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Acknowledgement I am greatly indebted to my thesis advisor Professor Shalinee Kishore with providing the opportunity to fulfill the main requirement for the degree in Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering while at the same time providing constant encouragement to purse one's dreams and goals. Much is said of the person who is capable of overcoming adversity to get to the top but to achieve ones goals on the way it sure helps when the people at the top extend a hand to pull one up. THANK YOU! I would also like to thank my mother for always having confidence in me and providing moral support in many ways during my academic career. In her life, failure was never an option but she knew that there were many different paths to success and always had faith. LOVE YOU! Lastly, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department. What I have received and experienced is incomparable and unforgettable