Bulletin of the American Physical Society
Joint Meeting of the Four Corners and Texas Sections of the American Physical Society
Volume 61, Number 15
Friday–Saturday, October 21–22, 2016; Las Cruces, New Mexico
Invited Speakers
| Beausoleil, Ray Hewlett Packard Labs | Session A1.00003 The ``Music'' of Light: Optical Resonances for Fun and Profit Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Biedermann, Grant Sandia National Laboratories | Session B4.00001 Interacting single atom interferometers Room: Meeting Room 5&6 | 
| Buchanan, Norm Colorado State University | Session B3.00001 Latest Results from NOvA Room: Meeting Room 2&3 | 
| Demkov, Alexander The University of Texas | Session C2.00001 Phase transformations in transition metal oxides for electronic device applications Room: Ballroom 2 | 
| Doering, Robert Texas Instruments | Session I7.00001 A Career from Nuclear Physics in Academia to Semiconductor Technology in Industry Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Durfee, Charles Colorado School of Mines | Session B4.00002 Sculpting pulses in space and time to control ultrafast dynamics Room: Meeting Room 5&6 | 
| Engelhardt, Michael New Mexico State University | Session H3.00001 Quark transverse dynamics and orbital angular momentum in the nucleon from Lattice QCD Room: Meeting Room 2&3 | 
| Gee, Kent L. Brigham Young University | Session J3.00001 Near-field acoustical holography: Understanding sound generation from musical instruments to military aircraft Room: Meeting Room 2&3 | 
| Hughey, Brennan Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Session D1.00002 LIGO and the First Direct Observations of Gravitational Waves Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Hulet, Randall Rice University | Session D1.00001 Quantum Many-Body Physics with Ultracold Atoms Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Kesden, Michael University of Texas at Dallas | Session C1.00002 Learning about Black-Hole Formation from Gravitational Waves Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Knize, Randall US Air Force Academy | Session B2.00001 Diode Pumped Alkali Laser for Defense Room: Ballroom 2 | 
| Li, Yan (Sarah) University of Utah | Session B5.00001 Exciton spin dynamics in hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites Room: Meeting Room 1 | 
| Lumata, Lloyd University of Texas at Dallas | Session J5.00001 Hyperpolarized Magnetic Resonance: Enhancing MRI Signals by \textgreater 10,000-fold for Non-Invasive Metabolic Assessment of Cancer Room: Meeting Room 1 | 
| Manciu, Felicia Department of Physics, Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso | Session C5.00001 Label-free Optical Detection of Bioanalytes for Cancer and Neurodisease Monitoring Room: Meeting Room 1 | 
| Migliori, Albert Los Alamos National Labopratory | Session A1.00002 Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy: an odyssey in measurement science Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Nygren, David University of Texas at Arlington | Session K1.00001 The Matter Anti-Matter Asymmetry of the Universe: Why is there something, rather than nothing? Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Quetschke, Volker University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Session C1.00001 Status of lasers for next generation gravitational wave detectors with cryogenic silicon optics Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Ross, Kate Colorado State University | Session J4.00001 Ferromagnetism with Continuum Excitations in the Geometrically Frustrated Pyrochlore Yb$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ Room: Meeting Room 5&6 | 
| Rozo, Eduardo University of Arizona | Session J1.00001 The Dark Energy Survey Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Sandick, Pearl University of Utah | Session F1.00002 The Search for Dark Matter Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Shalm, Krister National Institute of Standards and Technologies | Session F1.00001 A Loophole-Free Test of Local Realism Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Solomatov, Viatcheslav Washington University in St. Louis | Session B1.00001 Why plate tectonics is rare and how it started on Earth Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Spencer, John Southwest Research Institute | Session K1.00002 New Horizons explores the Pluto system Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Stephens, Denise Brigham Young University | Session H1.00001 Brown Dwarf Binary Systems, The Coolest Pairs Around Room: Exhibit Hall 2 | 
| Sun, Jianwei The University of Texas at El Paso | Session C4.00001 SCAN: An Efficient Density Functional Yielding Accurate Structures and Energies of Diversely-Bonded Materials Room: Meeting Room 5&6 | 
| Thacker, Beth Texas Tech University | Session J6.00001 Large-scale Assessment Yields Evidence of Minimal Use of Reasoning Skills in Traditionally Taught Classes Room: Meeting Room 4 | 
| Vasiliev, Igor New Mexico State University | Session H4.00001 Ab Initio Density Functional Studies of Nanoscale Materials Room: Meeting Room 5&6 | 
| Zakhidov, Alex Texas State University | Session B5.00002 Role of Interface in Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells. Room: Meeting Room 1 | 
| Zaniewski, Anna Arizona State University | Session H2.00001 Modifying carbon surfaces and thin films to tune chemical and optical properties Room: Ballroom 2 | 
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