Poster Session (6:10 pm - 7:30 pm)

Presentations

• Positioning devices based on submicro-textured magnetostrictive alloys (Fe$_{85}$Ga$_{15}$)

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Gamage Dannangoda

    • University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Karen Martirosyan

    • University of Texas at Brownsville

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• McDonald Observations of J1118+480

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Lorena Monroy

    • University of Texas at El Paso

  • Paul A. Mason

    • University of Texas at El Paso
    • University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Physics

  • E.L. Robinson

    • University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas at Austin, Department of Astronomy
    • Unversity of Texas at Austin

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• Optical Observation of Low Mass X-Ray Binary J1753.4-0126

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Aurelio Paez

    • University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Physics

  • Paul A. Mason

    • University of Texas at El Paso
    • University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Physics

  • E.L. Robinson

    • University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas at Austin, Department of Astronomy
    • Unversity of Texas at Austin

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• Optical Characterization and GIS Mapping of Light Pollution in West Texas

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Hillary Proffit

    • Angelo State University

  • Shivakumar Surendranath

    • Angelo State University

  • Hardin Dunham

    • Angelo State University

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• Optical Observation of Low Mass X-Ray Binary V1727 Cygni

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Alex Price

    • University of Texas at El Paso

  • Paul A. Mason

    • University of Texas at El Paso
    • University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Physics

  • E.L. Robinson

    • University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas at Austin, Department of Astronomy
    • Unversity of Texas at Austin

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• Modeling the White Dwarf Luminosity Function

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Rick Navarro

    • Texas A\&M University - Commerce

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• Equation of State in a Strongly Interacting Relativistic System

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Jason Keith

    • Physics Department, The University of Texas at El Paso

  • Efrain J. Ferrer

    • Physics Department, The University of Texas at El Paso
    • University of Texas at El Paso

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• Tunneling, Diffusion and Dissociation of Feshbach Molecules in Optical Lattices

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Taylor Bailey

    • Texas A\&M University-Commerce

  • Carlos Bertulani

    • Texas A\&M University-Commerce

  • Eddy Timmermans

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Downstream electron beam exciter diagnostic with energy dependent cross section responses for process tool applications

  POSTER

  Authors

  • P.L. Stephan Thamban

    • The University of Texas at Dallas

  • Gabriel Padron Wells

    • The University of Texas at Dallas

  • Jimmy Hosch

    • Verity Instruments Incorporated

  • Matthew Goeckner

    • The University of Texas at Dallas

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• Improvements to a Compton Polarimeter

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Brandon Cavness

    • Angelo State University

  • Dave Gaskell

    • Jefferson Laboratory

  • Mark Dalton

    • Viginia State University

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• SPP Excitation Using Extremely Low Intensity Light

  POSTER

  Authors

  • John Sandy

    • Texas Tech University

  • Daniel Dominguez

    • Texas Tech University

  • Luis Grave De Peralta

    • Texas Tech University

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• Excitation of atomic and nuclear coherence by strong optical fields

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Yuri Rostovtsev

    • University of North Texas

  • Treena Chatterjee

    • TAMS, University of North Texas

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• Analysis of crystals using electron diffraction

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Robert Nick Lanning

    • Department of Physics, Lamar University

  • Cristian Bahrim

    • Department of Physics, Lamar University

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• Study of plasmonic crystals by Plasmon Tomography far-field Superlenses

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Willis Agutu

    • Physics

  • Charles Regan

    • Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Arquimedes Columbie

    • University College

  • Robier Rodriguez

    • Physics

  • Ayrton Bernussi

    • Electrical \& Computer Engineering and Nano Tech Center.

  • Luis De-Peralta

    • Physics

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• Determining Favorable Binding Configurations of the Anti-Cancer Drug Ellipticine to the KV11.1 Potassium Channel V-VI Transmembrane Domain Through Autodock Simulations

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Dawn Lipscomb

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Saverio Gentile

    • Loyola University Chicago

  • Lorenzo Brancaleon

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Nanostructured thermites based on iodine pentoxide for bio agent defeat systems.

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Mkhitar Hobosyan

    • University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Alexander Kazansky

    • University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Karen Martirosyan

    • University of Texas at Brownsville

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• Thermophoresis in microfluidic devices: Lattice-Boltzmann simulations

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Jennifer Pearce

    • The University of Texas at Tyler

  • David Wilson

    • The University of Texas at Tyler

  • Seth Norman

    • The University of Texas at Tyler

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• Electromagnetism of Bacterial Growth

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Ailiyasi Ainiwaer

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• Temperature Dependence of DNA Charge Transport

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Chris Wohlgamuth

    • UT Dallas
    • The University of Texas at Dallas

  • Marc McWilliams

    • UT Dallas
    • The University of Texas at Dallas

  • Jason Slinker

    • UT Dallas
    • The University of Texas at Dallas

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• Real-Time Interaction between Antimicrobial Peptide and Lipid Membrane Using Atomic Force Microscopy and Confocal Microscopy

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Jie Hu

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Vernita Gordon

    • Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, University of Texas at Austin

  • Ahmed Touhami

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at Brownsville

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• Porphyrin-Mediated Photoinduced Conformational Changes to Albumin

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Sarah Rozinek

    • UTSA

  • Lorenzo Brancaleon

    • UTSA

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• Titrated fluorescent binding of Thioflavin-T with bovine serum albumin

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Jacob Friday

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Jeremiah Babcock

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Lorenzo Brancaleon

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Polarized Reflectance Measurement of Burned Skin Tissues

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Hector Michael de Pedro

    • University of Texas at Dallas, Physics

  • Chuan-I. Chang

    • University of Texas at Dallas, Physics

  • Faranak Zarnani

    • University of Texas at Dallas, Physics

  • Robert Glosser

    • University of Texas at Dallas, Physics

  • D. Maas

    • Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  • A. Idris

    • Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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• Investigating the Mechanical Properties of Plasma von Willebrand Factor Using Atomic Force Microscopy

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Sitara Wijeratne

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University

  • Eric Botello

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University

  • Hui-Chun Yeh

    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Zhou Zhou

    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Angela Bergeron

    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Eric Frey

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University

  • Joel Moake

    • Department of Bioengineering, Rice University

  • Jing-Fei Dong

    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Ching-Hwa Kiang

    • Rice University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University
    • Associate Professor, Rice University - Houston

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• Raman Micro-spectroscopy Study of Healthy and Burned Biological Tissue

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Faranak Zarnani

    • Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080

  • Robert Glosser

    • Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080

  • Ahamed Idris

    • Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390

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• Photoinduced Charge Transfer Process

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Luis Basurto

    • Department of Computational Science, University of Texas at El Paso

  • Tunna Baruah

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso

  • Rajendra Zope

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso

  • Jose Rodriguez

    • Department of Physics, University of Texas at El Paso

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• Calix[6]arene electron beam sensitivity and contrast dependence on functionalization and molecular weight

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Gregory Spencer

    • Texas State University-San Marcos

  • Daniel Ralls

    • Texas State University-San Marcos

  • Stephan Wolfe

    • Texas State University-San Marcos

  • Michael Blanda

    • Texas State University-San Marcos

  • Anup Bandyopadhyay

    • Texas State University-San Marcos

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• Spectroscopic analysis of temperature dependent growth of WO3 and W0.95Ti0.05O3 thin films

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Young Yun

  • Felicia Manciu

  • Durrer William

  • James Howard

  • Chintalapalle Ramana

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• Morphology and chemical composition of Zn-Co alloy electrodeposits from alkaline solutions

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Meysam Heydari Gharahcheshmeh

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at Brownsville

  • Ahmed Touhami

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at Brownsville

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• Effects of electronic correlations on the mechanical properties of Gallium Phosphide using density functional theory (DFT+U)

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Prashant Khatri

    • University of Texas at Arlington

  • Brandon Butler

    • University of Texas at Arlington

  • John A. Turner

    • National Renewable Energy Laboragory

  • Muhammad N. Huda

    • University of Texas at Arlington

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• Positron Doppler Broadening of Pure Elemental Metals

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Desmond Fernandez

    • Southern University and A\&M College

  • C.A. Quarles

    • Texas Christian University

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• Calculating the Phonon Dispersion From First Principles

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Andy O'Hara

    • UT Austin

  • Frank Ceballos

  • Alexander Slepko

  • Alexander Demkov

    • UT Austin

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• Investigation of a strain generated internal field in an InGaAs/GaAs quantum well heterostructure

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Kaleb Gilbert

    • Angelo State University

  • James Matthews

    • Angelo State University

  • Sauncy Toni

    • Angelo State University

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• Electronic Structure of Semiconductor Random Alloys

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Kevin Kendall

    • Texas State University at San Marcos

  • Byounghak Lee

    • Department of Physics, Texas State University at San Marcos

  • Xavier Cartoixa

    • Department d'Enginyeria Electronica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

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• Remote plasma-assisted deposition of metals onto the surface of nanocrystalline ZnO

