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Friday, October 20, 2017

8:30AM - 5:00PM	Registration/Check-In (Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center @ UT Dallas)
9:00AM - 11:30AM	Lab Tours and Activities Sign Up onsite For a tour of our Cleanroom and Space Sciences Center. Will Leave The DGAC Promptly at 9:45 am and 11:00 am. Spaces are very limited.
11:45AM - 12:45PM	Networking At the Davidson- Gundy Alumni Center Enjoy some Time with the Student of Physics Society and a Few of our Sponsors. Bring Your Lunch to the Patio To Enjoy The Weather or Chat with a Few of our Sponsors inside. * In The Event That It Shall Rain, we will announce a Change of Location.
12:45PM - 1:00PM	Welcoming Remarks - DGAC Main Ballroom
1:00PM - 2:30PM	Plenary Session (DGAC- Main Ballroom) Chair: Jason Slinker, University of Texas at Dallas A1.00001: First Look from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment Invited Speaker: Prof. Karl Gebhardt A1.00002: Neutrino Oscillations: From Discovery to Precision Measurements Invited Speaker: Prof. Lisa Whitehead Koerner
2:00PM - 4:45PM	Poster Session I Set-Up
2:30PM - 2:45PM	Beverage Break (DGAC Texas Instruments Inspiration Hall)
2:45PM - 3:45PM	Concurrent Sessions I Session B1 DGAC 1.102 A Maximum Capacity - 100 Astro I Chair: Louis Stigari, Texas A&M University B1.00001: Seeking insights on gravity theory and cosmic acceleration from consistency tests between cosmological data sets. Mustapha Ishak , Weikang Lin B1.00002: Testing gravity theories using primordial gravitational waves and CMB experiments Weikang Lin , Mustapha Ishak B1.00003: Effects of Self-Calibration of Intrinsic Alignment on Cosmological Parameter Constraints from Future Cosmic Shear Surveys Ji Yao , Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki , Weikang Lin , Michael Troxel B1.00004: Modified gravity in N-body simulations Eske Pedersen B1.00005: Impact of 7Be(alpha, gamma) reaction on Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Michael Hartos , Carlos Bertulani , Suqing Hou , S Shubhchintak Session B2 DGAC 1.102 B Maximum Capacity - 75 High Energy & Particle Physics I Chair:Walter Wilcox, Baylor University B2.00001: MINER's Sensitivity to Coherent Neutrino Nucleus Scattering in Electron Neutrinos Shiv Akshar Yadavalli B2.00002: Estimating the Impact of W/Z pPb LHC Data on nCTEQ15 PDFs Eric Godat B2.00003: Non-Standard Interaction of Solar Neutrinos in Dark Matter Detectors Shu Liao B2.00004: Effects of Engineering Tolerances of Magnetic Field Horns on Neutrino Flux in DUNE Nicholas Lira B2.00005: Effects of Magnetic Horn Geometry Uncertainty on Neutrino Flux Eric Amador Session B3 DGAC 1.102 C Maximum Capacity- 75 SPS I Chair: Bob Glosser, University of Texas at Dallas B3.00001: Tracking Reactive Oxygen Species Activated Drug Activity on DNA Chips Monica Lou , Jason Slinker B3.00002: SPS Outreach Invited Speaker: Zakary Noel B3.00003: Maintaining ProtoDUNE Dual Phase's Uniform Electric Field with Divider Board Douglas Zenger B3.00004: Using Arduino to Train Rats Through Weave Poles Armando Gutierrez , Calvin Berggren , Scott Bailey B3.00005: Fraunhofer Diffraction of Laguerre-Gaussian Vortex (LGV) Beams Carrying Equal and Opposite Angular Momentum Sophia Andaloro Session B4 DGAC 1.128 Maximum Capacity - 30 Condensed Matter Physics I Chair: Mark Lee, University of Texas at Dallas B4.00001: An Alternative model of Spin-Dependent Double Well Lattice for Ultra-Cold Atoms Xiaohe Zhou B4.00002: Stability enhancement of solar absorber material Cu$_{\mathrm{2}}$S by alloying: A DFT study Sajib Barman , Muhammad Huda B4.00003: First-Principles Study of the Structural, Vibrational and Thermal Properties of Some Type II Tin-Based Clathrates Hadeel Zahid , Dong Xue , Charley Myles B4.00004: Landau levels of bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides Peng Peng Zheng , Fan Zhang B4.00005: Fractional Fluxon dynamics in Long Josephson Junctions Lawrence Rhoads , Van Mayes , Ju Kim , Ram Shoham Session B5 DGAC 1.131 Maximum Capacity - 30 Materials Science I Chair: Kuei Sun, University of Texas at Dallas B5.00001: Composite reinforced metallic cylinder for high speed rotation Dr. Sahadev Pradhan B5.00002: Calculation of distributio of Temperature and potential on RRAM using finite element method Binod D.C. , Wilhelmus Geerts , Aron Median B5.00003: Synthesis and high thermal conductivity in cubic BAs and BP crystals Sheng Li , Qiye Zheng , Xiaoyuan Liu , Ryan Little , Evan Glaser , David Broido , David Cahill , Bing Lv B5.00004: Impact of physics-based parameters on diverse design architecture of perovskite solar cells Aditya Kumar Mishra , Deidra Hodges , Jason D. Slinker B5.00005: Electronic and optical properties of the CuAlO$_{2}$ and AgAlO$_{2}$ transparent conductor oxides: a first principles study James Shook , Luisa Scolfaro Session B6 DGAC 1.135 Maximum Capacity - 30 General Physics I Chair: Bing Lv, University of Texas at Dallas B6.00001: Using Lidar Information to Help Safety First Responders Yash Gandhi , Vihang Jani , Jeb Benson B6.00002: Local Hidden-Variable Model for a Recent Experimental Test of Quantum Nonlocality and Local Contextuality Brian La Cour B6.00003: Quantum-Classical Correspondence through the Momentum Function M.K. Balasubramanya B6.00004: The Sagnac Effect and the Ritz Theory James Espinosa , James Woodyard B6.00005: Introduction to paths H and application of homotopy theory in physics Fidele Twagirayezu Session B7 SOM 1.107 Maximum Capacity - 100 Space Physics Chair: David Lary, University of Texas at Dallas B7.00001: New two-dimensional radar observations of equatorial spread F at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory Invited Speaker: Fabiano Rodrigues B7.00002: The Diffraction of Waves through the Polar Ionosphere Russell Stoneback , Rod Heelis , Angeline Burrell B7.00003: On the development of a new model of low-latitude ionospheric electric fields Sam Shidler , Fabiano Rodrigues B7.00004: Dayside Magnetopause Location Comparisons during Interplanetary Magnetic Field Oscillations Richard Bonde, Jiangyan Wang, Ramon Lopez Session B8 SOM 1.117 Maximum Capacity - 105 Biophysics I Chair: Wei Chen, University of Texas at Arlington B8.00001: Following the Binding and Activity of Helicases with DNA Devices Dimithree Kahanda , Jason Slinker , Kevin Du Prez , Li Fan B8.00002: DNA-Inspired Self-Assembly of Nanoscale Electronic Devices Kuo Yao Lin B8.00003: Hyperpolarized $^{\mathrm{89}}$Y-EDTP and $^{\mathrm{89}}$Y-EDTP as potential pH-sensitive MRI agents Qing Wang , Peter Niedbalski , Christopher Parish , James Ratnakar , Zoltan Kovacs , Lloyd Lumata B8.00004: Temperature-dependent proton T1 relaxation time of water:glycerol solutions at earth's magnetic field Fatemeh Khashami , Qing Wang , Peter Niedbalski , Lloyd Lumata B8.00005: Tracking leucine metabolism in prostate cancer cells via $^{\mathrm{13}}$C NMR spectroscopy Christopher Parish , Peter Niedbalski , Fatemeh Kashami , Qing Wang , Lloyd Lumata Session B9 SOM 1.212 Maximum Capacity - 120 Optics I Chair: Alex Zakhidov, Texas State San Marcos B9.00001: Evaluation of the diabetic foot deterioration by THz imaging ... and other applications Invited Speaker: Prof. Enrique Castro Camus B9.00002: In-fiber polarization dependent meta-color filter Indra Ghimire , Sudip Gurung , Satyendra K Mishra , Ho Wai Howard Lee B9.00003: Locking a probe laser beam on a dielectric surface using a stronger coupling laser Cristian Bahrim , Nurul Azam B9.00004: Experimental Demonstration of Epsilon-Near-Zero Perfect Absorber in Ultra-Thin Films Catherine Arndt , Aleksei Anopchenko , Long Tao , Ho Wai Howard Lee
3:00PM - 4:30PM	Workshops Session C1 SLC 1.204 Maximum Capacity- 36 (Lab) Helping Students Understand Gravitational Waves Karen Jo Matsler, Physic Teaching Resource Agents and The University of Texas at Arlington Janie Head, Physics Teaching Resource Agents and Fulshear High School (Richmond, TX) Session C2 SLC 2.302 Maximum Capacity- 40 Amusement Park for College Students Joseph Izen, The University of Texas at Dallas Session C3 JSOM 2.802 Maximum Capacity - 45 GPS – A Guide for Travel and Communication Trina Cannon, Physics Teaching Resource Agents and Eastfield College
3:30PM - 4:30PM	Workshops Session D1 ATC 2.605 Maximum Capacity - 30 (Computer Lab) SPS Chapter Outreach: SHSU SPS Chapter 6322 Rise of the Phoenix Zak Noel, Lamar University Clayton Ellinwood and Andre Guimares, San Houston State University
3:45PM - 4:15PM	Beverage Break
4:15PM - 5:15PM	Concurrent Sessions II Session E1 DGAC 1.102 A Maximum Capacity- 100 Astro II Chair: Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki, University of Texas at Dallas E1.00001: Star Formation Histories of Extreme Emission Line Galaxies at z~3.5 in the ZFOURGE Survey Jonathan Cohn , Joel Leja , Kim-Vy Tran , Ben Forrest , Ben Johnson E1.00002: Probing the debris disks of nearby stars with Fermi-LAT Alexander Riley , Louis Strigari , Troy Porter , Roger Blandford E1.00003: Transit Evolution of HD189733b Philip Lenzen , Richard Olenick , Arthur Sweeney E1.00004: A Uniform Set of DAV Atmospheric Parameters Josh Fuchs , Bart Dunlap , Chris Clemens , JJ Hermes , Jesus Meza , Patrick O'Brien Session E2 DGAC 1.102 B Maximum Capacity- 75 High Energy and Particle Physics II Chair: Walter Wilcox, Baylor University E2.00001: TBA Invited Speaker: Prof. Elena Caceres E2.00002: Holographic Complexity and Non-Commutative Guage Theory Josiah Couch , Stefan Eccles , Willy Fischler , Ming-Lei Xiao E2.00003: Dark Matter