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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />

I want to express my gratitude to my advisor Dr. François Cellier. Without his<br />

knowledge and experience in controls, and bond graph modeling, this dissertation would<br />

not have been possible. His knowledge of modeling, simulation, and control theory<br />

advanced my understanding of these topics greatly. Nor could I have accomplished this<br />

goal without his guidance, support, and encouragement. I feel very fortunate to have had<br />

the opportunity to work with him on my degree. Thank you François!<br />

I want to thank Raytheon for allowing me to pursue this degree <strong>by</strong> allowing me the<br />

time away from work and for the continuing-education financial support. I want to thank<br />

in particular; Brett Ridgely for his support and encouragement, Curt Mracek for patiently<br />

answering my incessant questions, and Steve Ingle for his input in the review of my<br />

writing and his patience with my time away from work.<br />

I want to thank my children for their support during this process; Lucia, Ashton,<br />

Anthony, Connor, and Adam. I hope that they will love the university experience as<br />

much as I.<br />

I want to thank Kristi Brean and Brook Gomez for their help in taking care of my<br />

children during the writing of this dissertation, and while I was away presenting papers. I<br />

was always at ease knowing that Adam was safe when I could not be there.<br />

I want to thank my parents, Tom and Jan McBride, for instilling the desire to seek out<br />

truth and understanding and allowing me the agency to do so.<br />

— Robert

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