2009 Annual Meeting of the California Section of the APS
Volume 54, Number 18
Friday–Saturday, November 13–14, 2009;
Monterey, California
Session Index
Session S1: Applied Physics
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Chair: Lin Yang, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 
Room: Spanagel 117 
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 
2:00PM - 2:12PM 
 
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S1.00001: Development of a Laminar Flame Test Facility for Bio-Diesel Characterization 
Giam Tan
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 
2:12PM - 2:24PM 
 
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S1.00002: Low Temperature Transient Performance of Polymer Organic Light-Emitting Diodes 
Karl Burnett
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 
2:24PM - 2:36PM 
 
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S1.00003: Trap States in Organic Semiconductor Thin Films using Photogenerated Currents 
Jorge Guerra, Thomas Gredig
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 
2:36PM - 2:48PM 
 
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S1.00004: Investigation on Novel Methods to Increase Specific Thrust in Pulse Detonation Engines via Imploding Detonations 
Ivan Ho
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 
2:48PM - 3:00PM 
 
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S1.00005: Simulation, Construction, and Experimental Evaluation of a Twice-Augmented Railgun 
Justin Salvia
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 
3:00PM - 3:12PM 
 
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S1.00006: NPS Gas Gun for Planar Impact Studies 
Chien Cheong Ho, Robert Hixson
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 
3:12PM - 3:24PM 
 
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S1.00007: Development of a Laboratory Scale Test Facility (LSTF) to investigate Armor solutions against buried explosive threats 
Felipe Garcia, Jose Sinibaldi
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 
3:24PM - 3:36PM 
 
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S1.00008: Numerical Calculation of Anelastic Seismic Pulse Propagation in a Hysteretic Elastic Material Along a Horizontal Surface Boundary of the Earth 
Dan Kosik
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 
3:36PM - 3:48PM 
 
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S1.00009: Optimal Control of Shock Tube Flow via Water Addition with Application to Ignition Overpressure Mitigation in Launch Vehicles 
Nathan Moshman
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 
3:48PM - 4:00PM 
 
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S1.00010: Anomalous Velocity Dependence of the Friction Coefficient of an Air Supported Pulley 
Matteo Crismani, Michael Nauenberg
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Saturday, November 14, 2009 
4:00PM - 4:12PM 
 
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S1.00011: Instrumentation for Calorimetric Measurements of Strongly Correlated Electron Materials 
Ulises Urbina, Pei-Chun Ho
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