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Session K1: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics V

Chair: Scott Bergeson, Brigham Young University
Room: PSH150

Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:12PM - 1:24PM		K1.00001: Controlling Squeezing by Varying the Mass Parameter of an Oscillator Ty Beus, Manuel Berrondo Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:24PM - 1:36PM		K1.00002: Displacement Pattern Enumeration for Phonon Modeling Wiley Morgan, Rodney Forcade, Gus Hart Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:36PM - 2:00PM		K1.00003: Quantum Optics with Atoms and Photons Invited Speaker: FRANCISCO BECERRA CHAVEZ Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		K1.00004: Full Band Monte Carlo Simulation of In$_{\mathrm{0.7}}$Ga$_{\mathrm{0.3}}$As Junctionless Nanowire Field Effect Transistors. Raghuraj Hathwar, Marco Saraniti, Stephen Goodnick Preview Abstract

Session K2: Astrophysics V: Stars and Planets

Chair: Michele Zanolin, ERAU
Room: PSF101

Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:12PM - 1:24PM		K2.00001: Gaining Insight into Star Formation: Variations in Star Formation Efficiency Kelley Liebst, Paul Scowen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:24PM - 1:36PM		K2.00002: correlation between star formation activity and electron density in local galaxies Tianxing Jiang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:36PM - 1:48PM		K2.00003: Characterizing the Stellar Halo of M83 Michael Busch, Eric Bell, Sarah Loebman, Ian Roederer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:48PM - 2:00PM		K2.00004: Simulating exoplanet hazes with high temperature discharge experiments Ehsan GharibNezhad, James, R. Lyons, David, P. Wright Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		K2.00005: Adaptive Optics Imaging of Exoplanet Host Stars Miranda Herman, Mason Waaler, Kimberly Ward-Duong, Jennifer Patience Preview Abstract

Session K3: Condensed Matter Physics VII

Chair: Dmitry Yarotski, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Room: PSA103

Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:12PM - 1:36PM		K3.00001: Intense light-matter interaction: How electron spin can influence strong-field ionization Invited Speaker: Scott Sayres Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:36PM - 1:48PM		K3.00002: Zero Bias Anomaly in Point Contact Andreev Reflection Spectroscopy$\backslash $fs20 Jessica Gifford, Gejian Zhao, Bochao Li, Ji Zhang, Dongrin Kim, Tingyong Chen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:48PM - 2:00PM		K3.00003: Intense light-matter interaction: How electron spin can influence strong-field ionization Scott Sayres, Erik Hosler, Stephen Leone Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		K3.00004: Observation of \textit{p}-wave superconductivity in epitaxial Bi/Ni bilayers Gejian Zhao, Xinxin Gong, Jessica Gifford, Hexin Zhou, Xiaofeng Jin, C. L. Chien, Tingyong Chen Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:12PM - 2:24PM		K3.00005: Fabrication of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Using Fe-, Mn- and Co-oxyhydroxide nanocrystals in ferritin as the dye Alessandro Perego Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:24PM - 2:36PM		K3.00006: Strong Coupling between ZnO Excitons and Localized Surface Plasmons of Silver Nanoparticles Studied by STEM-EELS Jiake Wei, Jingyue Liu Preview Abstract

Session K4: Materials VIII: Photovoltaic Materials

Chair: Dave Smith, Arizona State University
Room: PSA102

Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:12PM - 1:24PM		K4.00001: Controlled Synthesis of Hollow Carbon Nanostructures by Using ZnO Nanostructures as Templates Yian Song, Jingyue Liu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:24PM - 1:36PM		K4.00002: \textbf{Band Alignment of PEALD Al2O3 and SiO2 Dielectric Passivation Layers on Zinc Oxide} Manpuneet Kaur, Robert Nemanich Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:36PM - 2:12PM		K4.00003: Metal Hydroxide Electron-selective Interlayers for Solution-processable Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Invited Speaker: R. Clayton Shallcross Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:12PM - 2:24PM		K4.00004: Determination of Heterointerface Band Alignments in nBn Photodetectors Using Off-Axis Electron Holography Xiao-Meng Shen, Zhao-Yu He, Shi Liu, Yong-Hang Zhang, David Smith, Martha McCartney Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:24PM - 2:36PM		K4.00005: TCAD design and simulation of InGaN-based high temperature solar cells Yi FANG, Dragica Vasileska, Stephen Goodnick Preview Abstract

Session K5: Materials IX: Surfaces and Interfaces

Chair: Brandon Runnels, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Room: PSA104

Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:12PM - 1:24PM		K5.00001: Plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of ultrathin oxides on graphene Christie J. Trimble, Anna M. Zaniewski, Manpuneet Kaur, Trevor Van Engelhoven, Robert J. Nemanich Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:24PM - 1:36PM		K5.00002: Analysis of monolayer MoS2 films grown by CVD: Correlating RBS and SEM results through AES. Emanuel Borcean, Chad Lunceford, Jeff Drucker Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:36PM - 1:48PM		K5.00003: Incorporating Si into cubic boron nitride films via plasma enhanced CVD: Can n-type doping be achieved? . Shammas Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:48PM - 2:00PM		K5.00004: Measuring Surface Energy and Reactivity of SiO2 Using the Van Oss Theory and Three Liquid Contact Angle Analysis Ashley A. Mascareno, Alex L. Brimhall, Ender W. Davis, Matthew T. Bade, Nithin Kannan, Abijith Krishnan, Dr. Nicole Herbots, Clarizza F. Watson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		K5.00005: Contribution of Lifshitz-Van der Waals Interactions to the Surface Energy $\gamma^T$ of Si(100)-based Surfaces using the Van Oss-Young-Dupre Model Alex L. Brimhall, Ashley A. Mascareno, Ender W. Davis, Matthew T. Bade, Nithin Kannan, Abijith Krishnan, Nicole Herbots, Clarizza F. Watson Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:12PM - 2:24PM		K5.00006: Optimizing Wet NanoBonding$^\mathrm{TM}$ using Three Liquid Contact Angle Analysis of Surface Energy and Reactivity Ender W. Davis, Nicole Herbots, Robert J. Culbertson, Alex L. Brimhall, Ashley A. Mascareno, Clarizza F. Watson, Abijith Krishnan, Nithin Kannan, Matthew T. Bade Preview Abstract

