Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2018 Joint Fall Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT and Zone 13 of the SPS

Volume 63, Number 18

Friday–Saturday, October 19–20, 2018; University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Session Index

Session E01: High Energy and Particle Physics II

Chair: Lisa Koerner, University of Houston
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 101

Friday, October 19, 2018 4:15PM - 4:39PM		E01.00001: Status and Plan of Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment at Fermilab Invited Speaker: Jaehoon Yu
		E01.00002: Abstract Withdrawn
Friday, October 19, 2018 4:39PM - 4:51PM		E01.00003: Dual-Phase ProtoDUNE at CERN Daniel Koss
Friday, October 19, 2018 4:51PM - 5:03PM		E01.00004: Tensile Test of Fiber Reinforced Plastic Frame for DUNE Field Cage Cristobal C Garces, Marcus Pixler, Douglas T Zenger, Daniel Koss, Mathew A Rapp, Cristian C Garces, Jakob P Scantlin, Nicholas Lira, Animesh Chatterjee, Jaehoon Yu
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:03PM - 5:15PM		E01.00005: Performance of the Pilot Dual-Phase Detector for Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment Cristian C Garces, Nicholas Lira, Animesh Chatterjee, Daniel Koss, Cristobal C Garces, Douglas T Zenger, Jakob P Scantlin, Marcus Pixler, Jaehoon Yu
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:15PM - 5:27PM		E01.00006: Creating a Strong, Uniform Electric Field for ProtoDUNE Field Cage Douglas T Zenger, Jaehoon Yu, Animesh Chatterjee, Cristobal Garces, Cristian C Garces, Mathew A Rapp, Daniel Koss, Jakob P Scantlin, Nicholas Lira, Marcus Pixler

Session E02: Condensed Matter Physics I

Chair: Oomman Varghese, University of Houston
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 102

Friday, October 19, 2018 4:15PM - 4:27PM		E02.00001: Mott transition revealed by coherent phonons in a film of VO₂/AlN/Si Hyun-Tak Kim
Friday, October 19, 2018 4:27PM - 4:39PM		E02.00002: A novel way to synthesize hydrogen incorporated palladium nanoparticles in one-step for hydrogen storage: A combined experimental and DFT study Sajib K Barman, Rakesh P Chaudhary, Muhammad Nurul Huda, Ali R Koymen
Friday, October 19, 2018 4:39PM - 4:51PM		E02.00003: Ultrafast nonlinear optical processes in CH₃NH₃PbI₃ hybrid perovskite Alex Zakhidov, Eric Welch, Mehedhi Hasan, Dmitry Lyashenko, Petr Obraztsov
Friday, October 19, 2018 4:51PM - 5:03PM		E02.00004: Investigation of Enhanced Superconductivity in the FeSe/SrTiO₃ System Samira Daneshmandi, Yanfeng Lyu, Hanming Yuan, C. W. Paul Chu
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:03PM - 5:15PM		E02.00005: Investigation on the reported superconductivity in intercalated black phosphorus Hanming Yuan, Liangzi Deng, Bing Lv, Zheng Wu, Ze Yang, Sheng Li, Shuyuan Huyan, Yizhou Ni, Jingying Sun, Fei Tian, Dezhi Wang, Hui Wang, Shuo Chen, Zhifeng Ren, C. W. Paul Chu

Session E03: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Chair: John Wilson, Sam Houston State University
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 203

Friday, October 19, 2018 4:15PM - 4:27PM		E03.00001: Spectroscopic and theoretical investigations of π-type intramolecular hydrogen bonding of 3-cyclopenten-1-ol and 3-cyclopenten-1-amine Esther Juliana Ocola, Jaan Laane
Friday, October 19, 2018 4:27PM - 4:39PM		E03.00002: Quantitative phase retrieval of multi-material heterogeneous objects from spectral X-ray measurements Ivan Vazquez, Mini Das
Friday, October 19, 2018 4:39PM - 4:51PM		E03.00003: Mid-infrared methane sensor system using self-adaptive interband cascade laser absorption spectroscopy. Fang Song, Chuantao Zheng, Frank K Tittel
Friday, October 19, 2018 4:51PM - 5:03PM		E03.00004: Anomaly on quantum gases in one and two dimensions Carlos R. Ordóñez, Chris L Lin, Wilder S Daza Romero, Joaquin Drut
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:03PM - 5:15PM		E03.00005: Chemical Surface-Enhanced Coherent Raman Scattering by Semiconductor Nanoparticles Anton D. Shutov, Zhenhuan Yi, Jizhou Wang, Alexander M. Sinyukov, Zhe He, Chenwei Tang, Jiahao Chen, Esther J. Ocola, Jaan Laane, Alexei V. Sokolov, Dmitri V. Voronine, Marlan O. Scully
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:15PM - 5:27PM		E03.00006: Comparing Material Decomposition Methods using Dual Energy Subtraction and Spectral Computed Tomography Ian E Harmon, Nathaniel R Fredette, Mini Das
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:27PM - 5:39PM		E03.00007: Spectral X-Ray Scatter Characterization with an Energy Resolved Photon Counting Detector Cale Lewis, Mini Das
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:39PM - 5:51PM		E03.00008: Single-Exposure Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography Raul Torrico, Mini Das

Session E04: Nuclear Physics

Chair: Anthony Timmins, University of Houston
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 204

Friday, October 19, 2018 4:15PM - 4:39PM		E04.00001: What makes the proton spin? Invited Speaker: Carl A. Gagliardi
Friday, October 19, 2018 4:39PM - 4:51PM		E04.00002: Freeze-out temperature from net-kaon fluctuations at RHIC Jamie M Stafford, Rene Bellwied, Jacquelyn Noronha-Hostler, Paolo Parotto, Israel Portillo Vazquez, Claudia Ratti
Friday, October 19, 2018 4:51PM - 5:03PM		E04.00003: Equation of state for QCD with a critical point from the 3D Ising model Paolo Parotto
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:03PM - 5:15PM		E04.00004: Using HECTOR for Cross Section Measurements of 102Pd(p,γ)103Ag Emily Churchman, Anna Simon, Orlando Gomez, Rebeka Kelmar, Craig Reingold, Sean Kelly
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:15PM - 5:27PM		E04.00005: Decay energy spectra of radioactive nuclei Rafael de la Madrid
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:27PM - 5:39PM		E04.00006: The Extent and Observable Properties of Nuclear Pasta in Neutron Star Crusts William G Newton, Jirina Rikovska Stone, Mark Kaltenborn, Sarah Cantu, Shuxi Wang
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:39PM - 5:51PM		E04.00007: Development and Validation of ACTYS, an Activation Analysis software Ishwita Saikia

Session E05: American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) II

Chair: Andra Petrean, Austin College
Room: Science and Engineering Classroom (SEC) 104

Friday, October 19, 2018 5:05PM - 5:17PM		E05.00001: Aesop’s Fables, Dr. Seuss and Physics? Inspiring the Next Generation to Love Physics Nancy Easterly
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:17PM - 5:29PM		E05.00002: STEP UP 4 Women: Impact on Young Women's Career Goals Thomas Blake Head, Robynne M Lock, Allan Teer, Zahra Hazari
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:29PM - 5:41PM		E05.00003: Physics Faculty Involvement in Physics Teachers' PD: Implications for Experiential STEM Faculty Development Model Milijana Suskavcevic, Wallace J Dominey
Friday, October 19, 2018 5:41PM - 5:53PM		E05.00004: Diversity is the key: Building a STEM teacher education program at Texas Lutheran University Heather K Perkovich, Toni D Sauncy

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