Posters II: Condensed Matter, Materials Science, Education, Gravitation, Plasma, Nuclear, Climate Science, and Other Physics (10:30AM - 12:00PM)

Presentations

• Minimizing Surface Dielectric Loss in Superconducting Devices

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  Presenters

  • Nimisha Sivaraman

    UC Berkeley

  Authors

  • Nimisha Sivaraman

    UC Berkeley

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• Mean First-Passage Dynamics in Complex Networks: Braess-Type Transitions and Perturbative Spectral Estimators

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  Presenters

  • Ishan M Joshi

    University of Pennsylvania

  Authors

  • Ishan M Joshi

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Maggie Liu

    University of Pennsylvania

  • Arnold Mathijssen

    University of Pennsylvania

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• Hybrid carbon nanotube/polyoxometalate thin film devices exhibit neuromorphic electrical behavior

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  Presenters

  • Jemma Simpson

    California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

  Authors

  • Jemma Simpson

    California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

  • Ciara Kingham

    California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

  • Marissa Dierkes

    Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington

  • Natalie Plank

    Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington

  • Colleen A Marlow

    California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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• Ultrafast Pump-Probe Experiment for Quantum Materials

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  Presenters

  • Kaitlyn Liang

    Santa Clara University

  Authors

  • Ranya L Zhang

    Santa Clara University

  • Kaitlyn Liang

    Santa Clara University

  • Shuzhi Zhu

    Santa Clara University

  • Shan Wu

    Santa Clara University

  • Christopher P Weber

    Santa Clara University

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• Raman Spectroscopy of Atomically Thin Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

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  Presenters

  • Charity Wei

    San Jose State University

  Authors

  • Charity Wei

    San Jose State University

  • Logan S Miller

    San Jose State University

  • Korede I Solagbade

    San Jose State University

  • Christopher L Smallwood

    San Jose State University

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• Building a Magneto-optical Kerr Microscope by Modifying a Polarizing Microscope

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  Presenters

  • Andrew F Le Blanc

    California State University, Long Beach

  Authors

  • Andrew F Le Blanc

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Jiyeong Gu

    California State University, Long Beach

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• Transformer Quantum States: Principles, Sampling, and Constraints

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  Presenters

  • Spandan J Suthar

    California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

  Authors

  • Spandan J Suthar

    California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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• Temperature-Dependent Spectroscopy of Atomically Thin Semiconductors

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  Presenters

  • Andre Li

    San Jose State University

  Authors

  • Andre Li

    San Jose State University

  • Luke Randhawa

    San Jose State University

  • Ayane Gomi

    San Jose State University

  • Brianna Zheng

    San Jose State University

  • Christopher L Smallwood

    San Jose State University

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• Tuning Magnetic Phases Via Hydrostatic Pressure in Kondo Lattice Antiferromagnet CeNiAsO

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  Presenters

  • Ariel Mazor

    Santa Clara University

  Authors

  • Ariel Mazor

    Santa Clara University

  • Yongkang Luo

    Huazhong University of Science & Technology

  • Benjamin A Frandsen

    Brigham Young University

  • Robert J Birgeneau

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Roustem Khassanov

    PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Science

  • Shan Wu

    Santa Clara University

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• Development of an ODMR-based Quantum Sensing Device

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  Presenters

  • Emanuel Soto Suarez

    California State University of San Bernardino

  Authors

  • Emanuel Soto Suarez

    California State University of San Bernardino

  • Alex G Gauthier

    California State University San Bernardino

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• Competing Charge and Magnetic Order in Fe_1/3NbS₂

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  Presenters

  • Shuzhi Zhu

    Santa Clara University

  Authors

  • Shuzhi Zhu

    Santa Clara University

  • Jun-Sik Lee

    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Vivek Thampy

    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Alex Frano

    University of California, San Diego

  • Rourav Basak

    University of California, San Diego

  • Shan Wu

    Santa Clara University

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• Lattice Dynamics Study in Noncentrosymmetric Antiferromagnet

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  Presenters

  • Maura Kragelund

    Santa Clara University

  Authors

  • Maura Kragelund

    Santa Clara University

  • Shan Wu

    Santa Clara University

  • Shiyu Fan

    Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

  • Yong Qiang Cai

    Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

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• Proximity-Induced Electronic and Magnetic Effects in Phthalocyanine/Graphene/h-BN Heterostructures

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  Publication: Anise Mansour, et. al., "Restoration of weak localization in bilayer graphene by a molecular thin film", submitted August 2025 to Physical Review Materials

  Presenters

  • Eric Corona-Oceguera

    California State University Long Beach

  Authors

  • Eric Corona-Oceguera

    California State University Long Beach

  • Anise E Mansour

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Deanna Diaz

    California State University Long Beach

  • Movindu Kawshan Dissanayake Dissanayake Mudiyanselage

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Erin Henkhaus

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Jungyoun Cho

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Vinh Tran

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Francisco Ramirez

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Joshua Ariel Luna

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Kenta Kodama

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Yueyun Chen

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Ho L Chan

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Jacob Weber

    California State University Long Beach

  • Blake Koford

    Auburn University

  • Maya H Martinez

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Kenji Watanabe

    National Institute for Materials Science

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    National Institute for Materials Science

