Joint Spring 2016 Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT, and Zone 13 of the SPS
Volume 61, Number 3
Thursday–Saturday, March 31–April 2 2016;
Beaumont, Texas
Session Index
Session B1: APS Session - Astronomy and Astrophysics
Chair: Heather Galloway, Texas State University, San Marcos
Room: 206
Friday, April 1, 2016
10:30AM - 10:54AM
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B1.00001: A VLBI Study of the Jet in the Quasar 3C263
Invited Speaker:
Austin Haas
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Friday, April 1, 2016
10:54AM - 11:06AM
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B1.00002: Observations and Modeling of the New delta Scuti GSC 02087-02155
Ramses Gonzalez, Richard Olenick, Arthur Sweeney
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:06AM - 11:18AM
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B1.00003: Photometric observations and modeling of the new W UMa binary USNO-B1.) 1163-0308203
Alex Henderson, Richard Olenick, Arthur Sweeney, Ramses Gonzales, Tommy Byrd
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:18AM - 11:30AM
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B1.00004: Propagation of light in supernovae
Samina Masood
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:30AM - 11:42AM
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B1.00005: Determining the Star Formation Histories of Dwarf Galaxies
Jacqueline Dunn
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:42AM - 11:54AM
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B1.00006: Orders of Infinity
Rodolfo Gonzalez II
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:54AM - 12:06PM
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B1.00007: Examining the Relationship between Magnetotail Stretching and Auroral Activity
David Soward, Derric Edwards, Kevin Pham, Ramon Lopez
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Friday, April 1, 2016
12:06PM - 12:18PM
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B1.00008: Occurrence Time of Magnetotail Stretching After Sudden IMF Change
Derric Edwards, David Soward, Kevin Pham, Ramon Lopez
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Session B2: APS Session -Condensed Matter, Material and Surface Science
Chair: Cengiz Sen, Lamar University
Room: 210
Friday, April 1, 2016
10:30AM - 11:06AM
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B2.00001: Active Conducting Oxide Plasmonics and Metasurfaces
Invited Speaker:
Howard Ho Wai Lee
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:06AM - 11:18AM
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B2.00002: Charge transfer at adsorbate-covered metal surfaces
Bogdana Bahrim, Jamie Stafford, Boris Makarenko
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:18AM - 11:30AM
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B2.00003: Surface probe measurements of mix conducto
Kuo-Yao Lin, Jason Slinker
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:30AM - 11:42AM
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B2.00004: Diffusion of Copper through Ti overlayer
Britt Long, A Chourasia
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:42AM - 11:54AM
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B2.00005: Improve the Optical Properties of Yb/Er: NaGdF$_{\mathrm{4}}$ Nanocrystals
Lei Lei, Howard Lee
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:54AM - 12:06PM
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B2.00006: Using DNA Devices to Track Anticancer Drug Activity$\backslash $
Dimithree Kahanda, Jason D. Slinker, Marc A. Mcwilliams, Gaurab Chakrabarti, David A. Boothman
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Friday, April 1, 2016
12:06PM - 12:18PM
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B2.00007: A theoretical study on the pure-phase stability of complex solar absorber materials
Muhammad N. Huda, Cedric L. Mayfield, Pranab Sarker
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Friday, April 1, 2016
12:18PM - 12:30PM
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B2.00008: High Magnetic Field calculations of Molecular Hydrogen Dissociation
Jonathan Jerke, Samina Masood, Chris Tymczak
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Session B3: SPS Session - Undergraduate Research
Chair: Tim Head, Abilene Christian University
Room: 214
Friday, April 1, 2016
10:30AM - 10:54AM
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B3.00001: How can the Society of Physics Students national organization help you, your chapter, and your department? A primer on maximizing the impact of your affiliation.
Invited Speaker:
Timothy Head
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Friday, April 1, 2016
10:54AM - 11:06AM
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B3.00002: Future Faces of Physics at Texas Lutheran University: The SYS-S.T.E.M. Program
Maegan Idrogo, Vanessa Espinoza, Edward Scott, Toni Sauncy
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:06AM - 11:18AM
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B3.00003: Spectroscopic Analysis of Doped Metal Nanoclusters
Vanessa Espinoza, Douglas Kauffman
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:18AM - 11:30AM
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B3.00004: Tracking RAC1 Drug Activity on DNA Chips
Monica Lou, Eddie Merino, Anish Vadukoot, Jason Slinker
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:30AM - 11:42AM
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B3.00005: Retention Forces of Water Droplets on Polymers
Jonathan Taylor, R. de la Madrid, F. Garza, T. Michel, B. Vizena, H. Luong
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:42AM - 11:54AM
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B3.00006: Numerical Simulations of Dwarf Galaxies in Differing Environments
William Dinwiddie, Jacqueline Dunn
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Friday, April 1, 2016
11:54AM - 12:06PM
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B3.00007: Ion-surface Interactions at Cu(100) and Cu(111) Surfaces
Jamie Stafford, Bogdana Bahrim
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Friday, April 1, 2016
12:06PM - 12:18PM
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B3.00008: Finding the shape of glowing objects from the polarization of light emitted.
Keeley Townley-Smith, Azam Nurul, Suzanne Wheeler, Cristian Bahrim
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Friday, April 1, 2016
12:18PM - 12:30PM
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B3.00009: Gamma Spectroscopy of FMC Garnet Samples
Chris Marble, Daniel Marble
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