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Session B1: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics I

Chair: Jose Menenedez, Arizona State University
Room: MU236

Friday, October 16, 2015 10:50AM - 11:14AM		B1.00001: Simple generation and measurement of twisted light with orbital angular momentum Invited Speaker: Mark Siemens Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:14AM - 11:26AM		B1.00002: Petawatt class Laser with High Repetition Rate for the excitation of x-ray lasers Alex Rockwood, Yong Wang, Shoujun Wang, Bradley Luther, Jorge Rocca Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:26AM - 11:38AM		B1.00003: Design and Characterization of a Simple Integrator Feedback Control Lockbox Daniel Crunkelton, Scott D. Bergesen, John Ellsworth, Merideth Dahl, Christopher Running Preview Abstract

Session B2: Astrophysics I: Fundamental Science

Chair: Damien Easson, Arizona State University
Room: MU230

Friday, October 16, 2015 10:50AM - 11:02AM		B2.00001: Scalable relativistic fluid dynamics for heterogeneous computing Forrest Glines, Matthew Anderson, David Neilsen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:02AM - 11:14AM		B2.00002: Using Machine Learning to Discover Theories of Everything Conrad W. Rosenbrock, Gus L. W. Hart Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:14AM - 11:26AM		B2.00003: Post-Newtonian Tests of Gravity with Lunar Laser Ranging Daniel Havert Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:26AM - 11:50AM		B2.00004: Tests of fundamental physics in space Invited Speaker: Quentin Bailey Preview Abstract

Session B3: Condensed Matter I

Chair: Tingyong Chen, Arizona State University
Room: MU202

Friday, October 16, 2015 10:50AM - 11:14AM		B3.00001: Voltage controlled spintronic structures Invited Speaker: Weigang Wang Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:14AM - 11:26AM		B3.00002: ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:26AM - 11:38AM		B3.00003: Enhancement of Spin Polarization by Spin Anisotropic Scattering Dongrin Kim, Gejien Zhao, Bochao Li, Ji Zhang, Jessica Gifford, Tingyong Chen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:38AM - 11:50AM		B3.00004: Three-D Dielectric Capacitor Reese Petersen Preview Abstract

Session B4: Condensed Matter II

Chair: Jimmy Liu, Arizona State University
Room: MU242A

Friday, October 16, 2015 10:50AM - 11:02AM		B4.00001: Conductance Fluctuations in Graphene in the Presence of Long-Range Disorder Bobo Liu, Richard Akis, David Ferry Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:02AM - 11:14AM		B4.00002: Generalized Landau-level representation: effect of static screening in quantum Hall effect in graphene Lifang Xia, Igor Shovkovy Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:14AM - 11:26AM		B4.00003: Novel Feed-through Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability (RMI) Experiment for Dynamic Material Strength and Phase Transformation Model Validation Saul Opie, Sudrishti Gautam, Elizabeth Fortin, Jenna Lynch, Eric Loomis, Pedro Peralta Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:26AM - 11:38AM		B4.00004: Minimal energy configurations in isostatic networks Mahdi Sadjadi, M. F. Thorpe Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:38AM - 11:50AM		B4.00005: Microstructural Analysis of Spall Damage Nucleation and Growth in Multicrystalline Titanium Elizabeth Fortin, Andrew Brown, Leda Wayne, Pedro Peralta, Sheng-Nian Luo, Aaron Koskelo Preview Abstract

Session B5: Materials I: Nanostructures

Chair: Molly McCartney, Arizona State University
Room: MU220

Friday, October 16, 2015 10:50AM - 11:02AM		B5.00001: Substrate Effects on the Electroplating of Carbon Nanotube Forests Berg Dodson, Dallin Barton, Guohai Chen, Marcus Finlinson, Richard Vanfleet, Robert Davis Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:02AM - 11:14AM		B5.00002: Interpreting plasmonic response of epitaxial Ag/Si(100) island ensembles Dexin Kong, Liying Jiang, Jeff Drucker Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:14AM - 11:26AM		B5.00003: Photoinduced Deposition of Gold Nanoparticles on Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Veronica Meeks, Anna Zaniewski, Brandon Palafox, Robert Nemannich Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:26AM - 11:50AM		B5.00004: Extreme ultraviolet photonics on a table-top Invited Speaker: Carmen Menoni Preview Abstract

Session B6: Particle Physics I

Chair: Pearl Sandick, University of Utah
Room: MU207

Friday, October 16, 2015 10:50AM - 11:14AM		B6.00001: The XYZ Affair: Tales of the Third (and Fourth) Hadron Invited Speaker: Richard Lebed Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:14AM - 11:26AM		B6.00002: Searching for $X(3872)$ and $Z_c(3900)$ using lattice QCD Song-haeng Lee, Carleton DeTar Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:26AM - 11:38AM		B6.00003: Searches for $t\overline t $ Resonances at $\sqrt s =$ 13 TeV Using Run 2 Data from the ATLAS Experiment Aaron Kilgallon Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:38AM - 11:50AM		B6.00004: True Muonium on the Light Front Henry Lamm IV, Richard Lebed Preview Abstract

Session B7: Education I - Interactive Workshop: Institutional Change for Increasing Access to Physics

Chair: Dimitri Dounas-Frazer, University of Colorado, Boulder
Room: MU242B

Friday, October 16, 2015 10:50AM - 11:14AM		B7.00001: Institutional change (part I): A framework for making a difference Invited Speaker: Daniel Reinholz Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:14AM - 11:38AM		B7.00002: Institutional change (part II): Planning a change effort Invited Speaker: Joel Corbo Preview Abstract

Session B8: Atmospheric Physics

Chair: Pace VanDevender
Room: MU224

Friday, October 16, 2015 10:50AM - 11:02AM		B8.00001: High Speed Sprite Imaging Geoff McHarg, Hans Stenbaek-Nielsen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:02AM - 11:14AM		B8.00002: Lightning Trends and ELVES Near the Pierre Auger Observatory Cody Doyle, David Grisham, Lawrence Wiencke Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:14AM - 11:26AM		B8.00003: Instrument to Measure Lightning Electric Fields Integrated with a Small Unmanned Aircraft Richard Sonnenfeld, Daniel Jensen, Graydon Aulich, Brian Argrow, James Mack Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:26AM - 11:38AM		B8.00004: Rapidly rotating flow in an oscillating split cylinder Paloma Gutierrez-Castillo, Juan M. Lopez Preview Abstract

Session B9: Biological Physics I: Cytoskeleton and Mechanobiology

Chair: Matthew Green, Arizona State University
Room: MU228

Friday, October 16, 2015 10:50AM - 11:14AM		B9.00001: Three dimensional microtubule-based motility assays Invited Speaker: Michael Vershinin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:14AM - 11:26AM		B9.00002: Heterogeneous Force Chains in Cellularized Biopolymer Networks Long Liang, Christopher Allen Rucksack Jones, Daniel Lin, Bo Sun, Yang Jiao Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:26AM - 11:38AM		B9.00003: New Model for Deep Indentation by Spherical AFM probes Kiarash Rahmani Eliato, Bryant Doss, Robert Ros Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:38AM - 11:50AM		B9.00004: Quantifying Single Molecule Interactions from Single Cell Force Spectroscopy Data Wayne Christenson, Robert Ros, Ivan Yermolenko, Tatiana Ugarova Preview Abstract

Session B10: Biological Physics II: Multi-scale Biophysical Models

Chair: Ann Junghans, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: MU246

Friday, October 16, 2015 10:50AM - 11:02AM		B10.00001: Searching for Minimal Mechanisms that can Achieve Biological Adaptation Merrill Asp, Mark Transtrum Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:02AM - 11:14AM		B10.00002: The limitations of model-based experimental design in sloppy systems Andrew White, Mark Transtrum Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:14AM - 11:26AM		B10.00003: Parameter Identifiability in the Hodgkin-Huxley Model of a Single Neuron Tyler Bahr, Mark Transtrum Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:26AM - 11:38AM		B10.00004: Asymmetric Corrections to the West, Brown, and Enquist Model of Biological Resource Distribution Networks Alex Brummer, Van Savage, Brian Enquist Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 11:38AM - 11:50AM		B10.00005: Reversible Gates in Quantum Computing, may explain the ''Dead Reckoning'' path return of Bees and other Social Insects Richard Kriske Preview Abstract