Bulletin of the American Physical Society

Fall 2012 Meeting of the APS Ohio-Region Section

Volume 57, Number 6

Friday–Saturday, October 5–6, 2012; Detroit, Michigan

Session Index

Session EA: High Energy and Nuclear Physics

Chair: Gil Paz, Wayne State University
Room: McGregor Conference Center BC

Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		EA.00001: Resonance Width Distribution for Open Chaotic Quantum Systems Gavriil Shchedrin Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		EA.00002: Soft Photons and Leptonic B Decays Kristopher Healey, Aditya Yechan Gunja, Alexey Petrov Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		EA.00003: Observation of $D^0 \to \eta \omega$ Mackenzie Smith, David Cinabro Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		EA.00004: Searching for super-WIMPs in leptonic heavy meson decays Aditya Yechan Gunja, Kristopher Healey, Alexey Petrov Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		EA.00005: LUX Cryogenics and Circulation Adam Bradley Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		EA.00006: Scalar Dark Matter \& Vacuum Stability Matthew Gonderinger Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		EA.00007: Search for Exclusive $W$ Boson Decays Christopher Clarke Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		EA.00008: FFLO States in Holographic Superconductors James Alsup, Eleftherios Papantonopoulos, George Siopsis Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		EA.00009: Measurement of Anomalous Trilinear Couplings of Electroweak Gauge Bosons Kevin Siehl Preview Abstract

Session EB: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Chair: Zhixian Zhou, Wayne State University
Room: McGregor Conference Center FG

Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		EB.00001: Strained Islands Evolution during Thin Film Heteroepitaxy with Planar and Pre-patterned Substrates Champika Gigiriwala Gamage, Zhi-Feng Huang Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		EB.00002: Effects of Electric Fields on Lamellar Structures of Liquid-Crystalline Block Copolymers Simiso Mkhonta, Zhi-Feng Huang, Ken Elder, Martin Grant Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		EB.00003: Characterization and magnetic properties of pure and transition metal doped ZnO thin films Ehab Abdelhamid, Debabrata Mishra, Wissam Fawaz, Boris Nadgorny, Gavin Lawes Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		EB.00004: Pattering of Heteroepitaxial Overlayers from Nano to Micron Scales Fabio Iunes Sanches, Ken Elder, Giulia Rossi, Pekka Kanerva, See-Chenn Ying, Enzo Granato, Cristian V. Achim, Tapio Ala-Nissila Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		EB.00005: Percolation behavior in metallic-insulator composite systems and the filling factor near the percolation threshold Rupam Mukherjee, Debabrata Mishra, ZhiFeng Huang, Boris Nadgorny Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		EB.00006: Magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic metal/ferromagnetic semiconductor micro-structures Taylor Reid, Andrei Sokolov, Robert Tolley, Justin Guenther, Xinyu Liu, Jacek Furdyna, Khalid Eid Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		EB.00007: Andreev effect in GaMnAs/Nb microstructures for improved extraction of spin polarization Justin Guenther, Diana Dahliah, Taylor Reid, Robert Tolley, Chris Little, Xinyu Liu, Jacek Furdyna, Khalid Eid Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		EB.00008: Combustion Synthesis of Energy Storage Materials W. Ethan Eagle, Margaret Wooldridge Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		EB.00009: Photoluminescence Enhancement of Embedded Ga:GaAs Nanocomposites Sunyeol Jeon, Myungkoo Kang, Jia-Hung Wu, Jieun Lee, Vanessa Sih, Rachel Goldman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		EB.00010: Nanophotonic Finite Difference Time Domain Simulations for Plasmon Enhanced Chemical Sensors Andrew Makepeace, Parveen Kumar, Jan Yarrison-Rice, Howard Jackson, Leigh Smith, J.-G. Park, K.-J. Choi Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 10:00AM - 10:12AM		EB.00011: High-Efficiency Magnetization Measurements of Variable Composition Co-Fe-Ni Alloys with a Scanning Hall Probe Microscope Girfan Shamsutdinov, Debabrata Mishra, Boris Nadgorny, Zhao Peng, Ji-Cheng Zhao Preview Abstract

