Chandrakanth Joshi for their time and advice in various capacities. Mr. Lamphrecht's guidance on spacecraft thermal analysis and control techniques were essential to shaping my research to one that is purposeful and meaningful to the thermal community.I extend my gratitude to CR Technologies for providing me with a free license of the Thermal Desktop Software to support my research simulations and other student projects that I led at the lab. Specifically. I am thankful to Ms. Cindy Beer for her help and communication with installing the software packages and offering advice to my queries.