Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Dr. Seth Frietze and Diana Gerrard for mentoring me during this project. They have put so much effort into making this project successful and I am very grateful for all the help and feedback they have provided. I would also like to thank the Cyril family for sponsoring me as well as Xcel Energy for sponsoring my research project. I would like to thank the FSI staff including Lori Ball, Maurice Woods, Amy Dunn, and Sean Hoskins for making this program one of the most amazing and informative experiences. Also, I wish to thank Jessica Constant and Chrish Hoskins for being amazing RAs.