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Session F1: Nuclear Physics II

Chair: Bao-An Li, Texas A&M University--Commerce
Room: Sam Rayburn Center Second Floor, Room Innovations A

Friday, October 7, 2011 3:40PM - 3:52PM		F1.00001: Neutron-Proton pairing and the Symmetry Energy in Nuclear Matter Yuan Tian, Bao-An Li, Zhong-Yu Ma Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 3:52PM - 4:04PM		F1.00002: Magnetic effects in heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies Li Ou, Bao-An Li Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:04PM - 4:16PM		F1.00003: Observational effects of nuclear pasta in neutron stars Michael Gearheart Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:16PM - 4:28PM		F1.00004: Statistical Tests on Neutron Star Glitches Joshua Hooker Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:28PM - 4:40PM		F1.00005: Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Fission in a Molten Salt Core: Green Nuclear Power for the New Millennium Peter McIntyre Preview Abstract

Session F2: Physics Education Research I

Chair: Toni Sauncy, Angelo State University
Room: Sam Rayburn Center Second Floor, Room Innovations B

Friday, October 7, 2011 3:40PM - 3:52PM		F2.00001: Mathematical Rigor in Introductory Physics Michael VanDyke, William Bassichis Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 3:52PM - 4:04PM		F2.00002: A Comparison of Visual Spatial Abilities of Students in a Modern Physics Course Versus Students in Introductory Physics Courses Elijah Murphy, Ximena Cid, Ramon Lopez Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:04PM - 4:16PM		F2.00003: TA Mentorship in Lecture significantly enhances students' learning in mechanics in large introductory physics classes K. Cheng, Mehmet Caglar Preview Abstract

Session F3: High Energy Physics II

Chair: Jun Gao, Southern Methodist University
Room: Sam Rayburn Center Second Floor, Room Traditions

Friday, October 7, 2011 3:40PM - 3:52PM		F3.00001: Beam Test Data Analysis of GEM Prototype Chamber Using One Bit Readout System Danrae Pray Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 3:52PM - 4:04PM		F3.00002: Test of the diphoton + missing transverse energy background model in ATLAS Kamile Yagci Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:04PM - 4:16PM		F3.00003: GEM Andy Jones Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:16PM - 4:28PM		F3.00004: Study of Position Dependence of GEM Prototype Detector Response and Gain Using Particle Beams Nam Tran, Danrae Pray, Safat Khaled, Seongtae Park, Jaehoon Yu Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:28PM - 4:40PM		F3.00005: Stress Management in TAMU3, a 14 Tesla Nb$_{3}$Sn Dipole Eddie Holik III, Christopher Benson, Nick Diaczenko, Tim Elliott, Ray Garrison, Andrew Jaisle, Alfred McInturff, Peter McIntyre, Dior Sattarov Preview Abstract

Session F4: General Physics & Applications I

Chair: Peter McIntyre, Texas A&M University
Room: Sam Rayburn Center Second Floor, Room Vision

Friday, October 7, 2011 3:40PM - 3:52PM		F4.00001: Fluid dynamics and heat transfer in an accelerator-driven subcritical fission core Akhdiyor Sattarov, Karie Badgley, Thomas Mann, Peter McIntyre, Gwyn Rosaire Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 3:52PM - 4:04PM		F4.00002: Propagation of a constant velocity fission wave Mark Deinert Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:04PM - 4:16PM		F4.00003: High-Current Superconducting Cyclotron for Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Fission and for Medical Isotope Production Karie Badgley, Saeed Assadi, Peter McIntyre, Akhdiyor Sattarov Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:16PM - 4:28PM		F4.00004: Schr\"odinger Equation as Limit of Klein-Gordon Equation in an Electromagnetic Field Donald Kobe Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:28PM - 4:40PM		F4.00005: Equations of state of a system of fermions in a uniform magnetic field at finite density Israel Portillo Vazquez, Efrain J. Ferrer Preview Abstract

Session F5: Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Research II

Chair: Wilhelmus Geerts, Texas State University--San Marcos
Room: Science Building 127

