Undergraduate Research IX

Presentations

• Effects of Periodic Polarization Profiles and Sample Size Commensurability in Graphene

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Jonathon Dvorscak

    • Ohio University

  Authors

  • Jonathon Dvorscak

    • Ohio University

  • Siam Sarower

    • Kennesaw State University

  • Mahmoud Asmar

    • Kennesaw State University

  • Nancy Sandler

    • Ohio University

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• Mechanical Deformation Effects on Floquet-driven Graphene Systems

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Sulaiman Shaikh

    • Kennesaw State University

  Authors

  • Sulaiman Shaikh

    • Kennesaw State University

  • Lawrence Harmon

    • Kennesaw State University

  • Nancy Sandler

    • Ohio University

  • Mahmoud Asmar

    • Kennesaw State University

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• Light-modulation- and Ribbon-length Commensurability Effects in Floquet-driven Graphene

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Siam Sarower

    • Kennesaw State University

  Authors

  • Siam Sarower

    • Kennesaw State University

  • Jonathon Dvorscak

    • Ohio University

  • Nancy Sandler

    • Ohio University

  • Mahmoud Asmar

    • Kennesaw State University

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• Floquet-control of Electron Dynamics in Topological Insulator Thin-films

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Lawrence Harmon

    • Kennesaw State University

  Authors

  • Lawrence Harmon

    • Kennesaw State University

  • Sulaiman Shaikh

    • Kennesaw State University

  • Nancy Sandler

    • Ohio University

  • Mahmoud Asmar

    • Kennesaw State University

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• High-frequency irradiation used for enabling exciton formation and superfluidity in kagome double layers

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Publication: Accepted for publication in PRB.

  Presenters

  • SITA KANDEL

    • City University of New York

  Authors

  • SITA KANDEL

    • City University of New York

  • Godfrey Gumbs

    • City College of New York

  • Teresa Lee

    • cuny graduate center

  • Oleg Berman

    • New York City College of Technology

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• Simulating light-matter coupling in realistic cavities with QEDFT

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Leon Orlov-Sullivan

    • City College of New York

  Authors

  • Leon Orlov-Sullivan

    • City College of New York

  • Cankut Tasci

    • City College of New York

  • Johannes Flick

    • Simons Foundation (Flatiron Institute)

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• First-Principles studies of the dielectric and optical properties of SiO2 with nonempirical range-separated hybrid functionals

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Ashley Mahadeo

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Ashley Mahadeo

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Sijia Ke

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Jeffrey Neaton

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Influence of Gap and Orientation on the Optical Properties of Plasmonically Coupled Nanorod Dimers

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Nathaniel Viewegh

    • University of Indianapolis

  Authors

  • Nathaniel Viewegh

    • University of Indianapolis

  • Joseph Herzog

    • University of Indianapolis

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• Modeling Back Contact Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Emily Lowe

    • Colorado College

  Authors

  • Emily Lowe

    • Colorado College

  • Philip Selman, Hershfield

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• Optical Gain Through Metallic Electro-Optic Effects

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Publication: "Optical Gain Through Metallic Electro-Optic Effects," N. Roldan-Levchenko, D. J. P. de Sousa, C. O. Ascencio, J. D. S. Forte, L. Martin-Moreno, and T. Low [in preparation]
  "Metallic Electro-Optic Effect in Twisted Double-Bilayer Graphene," D. J. P. de Sousa, N. Roldan-Levchenko, C. O. Ascencio, J. D. S. Forte, P. M. Haney, and T. Low [in preparation]

  Presenters

  • Nikita Roldan-Levchenko

    • University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Nikita Roldan-Levchenko

    • University of Minnesota

  • Duarte Sousa

    • University of Minnesota

  • Cesar Ascencio

    • University of Minnesota

  • Johnathas Forte

    • Universidade Federal do Ceara

  • Luis Martin-Moreno

    • Univ de Zaragoza

  • Tony Low

    • University of Minnesota

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• Bound state properties of magnon-exciton hybrid in CrSBr

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Landon Spires

    • Augusta University

  Authors

  • Landon Spires

    • Augusta University

  • Kingshuk Majumdar

    • Grand Valley State University

  • Trinanjan Datta

    • Augusta University

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• Interplay of electron-phonon-spin coupling in CrSBr

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Brody Brogdon

    • Augusta University

  Authors

  • Brody Brogdon

    • Augusta University

  • Jayajeewana Niranjana Ranhili Pelige

    • University of Houston

  • Chamini Pathiraja

    • University of Houston

  • Turan Birol

    • University of Minnesota

  • John Cenker

    • University of Washington

  • Xiadong Xu

    • University of Washington

  • Daniel Chica

  • Xavier Roy

    • Columbia University

  • Stefano Agrestini

  • Yi-De Chuang

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Trinanjan Datta

    • Augusta University

  • Byron Freelon

    • University of Houston

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• Stabilizing altermagnetism in FeSb₂ via strain

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Alyssa McPhee

    • Denison University

  Authors

  • Alyssa McPhee

    • Denison University

  • Amy Liu

    • Georgetown University

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• Continuing Work on a New Tool for Analyzing μSR Data for Semiconductors

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Drake Dotson

    • Northern Michigan University

  Authors

  • Drake Dotson

    • Northern Michigan University

  • Rick (P.W.) Mengyan

    • Northern Michigan University

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