Annihilation into Four-Body Final States and Implications for the AMS Antiproton Excess Steven Clark E2.00004: Dark matter candidate with well-defined mass and couplings Roland Allen , Aritra Saha Session E3 DGAC 1.102 C Maximum Capacity- 75 SPS II Chair: Bob Glosser, University of Texas at Dallas E3.00001: The Optics of Lightguides for use in the NEXT-100 detector Ryan Clark E3.00002: Mammoth Mechanics Gissell Obregon , Jessica Davis , Paige Parliament , James Espinosa E3.00003: Recent observational constraints with figures of merit on the parameters of a variety of cosmological models, including some growth index parameterizations and comparisons using AIC and BIC methods Andrew Chang , Dr. Jacob Moldenhauer , Craig Nakutis E3.00004: Toward Better Human Robotic Systems Michael Lynn E3.00005: My summer as a software developer intern Crystal Brown Session E4 DGAC 1.128 Maximum Capacity- 30 Condensed Matter Physics II Chair: Mark Lee, University of Texas at Dallas E4.00001: Topological Triply-Degenerate Points Induced by Spin-Tensor-Momentum Couplings Haiping Hu , Junpeng Hou , Fan Zhang , Chuanwei Zhang E4.00002: Majorana Corner States of Topological Edge Superconductors Qiyue Wang , Fan Zhang E4.00003: Quantum Hall Charge Kondo Criticality Zhi-qiang Bao , Fan Zhang E4.00004: Nematic, Ferroelectric, Quantum Hall States in Odd-layer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Patrick Cheung , Fan Zhang E4.00005: Prediction of novel magnetic materials Saeed Rahmanian koshkaki , Artem Oganov , Saeed Rahmanian koshkaki , Qian Guang-Rui Session E5 DGAC 1.131 Maximum Capacity- 30 Space Physics II Chair: Jodi Cooley-Sekula, Southern Methodist University E5.00001: CubeSats in Space Science Russell Stoneback E5.00002: Bounce resonant scattering by magnetosonic waves -- diffusion coefficients and a parametric study Armando Maldonado , Lunjin Chen E5.00003: Stratospheric Organism and Radiation Analyzer Samuel A. Garcia Morelos , Fre'Etta Brooks , Steven Oliver , Alejandra Cruz , Diego Hernandez , Jaime Juarez , Reed Masek , Debora Mroczek , Dorian Pena , Kevin Portillo , Andrew Renshaw , Andrew Walker E5.00004: Modeling the Effects of Equatorial Ionospheric Disturbances on High Frequency Transmissions Through Ray Tracing. Matthew Proctor E5.00005: The Global Gravity Gradient Field of the Planet Mars Determined using a Spherical Harmonic Expansion and the Fourier Transform: A Comparative Analysis Juan Hinojosa Session E6 DGAC 1.135 Maximum Capacity- 30 Optics II Chair: Alex Zakhidov, Texas State Univ. San Marcos E6.00001: Tunable conducting oxide metasurface color filter Jinqiannan Zhang , Long Tao , Aleksei Anopchenko , Ho Wai Howard Lee E6.00002: Reflective photonic limiter based on a phase-changing material Rodion Kononchuk , Andrey Chabanov , Martin Hilario , Benmaas Jawdat , Brad Hoff , Vladimir Vasilyev , Nicholaos Limberopoulos , Ilya Vitebskiy E6.00003: Gate-tunable electromagnetically-induced transparency plasmonic modulator Long Tao , Aleksei Anopchenko , Jinqiannan Zhang , Sudip Gurung , Ho Wai Howard Lee E6.00004: Field-Effect Tunable Epsilon-Near-Zero Perfect Absorption Aleksei Anopchenko , Long Tao , Catherine Arndt , Ho Wai Howard Lee
5:30PM - 6:30PM	Poster Session (DGAC Texas Instruments Inspiration Hall) Session F1 DGAC 1.102 A Maximum Capacity- 100 Poster Session I Chair: Jason Slinker, University of Texas at Dallas F1.00001: Study on the Neurochemicals Affecting Psychological Chemical Imbalance Yoonah Lee , Peter S. Lee F1.00002: Comparing the Dynamics of Fake News and Real News on Social Media Parker Haggerty , Dr. Hana Dobrovolny F1.00003: Passive Tracking of a Solar Panel with Shape Memory Alloys Dillon Wester , Keeley Johnson , Angela Douglass F1.00004: Confirming an Accelerating Universe through Cosmological~Constraints Lindsey Rayborn F1.00005: Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table Shannon Perry , James Espinosa , Noah Pinto F1.00006: Simulating the Precession of Mercury Nathan Redmon , Lincoln Bhattarai , Pradeep Ojha , Krista Chanaritthichai , James Espinosa F1.00007: Investigating the Nature of Dwarf Spiral Galaxies Sachithra Weerasooriya , Jacqueline Dunn F1.00008: Anomalies of the 2017 Solar Eclipse David Winski , Alexandria Mendoza , Tyler Sanchez , Timothy Renfro , Wayne Keith , Matthew Huddleston F1.00009: Solar Wind Properties During High Speed Streams Mikayla Streetman , Taylor Crist , Lauren Daniels , Jocelin John , Hector Carranza , Ramon Lopez F1.00010: An Overview of Magnetopause Location's Dependence on Upstream Solar Wind Conditions Using Observational THEMIS Data Chris Sherrill , Chelsi Nelson , Torin Rose , James Zapp , Richard Bonde , Ramon Lopez F1.00011: Thermal Treatment Technique on Structural and Optical Properties of LaF3:Yb,Er