Parallel Session 3- 11:00-12:00 |
| Field: |
Astronomy |
|
Room G131 |
| Chair: |
Jerry Peterson |
|
Judges: Bill Evenson/Keith Dienes |
| Time |
Presenter |
Level |
Title |
| 11:00-11:12 |
Joshua Kaggie |
Undergraduate |
Applications of Image Processing Techniques Ground-based Gamma Ray Astronomy |
| 11:12-11:24 |
Eric Hallman |
|
Limitations on Precision Cosmology using Mass Measurements of Galaxy Clusters |
| 11:24-11:36 |
Gary Finnegan |
Undergraduate |
Precision Cable Fabrication for the Veritas Gamma Ray Telescopes |
| 11:36-11:48 |
David Bartlett |
|
Sinusoidal Potential and Cosmology |
| 11:48-12:00 |
Kelly Freed |
Undergraduate |
The Star Formation Environment of the IRAM 04191+1522 Protostar |
Parallel Session 3- 11:00-12:00 |
| Field: |
AMO |
|
Room G2B47 |
| Chair: |
John Bohn |
|
Judges: Bill Fairbanks/Sui Au Lee |
| Time |
Presenter |
Level |
Title |
| 11:00-11:12 |
Jain |
|
Density Functional Theory calculation of the low energy electronic structures and properties of small Au clusters |
| 11:12-11:24 |
Buin |
Graduate |
Saturation Effect in the Optical Response of Ag-Nanoparticle Fractal Aggregates |
| 11:24-11:36 |
Baker |
Undergraduate |
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy to Examine Molecular Composition |
| 11:36-11:48 |
Hala El-Khozondar |
|
Band Reject Filter for Optical Frequencies Using Periodic and Nonlinear Media |
Parallel Session 3- 11:00-12:00 |
| Field: |
Condensed Matter |
|
Room G125 |
| Chair: |
Davor Balzar |
|
Judge: Mark Riffe |
| Time |
Presenter |
Level |
Title |
| 11:00-11:12 |
Robert Davis |
Undergraduate |
Gallium Nitride Nanowire Growth and FET Device and Biosensor Fabrication |
| 11:12-11:24 |
Robert Davis |
Undergraduate |
Capacitance Measurements on Single VO 2 Particles |
| 11:24-11:36 |
Yuri Dahnovsky |
|
Active Transport Orbitals in Electron Propagator Calculations on Molecular Wires |
| 11:36-11:48 |
Johnathan Abbott |
Undergraduate |
Comparison of Methods for Determining Crossover Energies in Insulators |
| 11:48-12:00 |
Ryan Hoffman |
Graduate |
The Effects of Electron Dose on Electron Emission and Charging in Insulators |
| 12:00-12:12 |
Christopher Braniff |
|
Synthesis and Characterization of Manganese Oxide Nanocrystals |
| Parallel Session 3- 11:00-12:00 |
| Field: |
Education |
|
Room G2B60 |
| Chair: |
Al Bartlett |
|
Judges: Kathy Perkins/Matt Nehring |
| Time |
Presenter |
Level |
Title |
| 11:00-11:12 |
Wendy Adams |
Graduate |
Men and women know experts' beliefs about science, but disagree |
| 11:12-11:24 |
Katherine Perkins |
|
Correlating students' beliefs about physics with learning, retention, and recruitment |
| 11:24-11:36 |
Noah Podolefsky |
|
Suzie Doesn't Read (the textbook) - And She's Getting an A |
