstrated that emotions can accurately be communicated via touch (e.g., Hertenstein, Keltner, App, Bulleit, and Jaskolka, 2006). In stranger female dyads, physiological linkage plays a role in the ... -
Development and Application of Dynamic Architecture Flow Optimization to Assess the Impact of Energy Storage on Naval Ship Mission Effectiveness, System Vulnerability and Recoverability
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-20)This dissertation presents the development and application of a naval ship distributed system architecture framework, Architecture Flow Optimization (AFO), Dynamic Architecture Flow Optimization (DAFO), and Energy Storage ... -
Evolutionary History of Immunomodulatory Genes of Giant Viruses
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-20)Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) have genome sizes that range from around 100 kilobases (kb) to up to 2.5 megabases, and virion sizes that can reach up to 1.5 μm. Their large size in both of these contexts is ... -
Engineering-driven Machine Learning Methods for System Intelligence
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-19)Smart manufacturing is a revolutionary domain integrating advanced sensing technology, machine learning methods, and the industrial internet of things (IIoT). The development of sensing technology provides large amounts ... -
Tranny Muse
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-19)Tranny Muse is a poetry collection that interrogates personal, historical, and socio-cultural genealogies, functioning as both a record and an archive. As the speaker of these poems, I explore my life thus far: from growing ... -
Exploiting muscarinic acetylcholine receptors as an insecticidal target to enhance the toxicity of gamma-amino butyric acid channel blockers and the continued challenges with resistance
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-19)Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) are G-protein-coupled receptors that are underutilized for controlling insect pests despite their involvement in various physiological functions. To-date, there are no commercialized ... -
New Differential Zone Protection Scheme Using Graph Partitioning for an Islanded Microgrid
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-19)Microgrid deployment in electric grids improves reliability, efficiency, and quality, as well as the overall sustainability and resiliency of the grid. Specifically, microgrids alleviate the effects of power outages. ... -
Staged Evolution
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-19)Architecture has the power to reveal the complexities of man in nature through the degree of control in the process of form making. This process offers the opportunity to create different physical and psychological experiences ... -
Essays in Economic Theory
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-18)In this study, I introduce the alternative-dependent focal Luce model (ADFLM), a random choice model generalizing the well-known Luce model (1959). In the ADFLM, focal alternatives are chosen more frequently relative to ... -
A Computer Vision Approach to Stress Determination in Blisters, and a Fatigue-Based Method Framework for Testing Defect Development
(Virginia Tech, 2020-11-24)With the development of hydrogen fuel cell technology continuing to advance, rapid characterization of membranes is increasingly important for design purposes. Pressurized blister testing has been suggested as an accelerated ... -
A study of the effects of spatially localized time-delayed feedback schemes on spatio-temporal patterns
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-17)In typical attempts to control spatio-temporal chaos, spatially extended systems were subjected to protocols that perturbed them as a whole, often overlooking the potential stabilizing interaction between adjacent regions. ... -
Examining the Impact of Indigenous Cultural Centers on Native Student Experience
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-17)Research has noted the persistence of hostile campus environments for underrepresented college students. However, Native and Indigenous students continue to be one of the most understudied populations within higher ... -
Impossible to Write Alone: Expanded I and Absent Addressee in Chris Kraus's I Love Dick
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The Association of Microbreaks with Work Performance: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-17)Microbreaks are short, voluntary breaks taken during the workday that have been found to be beneficial in the recovery process as they are less structured and can be taken when an employee is feeling heightened levels of ... -
Continuity and Change: Curriculum and Instruction in the World History Classroom
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-17)This dissertation explores curriculum and instruction in the world history classroom through two manuscripts. These manuscripts describe the effects of educational policy and environmental contexts on the work of world ... -
Who Speaks Truth to Fiction? Scientific Authority and Social Difference in Speculative Fiction
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-16)The term "science fiction" has in itself a contradiction: if science is truth, and fiction is make-believe, how can the two come together? The authors, readers, and fans of science fiction have come together to create a ... -
Blockchain and Distributed Consensus: From Security Analysis to Novel Applications
(Virginia Tech, 2022-05-13)Blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrency, enables decentralized and distrustful parties to maintain a unique and consistent transaction history through consensus, without involving a central authority. The ... -
Analyzing Stakeholder Perceptions of Gaps in Public Sexuality Education: Curriculum, Context, and Community
(Virginia Tech, 2020-11-19)Sexuality education in public schools in the US is a set of curricula geared toward sexual health, sexual identities, sexual acts, associated values, as well as intimacy and relationships (Naz, 2014). Taught under the ...
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