Alan Perez , Yuanbing Mao , Madhab Pokhrel F1.00012: An Attempt to Understand the Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics of Microbes Michael Olaya , Nick Utley , Preet Sharma F1.00013: Ultrasensitive Detection of Neurotransmitters by Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Biosensing Applications Katia Ochoa , Kevin Bennet , Jonathan Tomshine , Seth Hara , Malcolm McIntosh , John Ciubuc , Emma Sundin , Chao Qiu , William Durrer , Michael Eastman , Felicia Manciu F1.00014: Tunable Surface Interactions in Adsorbing Polymer Solutions Sorour Hosseini , Marian Manciu F1.00015: Comparing Infection Parameters for Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Different Aged Cotton Rats Shaheer Khan , Hana Dobrovolny F1.00016: Characterizing the efficacy of anticancer drug treatment using mathematical models Hope Murphy , Elizabeth Sizemore , Anton Naumov , Hana Dobrovolny F1.00017: Viral transport mechanisms in the respiratory tract and their role in infection dynamics Hana Dobrovolny , Gilberto Gonzalez-Parra F1.00018: Computing osmotic permeabilities of aquaporins AQP4, AQP5, and GlpF from near-equilibrium simulations Thierry Wambo , Roberto Rodriguez , Liao Chen F1.00019: Multigene Delivery and Gene-selective Imaging with Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Md Tanvir Hasan , Elizabeth Sizemore , Lynn Kirkpatrick , Anton Naumov F1.00020: Exploring the Use of Graphene Oxide as Imaging/Sensing/Delivery Platform Elizabeth Sizemore , M.T. Hasan , G. Akkaraju , A.V. Naumov F1.00021: The inverse and direct Hofmeister series of Hen egg lysozyme at pH below isoelectric point (pI) as seen by SAXS Pawan Koirala , Jose L. Banuelos F1.00022: Effects of Membrane Protein nAChR on Phase-Separated Model Membranes Jigesh Patel F1.00023: A Study of the Physical and Chemical Stabilization of the DNA Molecule Due to the DNA Mutation Michelle Paik Kwon , Richard Kyung F1.00024: Biophysical and Material Analysis of the Anesthetic Needles to Reduce Nerve Tissue Damage Yongjae Ryu , Yeonghyeon Lee , Jae Suk Park F1.00025: Kepler K2 Observations and Modelling of Algol-type binary KIC201325017 John Jones , Richard Olenick , Arthur Sweeney F1.00026: Corrections imposed by the Schwarzschild spacetime on the parameter space and bound debris of tidal disruption events Juan Servin , Michael Kesden F1.00027: Statistical Analysis for Finding the Shape of a Glowing Object Zakary Noel , Suzanne Wheeler , Gabbrianna Escamilla , Daniel Dove , Cristian Bahrim F1.00028: 2-D Hybrid Model to Study Flow Curvature Effect on Low Frequency Plasma Turbulence S Sen , D Lin , W Scales , M Goldstein F1.00029: Use of Propyl Sulfonic Acid Functionalized Silica to diminish the dehydration of CsH2PO4 at superprotonic transitions phase temperatures Israel Martinez , Cristian Botez , Juan Leal , Alex Price , Andrea Montgomery , Sonam Lhamo F1.00030: Scalable single step perovskite deposition technique for optoelectronic device fabrication Mehedhi Hasan , Swaminathan Venkatesan , Junyoung Kim , Nader Rady , Sandeep Sohal , Eric Neier , Yan Yao , Alex Zakhidov F1.00031: Conductivity of CsH2PO4 and SiO2 composites under ambient and humid conditions over time Sonam Lhamo , Andrea Montgomery , Israel Martinez , Juan Leal , Alex Price , Cristian Botez F1.00032: Neutrosophic Duplet Structures Florentin Smarandache
7:00PM - 8:30PM	Dinner and Keynote Presentation (Renaissance Hotel- Richardson/ Dallas)
	Chair: Jason Slinker, University of Texas at Dallas Session G1: Fancy Meeting You Here: Exotic Particles Lurking in Ordinary Crystals G1.00001: Fancy Meeting You Here: Exotic Particles Lurking in Ordinary Crystals Keynote Speaker: Prof. Allan MacDonald

Saturday, October 21, 2017

8:00AM - 3:00PM	Registration/ Check-In (DGAC Texas Instruments Inspiration Hall)
8:30AM - 10:00AM	Plenary Session (DGAC- Main Ballroom) Chair: Michael Kesden, University of Texas at Dallas H1.00001: The Physics & Chemistry of Molecular Imaging Invited Speaker: Dean Sherry H1.00002: Mars 2020 Mission Overview and the Importance of Planetary Protection Invited Speaker: Dr. Moogega Stricker
10:00AM - 10:30AM	Beverage Break (DGAC Texas Instruments Inspiration Hall)
10:30AM - 12:15PM	Workshops Session J1 JSOM 11.206 Maximum Capacity- 100 Workshop: Uncertainty Principle in the High School Classroom Chair: Kenric Davies, Liberty High School, Plano J1.00001: Uncertainty Principle in the High School Classroom Invited Speaker: Kenric Davies Session J2 SLC 1.205 Workshop: A Study of Reflection and Refraction Chair: Randy Back, University of Texas at Tyler J2.00001: A Study of Reflection and Refraction Randy Back , Regan Beckham Session J3 JSOM 11.210 Maximum Capacity- 100 Workshop: Put your physics degree to work with the AIP Career Toolbox Chair: Toni Sauncy, Texas Lutheran University J3.00001: Put your physics degree to work with The AIP Career Toolbox Toni Sauncy
