Session G1: Condensed Matter Physics II

Chair: Jinke Tang, University of Wyoming
Olin - 301


Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:00PM - 2:36PM

G1.00001: X-ray Characterization of Oxide-based Magnetic Semiconductors
Invited Speaker: Yves Idzerda

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:36PM - 2:48PM

G1.00002: Effect of Heating and H gas Exposure on MgZnO Nanoparticle Conductivity.
Chris Berven , Joseph Dick , Leah Bergman , John Morrison , Jesse Huso

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:48PM - 3:00PM

G1.00003: Probing Magnetic Exchange in Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors by Neutron Scattering
Zachary Wiren , Tomasz Giebultowicz , Henryk Kepa , Craig Brown , Juscelino Leao

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:00PM - 3:12PM

G1.00004: Wide band gap $p$-type semiconductors Cu$_{3}$TaQ$_{4}$ (Q = S or Se)
Paul Newhouse , Peter Hersh , Andriy Zakutayev , Annette Richard , Heather Platt , Douglas Keszler , Janet Tate

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:12PM - 3:24PM

G1.00005: Metal-insulator phase boundary in VO$_{2}$ nanobeams
Jiang Wei , Wei Chen , Zenghui Wang , David Cobden

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:24PM - 3:36PM

G1.00006: Phase transitions and ferroelectricity in NaSb$_{3}$F$_{10}$
Peter Wu , Panos Photinos , Sidney Abraham , Jason Matthews , R. Christie

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:36PM - 3:50PM

G1.00007: BREAK


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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:50PM - 4:26PM

G1.00008: Luttinger Liquid Behavior in a Quasi-One-Dimensional Transition Metal Oxide
Invited Speaker: John J. Neumeier

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
4:26PM - 4:38PM

G1.00009: Universal Behavior in Frequency- and Temperature- Dependent Hysteresis Loops of Compacted Cobalt-rich Magnetic Nanoparticles
K.M. Chowdary

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
4:38PM - 4:50PM

G1.00010: Path-integral quantum Monte Carlo studies of lattice polarons and bipolarons
Pavel Kornilovitch

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
4:50PM - 5:02PM

G1.00011: Detection of adsorbed gas atoms on a suspended single-walled carbon nanotube balance
Zenghui Wang , Jiang Wei , Oscar Vilches , David Cobden

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
5:02PM - 5:14PM

G1.00012: Identifying the mechanism of biosensing with carbon nanotube transistors
Ethan Minot

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
5:14PM - 5:26PM

G1.00013: Heat Transfer Dynamics at Carbon Nanotube Thermal Switch and Silicon Interface
Taejin Kim , Mohamed Osman

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
5:26PM - 5:38PM

G1.00014: Combined density functional and Hartree Fock calculations of the total electronic energy of atoms
Kenneth Walsh , Henri Jansen

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
5:38PM - 5:50PM

G1.00015: A new quartz capacitance dilatometer for magnetostriction measurements
Mario S. da Luz , David P. Cebulla , John J. Neumeier

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
5:50PM - 6:02PM

G1.00016: Magnetocaloric Effect and Thermal Expansion in Mn$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$As
Ariana de Campos , Sergio Gama , Brandom McGuire , John J. Neumeier

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
6:02PM - 6:14PM

G1.00017: Energy Spread Measurements of Cold Field Emitting HfC(310)
Shawn Pollard , Kevin Kagarice , William Mackie

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Session G2: Education

Chair: MacKenzie Stetzer, University of Washington
Miller - 105


Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:00PM - 2:36PM

G2.00001: Developing and assessing research-based curriculum: Examples from the electricity and magnetism lab
Invited Speaker: Andrew Boudreaux

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:36PM - 3:12PM

G2.00002: Philosophy and Physics by Inquiry in a liberal arts setting
Invited Speaker: Adam Clark

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:12PM - 3:24PM

G2.00003: Junior/Senior Quantum Mechanics with Lab
Mark Beck

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:24PM - 3:36PM

G2.00004: Purpose and Features of Web-Based Open-Access Crystallographic Databases
Peter Sondergeld , Peter Moeck , Boris Dusek , Hynek Hanke

