Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Annual Meeting of the Four Corners Section of the APS

Volume 59, Number 11

Friday–Saturday, October 17–18, 2014; Orem, Utah

Session Index

Session D1: Condensed Matter II

Chair: Cyrill Slezak, Utah Valley University
Room: Science Building 031

Friday, October 17, 2014 1:50PM - 2:14PM		D1.00001: Magnetic nanoparticles in fluids: aggregation and its affect on biomedical applications Invited Speaker: Karen Livesey Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D1.00002: The construction and implementation of a small angle light scattering instrument as a micron-scale structural probe of porous systems Greggory McPherson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D1.00003: Tunable band gaps of protein enclosed nanocrystals for high efficiency solar energy conversion Stephen Erickson, Trevor Smith, Richard Watt, John Colton Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D1.00004: SU-8 Micro-filters Abstract Aubrey Hatch Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:50PM - 3:02PM		D1.00005: Porous Resonators for Chemical Detection Steven Noyce, Robert Davis, Richard Vanfleet Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 3:02PM - 3:14PM		D1.00006: Electron Transfer Using Non-Orthogonal Basis Functions Tzu-Cheng Wu, David Dunlap, Steve Valone, Susan Atlas Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 3:14PM - 3:26PM		D1.00007: Using Non-Equilibrium Green's Functions to Study Nanoscale Thermoelectricity Arunima Coomar, Charles Stafford Preview Abstract

Session D2: Material Science II

Chair: Bill Evenson, Utah Valley University
Room: Science Building 246

Friday, October 17, 2014 1:50PM - 2:02PM		D2.00001: Ab Initio Study of Graphene Functionalized with Carboxyl Groups and Tetracyanoethylene Oxide Sanjiv Jha, Igor Vasiliev, Igor Magedov, Liliya Frolova, Nikolai Kalugin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:02PM - 2:14PM		D2.00002: Modeling Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Forests by Waveguides B.D. Wood, T.C. Shen, J.S. Dyer, V.A. Thurgood, N.A. Tomlin, J.H. Lehman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D2.00003: Electronic and Transport Properties of Waved Graphene Nanoribbons Mahmoud Hammouri, Igor Vasiliev Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D2.00004: Modeling the Energy Dependent Cathodoluminescent Intensity of a Carbon Composite Material Justin Christensen, Kelby Peterson, Justin Dekany, JR Dennison Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D2.00005: Bulge Testing for Mechanical Characterization of sp$^{2}$/sp$^{3}$ Carbon Thin Films Joseph Rowley Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:50PM - 3:02PM		D2.00006: Properties of Carbon Nanofuses for Permanent Data Storage Kevin Laughlin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 3:02PM - 3:14PM		D2.00007: Discovering new thermal and mechanical properties of nanostructured systems Jorge N. Hernandez-Charpak, Kathleen Hoogeboom-Pot, Travis Frazer, Damiano Nardi, Emrah Turgut, Erik Anderson, Xiaokun Gu, Ronggui Yang, Justin Shaw, Henry Kapteyn, Margaret Murnane Preview Abstract

Session D3: Particle Physics II

Chair: John Cumalat, University of Colorado - Boulder
Room: Science Building 139

Friday, October 17, 2014 1:50PM - 2:02PM		D3.00001: The Incredible Bulk Takahiro Yamamoto, Keita Fukushima, Chris Kelso, Jason Kumar, Pearl Sandick Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:02PM - 2:14PM		D3.00002: A Higgs Discovery via Exotic Higgs Decays Felix Kling, Shufang Su, Barath Coleppa Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D3.00003: Light Charged Higgs Bosons in Single-Top Production Adarsh Pyarelal Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D3.00004: Observation of an Excited $B_c^\pm$ Meson State with the ATLAS Detector Aidan Grummer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D3.00005: Measurement of the production of a W boson in association with a charm quark in pp collisions at sqrt(s) $=$ 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector Neil McFadden Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:50PM - 3:02PM		D3.00006: Measurement of the Lifetime of Cosmic Ray Muons Ian Brubaker, Darrel Smith Preview Abstract