10:30AM - 11:55AM	Concurrent Sessions Session K1 DGAC 1.102 A Astro III Chair: Jennifer Marshall, Texas A&M University K1.00001: Gravitational waves, LIGO, and Virgo Invited Speaker: Benjamin Owen K1.00002: Explaining LIGO’s observations via isolated binary evolution with natal kicks Michael Kesden , Daniel Wysocki , Davide Gerosa , Richard O’Shaughnessy , Krzysztof Belczynski , Wojciech Gladysz , Emanuele Berti , Daniel Holz K1.00003: Cosmological Distance Measurements using the Expanding Photosphere Method on Stripped Core SNe Ryan Staten K1.00004: Cosmological distance measurement of 12 low $z$ IIP Supernovae using Expanding Photosphere Method Govinda Dhungana , Robert Kehoe K1.00005: Photometric Redshift Estimation of Astrophysical Objects Using Machine Learning Nathan Steinle K1.00006: Identifying Satellites of the LMC Peter Chi Session K2 DGAC 1.102 B Particle III Chair:Joe Izen, University of Texas at Dallas K2.00001: The Higgs Boson's Most Favorite Thing Is Beautiful Invited Speaker: Stephen Sekula K2.00002: Muon Neutrino Disappearance Measurements at MINOS+ Will Flanagan K2.00003: Searching for 1$+$3 Sterile Neutrinos with IceCube Timothy Watson , Ben Jones K2.00004: The search for high mass WIMPs at SuperCDMS Soudan Robert Calkins K2.00005: The LArIAT Experiment and Deep Learning Particle Classification Dalton Sessumes K2.00006: Fast Data Readout with Microcontrollers For High Energy Physics Akshat Tripathi Session K3 DGAC 1.102 Materials Science II Chair: Bing Lv, University of Texas at Dallas K3.00001: Modulation of Photoluminescence of Monolayer MoS$_{\mathrm{2}}$ Zhenrong Zhang , Blake Birmingham , Jiantan Yuan , Matthias Filez Filez , Donglong Fu , Jun Lou , Jonathan Hu , Bert Weckhuysen K3.00002: Magneto-Optical Faraday Effect in NiO and NiFeO Thin Films Brian Collier , Wilhelmus Geerts , Ahad Talukder , James Nick Talbert , Aaron Medina , Andres Oliva K3.00003: Photogenerated charge transfer between conducting polymer and oxide L.N.S. Murthy , L. Xu , T.B Daunis , J.W.P Hsu , F.Y Cao , Y.J Cheng K3.00004: All-Oxide Ga$_{\mathrm{2}}$O$_{\mathrm{3}}$-NiO$_{\mathrm{x}}$ PN Junction Diodes Enabled by Tunable Electrical and Optical Properties of Nickel Oxide (NiO$_{\mathrm{x}})$ and Gallium Oxide (Ga$_{\mathrm{2}}$O$_{\mathrm{3}})$ Thin Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition at Room Temperature Maria Isabel Pintor Monroy , Bayron Lennin Murillo-Borjas , Diego Barrera , Julia W.P. Hsu , Husam N. Alshareef , Manuel A. Quevedo-Lopez K3.00005: Large crystal growth, physical properties, and doping studies of SnSe2 Hanlin Wu , Sheng Li , Bing Lv K3.00006: Fabrication and Structural - Optical Characterization of BTO : MAPbX Nanocomposites for Solar Cell Applications Daniel Morales , Chaminda Hettiarachchi K3.00007: Hexagonal boron nitride particles for determining the thermal conductivity of diamond films based on near-ultraviolet micro-Raman mapping Brian Squires , B Logan Hancock , Mohammad Nazari , Jonathan Anderson , Edwin Piner , Mark Holtz Session K4 DGAC 1.128 Biophysics and Soft Matter Physics I Chair: Wei Chen, University of Texas at Arlington K4.00001: Contrast-enhanced imaging at earth's magnetic field Alan Zanders , Qing Wang , Peter Niedbalski , Lloyd Lumata K4.00002: The stability and reactivity of the DNP-NMR polarizing agents galvinoxyl, DPPH, 4-oxo-TEMPO, and trityl OX063 Luke Jeremiah Davis , Peter Niedbalski , Lloyd Lumata K4.00003: Development of Instrumentation and Metrology for Low Magnetic Field Bio-Imaging Susana Beltran , Joshua Biller , Karl Stupic , John Moreland K4.00004: Mechanical Feedback in the \textit{Drosophila melanogaster} Embryo: Robustness and Intercellular Coordination Michael Holcomb, Guo-Jie Gao, Jeffrey Thomas, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz K4.00005: Modelling Spread of Oncolytic Viruses in Heterogeneous Cell Populations Hana Dobrovolny K4.00006: Ultrasensitive Detection of Dopamine by Combined Theoretical and Experimental Raman Studies Felicia Manciu K4.00007: Label-free Raman Imaging to Monitor Breast Tumor Signatures John Ciubuc , Giulio Francia , Karla Parra , Marian Manciu , Emma Sundin , Kevin Bennet , Felicia Manciu Session K5 DGAC 1.131 Nanoscience Chair: Lunjin Chen, University of Texas at Dallas K5.00001: Digital Atomic Scale Fabrication John Randall K5.00002: Effects of Nickel, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes, and Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes/Nickel Nanoparticles on Power Production and Wastewater Treatment of Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) Diana Beltran , Jia Liu K5.00003: Origins and Applications of the Optical