Oct 24 2024 8:15AM, Thursday

AA00 Breakfast I
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Lucas Room

Oct 24 2024 9:15AM, Thursday

A01 Opening Plenary Session
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Auditorium Chair: Jay Mathews, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Invited Speakers:  Gregory Gbur  

Oct 24 2024 10:15AM, Thursday

AB00 Coffee Break I
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Atrium

Oct 24 2024 10:30AM, Thursday

B01 Optics and Materials
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111a Chair: You Zhou, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Invited Speakers:  You Zhou,  Mohammad Parvinnezhad Hokamabdi  

B02 Nuclear and Particle Physics I
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111b Chair: Albert Young, North Carolina State University
Invited Speakers:  Albert Young,  Nadia Fomin  

B03 Astrophysics and Cosmology
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113a Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  Roman Berens,  Mohammadreza Zakeri  

B04 Quantum and Theoretical Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113b Chair: Rabins Wosti, University of South Carolina

B05 Materials Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210a Chair: Albert Gapud, University of South Alabama

Oct 24 2024 12:00PM, Thursday

BB01 Executive Committee Meeting
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 208

Oct 24 2024 12:30PM, Thursday

BB00 APS Student Lunch
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Lucas Room

Oct 24 2024 2:00PM, Thursday

C01 Condensed Matter and Materials I
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111a Chair: Utpal Chatterjee, University of Virginia

C02 Nuclear and Particle Physics II
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111b Chair: Jason Fry, Eastern Kentucky University
Invited Speakers:  Dien T Nguyen  

C03 Biological and Medical Physics I
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113a Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University

C04 Quantum Information and Condensed Matter
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113b Chair: Zairui Li, Morehouse College
Invited Speakers:  Zairui Li,  Yining Liu  

C05 Beyond the Standard Model Searches
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210a Chair: Charles Jenkins, University of South Alabama
Invited Speakers:  Julian Heeck,  Austin R Reid  

C06 Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210b Chair: Mohammadreza Zakeri, Eastern Kentucky University
Invited Speakers:  Jaspreet S Randhawa  

Oct 24 2024 3:30PM, Thursday

CB00 Coffee Break II
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Atrium

Oct 24 2024 4:00PM, Thursday

D01 Poster Session (4:00pm - 5:45pm)
Room: UNC Charlotte Barnhardt Student Activity Center

Oct 24 2024 7:30PM, Thursday

E01 SPS Student Social: Star Party
Room: UNC Charlotte Observatory

Oct 25 2024 8:15AM, Friday

EB00 Breakfast II
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Lucas Room

Oct 25 2024 8:45AM, Friday

F01 Plenary Session
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Auditorium Chair: Mary Kidd, Tennessee Technological University
Invited Speakers:  Richard F Haglund,  Sudhir Malik  

Oct 25 2024 9:45AM, Friday

FB00 Coffee Break III
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Atrium

Oct 25 2024 10:00AM, Friday

G01 Condensed Matter and Materials II
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111a Chair: Demitry Farfurnik, North Carolina State University
Invited Speakers:  Demitry Farfurnik  

G02 Neutrino Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111b Chair: Gavin Davies, University of Mississippi
Invited Speakers:  Gavin S Davies,  Andrew T Sutton,  Ruchi Mahajan  

G03 Biological and Medical Physics II
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113a Chair: Solmaz Bastani, Wofford College
Invited Speakers:  Cecille Labuda  

G04 High Energy Particle Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113b Chair: Romulus Godang, University of South Alabama
Invited Speakers:  Cristina Mantilla Suarez,  Yi (Luna) Chen  

G05 Quantum, Atomic and Plasma Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210a Chair: Calvin Lowe, Hampton University
Invited Speakers:  Georg Harrer,  Rebekah Herrman  

G06 Nuclear Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210b Chair: Mark Dalton, Jefferson Lab/Jefferson Science Associates
Invited Speakers:  Wenliang Li  

Oct 25 2024 12:00PM, Friday

H00 SPS/APS Student Lunch: Introduction to the National Mentoring Community and Discussion of Physics Careers
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Lucas Room Chair: Bri Hart, American Physical Society (APS); Mary Kidd, Tennessee Technological University

H01 The EP3 Guide: Supporting Departments to Thrive and if, Under Threat, Survive
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 208 Chair: Michael Wittmann, American Physical Society (APS)