Session EC: AMO and Astrophysics

Chair: David Cinabro, Wayne State University
Room: McGregor Conference Center I

Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		EC.00001: The theory of the anti-maser: coherent perfect absorption of RF Michael Aviles, Anthony Mazzocco, Jim Andrews, Nathan Dawson, Michael Crescimanno Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		EC.00002: Experimental demonstration of the anti-maser Anthony Mazzocco, Michael Aviles, Jim Andrews, Nathan Dawson, Michael Crescimanno Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		EC.00003: Understanding temperature tuning of the all polymer co-extruded laser Michael Crescimanno, Jim Andrews, Michael Aviles, Nathan Dawson, Joshua Petrus, Anthony Mazzocco, Ken Singer, Eric Baer, Hyunmin Song Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		EC.00004: An Apparatus for Verification of Absolute Calibration of Quantum Effiency for Charge-Coupled Devices Rebecca Coles Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		EC.00005: The Arithmetic of Events and a New Theory of Gravitation Malek Abbasi Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		EC.00006: Extending Newton's Apsidal Theorem Cameron Tuckerman, Ulrich Zurcher Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		EC.00007: GEMS (Gravity Electro-Magnetism Strong) SU(5) Theory and The Prediction of Exchange Boson Masses John Brandenburg Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		EC.00008: Derivation of the Schwartzchild Metric From the ``Self Censorship'' of the ZPF (Zero Point Energy) in the GEM Theory John Brandenburg Preview Abstract

Session ED: Biophysics, Applied Physics, and Education

Chair: Xiang-Qiang (Rosie) Chu, Wayne State University
Room: McGregor Conference Center E

Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:00AM - 8:12AM		ED.00001: Nanomechanics and dynamics of confined water and other liquids Peter Hoffmann Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:12AM - 8:24AM		ED.00002: Manipulating Water Droplet Behavior on Aluminum Surfaces Using Micro-lithography Muidh Alheshibri, Tyler Brest, Andrew Sommers, Khalid Eid Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:24AM - 8:36AM		ED.00003: Low Energy Positron Interactions with Biological Molecules Indika Wanniarachchi, Caroline Morgan, Bernhard Schlegel, Gary Kedziora, Larry Burgrraf, Michael Pak, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:36AM - 8:48AM		ED.00004: Photothermal Therapy of Cancer Cells mediated by Blue Hydrogel Nanoparticles Taeyjuana Curry, Tamir Epstein, Raoul Kopelman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:48AM - 9:00AM		ED.00005: Controlled RGD Peptide Adsorption on Aggregation-Free, Size-Selected Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticle Substrates Parimal Bapat, Bonnie Culpepper, Susan Bellis, Renato Camata Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:00AM - 9:12AM		ED.00006: Organic photovoltaic based on copper phthalocyanine with high open circuit voltage and significant current and voltage stability Khalil Hamam, Mohammad Al-amar, Clement Burns Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:12AM - 9:24AM		ED.00007: Investigation of High Pressure, Multi-Hole Diesel Fuel Injection Using High Speed Imaging Steven Morris, Ethan Eagle, Margaret Wooldridge Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:24AM - 9:36AM		ED.00008: Imaging Studies of the Effects of Ethanol/Gasoline Blends on Spark-Assisted HCCI Mohammad Fatouraie, Margaret Wooldridge Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:36AM - 9:48AM		ED.00009: A Team-taught Physical Science Course James Sullivan, Amber Pleiman Preview Abstract
Saturday, October 6, 2012 9:48AM - 10:00AM		ED.00010: Quantized conductance in educational labs: a consequence of nano-scale confinement Tony Silvidi, Robert Tolley, Herbert Jaeger, Khalid Eid Preview Abstract

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