Properties of Graphene Derivatives Anton Naumov , Md. Tanvir Hasan , Elizabeth Sizemore , Conor Ryan , Thomas Paz K5.00004: Electrical switching, loop hysteresis and charge oscillation in VO$_{\mathrm{\mathbf{2}}}$\textbf{ micro-channel devices} Milinda Pattanayak , Nadim Hoque , Zhaoyang Fan , Ayrton Bernussi K5.00005: New Analytical Approach in Lattice QCD Matrices Travis Whyte , Suman Baral , Walter Wilcox Session K6 DGAC 1.135 Nuclear Physics I Chair: Sally Hicks, University of Dallas K6.00001: Characterization of ParTI Phoswiches Using Charged Pion Beams Emily Churchman , Andrew Zarrella , Michael Youngs , Sherry Yennello K6.00002: Transition Metal Doping Reveals Link between Electron $T_{\mathrm{1}}$ Reduction and $^{\mathrm{13}}$C Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Efficiency Peter Niedbalski , Christopher Parish , Qing Wang , Zahra Hayati , Likai Song , Andre Martins , A. Dean Sherry , Lloyd Lumata K6.00003: Magnetic Field Dependent Lifetimes of Hyperpolarized Carboxyl $^{\mathrm{13}}$C at Cryogenic Temperatures Peter Niedbalski , Qing Wang , Christopher Parish , Fatemeh Khashami , Andhika Kiswandhi , Lloyd Lumata K6.00004: $D^{0}$-Hadron Correlations in Azimuth and Pseudorapidity in Au+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 200$ GeV Alexander Jentsch K6.00005: Beautiful Measurements: Heavy-Flavor Electrons in ALICE at the LHC Erin Gauger Session K7 DGAC 1.117 AAPT I Chair: Xiaoyan Shi, University of Texas at Dallas K7.00001: Physics Online: PHYS 1405 Jennifer Parsons K7.00002: Physics 1405 Project Thomas O'Kuma , Bernard Fongang , Evan Richards , Stephanie Ingle K7.00003: Teaching Graduate Electrodynamics Interactively: A Report from the Trenches David Donnelly K7.00004: Solving Problem Solving Evan Richards K7.00005: A Low Cost XRF Lab For Undergraduate And High School Students Daniel Marble K7.00006: Bead on a Spinning Hoop - Theory and Experiment Andra Petrean K7.00007: Examining the factors that impact group work effectiveness in studio physics Melanie Schroers , Robynne Lock , William Newton Session K8 JSOM 1.212 General Physics II Chair: Bob Glosser, University of Texas at Dallas K8.00001: Introducing the Light Guitar Russell Stoneback K8.00002: Investigating the Applications of Chaotic Oscillators Paul Boulet K8.00003: Promoting Better Conclusions in Introductory Physics Laboratories Douglas Young K8.00004: Correlation of strain and quantum corrections to resistance in very thin films of $SrTiO_{3-\delta } $ on Si through X-ray diffraction measurements John Miracle , Dean Koehne , Ryan Cottier , Daniel Currie , Nikoleta Theodoropoulou K8.00005: Quantum corrections to the conductivity of epitaxial grown $SrTiO_{3} $ film on Si Dean Koehne , Ryan Cottier , Daniel Currie , John Miracle , Craig Swartz , Nikoleta Theodoropoulou K8.00006: Negative Drag Coefficient in Electrostatic Pendulum Jose Hernandez , Karl Stephan
12:00AM - 1:15AM	Poster Session II Set-Up
12:15PM - 1:30PM	Lunch Break (Take Your Pick Of On-Campus Dining Options)
1:30PM - 2:30PM	Poster Session II (DGAC Texas Instruments Inspiration Hall) Session L1 Poster Session II Chair: Jason Slinker, University of Texas at Dallas L1.00001: Superconductivity in Ta-doped Zr5Ge3 System Varun Anand , Sheng Li , Xiaoyuan Liu , Bing Lv L1.00002: Superconductivity in Ta-doped Zr$_{\mathrm{5}}$Ge$_{\mathrm{3}}$ System Varun Anand , Sheng Li , Xiaoyuan Liu , Bing Lv L1.00003: Study of the Suppression of Kondo-effect by Strong 3d host Magnetism in Sm1-x-yGdxCeyMn2Ge2 Series Gan Liang L1.00004: Determination of Valence State of Transition metal ions in Li(Fe, M)PO4 (M $=$ Cr, Ni, Ti, Cd, and V) Cathode Materials Gan Liang , Hui Fang , Mark Croft , Lu-Lu Zhang L1.00005: Photoconductive response of ammonium nitrate crystals support on silica nanospring mats Lyndon Bastatas , Elena Echeverria-Mora , Aaron Austin , David McIlroy L1.00006: Accelerating Undergraduate Research with GPU Computing Chris Curry , Bryan Hollingsworth , Weston Kimbro , Bobby Garza , Leika Otero L1.00007: Building K--12 Teacher Conceptual Physics Understanding and Teaching Toolkits through Long-Term Professional Development Mary Urquhart L1.00008: Differences in cognitive ability and academic motivation among three institutions Amanda Benson , Michael Greene , Ramon Lopez L1.00009: VIGOR: Virtual Interaction with Gravitational Waves to Observe Relativity Monisha Elumalai , Midori Kitagawa , Michael Kesden , Ngoc Tran , Thulasi Swamipillai , Mary Urquhart , Roger Malina L1.00010: Maximum Entropy Methods in Survival Analysis Joscelyne Guzman , Sorour Hosseini , Marian Manciu L1.00011: Topological photonic orbital angular momentum switch Xi-Wang Luo , Chuanwei Zhang , Guang-Can Guo , Zheng-Wei Zhou L1.00012: First-Principles Investigation of