Oct 25 2024 1:30PM, Friday

J01 Astrophysics and Cosmology: From Neutrinos to Gravitational Waves
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111a Chair: Alicia Aarnio, Univ of NC - Greensboro
Invited Speakers:  Alicia Aarnio,  Harisree Krishnamoorthy  

J02 Medium Energy Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210a Chair: Andrew Smith, Jefferson Lab
Invited Speakers:  Andrew P Smith,  Abhyuday Sharda  

J03 Physics Education and Theoretical Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113a Chair: Dina Zohrabi Alaee, Coastal Carolina University
Invited Speakers:  Tatsu Takeuchi  

J04 Muon Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113b Chair: Dinko Pocanic, University of Virginia
Invited Speakers:  Dinko Pocanic  

J05 Computational Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111b Chair: Jason Czak, James Madison University
Invited Speakers:  Eugene F Dumitrescu  

Oct 25 2024 3:30PM, Friday

JB00 Coffee Break IV
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Atrium

Oct 25 2024 4:00PM, Friday

K01 Grad School Fair
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Lucas Room

Oct 25 2024 6:15PM, Friday

L01 Banquet + After Dinner Talk
Room: UNC Charlotte Barnhardt Student Activity Center
Invited Speakers:  Jay A Mathews  

Oct 26 2024 8:15AM, Saturday

LB00 Breakfast III
Room: UNC Charlotte Grigg Hall, 1st Floor Atrium

Oct 26 2024 9:00AM, Saturday

M01 Department Tours
Room: UNC Charlotte Grigg Hall, 1st Floor Atrium

M02 LGBTQ+ Coffee Hour
Room: UNC Charlotte Grigg Hall, Grigg 238

Oct 26 2024 10:00AM, Saturday

N01 Grad School Panel Discussion
Room: UNC Charlotte Grigg Hall, Grigg 132

N02 AAPT Informational Session
Room: UNC Charlotte Grigg Hall, Grigg 131

Oct 26 2024 11:15AM, Saturday

P01 Closing Plenary Session
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Auditorium Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  Scott Ransom,  Kent Yagi  

Oct 24 2024 8:15AM, Thursday

AA00 Breakfast I
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Lucas Room

Oct 24 2024 9:15AM, Thursday

A01 Opening Plenary Session
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Auditorium Chair: Jay Mathews, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Invited Speakers:  Gregory Gbur  

Oct 24 2024 10:15AM, Thursday

AB00 Coffee Break I
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Atrium

Oct 24 2024 10:30AM, Thursday

B01 Optics and Materials
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111a Chair: You Zhou, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Invited Speakers:  You Zhou,  Mohammad Parvinnezhad Hokamabdi  

B02 Nuclear and Particle Physics I
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111b Chair: Albert Young, North Carolina State University
Invited Speakers:  Albert Young,  Nadia Fomin  

B03 Astrophysics and Cosmology
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113a Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  Roman Berens,  Mohammadreza Zakeri  

B04 Quantum and Theoretical Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113b Chair: Rabins Wosti, University of South Carolina

B05 Materials Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210a Chair: Albert Gapud, University of South Alabama

Oct 24 2024 12:00PM, Thursday

BB01 Executive Committee Meeting
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 208

Oct 24 2024 12:30PM, Thursday

BB00 APS Student Lunch
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Lucas Room

Oct 24 2024 2:00PM, Thursday

C01 Condensed Matter and Materials I
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111a Chair: Utpal Chatterjee, University of Virginia

C02 Nuclear and Particle Physics II
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111b Chair: Jason Fry, Eastern Kentucky University
Invited Speakers:  Dien T Nguyen  

C03 Biological and Medical Physics I
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113a Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University

C04 Quantum Information and Condensed Matter
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113b Chair: Zairui Li, Morehouse College
Invited Speakers:  Zairui Li,  Yining Liu  

C05 Beyond the Standard Model Searches
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210a Chair: Charles Jenkins, University of South Alabama
Invited Speakers:  Julian Heeck,  Austin R Reid  

C06 Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210b Chair: Mohammadreza Zakeri, Eastern Kentucky University
Invited Speakers:  Jaspreet S Randhawa  

Oct 24 2024 3:30PM, Thursday

CB00 Coffee Break II
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Atrium

Oct 24 2024 4:00PM, Thursday

D01 Poster Session (4:00pm - 5:45pm)
Room: UNC Charlotte Barnhardt Student Activity Center

