The author has granted a nonexclusive license allowing Library and Archives Canada to reproduce, publish, archive, preserve, conserve, communicate to the public by telecommunication or on the Internet, loan, distribute and sell theses worldwide, for commercial or noncommercial purposes, in microform, paper, electronic and/or any other formats. L'auteur a accorde une licence non exclusive permettant a la Bibliotheque et Archives Canada de reproduce, publier, archiver, sauvegarder, conserver, transmettre au public par telecommunication ou par I'lnternet, preter, distribuer et vendre des theses partout dans le monde, a des fins commerciales ou autres, sur support microforme, papier, electronique et/ou autres formats. First and foremost, I would like to thank my supervisor, Professor Fred Nitzsche for his academic guidance and financial support throughout the entire research period. For many aspects, he contributed to my wonderful experience as being an international student in Canada. I greatly appreciate Professor Spyridon Voutsinas and Dr. Vasilis Riziots at the National Technical University of Athens for the time that they give me to develop the aeroelastic code. I am grateful to Michael Rose, German Aerospace Center (DLR) for his interest in my research and collaboration on the development of the discrete-time periodic Riccati solver. I would like to acknowledge the financial support given by the Ontario Center of Excellence during my four-month visit to