Isolated Ultra-Thin Noble-Metal Polyhedral Nanowires Sean Mullins , Xochitl Lopez-Lozano L1.00013: Theoretical Investigations, Structure, and the Ring-Puckering Vibration of 3-Oxabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane Lauren A. Wieding , Esther J. Ocola , Jaan Laane L1.00014: Constraining Cosmological Parameters with CosmoMC and CAMB: Dark Energy and the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe Logan Fox L1.00015: Self-consistent Simulation of Microparticle and Ion Wakefield Configuration Dustin Sanford , Naoki Ellis , Beau Brooks , Lorin Matthews , Truell Hyde L1.00016: Antihydrogen Atom Formation via Capturing of Positron by Antiproton Beam Traveling Through Electron-Positron Plasma Cat Tran , Carlos Ordonez L1.00017: Visualizing Non-Linear Dynamical Systems in Virtual Reality (VR) Bryan Hollingsworth , Weston Kimbro , Chris Curry L1.00018: Geant4 simulation of protons hitting different body materials and obtaining of the sensibility for gamma ray detectors Omar Hernandez Rodriguez , Selim Romero , Jorge Lopez , Jason Holmes L1.00019: Geant4 simulator for gamma collimator to obtain the requirements of a measuring device and to track them Selim Romero , Omar Hernandez , Jorge Lopez , Jason Holmes L1.00020: Effect of Gravity on Quasi-bound States of Antihydrogen Nathan Floyd L1.00021: Creating a Wave-Powered Robot Christina Nissen , Alexandria Trevino , Ryan Benner L1.00022: Applications of Silicon Photomultipliers, from Particle to Biomedical Physics Alejandro Ramirez , Xinran Li L1.00023: A Study of Efficiencies of Nano Molecules Used in Organic Solar Cells as Electron Acceptors Yun Jin Jeong , Richard Kyung L1.00024: Two-photon flow cytometer with non-diffracting beams Andres Reyes , Yu Ding , Aurelio Paez , Chunqiang Li L1.00025: Pump-probe spectroscopic studies of surface plasmon resonance of gold nanorods Angela Angela , Yu Ding , Chunqiang Li L1.00026: Testing Fiber Tips for Use in Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Brynna Neff , Khant Minn , Blake Birmingham , Zack Liege , Howard Lee , Zhenrong Zhang L1.00027: Testing the suitability of a newly engineered smart substrate (VYO4: Er$+$3, Yb$+$3, @Nd$+$3 nanoparticles) for future remote temperature sensing experiments Kassie Marble , Zachary Coker , Vladislav Yakovlev L1.00028: Electrical Characterization of Thin Films Chandler Hutton , Ahad Talukder , Nick Talbert , Wilhelmus Geerts L1.00029: Nanoscale Complexity in Room Temperature Ionic Liquid Mixtures: New Properties for Advanced Applications Carlos Cuellar , Jose Banuelos L1.00030: Unravelling Defects in Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cell Structures Christian Saiz , Luis Martinez , Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni L1.00031: Measuring M-dwarf Metallicity through Spectroscopy of Common Proper Motion Binaries at Optical Wavelengths Joshua Stenzel , Jennifer Marshall , Daniel Nagasawa , Luke Schmidt , Tristan Tipton , Ting Li L1.00032: From Catalysts to Elwenspoek Fuadi Rasyid
2:15PM - 4:15PM	Workshops Session M1 SLC 1.205 More Modern Physics Trina Cannon, Physics Teaching Resource Agents and Eastfield College Session M2 SLC 1.206 Cartoon Physics: Elementary/Middle School Edition Kenric Davies, Physics Teaching Resource Agents and Liberty High School (Frisco, TX)
2:30PM – 3:30PM	Concurrent Sessions Session N1 DGAC 1.102 A Astro IV Chair: Lindsay King, University of Texas at Dallas N1.00001: Astrophysical searches for particle dark matter Invited Speaker: Louis Strigari N1.00002: Astrophysical J-Factors for Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite Galaxies Andrew Pace , Louis Strigari N1.00003: Dwarf Satellite Galaxies in the Dark Energy Survey Jennifer Marshall N1.00004: Chemical Abundance Measurements of Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies Discovered by the Dark Energy Survey Daniel Nagasawa , Jennifer Marshall , Joshua Simon , Terese Hansen , Ting Li , Rebecca Bernstein , Eduardo Balbinot , Alex Drlica-Wagner , Andrew Pace , Louis Strigari , Craig Pellegrino , Darren DePoy , Nicholas Suntzeff , Keith Bechtol Session N2 DGAC 1.102 B Particle IV Chair: Joe Izen, University of Texas at Dallas N2.00001: Fluctuations of net-particle distributions in Pb-Pb collisions measured with the ALICE detector at the LHC Surya Prakash Pathak N2.00002: Fluctuations of net-Lambda distributions in Au+Au collisions measured as a function of collision energy with the STAR detector at RHIC Nalinda Kulathunga N2.00003: Using Defect Creation for Directional Sensitivity and Dark Matter Signal Discrimination in Phonon-Mediated Detectors Fedja Kadribasic N2.00004: Characterization of a High-Sensitivity Radon Emanation System Daniel Jardin, Ray Bunker N2.00005: Effect of radiation and temperature