Bulletin of the American Physical Society

83rd Annual Meeting of the APS Southeastern Section

Volume 61, Number 19

Thursday–Saturday, November 10–12, 2016; Charlottesville, Virginia

Session Index

Session L1: LIGO and other Gravity Experiments

Chair: Joe Giaime, Louisiana State University
Room: West Ballroom

Saturday, November 12, 2016 8:30AM - 9:00AM		L1.00001: The Advanced LIGO Instrument, Its First Science Run and Gravitational Wave Detections Invited Speaker: Anamaria Effler Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:00AM - 9:30AM		L1.00002: Results from the first Advanced LIGO observing run and their astrophysical implications Invited Speaker: Tyson Littenberg Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:30AM - 10:00AM		L1.00003: The State of Gravitational Wave Detection with Pulsar Timing Arrays Invited Speaker: Scott Ransom Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 10:00AM - 10:30AM		L1.00004: The LISA Pathfinder: Results and Implications for LISA Invited Speaker: Jacob Slutsky Preview Abstract

Session L2: Systems Far from Equilibrium

Chair: Michel Pleimling, Virginia Tech University
Room: Salon C

Saturday, November 12, 2016 8:30AM - 9:00AM		L2.00001: Record Dynamics: Direct Experimental Evidence from Jammed Colloids Invited Speaker: Stefan Boettcher Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:00AM - 9:30AM		L2.00002: Non-equilibrium Relaxation of Driven Topological Defects Invited Speaker: Uwe C. Tauber Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:30AM - 10:00AM		L2.00003: Metastability and Instability in a Model Spin-crossover Material: Free-energy Landscapes Explored by a Constrained Wang-Landau Monte Carlo Method Invited Speaker: Per Arne Rikvold Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 10:00AM - 10:30AM		L2.00004: Noise-induced transitions in bistable electronic systems Invited Speaker: Stephen Teitsworth Preview Abstract

Session L3: Magnetism

Chair: Puru Jea, Virginia Commonwealth University
Room: Monroe Room

Saturday, November 12, 2016 8:30AM - 9:06AM		L3.00001: High Field Magneto-Optical Studies of Ferromagnetic InMnSb and InMnAs: Spin-Orbit-Split Hole Bands and g-Factors Invited Speaker: Giti Khodaparast Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:06AM - 9:42AM		L3.00002: Amorphous Magnetic Films Invited Speaker: Joseph Poon Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:42AM - 10:18AM		L3.00003: Magnetism in Nanosystems Invited Speaker: Jian Zhou Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 10:18AM - 10:54AM		L3.00004: From materials to circuits: Multiscale modeling of nano-magnetic switches Invited Speaker: Avik Ghosh Preview Abstract

Session L4: Physics Education

Chair: John Simonetti, Virginia Tech University
Room: Preston Room

Saturday, November 12, 2016 8:30AM - 9:00AM		L4.00001: Smartphones in Labs Don't Have to Be "Black Boxes" Invited Speaker: Colleen Countryman Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:00AM - 9:30AM		L4.00002: A new IPLS course: From design to dissemination. Invited Speaker: David Smith Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 9:30AM - 10:00AM		L4.00003: Introductory Sequence Reform at James Madison University Invited Speaker: Scott Paulson Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 10:00AM - 10:30AM		L4.00004: Nanobiophysics for First-Year Non-Majors Invited Speaker: Michael Falvo Preview Abstract
Saturday, November 12, 2016 10:30AM - 11:00AM		L4.00005: Efficient Generation and Use of Power Series for Broad Application. Invited Speaker: Joseph Rudmin Preview Abstract

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