  • Matthew H Mecklenburg

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Thomas Gredig

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Claudia Ojeda-Aristizabal

    California State University, Long Beach

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• Stacked 2D Materials For Temporal Gating of Ion Transport Through Nanopores with both DC and AC Gate Voltage

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  Presenters

  • Matthew Schiel

    University of California, Irvine

  Authors

  • Matthew Schiel

    University of California, Irvine

  • Ethan Cao

    University of California, Irvine

  • Aaron H Barajas-Aguilar

    University of California, Irvine

  • DaVante Cain

    University of California, Irvine

  • Javier D Sanchez-Yamagishi

    University of California, Irvine

  • Zuzanna S. Siwy

    University of California, Irvine

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• Tight Binding Study of Multilayer Graphene With Arbitrary Stacking

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  Presenters

  • Fred Sun

    BASIS Independent Silicon Valley

  Authors

  • Fred Sun

    BASIS Independent Silicon Valley

  • Jia-An Yan

    Towson Uninversity

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• The alignment of silver nanowires under the influence of surfactant

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  Presenters

  • Ildoo Kim

    Konkuk University

  Authors

  • Ildoo Kim

    Konkuk University

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• AI-DINO: Artificial Intelligence for the Dynamic Imaging of Nanoscale Objects

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  Presenters

  • Cecilia Sommerfield

    University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Cecilia Sommerfield

    University of California, San Diego

  • Nina Andrejevic

    Argonne National Laboratory

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• Ab-Initio Investigation of the Interfacial Electronic Properties of a 2D Graphene-MoTe₂ Heterostructure

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  Presenters

  • Ilias Mylonakos

    San Jose State University

  Authors

  • Santosh KC

    San Diego State University

  • Ilias Mylonakos

    San Jose State University

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• Programmable and Reconfigurable Self-assembly of Light-responsive Microparticles

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  Presenters

  • Elijah N Gibson

    California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Elijah N Gibson

    California State University, Fullerton

  • Arlene Heredia

    California State University, Fullerton

  • Jose Lopez-Ceja

    California State University, Fullerton

  • Nabila Tanjeem

    California State University, Fullerton

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• Defect Engineering in hBN Micropowder for Electrochemistry and Energy Storage

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  Presenters

  • Christian R Barker

    California State University, San Bernardino

  Authors

  • Christian R Barker

    California State University, San Bernardino

  • Enrique Contreras

    California State University of San Bernardino

  • Youngmin M Kim

    California State University of San Bernardino

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• Controlled Dilution of Copper Spins in Phthalocyanine Thin Films for Electron Paramagnetic Resonance

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  Presenters

  • Alexander Goytia Fajardo

    California State University, Long Beach

  Authors

  • Alexander Goytia Fajardo

    California State University, Long Beach

  • Emmy Freudenrich

    Ohio State University

  • Robert Claasen

    Ohio State University

  • Ezekiel Johnston Halperin

    Ohio State University

  • Thomas Gredig

    Department of Physics & Astronomy, California State University Long Beach

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• Λ-proton elastic scattering using inclusively produced beams

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  Presenters

  • Kaishuu Tanaka

    California State University, Dominguez Hills

  Authors

  • Kaishuu Tanaka

    California State University, Dominguez Hills

  • Athena V Tran

    California State University, Dominguez Hills

  • John W Price

    California State University, Dominguez Hills

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• Ab-Initio Investigation of the Interfacial Electronic Properties of a 2D Graphene-MoTe₂ Heterostructure

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  Presenters

  • Ilias Mylonakos

    San Jose State University

  Authors

  • Ilias Mylonakos

    San Jose State University

  • Santosh KC

    San Diego State University

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• Interactive Applets for Theoretical Mechanics

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  Presenters

  • Nathan Nguyen

    Harvey Mudd College

  Authors

  • Nathan Nguyen

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Michael M Mumo

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Brian Y Shuve

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Isabel Vanessa Godoy

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Kanalu Monaco

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Ashley Kim

    Harvey Mudd College

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• Investigation of Electron-Ion Relaxation in Fast Electron-Driven Solid-Density Copper Using XFEL imaging

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  Presenters

  • Shruti Gulihar

    University of Nevada, Reno

  Authors

  • Shruti Gulihar

    University of Nevada, Reno

  • Hiroshi Sawada

    University of Nevada, Reno

  • Toshinori Yabuuchi

    Japan Synchrotron Radiation Institute (JSRI)

  • Naoki Higashi

    Institute of Laser Engineering, The university of Osaka, Osaka, Japan

  • Koki Kawasaki

    Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University

  • Daisuke Tanaka

    Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University

  • Tomoyuki Idesaka

    Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University

  • Keisuke Shigemori

    Osaka University

  • Chandra Breanne Curry

    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Mungo Frost

    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Natsumi Iwata

    Osaka University

  • Keiichi Sueda

    RIKEN

  • Suxing Hu

    University of Rochester

  • Siegfried H Glenzer

    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Andreas J Kemp

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Yuan Ping

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Tomoyuki Johzaki

    Hiroshima Univ

  • Atsushi Sunahara

    Blue Laser Fusion Inc.