Session D4: General Physics I

Chair: Raymond T Perkins, Utah Valley University
Room: Science Building 073

Friday, October 17, 2014 1:50PM - 2:14PM		D4.00001: Increased Water Surface Skipping through Extreme Elasticity Invited Speaker: Tadd Truscott Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D4.00002: Geophysical Survey of Gossans in the Eastern Uinta Mountains, Utah Daniel Natter, David Sutterfield, Ephram Matheson, Andrew Fletcher, Michael Arnoff, Andrew Lawrence, Steven Emerman, Steven Fellows Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D4.00003: Towards a New Classification of Rivers based upon Generic Stage-Discharge Rating Curves Benjamin Parsons, Jeremiah Rundall, Michael Jorgensen, Steven Emerman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D4.00004: Magnetic Susceptibility of Tree Leaves as a Simple, Cost-Effective Means of Monitoring Air Quality Ryan Heaslet, Lucas Lloyd, Steven Emerman Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:50PM - 3:02PM		D4.00005: A coherent liquid-sodium dynamo to understand the magnetohydrodynamic amplification of magnetic fields Richard Sonnenfeld, Jiahe Si, Stirling Colgate, Arthur Colgate, Joe Martinic, Mark Nornberg Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 3:02PM - 3:14PM		D4.00006: Water Entry of Deformable Spheres Tate Fanning, Randy Hurd, Tadd Truscott, Jesse Belden Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 3:14PM - 3:26PM		D4.00007: Commercialization of Backwashable Microfiltration Screens Andrew Davis, Nicholas Morrill, Robert Davis, Richard Vanfleet Preview Abstract

Session D5: Stellar Astrophysics

Chair: Michael Joner, Brigham Young University
Room: Science Building 260

Friday, October 17, 2014 1:50PM - 2:14PM		D5.00001: Calibrated H-Alpha Monitoring of Astrophysically Interesting Objects Invited Speaker: Eric Hintz Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D5.00002: Getting the Most Out of Stellar Spectrum Fits Timothy Anderton Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D5.00003: Development of Stellar Intensity Interferometry techniques using twin 3 meter telescopes at \textit{StarBase}-Utah Nolan Matthews, David Kieda, Stephan LeBohec Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D5.00004: Analyzing solar-type stars in the infrared with APOGEE Jessica Galbraith-Frew, Inese I. Ivans Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:50PM - 3:02PM		D5.00005: Core Convection, A Possible Driving Mechanism for Gamma Doradus-Delta Scuti Pulsations Taylor Morgan, Joyce Guzik, Nicholas Nelson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 3:02PM - 3:14PM		D5.00006: The Morphology and Uniformity of Circumstellar Shells Surrounding OH/IR Stars Derek Felli, Victor Migenes Preview Abstract

Session D6: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics I

Chair: William Fairbank, Colorado State University
Room: Science Building 280

Friday, October 17, 2014 1:50PM - 2:14PM		D6.00001: Creating X-ray laser beams and ultra-high energy density matter on a table-top Jorge Rocca Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D6.00002: Fresnel-regime Coherent Diffractive Imaging using Tabletop Sources Matthew Tyson, Kimberly Nguyen, Jonathan Gigax, Richard Sandberg Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D6.00003: Single and Multi-Photon X-Ray Diffraction Dmitry Panin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D6.00004: Search for Laser Second Harmonic Generation in Helium Chris Olsen, David Squires, Michael Ware, Justin Peatross Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:50PM - 3:02PM		D6.00005: Superradiance in Non-Phasematched Laser Third Harmonic Emission from Helium David Squires, Justin Peatross, Michael Ware, Chris Olsen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 3:02PM - 3:14PM		D6.00006: Measurement of lateral radiation from free-electrons in an intense laser focus Matthew Ashby, James Fletcher, Justin Peatross, Michael Ware Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 3:14PM - 3:26PM		D6.00007: Computational Modeling of the Radiation from Free Electrons in an Intense Laser Focus James Fletcher, Matt Ashby, Michael Ware Preview Abstract

Session D7: Biophysics II: Experimental

Chair: Jim Thomas, University of New Mexico
Room: Science Building 60

Friday, October 17, 2014 1:50PM - 2:14PM		D7.00001: Experimental Investigations of Single Vesicle to Supported Lipid Bilayer Residence Times Invited Speaker: Kathrin Spendier Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:14PM - 2:38PM		D7.00002: High-Speed Hyperspectral Nanoscopy for Studying Dynamic Protein Interactions Invited Speaker: Keith Lidke Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 2:38PM - 3:02PM		D7.00003: Polyelectrolyte Multilayer: pH-responsive lipid bilayers and beyond Invited Speaker: Ann Junghans Preview Abstract
Friday, October 17, 2014 3:02PM - 3:14PM		D7.00004: HemoClear\texttrademark: A Thin Fluid Film Device (TFFD\texttrademark ) and Model to Eliminate both Fogging and Blood on Surgical Lenses Saloni Sinha, Ajjya Acharya, Nicole Herbots, Clarizza Watson, Eric Culbertson, Mark Matiski, Adam Orr, Ross Bennet-Kennet, Ashlee Murphy, Eric Morgan, Alex Brimhall, Robert Culbertson Preview Abstract

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