Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the following people in assisting me throughout the entirety of this project:: Dr. James P. Koermer for assisting me throughout my entire senior research project and putting up with numerous crashes of his personal computer.; Dr. Ashton G. Peyrefitte for describing balanced flows to me in an easy manner and for critiquing my work.; Heather B. Potucek for offering suggestions on this project and for steering me in the right direction when frustration was leading me down the wrong path.; Cynthia A. Hunter, whose listening ear was invaluable in quelling those frustrations over these last two semesters.