on resonance properties of polyurethane-coated wire bonds Yenho Chen, Joe Izen Session N3 DGAC 1.102 C Condensed Matter Physics III Chair: Alex Zakhidov, Texas State Univ. San Marcos N3.00001: A Preliminary Study of Frenkel Defects from SuperCDMS Soudan Matthew Stein N3.00002: Physical characterization of chemically-doped YFe$_{\mathrm{2}}$Ge$_{\mathrm{2}}$ compounds at different Y, Fe and Ge sites Laxmi Risal , Sheng Li , Bing Lv N3.00004: Doping studies and superconductivity in Ru-doped Zr$_{\mathrm{5}}$Ge$_{\mathrm{3}}$ system Xiaoyuan Liu , Sheng Li , Varun Anand , Bing Lv N3.00005: Automation and Multiplexing of Picoamp Current Measurements of Single Molecule Devices Nolan King , Kuo-Yao Lin , Jason Slinker Session N4 DGAC 1.128 Biophysics II/Atomic Molecular & Optical Physics I Chair: Kuei Sun, University of Texas at Dallas N4.00001: Decoupling Entropy and Energy in the Partition Function of Grafted Polymers: some Mean-Field Results Marian Manciu N4.00002: Analysis of Serotonin Molecules on Silver Nanocolloids -- a Raman Computational and Experimental Study Emma Sundin , John Ciubuc , Kevin Bennet , Felicia Manciu N4.00003: Improving Performance of an Analog Electronic Device Using Quantum Error Correction Corey Ostrove , Brian La Cour , S. Andrew Lanham , Granville Ott N4.00004: Super-quasicrystal stripe phases in optical superlattices with Raman-assisted tunneling Junpeng Hou , Haiping Hu , Kuei Sun , Chuanwei Zhang N4.00005: What is the Lone Star question? Suzy Lidstrom , Roland Allen Session N5 DGAC 1.131 Particle Physics VI Chair: Steve Sekula, Southern Methodist University N5.00001: Progress towards barium daughter tagging in $Xe^{136}$ decay using single molecule fluorescence imaging Austin McDonald N5.00002: Development of the GEM Detector for Medical Imaging Monica Avila , Jaehoon Yu , Jin Mingwu , Thomas Bates N5.00003: R{\&}D Toward Ton-Scale HPGXe Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Experiments Leslie Rogers N5.00004: Proton Calorimetry Study on the LArIAT Experiment Zachary Williams N5.00005: Charged Current Coherent Pion Production detection with a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Ilker Parmaksiz Session N6 DGAC 1.135 Nuclear Physics II Chair: Sally Hicks, University of Dallas N6.00001: Measuring Jet-like Hadron-$\phi$(1020) Correlations in p-Pb Collisions with ALICE at the LHC Justin Blair N6.00002: Phenomenological models of dihadron correlations on transverse rapidity from charged hadron production in Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV Lanny Ray , Alex Jentsch N6.00003: Polysilicon Thin Film Amplifiers for Charged Particles Detectors Carlos Avila-Avendano , Israel Mejia , Luis Reyes , Sergiy Rozhdestvenskyy , Christopher Pham , Bruce Gnade , Manuel Quevedo-Lopez N6.00004: The $^{\mathrm{13}}$C($\alpha , n)^{\mathrm{16}}$O reaction and the effect of 1/2$^{\mathrm{+}}$ threshold level on its astrophysical $S$-factor FNU Shubhchintak , A. M. Mukhamedzhanov , C. A. Bertulani Session N7 JSOM 1.117 Physics Education Chair: Lunjin Chen, University of Texas at Dallas N7.00001: Development and Initial Deployment of a Graphic Editor for GlowScript VPython Hunter Close , Cody Blakeney , Michael Dube , Elliot Hauser , Brian Marks N7.00002: Initial Observations of Student Use of GlowScript Blocks in Introductory Mechanics Kushal Das , Aaron Collins , Hunter Close N7.00003: A metric for measuring the constancy of item response curves Paul Walter N7.00004: Vertical Course Alignment between Introductory Physics and Sophomore Engineering Courses Jonathan Perry , Tatiana Erukhimova , William Bassichis N7.00005: Scaffolded Training Environment for Physics Programming (STEPP) Midori Kitagawa , Micheal Kesden , Paul Finshwick , Mary Urquhart , Rosanna Guadagno Session N8 JSOM 1.212 SPS III Chair: Bob Glosser, University of Texas at Dallas N8.00001: Demonstrating Transitions between Chaos and Order in Chua's Circuit Edward Hamilton, Luke Grosh N8.00002: Comparing models with new data sets Craig Nakutis N8.00003: Investigation of Multilayers for Magnetic Thermometry using Micro-Magnetic Computer Simulations Nicholas Terranova N8.00004: Electric Field Simulations for Proto-DUNE Field Cage Components Mathew Rapp N8.00005: Investigation of Profiles Scales in Reducing the Uncertainty in the Theoretical Predictions of Thrust Campbell Saint-Vincent , Calvin Berggren
2:30PM - 4:45PM	Physics Careers in Academia, Industry, Military, and Patent Law Moderator: Kat Barger, Texas Christian University
3:15PM - 3:45PM	Break
3:45PM - 4:45PM	Concurrent Sessions V
5:00PM - 5:45PM	Why bacteria care about things you learned in your classical mechanics class Dr. Vernita Gordon (UT Austin)
5:45PM - 6:00PM	Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks