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Session D1: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics II

Chair: Scott Sayres, Arizona State University
Room: MU236

Friday, October 16, 2015 1:50PM - 2:14PM		D1.00001: Quantum computing with micro-fabricated ion traps Invited Speaker: Daniel Stick Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D1.00002: Quantum Dynamics of Coupled Oscillators Christina C. Horne, Jean-Francois S. Van Huele Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D1.00003: Quantum Control in the Parametric Oscillator Mark A. Auden, Manuel Berrondo, Jean-Francois S. Van Huele Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D1.00004: Inaccuracy in Quantum State Tomography - What is to Be Done? Travis Scholten Preview Abstract

Session D2: Cosmology I

Chair: Tanmay Vachaspati, Arizona State University
Room: MU230

Friday, October 16, 2015 1:50PM - 2:02PM		D2.00001: \textsc{THE EFFECT OF EARLY SUPERNOVAE ON THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION} Brandon Vernon, Joseph Smidt, David Neilsen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:02PM - 2:14PM		D2.00002: A Tale of Two Timescales: Mixing, Mass Generation, and Phase Transitions in the Early Universe Jeff Kost, Keith Dienes, Brooks Thomas Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D2.00003: How General are Gravitational Wave Predictions from Preheating after Inflation? Jeffrey Hyde Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D2.00004: Gravity from the Thermodynamics of Spacetime Andrew Svesko, Maulik Parikh Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:38PM - 3:02PM		D2.00005: Vacuum Solutions in Pure Quadratic Gravity Invited Speaker: Damien Easson Preview Abstract

Session D3: Condensed Matter III

Chair: Chi Xu, Arizona State University
Room: MU202

Friday, October 16, 2015 1:50PM - 2:14PM		D3.00001: Shaping nanoscale magnetic domain memory in ferromagnets by field cooling Invited Speaker: Karine Chesnel Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D3.00002: Temperature Dependence of the Coercivity of VO$_{\mathrm{2}}$/Ni Bilayers Joshua Lauzier, Logan Sutton, Jose de la Venta Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D3.00003: Magnetic Properties of Fe$_{\mathrm{3}}$O$_{\mathrm{4\thinspace }}$Nanoparticle Assemblies Dalton Griner, Karine Chesnel, Dallin Smith, Yanping Cai, Matea Trevino, Alex Reid Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D3.00004: Computational Modeling of Magnetic Nanoparticle Chains Dallin Smith, Karine Chesnel, Dalton Griner, Yanging Cai, Alex Reid Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:50PM - 3:02PM		D3.00005: Mobility of nanometer-size solutes in water driven by electric field Mohammadhasan Dinpajooh, Dmitry V. Matyushov Preview Abstract

Session D4: Condensed Matter IV

Chair: Peter Rez, Arizona State University
Room: MU242A

Friday, October 16, 2015 1:50PM - 2:02PM		D4.00001: Transient thermoreflectance measurement of gold nanoparticle thermal boundary resistance. Brian Green, Mark Siemens Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:02PM - 2:14PM		D4.00002: Structural Features of Prussian Blue Analogs Michael Boergert, Edwin Fohtung, Heinz Nakotte, Luke Daemen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D4.00003: Structural properties of SrTiO3 thin films on Semiconductors Nuwanjula Samarasingha, Jaime Moya, Stefan Zollner, Sudeshna Chattopadhyay, Patrick Ponath, Alex Demkov Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D4.00004: Multi-scale method for analysis of self-heating in nano-electronic devices Robin Daugherty, Suleman Qazi, Abdul Shaik, Dragica Vasileska Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D4.00005: Dissipative Mixing of Energy and Spatial Coordinates for Variable Range Hopping in Disordered Organic Semiconductors Tzu-Cheng Wu, David H. Dunlap, Susan R. Atlas, Steve Valone Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:50PM - 3:02PM		D4.00006: Calibration and validation of the PTW dynamic strength model for Cu using novel feedthrough hydrodynamic instability experiments Sudrishti Gautam, Saul Opie, Elizabeth Fortin, Jenna Lynch, Eric Loomis, Pedro Peralta Preview Abstract

Session D5: Materials II: Semiconductors and Optical Characterization

Chair: Andrew Chizmeshya, Arizona State University
Room: MU220

Friday, October 16, 2015 1:50PM - 2:02PM		D5.00001: Strain dependence of the band structure and critical points of pseudomorphic Ge$_{1-y}$Sn$_{y\, }$alloys on Ge Nalin Fernando, Jaime Moya, Stefan Zollner, John Hart, Dainan Zhang, Ryan Hickey, Ramsey Hazbun, James Kolodzey Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:02PM - 2:14PM		D5.00002: Growth and Properties of Ge Thermal Oxides T. Nathan Nunley, Nalin Fernando, Jaime Moya, Cayla M. Nelson, Stefan Zollner Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D5.00003: Rutherford backscattering measurements of Bi mole fraction and site distribution in InAsBi Arvind J. Shalindar, Preston T. Webster, Barry J. Wilkens, Terry L. Alford, Shane R. Johnson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D5.00004: Electronic states of plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposited SiO2 on GaN Brianna Eller, Wenwen Li, Sarah Rupprecht, Srabanti Chowdhury, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:38PM - 3:02PM		D5.00005: How thick is my film? Invited Speaker: Stefan Zollner Preview Abstract

Session D6: Materials III: Interfaces

Chair: R. Clayton Shallcross, University of Arizona
Room: MU246

Friday, October 16, 2015 1:50PM - 2:02PM		D6.00001: Design and performance of mid and long infrared III-V semiconductor superlattice materials Preston T. Webster, Arvind J. Shalindar, Nathaniel A. Riordan, Chaturvedi Gogineni, Huan Liang, Ankur R. Sharma, Shane R. Johnson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:02PM - 2:14PM		D6.00002: Influence of Pre and Post-treatments on Plasma Enhanced ALD SiO2 and Al2O3 layers on GaN Mei Hao Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D6.00003: ZnTe:P/CdTe Superlattice Window for CdTe Solar Cell on InSb Substrates Ernesto Suarez, Xin-Hao Zhao, Yuan Zhao, Calli Campbell, Maxwell Lassise, Preston Webster, Shi Liu, Ying-Shen Kuo, Yong-Hang Zhang Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D6.00004: Ultra-long minority carrier lifetime and ultra-low interface recombination velocity in CdTe/MgCdTe double heterostructures grown by molecular beam epitaxy Xin-Hao Zhao, Shi Liu, Calli Campbell, Maxwell Lassise, Yuan Zhao, Ying-Shen Kuo, Yong-Hang Zhang Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D6.00005: Electron affinity of cubic boron nitride terminated with vanadium-oxide Yu Yang, Tianyin Sun, Joseph Shammas, Manpuneet Kaur, Mei Hao, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:50PM - 3:02PM		D6.00006: Optical Properties of Si-Integrated Group-IV Light Emitting Diodes James Gallagher, Charutha Senaratne, Chi Xu, John Kouvetakis, Jose Menendez Preview Abstract

Session D7: Particle Physics II

Chair: William Fairbank, Colorado State University
Room: MU207

Friday, October 16, 2015 1:50PM - 2:14PM		D7.00001: MicroBooNE: An exploration of the properties of neutrinos, nucleons, and nuclei Invited Speaker: Stephen Pate Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D7.00002: Stopped Muon Monitoring at DUNE Andrew Loeliger Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D7.00003: Measuring the muon flux of neutrino beams with a novel Cherenkov detector Peter Madigan Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:38PM - 3:02PM		D7.00004: Review of Recent Long baseline Neutrino Oscillation Results Invited Speaker: Walter Toki Preview Abstract

Session D8: Education II: Research-based strategies for effective physics teaching

Chair: Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University
Room: MU242B

Friday, October 16, 2015 1:50PM - 2:14PM		D8.00001: Research on physics learning and research-based instructional strategies Invited Speaker: David E. Meltzer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D8.00002: Argumentation in the College Physics Course: Does it Belong? Sharon Schleigh Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D8.00003: Adapting Interactive Technology to High School Physics Learners with a Novel Framework for Differentiating Classroom Interventions Bryan Henderson Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:38PM - 3:02PM		D8.00004: Modeling Instruction: A Research-Based Guided-Inquiry Approach to Physics Teaching Invited Speaker: Kelli Gamez Warble Preview Abstract

Session D9: Nonlinear Dynamics

Chair: Avishek Kumar, Arizona State University
Room: MU224

Friday, October 16, 2015 1:50PM - 2:02PM		D9.00001: Acoustic Environment of an F-35B Aircraft During Vertical Landings Brent Reichman, Kent Gee, Tracianne Neilsen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:02PM - 2:14PM		D9.00002: Using Helium as the Working Fluid in Thermoacoustic Engines Nathaniel Wells, Bonnie Andersen Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D9.00003: Reduction of Stochastic Duffing Equation with Frequency Drift Jason Yalim, Bruno D. Welfert, Juan M. Lopez Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D9.00004: Quantitative nonlinearity in subsonic and supersonic model-scale jet noise. Kyle Miller Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D9.00005: Coherence lengths of high-performance military aircraft noise radiation in the near field Blaine Harker, Tracianne Neilsen, Kent Gee Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:50PM - 3:02PM		D9.00006: Acoustic hysteresis of varying cavity length of a bottle-shaped thermoacoustic prime mover with a neck to cavity ratio of 1:10 Emily Jensen, Bonnie Andersen Preview Abstract

Session D10: Biophysics III: Interfaces, Biotechnology and Medical Physics

Chair: Sefika Banu Ozkan, Arizona State University
Room: MU228

Friday, October 16, 2015 1:50PM - 2:14PM		D10.00001: Assessing how membrane curvature alters protein recruitment Invited Speaker: Carrie Moon Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:14PM - 2:26PM		D10.00002: High-frequency ultrasound for evaluating margins during breast conservation surgery: Results from a 17-patient pilot study Robyn Omer Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:26PM - 2:38PM		D10.00003: Magnetic nanodrug delivery through the mucus layer of air-liquid interface cultured primary normal human tracheobronchial epithelial cells. Kathrin Spendier, Evangelos Economou, Simon Marinelli, Zbigniew Celinski, Hong Chu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 16, 2015 2:38PM - 2:50PM		D10.00004: High-Frequency Ultrasound for Assessing Breast Cancer Surgical Margins: Evaluating the Effect of Breast Density using Histology Mimicking Phantoms Zachary Coffman, Nicole Cowan, Robyn Omer, Timothy Doyle Preview Abstract