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ACKNOWLEDGMENTI would like to express my deepest appreciati<strong>on</strong> to Dr. Lisa Axe, who not <strong>on</strong>ly served asmy research supervisor, providing valuable <strong>and</strong> countless resources, insight, <strong>and</strong>intuiti<strong>on</strong>, but also c<strong>on</strong>stantly gave me support, encouragement, <strong>and</strong> reassurance. Specialthanks are given to Dr. Hsin-Neng Hsieh, Dr. Trevor A. Tys<strong>on</strong>, Dr. Nathan Yee <strong>and</strong>Dr. James A. Dyer for actively participating in my committee <strong>and</strong> providing valuableinput from their own areas of expertise.My appreciati<strong>on</strong> to the DuP<strong>on</strong>t Young Professor Grant <strong>and</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>al ScienceFoundati<strong>on</strong> Grant No. BES 0089903 for providing financial support for this research.I would like to thank all my professors, laboratory staff, <strong>and</strong> the secretaries in thedepartment of Civil <strong>and</strong> Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Engineering for c<strong>on</strong>stant guidance <strong>and</strong> help. Iwould also like to thank Dr. Kaumudi P<strong>and</strong>ya for her assistance in experiments over theyears at X11 A <strong>and</strong> Xl1B, Nati<strong>on</strong>al Synchrotr<strong>on</strong> Light Source, Brookhaven Nati<strong>on</strong>alLaboratory.All my fellow graduate students are deserving of recogniti<strong>on</strong> for their support.I've cherished their friendship for five years, <strong>and</strong> this will go <strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> be an asset in mylife forever.vii

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