Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor Guodong Pang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair Eunhye Song, Committee Member Vasant Gajanan Honavar, Outside Member Bicheng Chen, Special Member Steven James Landry, Program Head/Chair Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair Guodong Pang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor