Poster Session I: Nuclear Physics (2:00PM-5:00PM MT)

Presentations

• Calibration and Evaluation of a MicroPattern Gaseous Detector for Proton Radiography

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Caston Garland

    • Virginia Union University

  Authors

  • Caston Garland

    • Virginia Union University

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• Flexible Printed Circuit Board Design for the Development of Scalable PET Imaging Instruments. Tabitha Gwaltney (Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA 23230) Cameron Clarke (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606)

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Publication: Cherry, Simon R., et al. "Total-body PET: maximizing sensitivity to create new opportunities for clinical research and patient care." Journal of Nuclear Medicine 59, no 1 (2018): 3-12.
  Clarke, C., et al. "Streaming Readout PET Architecture Verification and Improvement." Submitted for the 2025 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS), Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference (RTSD).

  Presenters

  • Tabitha Gwaltney

    • Virginia Union University

  Authors

  • Tabitha Gwaltney

    • Virginia Union University

  • Cameron Clarke

    • Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

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• Chasing after Poltergeists: Underground Nuclear Forensics Facillity at Los Alamos National Labratory - Overview and Outlook

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Alexander Leder

    • Los Alamos National Labratory

  Authors

  • Alexander Leder

    • Los Alamos National Labratory

  • Melissa Boswell

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

  • Brady Bos

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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• Radiation damage and particle physics from laser-trapped beta-decaying atoms

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • John Behr

    • TRIUMF

  Authors

  • John Behr

    • TRIUMF

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• Characterization of Neutron Transmutation Doped Germanium Thermistors for the CUPID Experiment

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Chaturanga Wengappuliarachchige

    • Virginia Tech

  Authors

  • Chaturanga Wengappuliarachchige

    • Virginia Tech

  • Aaron Torres

    • Virginia Tech

  • Thomas ODonnell

    • Virginia Tech

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• Neutron Activation Studies for Applications in Tests of Fundamental Physics and Neutrino Physics

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Eva Chowdhury

    • Central Michigan University

  Authors

  • Matthew Redshaw

    • Central Michigan University

  • Eva Chowdhury

    • Central Michigan University

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• USD HPGe Detector Capabilities and an R&D Path to Orthogonal-Strip Ge for Medical Imaging

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Patrick Burns

    • University of South Dakota

  Authors

  • Patrick Burns

    • University of South Dakota

  • Kunming Dong

    • University of South Dakota

  • SHASIKA PANAMALDENIYA

    • University of South Dakota

  • Dongming Mei

    • University of South Dakota

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• Monitoring and Optimizing GEM Detector Performance for MUSE

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Dulitha Jayakodige

    • Hampton University

  Authors

  • Dulitha Jayakodige

    • Hampton University

  • Angel Christopher

    • Hampton University

  • Anne Flannery

    • Hampton University

  • Michael Kohl

    • Hampton University

  • Tanvi Patel

    • Hampton University

  • Ryan Richards

    • Hampton University

  • Krystal Scott

    • Hampton University

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• Development of a Cryogenic Probe for Barium-Tagging in Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay Searches

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Publication: A paper based on the cryoprobe and sensor is planned.

  Presenters

  • Justine Kroll

    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Justine Kroll

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Melissa Medina-Peregrina

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Liang Yang

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Development of a novel Multi-Wire Proportional Counter (MWPC) detector system with compact onboard pre-amplifiers

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Brayden Vargas-Calderon

    • Texas A&M University

  Authors

  • Brayden Vargas-Calderon

    • Texas A&M University

  • Dan Melconian

    • Texas A&M University College Station

  • JOZEF KLIMO

    • Texas A&M University College Station

  • Victor Iacob

    • Texas A&M University College Station

  • John Behr

    • TRIUMF

  • Alexandre Gorelov

    • TRIUMF

  • James McNeil

    • U. British Columbia

  • Parmida Miri

    • University of British Columbia

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• Status and Outlook for the CHIP-TRAP Penning trap mass spectrometer at Central Michigan University

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Arjuna Prabhashwara Bandara Di Dissanayake Mudiyanselage

    • Central Michigan University

  Authors

  • Matthew Redshaw

    • Central Michigan University

  • Arjuna Prabhashwara Bandara Di Dissanayake Mudiyanselage

    • Central Michigan University

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• Experimental Optical Isotope Shifts and Nuclear Charge Radii of Potassium Isotopes

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Parmida Miri

    • University of British Columbia

  Authors

  • Parmida Miri

    • University of British Columbia

  • James McNeil

    • U. British Columbia

  • Alexandre Gorelov

    • TRIUMF

  • Dan Melconian

    • Texas A&M University - Cyclotron Institute

  • John Behr

    • TRIUMF

  • Brayden Vargas-Calderon

    • Texas A&M University

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• Advancing Neutrino Research: Using ExB Filtering for Testing Barium Ion Sensors

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Publication: A compact dication source for Ba2+ tagging and heavy metal ion sensor development
  Navarro, K.E. et al.
  Journal: Journal of Instrumentation
  ISSN: 1748-0221
  Year of publication: 2023
  Volume: 18
  Issue: 7
  Type: Article

  Presenters

  • Henry James Manuel Barnor

    • University of Texas at El Paso

  Authors

  • Henry James Manuel Barnor

    • University of Texas at El Paso

  • Karen Navarro

    • University of Texas at Arlington

  • Benjamin Jones

    • University of Texas at Arlington

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• Investigating 1- and 2- Body Interference in Neutrino Interactions with ACHILLES

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Publication: "Investigating One Body and Two Body Interference In Neutrino Interactions with ACHILLES" by Peera Serumaga on Inspire HEP

  Presenters

  • Peera Serumaga

    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Peera Serumaga

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Josephine Paton

    • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Vishvas Pandey

    • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)

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• Non-Perturbative Nuclear Correction for Deuterium to Improve Neutrino-Nucleus Axial Form Factor Precision

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Leonard Harkins

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Leonard Harkins

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Using Recent Gravitational-wave Observations to Estimate the Contribution of Binary Neutron Star Mergers to R-process Enrichment

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Jesus Cortes Barron

    • California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Jesus Cortes Barron

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Jocelyn Read

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Sunny Ng

    • California State University, Fullerton

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• Cleaning up a particular mess: Creating a novel Physics-Informed Graph Neural Network for high-multiplicity TPC track reconstruction.

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Amir Abdou

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Amir Abdou

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Silicon Strip Detector Testing in Support of Proposed Deuteron Charge Radius Measurements

  Poster-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Mohima Chowdhury Anushi

    • Sweet Briar College

  Authors

  • Mohima Chowdhury Anushi

    • Sweet Briar College

  • Forrest Friesen

    • Duke University

  • Jingyi Zhou

    • Duke University

  • Diane Markoff

    • North Carolina Central University

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• Particle Tracking in a Cloud Chamber Using a Stereoscopic Camera System

  Poster-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Prthu Naik

    • Western Kentucky University

  Authors

  • Prthu Naik

    • Western Kentucky University

  • Ivan Novikov

    • Western Kentucky University

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