Friday, October 7, 2011 3:40PM - 3:52PM		F5.00001: Measurement of the Spectral Distribution of Low Energy Electrons emitted as a result of MVV Auger Transition in Cu(100) Suman Satyal, P.V. Joglekar, K. Shastry, A.H. Weiss, S.L. Hulbert Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 3:52PM - 4:04PM		F5.00002: Materials Testing for an Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Molten Salt Fission System: A look at the Materials Science of Molten Salt Corrosion Elizabeth Sooby, Shreyas Balachandran, David Foley, Karl Hartwig, Peter McIntyre, Supathorn Phongikaroon, Nathaniel Pogue, Michael Simpson, Prabhat Tripathy Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:04PM - 4:16PM		F5.00003: Thermal conductivity and specific heat of Ni nanowires Denis Myasishchev, Nenad Stojanovic, Troy Mills, Jordan Berg, Mark Holtz Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:16PM - 4:28PM		F5.00004: Quantum Hall Superfluids in Topological Insulator Thin Films Dagim Tilahun, Byounghak Lee, Ewelina Hankiewicz, Allan MacDonald Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:28PM - 4:40PM		F5.00005: Lithium Iron Phosphate doped on the Iron side with Zirconium Andrew Trenchard, Hanu Arava, Hui Fang, Gan Liang Preview Abstract

Session F6: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Station II

Chair: Kent Montgomery, Texas A&M University--Commerce
Room: Science Building 122

Friday, October 7, 2011 3:40PM - 3:52PM		F6.00001: Status and Prospects for the SuperCDMS Experiment Bedile Karabuga Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 3:52PM - 4:04PM		F6.00002: The effect of white non-stationary data on drifting signal detection Mauricio Flores, Alexander Stroeer, Matthew Benacquista Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:04PM - 4:16PM		F6.00003: Self-Calibration Technique for 3-point Intrinsic Alignment Correlations in Weak Gravitational Lensing Surveys Michael Troxel, Mustapha Ishak Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:16PM - 4:28PM		F6.00004: Magnetic reconnection during northward interplanetary magnetic field during the Whole Heliosphere Interval Shree Bhattarai, Ramon Lopez, Robert Bruntz, Kevin Pham, Yue Deng, Yanshi Huang Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:28PM - 4:40PM		F6.00005: Controlling calibration errors in gravitational-wave detectors by precise location of calibration forces Hernan Daveloza, Mahmuda Afrin Badhan, Mario Diaz, Keita Kawabe, Pablo Konverski, Michael Landry, Richard Savage Preview Abstract

Session F7: Biological & Chemical Physics I

Chair: Jennifer Steele, Rice University
Room: Science Building 123

Friday, October 7, 2011 3:40PM - 3:52PM		F7.00001: High-resolution architecture of Gram-negative bacterial cell wall Ahmed Touhami, John Dutcher Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 3:52PM - 4:04PM		F7.00002: Detection of superlattice domain formation in ternary lipid mixtures using fluorescence spectroscopy Burcin Mutlu, Stephanie Lopez, Mark Vaughn, Juyang Huang, K. Cheng Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:04PM - 4:16PM		F7.00003: Fundamentals of Charge Transport through DNA Jason Slinker, Natalie Muren, Sara Renfrew, Jackie Barton, Chris Wohlgamuth, Marc McWilliams Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:16PM - 4:28PM		F7.00004: Fiber optic spanner Bryan Black, Samarendra Mohanty Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:28PM - 4:40PM		F7.00005: A new Monte Carlo method for investigating geometrical structures of lipid membranes with atomistic detail Sara Cheng, Liming Qiu, K. Cheng, Mark Vaughn Preview Abstract

Session F8: Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Research III

Chair: Charley Myles, Texas Tech University
Room: Sam Rayburn Center Second Floor, Pride Room

Friday, October 7, 2011 3:40PM - 3:52PM		F8.00001: Surface Plasmon Enhancement of Organic Solar Cells David Shope, Jennifer Steele Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 3:52PM - 4:04PM		F8.00002: Structural Characterization of Humic Materials Using $^{13}$C NMR Techniques: A Comparison of Solution- and Solid-State Methods Catherine Clewett, Todd Alam, Eric Osantowski, Michael Pullin Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:04PM - 4:16PM		F8.00003: Molecular design and MD simulations of epitaxial superlattice of self-assembling ternary lipid bilayers George Chou, Mark Vaughn, K. Cheng Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:16PM - 4:28PM		F8.00004: Bonding of a silver sheath on textured-powder ribbons of green-state Bi-2212 superconductor Klaus Smit, Peter McIntyre, Kyle Damborsky, Feng Lu, Nathaniel Pogue Preview Abstract
Friday, October 7, 2011 4:28PM - 4:40PM		F8.00005: Spectroscopic and Ab-Initio Studies of $\pi $ -Type Hydrogen Bonding in Cyclic Alcohols and Amines Esther Ocola, Jaan Laane Preview Abstract