Undergraduate Research IV

Presentations

• Orbital Parameters and Planetary Radius of 55 Cancri e from TESS Data

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Matt Bonvissuto

    • Kennesaw State University

  Authors

  • Matt Bonvissuto

    • Kennesaw State University

  • David N Joffe

    • Kennesaw State University

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• Impact of Aspherical Supernova Explosions on the Galactic Enrichment Process

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Publication: [1] F. X. Timmes, S. E. Woosley, and Thomas A. Weaver. Galactic Chemical Evolution: Hydrogen
  through Zinc. Astrophys. J. Suppl., 98:617, June 1995.

  Presenters

  • Henry Yerdon

    • SUNY Polytechnic Institute

  Authors

  • Henry Yerdon

    • SUNY Polytechnic Institute

  • Shing-Chi Leung

    • SUNY Polytechnic Institute

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• Impact of Primordial Black Hole Triggered Type Ia Supernova on Fe-group Element Production 

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: [1] Paulo Montero-Camacho, Xiao Fang, Gabriel Vasquez, Makana Silva, and Christopher M. Hi-
  rata. Revisiting constraints on asteroid-mass primordial black holes as dark matter candidates.
  Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2019(08):031–031, August 2019.
  
  [2] F. X. Timmes, S. E. Woosley, and Thomas A. Weaver. Galactic Chemical Evolution: Hydrogen
  through Zinc. Astrophys. J. Suppl., 98:617, June 1995.

  Presenters

  • Seth M Walther

    • SUNY Polytechnic Institute

  Authors

  • Seth M Walther

    • SUNY Polytechnic Institute

  • Shing-Chi Leung

    • SUNY Polytechnic Institute

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• Simulations of dark matter production at the LHC.

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Julian A Martinez Baron

    • Weber State University

  Authors

  • Julian A Martinez Baron

    • Weber State University

  • Jonathan M Cornell

    • Weber State University

  • Skyler Turner

    • Weber State University

  • Patrick M Weglinski

    • Weber State University

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• Novel 3D visual comparisons between the spherical harmonics and Kerr spheroidal harmonics

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Noah David Dobson

    • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

  Authors

  • Noah David Dobson

    • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

  • Sujoy K. Modak

    • California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

  • Emilio G Mendez

    • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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• Numerical constructions of novel static solutions to the Einstein Field Equations

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Justin B Berry

    • Weber State University

  Authors

  • Justin B Berry

    • Weber State University

  • Sebastian Fischetti

    • Weber State University

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• Computational investigation into Black Hole Quasi-normal modes of various systems

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Draven M Kaminsky

    • Weber State University

  Authors

  • Draven M Kaminsky

    • Weber State University

  • Sebastian Fischetti

    • Weber State University

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• Investigation of Ringdown Behaviour in the Gravitational Waves from Binary Black Hole Mergers Detected by LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA.

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Filip Baciak

    • University of Warsaw

  Authors

  • Filip Baciak

    • University of Warsaw

  • Marek Szczepanczyk

    • University of Warsaw

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• In Search of Mirror Neutrons: Prototyping a Tri-Helical Coil with a Longitudinally Tunable Uniform Omnidirectional Field

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Benjamin J Gorton

    • University of Kentucky

  Authors

  • Benjamin J Gorton

    • University of Kentucky

  • Andrew D Winterman

    • University of Kentucky

  • Thomas G Porter

    • University of Kentucky

  • Christopher B Crawford

    • University of Kentucky

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• Upgrading SPHINCS_BSSN: Black Hole–Neutron Star Initial Data for Binary Merger Simulations

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Jace C Pincombe

    • Weber State University

  Authors

  • Jace C Pincombe

    • Weber State University

  • Peter Diener

    • Louisiana State University

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• Alumina as Mirror Coating Material For Gravitational Wave Detectors

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Dakota Carey

    • Kennesaw State University

  Authors

  • Dakota Carey

    • Kennesaw State University

  • Kiran Prasai

    • Kennesaw State University

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• Using Big Bang Nucleosynthesis to Probe Neutrino Physics in the Early Universe

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Macie Medes

    • University of San Diego

  Authors

  • Macie Medes

    • University of San Diego

  • Chad Kishimoto

    • University of San Diego

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:36 AM

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• Radio Astronomy Data Analysis and Fast Radio Bursts

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 16, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Kaito T Hasebe

    • University of Washington Bothell

  Authors

  • Kaito T Hasebe

    • University of Washington Bothell

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• A GIS-Based Workflow for the Remote Evaluation of Potential Cosmic Explorer Sites

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 10:48 AM – March 16, 2026, 11:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Tooba Ansar

    • Amherst College

  Authors

  • Tooba Ansar

    • Amherst College

  • Robert M Schofield

    • University of Oregon

  • Michael R Landry

    • Caltech
    • LIGO Hanford Observatory/Caltech

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