  • Yasuhiko Sentoku

    Osaka University

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• A Hall Effect-Based Sap Flow Measurement System for Optimized Irrigation

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  Publication: Research presentation and online publication on the ISEF Project Board, sponsored by Jacobs, at the 2024 International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), Los Angeles, CA, organized by the Society for Science.

  Presenters

  • Harrison Cho

    Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Harrison Cho

    Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Relationship between Plasmodium falciparum protein structure and inhibitory signal induction of immune cells

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  Presenters

  • Kira Collins

    University of California Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Kira Collins

    University of California Santa Barbara

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• Investigating the collective motion of nematodes (Turbatrix aceti) inside a flexible boundary​

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  • Christina M Ceballos

    California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Christina M Ceballos

    California State University, Fullerton

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• Harnessing the collective motion of the Nematode, T. aceti to generate on demand rotational fluid flows

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  Presenters

  • Ashley Lynn Robinson

    California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Ashley Lynn Robinson

    California State University, Fullerton

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• Automatic Generation of the Interaction Beads of a Distributed Multipole Analysis Model of a Macromolecule

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  Presenters

  • Nathan Espina

    Department of Computer Science, California State University, Dominguez Hills

  Authors

  • Nathan Espina

    Department of Computer Science, California State University, Dominguez Hills

  • Christopher Dedman Rollet

    Department of Computer Science, California State University, Dominguez Hills

  • Apostol Gramada

    Department of Physics, California State University, Dominguez Hills

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• Photon Fission via Artificial Gravitational Fields: A Novel Mechanism for Spacecraft Propulsion

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  Presenters

  • Gh. Saleh

    Saleh Research Centre

  Authors

  • Gh. Saleh

    Saleh Research Centre

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• Investigating how the collective motion of Turabtrix Aceti propagates inside viscous fluids

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  Presenters

  • Chris Nguyen

    California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Chris Nguyen

    California State University, Fullerton

  • Abigail A Walston

    Cal Poly Pomona

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• Phase Transition in The Collective State of the Nematode T. Aceti

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  Presenters

  • Rommell Pennell

    UC Merced

  Authors

  • Rommell Pennell

    UC Merced

  • Anton Peshkov

    California State University, Fullerton

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• Analysis of Pathogen Detection using Macroscopic Fluorescence from DNA Stains on Bacterial Solution Drops

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  Publication: Saravanan, A… Herbots N. (2025). Reproducibility & Accuracy DNA/RNA Macroscopic Fluorescence for Rapid Bacterial Infection Triage Via a Small Volume Diagnostic Device: Bacterobug™ . Conference: ASM Microbe 2025 (Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology)

  Presenters

  • Manassa Suresh

    InnovaBug LLC/ SiO2 Innovates LLC/ Arizona State University Physics

  Authors

  • Manassa Suresh

    InnovaBug LLC/ SiO2 Innovates LLC/ Arizona State University Physics

  • Adith Shankar

    InnovaBug LLC/ SiO2 Innovates LLC/ Arizona State University Physics

  • Ananya Suresh

    InnovaBug LLC/ SiO2 Innovates LLC/ Arizona State University Physics

  • Archana Suresh

    InnovaBug LLC/ SiO2 Innovates LLC/ Arizona State University Physics

  • Nicole Herbots

    InnovaBug LLC/ SiO2 Innovates LLC/ Arizona State University Physics

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• Bridging Quantum and Classical Physics at the Planck Scale

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  Presenters

  • Rose M Zanoni

    Clovis Community College

  Authors

  • Rose M Zanoni

    Clovis Community College

  • Antonio Norvelle

    Clovis Community College

  • Nader (Nathan) A Inan

    Clovis Community College, University of California, Merced

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• Development of Pedagogical Tools like A Directional Map of Learning for Introductory Physics

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  Presenters

  • Jackson e Falk

    UC Santa Cruz

  Authors

  • Jackson e Falk

    UC Santa Cruz

  • Amy Furniss

    University of California, Santa Cruz

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• Integrating Burger's Equation into a higher-order traffic flow model for delay propagation

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  Presenters

  • Joshua Wong

    California State University, Los Angeles

  Authors

  • Joshua Wong

    California State University, Los Angeles

  • Kin Tsang

    California State University, Los Angeles

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• Coulomb gas sum rules for vortex-pair fluctuations in 2D superfluids

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  Presenters

  • Mingyu Fan

    University of Toronto

  Authors

  • Mingyu Fan

    University of Toronto

  • Gary A Williams

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Karla Maria Galdamez

    University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Charlie McDowell

    UC Santa Cruz

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