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:36PM - 3:50PM

G2.00005: BREAK


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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:50PM - 4:26PM

G2.00006: Integrating writing research with curricular development in large-enrollment introductory physics
Invited Speaker: Dedra Demaree

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
4:26PM - 5:02PM

G2.00007: Best Practices in Physics Demonstrations: Learning? I thought this was just for entertainment.
Invited Speaker: Brian Pyper

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
5:02PM - 5:14PM

G2.00008: Barriers to Learning? School, Beliefs, and Reasoning in Physics Education
Michelle Klingler , Brian Pyper

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
5:14PM - 5:26PM

G2.00009: Barriers to Learning? Age, Experience, Beliefs, and Reasoning in Physics Education
Allison Shaffer , Brian Pyper

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
5:26PM - 5:38PM

G2.00010: Barriers to Learning? Gender, Beliefs, and Reasoning in Physics Education
London Jenks , Brian Pyper

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Session G3: Industrial/Applied Physics

Chair: Brian Milbrath, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Olin - 204


Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:00PM - 2:36PM

G3.00001: Measuring Stream Dynamics with Fiber Optics
Invited Speaker: Nicholas Tufillaro

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:36PM - 3:00PM

G3.00002: Ultrasonic measurements of thin zinc layers on concrete
Henri Jansen , Bill Brooks , Vinh Nguyen , Milo Koretsky

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:00PM - 3:24PM

G3.00003: A Stochastic Semiclassical Time Front Prediction for Ocean Acoustics
Katherine Hegewisch , Steven Tomsovic

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:24PM - 3:38PM

G3.00004: BREAK


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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:38PM - 4:02PM

G3.00005: Minimal energy damping in an axisymmetric flow
Alexander Sachs

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
4:02PM - 4:26PM

G3.00006: Physics and the Lung
Richard Jacob , Kevin Minard

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Session G4: Particle Physics

Chair: Janis McKenna, University of British Columbia
Miller - 102


Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:00PM - 2:12PM

G4.00001: Determining the Muon Mass in an Instructional Laboratory
Christopher May , Benjamin Brau , John Essick

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:12PM - 2:24PM

G4.00002: Nanometer Vibration Control by Computer Feedback
Kevin McLeod , Steven Schramm , Janis McKenna , Thomas Mattison

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:24PM - 2:36PM

G4.00003: Nanometer Vibration Analysis for Future Linear Colliders
Steven Schramm , Kevin McLeod , Janis McKenna , Thomas Mattison

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:36PM - 3:12PM

G4.00004: LHC Physics with the ATLAS Detector
Invited Speaker: Colin Gay

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:12PM - 3:24PM

G4.00005: An investigation of observable signatures in ATLAS from LSP decays to the Hidden Valley
Jacob Miner

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:24PM - 3:36PM

G4.00006: Topological vector currents and neutron star kicks
James Charbonneau

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:36PM - 3:50PM

G4.00007: BREAK


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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:50PM - 4:02PM

G4.00008: Visualizing Non-Asymptotic Quantum Scattering from a Separable Potential
Jared Stenson , Albert Stetz

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
4:02PM - 4:14PM

G4.00009: Classification of Hadron Bound States
Carl Brannen

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
4:14PM - 4:26PM

G4.00010: Parity, Time Reversal, and Relativity
Robert Close

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Session G5: Undergraduate Research and Outreach

Chair: Ajay Narayanan, Green River College
Miller - 104


Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:00PM - 2:36PM

G5.00001: Review of Student Poster Presentations


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Saturday, May 17, 2008
2:36PM - 3:12PM

G5.00002: What Made the Top Modern-day Physicists Become Physicists?
Invited Speaker: Rebecca Bodily

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:12PM - 3:36PM

G5.00003: Green River Community College Cosmic Ray Detector
Andrea Roma , Crissy Harrington , Mirela Isic , Andrew Adams , Ron Draper

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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:36PM - 3:50PM

G5.00004: BREAK


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Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:50PM - 4:14PM

G5.00005: A Novel Approach to the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment
Spencer Gibbs , Nomin Oyun

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