Undergraduate Research XII

Presentations

• Detection of High-Energy Supernova Neutrinos with DUNE

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Shane Komeiji

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Shane Komeiji

    • Harvard University

  • Carlos Arguelles Delgado

    • Harvard University

  • Alex Wen

    • Harvard University

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• Predicting the Cosmic Ray Response in Scintillators for BEACON

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Kira Perna

    • Penn State University

  Authors

  • Kira Perna

    • Penn State University

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• Tau Air-Shower Directional Reconstruction with TAMBO

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Jeremiah Dacpano

    • University of New Mexico

  Authors

  • Jeremiah Dacpano

    • University of New Mexico

  • Pavel Zhelnin

    • Harvard University

  • Carlos Argüelles-Delgado

    • Harvard University

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• Investigation of Energy- and Rigidity-Dependent Anisotropy with IceTop

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Alexandra McClure

    • Loyola University Chicago

  Authors

  • Alexandra McClure

    • Loyola University Chicago

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• Studying the Optical Emission of Lightning at the Telescope Array Detector

  Oral-In-person

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

  Publication: Kieu et al. (submitted). Observation of a Downward Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flash Associated with Dart Leaders of a Negative Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Flash. Submitted to Atmospheres (version 2, June 27, 2025). No DOI assigned.
  
  Abbasi et al. (2024). Intermediate fluence downward terrestrial gamma-ray flashes as observed by the Telescope Array Surface Detector. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2024JD041260. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041260

  Presenters

  • Lachlan Haydon

    • Loyola University Chicago

  Authors

  • Lachlan Haydon

    • Loyola University Chicago

  • Rasha Abbasi

    • Loyola University Chicago

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• Distinguishing between Independent and Correlated Cosmic Ray Muon Events

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Zachary Huseman

    • Muhlenberg College

  Authors

  • Zachary Huseman

    • Muhlenberg College

  • Brett Fadem

    • Muhlenberg College

  • Natalie Preble

    • Muhlenberg College

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• Fermilab 2025 Summer Internship — Repairing Pre-Amplifiers with Mu2e Electronics Installation Team

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Bronte de Zwart

    • Monmouth College

  Authors

  • Bronte de Zwart

    • Monmouth College

  • Lizzie Durfee

    • Monmouth College

  • Gianna Maughan

    • Monmouth College

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• Graphical User Interface for thermal testing of CMS HGCAL electronics

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Andrew Olsen

    • Bethel University

  Authors

  • Andrew Olsen

    • Bethel University

  • Julie Hogan

    • Bethel University (Minnesota)

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• Mezzanine board testing for the CMS Calorimeter Endcap upgrade  

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Adrian Tan

    • Bethel University (Minnesota)

  Authors

  • Adrian Tan

    • Bethel University (Minnesota)

  • Julie Hogan

    • Bethel University (Minnesota)

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• Characterization of Avalanche Photodiodes for the CMS Electromagnetic Calorimeter

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Emma Malabanan

    • Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Emma Malabanan

    • Northeastern University

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• Withdrawn

  B · Withdrawn

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

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• Calibrating the ParticleNet tagger for 2023 CMS data

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Hannah Larson

    • Bethel University (Minnesota)

  Authors

  • Hannah Larson

    • Bethel University (Minnesota)

  • Julie Hogan

    • Bethel University (Minnesota)

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• Modeling and Optimizing Multi-Kick Beam Orbits Using Bmad-TAO for Enhanced Accelerator Control and Beam Diagnostics

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Abby Zhou

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Abby Zhou

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • William Colocho

    • SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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• Dissipation Profiles from Global Accretion Disk Simulations

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Shreya Pasupuleti

    • University of San Diego

  Authors

  • Shreya Pasupuleti

    • University of San Diego

  • Albert Ogrodski

    • University of San Diego

  • Ted Dezen

    • University of San Diego

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