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Sergio A. Leal

    • Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX

  • Anastasiia Nemashkalo

    • Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

  • Puskar Chapagain

    • Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

  • Shreedhar Pant

    • Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

  • Phillip Alarcon

    • Paschal High School, Fort Worth, TX

  • Yuri M. Strzhemechny

    • Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

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• Evidence for evanescent waves at interfaces in a high-index prism/liquid-crystal-Au-NPs/glass/air structure and effects of relative concentration of gold nanoparticles, wavelength, polarization, and incident angle of the laser beam

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Kunal Tiwari

  • Ankit Singh

  • Suresh Sharma

    • UT Arlington, Texas 76019

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• Comparison of Low Energy CVV Auger transitions in Cu and Au (100) using Measured and estimated values

  POSTER

  Authors

  • K. Shastry

    • Univ of Texas at Arlington

  • S.F. Mukherjee

  • S. Satyal

  • P.V. Joglekar

  • A.H. Weiss

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• Characterization of Si and C implantation induced defects in 4H-SiC

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Venkata Kummari

    • University of North Texas

  • Mangal Dhoubhadel

    • University of North Texas

  • Bibhudutta Rout

    • University of North Texas

  • Tilo Reinert

    • University of North Texas

  • Daniel Spemann

    • University of Leipzig

  • Weilin Jiang

    • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Floyd McDaniel

    • University of North Texas

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• Synthesis and Characterization of Transitional Metal Nanosystems in Semiconductor

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Mangal Dhoubhadel

    • University of North Texas

  • Bibhudutta Rout

    • University of North Texas

  • Venkata Kummari

    • University of North Texas

  • Jerom Duggan

    • University of North Texas

  • Tilo Reinert

    • University of North Texas

  • Floyd McDaniel

    • University of North Texas

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• Synthesis and Characterization of Au@Cu Core-Shell Nanoparticles

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Subarna Khanal

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Jesus Velazquez-Salazar

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Miguel Jose Yacaman

    • University of Texas at San Antonio

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• Synthesis and characterization of Au/Pd core/shell bimetallic nanoparticles

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Nabraj Bhattarai

    • University Of Texas at San Antonio

  • Jesus Velazquez-Salazar

  • Gilberto Casillas Garcia

  • Miguel J. Yacaman

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• Structural and Magnetic Properties of Multifunctional Gold, Silica, and C225 antibody triply coated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide nanoparticles

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Gan Liang

    • Sam Houston State University

  • Marites Melancon

    • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Chun Li

    • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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• Of intent, citation game, and scale-free networks in science: A heuristic argument

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Victor Christianto

    • Sciprint.org

  • Florentin Smarandache

    • University of New Mexico

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• Pilot Study on Alternative Pictorial Representations and Supporting Text of Sound Standing Waves of Air Columns in a Pipe

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Chris Smith

  • Jennifer Rodriguez

  • Edgar Corpuz

  • Liang Zeng

    • The University of Texas-Pan American

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• Conductance Control Iris for the K150 Cyclotron H- Ion Source

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Armando Maldanado

    • Angelo State University

  • Henry Clark

    • Texas A\&M University Cyclotron Institute

  • Gabriel Tabacaru

    • Texas A\&M University Cyclotron Institute

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• Electron screening and its effects on Big-Bang nucleosynthesis

  POSTER

  Authors

  • John Fuqua

    • Texas A\&M University-Commerce

  • Carlos Bertulani

    • Texas A\&M University-Commerce

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• Testing Scintillators for Homeland Security

  POSTER

  Authors

  • James Bourbeau

    • University of Texas, Arlington

  • Andrew Brandt

    • UTA

  • Rasool Kenarangui

    • UTA

  • Alex Weiss

    • UTA

  • Wei Chen

    • UTA
    • The University of Texas at Arlington

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• Angelo State Society of Physics Students Peer Pressure Team Public Engagement Efforts -- Do we make a difference?

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Jeremy Johnson

    • Angelo State University

  • Sauncy Toni

    • Angelo State University

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• Construction of a Single Beam Optical Trap with a Modified Design

  POSTER

  Authors

  • David To

    • Angelo State University

  • Sauncy Toni

    • Angelo State University

  • Sauncy Toni

    • Angelo State University

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• Developing a procedure for the fabrication of PLED structures for an advanced undergraduate lab

  POSTER

  Authors

  • Jordan Perez

    • Angelo State University

  • Sauncy Toni

    • Angelo State University

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• By emotion, no atomic bomb and no blackhole

  ORAL

  Authors

  • Philip Shin

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