thank the other members of my committee, Dr. Robert McNaull and Dr. Raj Raman, for the time they gave in assistance in the literary review and development of this thesis to its final edition.Finally, I also wish to thank Ryan Bergman, for his assistance in providing resources and the technological experience to guide me in the formation and execution of the experiments, as well as fellow student Josh Viggers in his tireless data collection alongside his responsibilities for his own projects. Every person above has my personal and professional respect, and this paper is dedicated to all of their efforts in helping me along this project.