Sample ETDs
Below are examples of appropriate use of others copyrighted works within VT ETDs.
- Digital + Physical: Rethinking the Playground
Tew, Benjamin Montgomery
Architecture (MArch 2008) - The Effects of Manure Handling and Dietary Protein on Ammonia Fluxes from a Flush Dairy
Sparks, Jeffrey Allen
Environmental Engineering (MS 2008) - Identifying Evolutionarily Conserved Protein Interaction Networks
Rivera, Corban G.
Computer Science (MS 2005) - Study and Evaluation of Traffic Responsive Control on a Large Arterial Network
Abdelaziz, Sherif Lotfy Abdel Motaleb
Civil Engineering (MS 2008) - Induced disease resistance elicited by acibenzolar-S-methyl and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.)
Parkunan, Venkatesan
Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science (PhD 2008)
Additional examples of VT ETDs with copyrighted materials in them include:
- Shi in Architecture: the Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Doors
Zhu, Qi
Architecture (PhD 2008) - Assembling the Ineffable in Kurt Schwitters' Architectural Models
Mindrup, Matthew
Architecture (PhD 2007) - A Theoretical Mapping of Waterboarding Blogs 2007
Kliewer, Brandon W.
Political Science (MA 2008) - Watson's Hotel: Celebrating the cast iron frame
Shah, Nishant Mayur
Architecture (MArch) 2008 - Analyzing Cost Implications of Water Quality Trading Provisions: Lessons from the Virginia Nutrient Credit Exchange Act"
Aultman, Stephen
Agricultural and Applied Economics (MS 2007) - Numerical Simulation of Nanoscale Flow: A Molecular Dynamics Study of Drag
Sirk, Timothy
Mechanical Engineering (MS 2006) - The Effects of Humor on Cognitive Learning in a Computer-Based Environment
Whisonant, Robert Dowling
Curriculum and Instruction (PhD 1998) - Algorithm Visualization: The State of the Field
Cooper, Matthew Lenell
Computer Science (MS 2007)
These VT ETDs were selected for their use of technology and/or because they are creative expressions of research and scholarship through ETDs.
- Experiments in Image Segmentation for Automatic US License Plate Recognition
by Beatriz Diaz Acosta
Computer Science, Virginia Tech (MS 2004)
use of images and graphs - Implications on the Learning of Programming Through the Implementation of Subsets in Program Development Environments
by Peter Joseph DePasquale III
Computer Science, Virginia Tech (PhD 2003)
Linking bookmarks, use of images and including an index - Unsteady Turbulence Interaction in a Tip Leakage Flow Downstream of a Simulated Axial Compressor Rotor
by Ruolong Ma
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech (PhD 2003)
Including movies/simulations - Taking Control: Women of Lorient, France Direct Their Lives Despite the German Occupation (June 1940-May 1945)
by Victoria Ann Le Corre-Cochran
History, Virginia Tech (MA 2003)
Use of images - Animations and Interactive Material for Improving the Effectiveness of Learning the Fundamentals of Computer Science
by William Gilley
Computer Science, Virginia Tech (MS 2001)
Layout, use of animations, interaction, links, java applets - A new device for Stereotactic CT-guided biopsy of the canine brain: Design, construction and needle placement accuracy
by Alain G. Giroux
Veterinary Medical Sciences, Virginia Tech (MS 2000)
Layout, images - The Log Outbuilding at Solitude: An Architectural and Archaeological Investigation of Virginia Tech's Second Oldest Building
by Michael J. Pulice
Architecture, Virginia Tech (MS 2000)
Format, figures, images - The Design, Development and Evaluation of a Web-based Tool for Helping Veterinary Students Learn How to Classify Clinical Laboratory Data
by Jared Andrew Danielson
Teaching and Learning, Virginia Tech (PhD 1999)
Format, figures, images - Transformations: An Arts Center for Narrows, Virginia
by Paul Gehringer
Architecture, Virginia Tech (March 1999)
Format, animations -
All The King's Horses: The Delta Wing Leading-Edge Vortex System Undergoing Vortex Breakdown: A Contribution to its Characterization and Control under Dynamic Conditions
by Norman Walter Schaeffler
Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Tech (PhD 1998)
Title page, bookmarks, links, animation - Mechanisms Controlling Ductal Morphogenesis In the Ruminant Mammary Gland
by Steven E. Ellis
Department Dairy Science, Virginia Tech (PhD 1998)
Format, photo- and electron micrographs - An End To The Other in Landscape Architecture: Poststructural Theory and Universal Design
by David M. Orens
Landscape Architecture, Virginia Tech, (MLArch 1997)
Layout, design, links - A Contemporary Turkish CoffeeHouse Design Based on Historic Traditions
by Timur Oral
Housing, Interior Design, and Resource Management, Virginia Tech (MS 1997)
Early use of color, video clips
Figurative Sculpture In Paper Clay
by Valarie G. Lyle
Department Of Art And Design, East Tennessee State University (MFA 2001)- Applying Natural Horn Technique to Modern Valved Horn Performance Practice
by Heidi F. Wick
Music, Ohio State University (Doctor of Musical Arts,2001)
Music performance sound files, different format and links
