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Acknowledgements<br />

I would like to thank my research advisor Professor Alice Agogino <strong>for</strong> her<br />

immense support <strong>and</strong> advice during the course of this dissertation research. I would also<br />

like to acknowledge the support I have received from my research partners, members in<br />

my research laboratory, friends in my department, <strong>and</strong> the funding agencies that made<br />

this research possible. In particular, Dr. J. Gr<strong>and</strong>erson was a great mentor <strong>and</strong> a<br />

valuable partner throughout the research. MS recipient J. Bonnell’s productive <strong>and</strong><br />

creative work was invaluable to the presented research. Dr. K. Goebel, undergraduates<br />

J. Kim, A. Lahijaniain, M. Podust, I. Gurin, <strong>and</strong> K. Yeates have all made contributions<br />

that benefited this research. Dr. J.-L. Wu <strong>and</strong> Ph.D. c<strong>and</strong>idate C.-H. Jiang were<br />

incredible consultants <strong>for</strong> programming <strong>and</strong> analysis approach. General Electric Global<br />

Research, the UC Office of the Microelectronics Innovation <strong>and</strong> Computer Research<br />

Opportunities (MICRO), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finl<strong>and</strong>, the <strong>Energy</strong><br />

Innovation Small Grant of the Public Interest <strong>Energy</strong> Research (PIER) program, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Green Campus Fund were the funding agencies that have<br />

kept the research project developing. The generous support from P. Black, R. Abesamis,<br />

E. Ito, M. Largoza, <strong>and</strong> S. Castro of the UC Berkeley Physical Plant - Campus Service<br />

were instrumental in making the system implementation of this research happen.<br />

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