Session K6: Particle Physics V

Chair: Walter Toki, Colorado State University
Room: PSF173

Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:12PM - 1:36PM		K6.00001: Search for Majorana Neutrinos with Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay$\backslash $fs20 Invited Speaker: William Faribank Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:36PM - 1:48PM		K6.00002: Supersymmetry Calculators: A Comparison Paul Bergeron Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:48PM - 2:00PM		K6.00003: Light Charged Higgs Bosons in Two Higgs Doublet Models Adarsh Pyarelal Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		K6.00004: A Pure SU(3) AdS/CFT Model Aditya Dhumuntarao, Joseph Kapusta Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:12PM - 2:24PM		K6.00005: The Standard Model and an extension of color Richard Holmes Preview Abstract

Session K7: Education V: Student leadership for increasing access to physics: Access Network programs

Chair: Joel Corbo, Arizona State University
Room: PSA107

Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:12PM - 1:36PM		K7.00001: The Berkeley Compass Project: "A Ground-Breaking" Summer Program Invited Speaker: Bradford A. Barker Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:36PM - 2:00PM		K7.00002: Cultivating Inclusive Communities in Physics: What CU-Prime has Learned So Far Invited Speaker: Benjamin Pollard Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:00PM - 2:24PM		K7.00003: The Sundial Project: Building a Sustainable Science Community Invited Speaker: Alyssa Adams Preview Abstract

Session K8: Nuclear Physics II

Chair: Matthias Burkhardt, New Mexico State University
Room: PSF166

Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:12PM - 1:24PM		K8.00001: Americium activated scintillators Alec Raymond, J. Bart Czirr, John E. Ellsworth Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:24PM - 1:36PM		K8.00002: Response Magnitude Uniformity of Two Commercial 5'' Photomultiplier Tubes John Peterson, John E. Ellsworth, Lawrence B. Rees, Michael Ware Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:36PM - 1:48PM		K8.00003: Measuring the Proton Range In-Vivo Using Prompt Gamma-Rays Jason Holmes, David Blyth, Ricardo Alarcon, Martin Bues, Mirek Fatyga Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:48PM - 2:00PM		K8.00004: Paired Scission Neutrons KaeCee Terry, John E Ellsworth, Lawrence Rees Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		K8.00005: Nuclear Quantum Mechanics may be Analyzed Balancing Neutrinos against Gamma Rays Richard Kriske Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:12PM - 2:24PM		K8.00006: Vernier Scan Analysis for Phenix Run 15 p+p Collisions, sqrt{s} = 200 GeV Gregory Ottino Preview Abstract

Session K9: Biological Physics VI: Protein Structure

Chair: Rick Kirian, Arizona State University
Room: PSA106

Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:12PM - 1:36PM		K9.00001: Large-scale simulations of molecular machines: the ribosome Invited Speaker: Karissa Sanbonmatsu Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:36PM - 1:48PM		K9.00002: Investigation of coherence in light harvesting proteins from cyanobacteria and cryptophytes with Free electron laser Raimund Fromme Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:48PM - 2:00PM		K9.00003: Path Similarity Analysis: a Method for Quantifying Macromolecular Transition Pathways Sean Seyler, Avishek Kumar, Michael Thorpe, Oliver Beckstein Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		K9.00004: Partial Unfolding and Refolding for Structure Refinement: A Unified Approach of Geometric Simulations and Molecular Dynamics Paul Campitelli, Avishek Kumar, Banu Ozkan, Michael Thorpe Preview Abstract

Session K10: Entrepreneurship and Industrial Physics

Chair: Nicole Herbots, Arizona State University
Room: PSF123

Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:12PM - 1:36PM		K10.00001: Where Are The Invited Speaker: Ken Polasko Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:36PM - 1:48PM		K10.00002: ~Characterization of Backwash Filtration Membranes Mark Hall Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:48PM - 2:00PM		K10.00003: Comparing Experimental Apples and Oranges with Quantile-Quantile Plots Allen Andersen, JR Dennison Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 2:00PM - 2:12PM		K10.00004: Commercial Impact and the Academic Lab Stuart Lindsay Preview Abstract

Session K11: Emergent Phenomena II

Chair: Sara Walker, Arizona State University
Room: PSH151

Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:12PM - 1:24PM		K11.00001: Classifying and Quantifying Nonlinearities in Mathematical Models Alexander Shumway, Mark Transtrum Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:24PM - 1:36PM		K11.00002: Stochastic Search in 1D: Optimizing the search time Christy Contreras, Sidney Redner Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:36PM - 1:48PM		K11.00003: Quantifying Model Error using a Kriging Process Malachi Tolman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 17, 2015 1:48PM - 2:00PM		K11.00004: Data Fitting in Oscillatory and Chaotic Models Ben Francis, Mark Transtrum Preview Abstract