Oct 24 2024 7:30PM, Thursday

E01 SPS Student Social: Star Party
Room: UNC Charlotte Observatory

Oct 25 2024 8:15AM, Friday

EB00 Breakfast II
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Lucas Room

Oct 25 2024 8:45AM, Friday

F01 Plenary Session
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Auditorium Chair: Mary Kidd, Tennessee Technological University
Invited Speakers:  Richard F Haglund,  Sudhir Malik  

Oct 25 2024 9:45AM, Friday

FB00 Coffee Break III
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Atrium

Oct 25 2024 10:00AM, Friday

G01 Condensed Matter and Materials II
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111a Chair: Demitry Farfurnik, North Carolina State University
Invited Speakers:  Demitry Farfurnik  

G02 Neutrino Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111b Chair: Gavin Davies, University of Mississippi
Invited Speakers:  Gavin S Davies,  Andrew T Sutton,  Ruchi Mahajan  

G03 Biological and Medical Physics II
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113a Chair: Solmaz Bastani, Wofford College
Invited Speakers:  Cecille Labuda  

G04 High Energy Particle Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113b Chair: Romulus Godang, University of South Alabama
Invited Speakers:  Cristina Mantilla Suarez,  Yi (Luna) Chen  

G05 Quantum, Atomic and Plasma Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210a Chair: Calvin Lowe, Hampton University
Invited Speakers:  Georg Harrer,  Rebekah Herrman  

G06 Nuclear Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210b Chair: Mark Dalton, Jefferson Lab/Jefferson Science Associates
Invited Speakers:  Wenliang Li  

Oct 25 2024 12:00PM, Friday

H00 SPS/APS Student Lunch: Introduction to the National Mentoring Community and Discussion of Physics Careers
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Lucas Room Chair: Bri Hart, American Physical Society (APS); Mary Kidd, Tennessee Technological University

H01 The EP3 Guide: Supporting Departments to Thrive and if, Under Threat, Survive
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 208 Chair: Michael Wittmann, American Physical Society (APS)

Oct 25 2024 1:30PM, Friday

J01 Astrophysics and Cosmology: From Neutrinos to Gravitational Waves
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111a Chair: Alicia Aarnio, Univ of NC - Greensboro
Invited Speakers:  Alicia Aarnio,  Harisree Krishnamoorthy  

J02 Medium Energy Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 210a Chair: Andrew Smith, Jefferson Lab
Invited Speakers:  Andrew P Smith,  Abhyuday Sharda  

J03 Physics Education and Theoretical Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113a Chair: Dina Zohrabi Alaee, Coastal Carolina University
Invited Speakers:  Tatsu Takeuchi  

J04 Muon Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 113b Chair: Dinko Pocanic, University of Virginia
Invited Speakers:  Dinko Pocanic  

J05 Computational Physics
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Cone 111b Chair: Jason Czak, James Madison University
Invited Speakers:  Eugene F Dumitrescu  

Oct 25 2024 3:30PM, Friday

JB00 Coffee Break IV
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Atrium

Oct 25 2024 4:00PM, Friday

K01 Grad School Fair
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, Lucas Room

Oct 25 2024 6:15PM, Friday

L01 Banquet + After Dinner Talk
Room: UNC Charlotte Barnhardt Student Activity Center
Invited Speakers:  Jay A Mathews  

Oct 26 2024 8:15AM, Saturday

LB00 Breakfast III
Room: UNC Charlotte Grigg Hall, 1st Floor Atrium

Oct 26 2024 9:00AM, Saturday

M01 Department Tours
Room: UNC Charlotte Grigg Hall, 1st Floor Atrium

M02 LGBTQ+ Coffee Hour
Room: UNC Charlotte Grigg Hall, Grigg 238

Oct 26 2024 10:00AM, Saturday

N01 Grad School Panel Discussion
Room: UNC Charlotte Grigg Hall, Grigg 132

N02 AAPT Informational Session
Room: UNC Charlotte Grigg Hall, Grigg 131

Oct 26 2024 11:15AM, Saturday

P01 Closing Plenary Session
Room: UNC Charlotte Cone Center, McKnight Auditorium Chair: Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University
Invited Speakers:  Scott Ransom,  Kent Yagi