Add to ORKGgrateful for the chance to study under his guidance and with his support in pursuing one of my personal goals. I also wish to acknowledge Dr. Victoria Howle for all of the time she has spent working with me on MATLAB as well as all other guidance she has given me over the last year. I must also give a special acknowledgment to Dr. Phil Smith and Srirangam Addepalli at the High Performance Computing Center and Ashton Bruton because without their help much of the large scale simulations would not have been possible. I wish to thank my colleagues Anton Kliewer, Mervyn Ekanayake and Nicholas Hensley for their advice, encouragement and suggestions. I also wish to thank my family for their continued support while I pursue my personal goals of hig...