Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2017 Annual Meeting of the APS Mid-Atlantic Section

Volume 62, Number 19

Friday–Sunday, November 3–5, 2017; Newark, New Jersey

Session Index

Session E1: From living matter to the brain

Chair: Kathleen McEnnis, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Room: 235, Campus Center, NJIT

Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:00AM - 10:36AM		E1.00001: Self-driven phase transitions in living matter Invited Speaker: Joshua Shaevitz Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:36AM - 10:48AM		E1.00002: Interplay of physical constraints and chemotaxis in fibroblasts' directional decision Quang Long Pham, David Chege, Timothy Dijamco, roman s Voronov Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:48AM - 11:00AM		E1.00003: Harnessing uncertain data for structure prediction of proteins and peptide binding Alberto Perez Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:00AM - 11:12AM		E1.00004: Modeling the micro-dynamic environment of tissue scaffolds via representative volume and full domain Lattice-Boltzmann Method simulations Femi Kadri, Cortes Williams, Vassilis Sikavitsas, Roman Voronov Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:12AM - 11:48AM		E1.00005: How the brain escapes the curse of dimensionality Invited Speaker: Dmitri Chklovskii Preview Abstract

Session E2: CMP-QM: Topological Insulators and Semimetals I

Chair: Peter Armitage, Johns Hopkins University
Room: Ballroom B, Campus Center, NJIT

Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:00AM - 10:36AM		E2.00001: Ballistic surface plasmons in high mobility Dirac liquid of graphene Invited Speaker: Dmitri Basov Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:36AM - 11:12AM		E2.00002: Zero-energy vortices in two-dimensional Dirac semimetals Invited Speaker: Mikhail Portnoi Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:12AM - 11:24AM		E2.00003: Giant dielectric anomaly and low frequency transport in a 3D quadratic band touching system: the \textit{Luttinger} semimetal Pr$_2$Ir$_2$O$_7$ Bing Cheng, Takumi Ohtsuki, Dipanjan Chaudhuri, Satoru Nakatsuji, Mikk Lippmaa, Peter Armitage Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:24AM - 12:00PM		E2.00004: The quantized magnetoelectric effect 3D topological insulator Invited Speaker: N. Peter Armitage Preview Abstract

Session E3: CMP-QM: Low Dimensional Structures

Chair: Alexander Efros, Naval Research Laboratory
Room: 215, Campus Center, NJIT

Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:00AM - 10:36AM		E3.00001: Electronic and Optical Properties of Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Invited Speaker: Alexander Efros Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:36AM - 11:12AM		E3.00002: Anomalous transport properties of SrTiO3 accumulation layers. Invited Speaker: Boris Shklovskii Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:12AM - 11:24AM		E3.00003: Evolution of Domain Structures and Topological Defects in Hexagonal Manganites Fei Xue, Xueyun Wang, Sang-Wook Cheong, Long-Qing Chen Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:24AM - 12:00PM		E3.00004: THz- and infrared ellipsometry studies of plasmonic modes in complex oxide heterostructures Invited Speaker: Christian Bernhard Preview Abstract

Session E4: Optics-I

Chair: Dan Bubb, Rutgers University, Camden
Room: 225, Campus Center, NJIT

Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:00AM - 10:36AM		E4.00001: Enhanced laser processing through plasmonic interactions Invited Speaker: Daniel Bubb Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:36AM - 10:48AM		E4.00002: Laser Power Beaming Hazard Analysis for Unmanned Ground and Aerial Vehicles Louis Rizzo, Kate Duncan, James Zunino, John Federici Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:48AM - 11:00AM		E4.00003: Charging Dynamics of Single InGaAs Quantum Dots under Resonant Excitation Samantha Isaac, Gary Lander, Disheng Chen, Samet Demircan, Glenn Solomon, Edward Flagg Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:00AM - 11:12AM		E4.00004: Phosphor-free InGaN/AlGaN white-light- emitting diodes on flexible substrates. Moab Rajan Philip, Thang Ha Quoc Bui, Mehrdad Djavid, Hieu Nguyen Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:12AM - 11:48AM		E4.00005: Imaging single nanoparticles using laser terahertz emission microscopy Invited Speaker: Daniel Mittleman Preview Abstract

Session E5: Astro I: Gravitational Physics

Chair: Rosalba Perna, Stony Brook University
Room: Atrium, Campus Center, NJIT

Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:00AM - 10:36AM		E5.00001: Dawn of gravitational-wave astronomy: recent results from LIGO and Virgo Invited Speaker: Bangalore Sathyaprakash Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:36AM - 10:48AM		E5.00002: Analyzing 3D Mass Models for Galaxy Cluster Lensing Catie Raney, Charles Keeton, Sean Brennan Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:48AM - 11:24AM		E5.00003: Wormholes and entangled states Invited Speaker: Juan Maldacena Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:24AM - 12:00PM		E5.00004: Measuring Gravitational Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background to Probe the Mass of the Neutrinos and the Properties of Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Neelima Sehgal Preview Abstract

Session E6: Terrestrial Physics I

Chair: Rualdo Soto-Chavez, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Room: 240, Campus Center, NJIT

Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:00AM - 10:36AM		E6.00001: Space weather and consequences for technical systems Invited Speaker: Louis Lanzerotti Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 10:36AM - 11:12AM		E6.00002: Understanding Space Plasmas Through Laboratory Experiments. Invited Speaker: Gurudas Ganguli Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:12AM - 11:24AM		E6.00003: Initial Results of HamSCI Ham Radio 21 August 2017 Eclipse Ionospheric Experiments N.A. Frissell, J.D. Katz, J.S. Vega, S.W. Gunning, A.J. Gerrard, J.D. Huba, M.L. Moses, G.D. Earle, H.W. Silver Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:24AM - 12:00PM		E6.00004: Fast Reconnection in Laboratory and Space Plasmas Invited Speaker: Amitava Bhattacharjee Preview Abstract

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