Update 6/27/14
I have added colors to the application tabs and since there was some panel space left on top of the application that I couldn't get rid of, I made it so the BG color and the tab colors match.
The java GUI components within the tab now force the panel (contentPanel) to generate vertical and/or horizontal scroll bars as needed. You can now start adding GUI components to each tab in the application.
Look in our google drive folder for screen shots of the mockup application.