ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I am deeply indebted to my mentor, Dr. Sivaprasad Gogineni, for giving me the opportunity to pursue a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. When I first started my undergraduate study I did not even dream about pursuing graduate school, let alone a doctorate. Because of his encouragement I was ins...

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Main Author: Pannirselvam Kanagaratnam
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Summary:I am deeply indebted to my mentor, Dr. Sivaprasad Gogineni, for giving me the opportunity to pursue a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. When I first started my undergraduate study I did not even dream about pursuing graduate school, let alone a doctorate. Because of his encouragement I was inspired to pursue a doctoral degree. He not only looks after his students ’ academic needs but also their well being outside of the classroom. I would like to thank Dr. Chris Allen, Dr. James Stiles, Dr. Swapan Chakrabarti and Dr. David Braaten for serving on my committee. I would like to thank Dr. Robert Thomas, Dr. Ken Jezek and Dr. Waleed Abdalati for their help and encouragement during the course of my research. I am also grateful to Mr. William Krabill, Mr. Doug Young and the rest of the support crew at the NASA flight facility at Wallops Island for all of their help. I am grateful to Mr. Niels Gundestrup and Mr. Lars Larsen for the enormous support they provided during our surface-based experiments at the North Greenland Ice core Camp (NGRIP). I would like to thank Dr. Justin Legarsky, Dr. Carl