RSPS 2014 Program
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM: Registration and poster setup (B&L LOBBY)
8:45 AM: Welcome (B&L 109)
Prof. Frank Wolfs, University of Rochester.
8:50 AM: SPS (B&L 109)
Prof. Sean Bentley, Adelphi University
9.00 am – 10:30 am: Session IA. Condensed-matter physics (B&L 109)
Session Chair: Prof. Mohammed Tahar, SUNY Brockport
9:00 In-situ EBSD Study of Texture Transformation in Thin Ag Films
Emily Morrow, Ethan Ocock, and Brandon Hoffman, Houghton College; Markus Chmielus, Elizabeth A. Ellis, and Shefford P. Baker, Cornell University.
9:15 Effect of Substrate Annealing and Seeding on ZnO Nanowires Synthesized Using a Hydrothermal Method
Orlando Lopez, Ashley Tucker, Kimberly Singh, Spencer Mamer, MostafaSadoqi, and Huizhong Xu, St. John's University
9:30 Interaction of vortices and discrete breathers in Josephson junction ladder
Daniel Schussheim, Colgate University
9:45 Frequency Synchronization of Coupled-Oscillating Josephson Junctions
Jonathan Martin, Colgate University
10:00 X-Ray Diffraction of Indium Film
Natalie Mundt, SUNY Brockport
10:15 Quantized Conductance of Nano-contacts
Colby Raymond, SUNY Brockport
9:00 am – 10:30 am: Session IB. Quantum optics and optical techniques (B&L 106)
Session Chair: Sean Bentley, Adelphi University
9:00 The Faraday Rotation Effect
Stephen Doud, SUNY Brockport
9:15 Lock-In Detection
Thomas Loughlin, SUNY Brockport
9:30 Single-Emitter Nanocrystal Characterization and Manipulation for Room-Temperature Single Photon Source Applications
J. MacNeil, J. Winkler, D. Mihaylova, E. Shockley, and S.G. Lukishov, University of Rochester
9:45 Generation and Measurement of Two-Qubit Single-Photon States
Xinru Cheng, Colgate University
10:00 Development and Utilization of the Tel-X-Ometer
Ali Ropri and Dr.McColgan, Siena College
10:15 The Design and Construction of an X-ray Diffractometer
Jennifer Newcombe and Brandon Hoffman, Houghton College
10:30 am – 11:00 AM: session II. Poster session (Lobby and B&L 208)
Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission Analysis of Crematorium Emissions
Salina F. Ali, Benjamin J. Nadarski, Alexandrea D. Safiq, Jeremy W. Smith, Josh T. Yoskowitz, Scott M. Labrake, and Michael F. Vineyard, Union College
Improving Sophomore-Level Modern Physics Laboratory Equipment
Jessica Bruckner and Professor John Cummings, Siena College
Modeling the Dust Composition of Protoplanetary Disks in the Taurus Region
R. Challener, W. J. Forrest, and S. Fogerty, University of Rochester
Population Synthesis of Radio and Gamma-Ray Millisecond Pulsars
Sara Frederick, Peter Gonthier, and Alice K. Harding, University of Rochester, Hope College, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Cosmic Ray Response of Megapixel LWIR Arrays from TIS (Teledyne Imaging Sensors)
Julian Girard, William Forrest, Judith Pipher, Craig McMurtry, Meghan Dorn, and Amy Mainzer, Siena College, University of Rochester, Teledyne Imaging Sensors, and NASA
An Investigation of the Rayleigh Scattering of Light
Shauna LeFebvre, Union College
Potentials at the Limits of their Existence: Particle-Vibration Coupling in the Nuclear Many-Body Problem
Philippe Lewalle, Elena Litvinova, FilomenaNunes, and Luke Titus, Michigan State University and University of Rochester.
Analyzing the effect of the Four Factors of Basketball Success on Offensive Efficiency
Daniel Loman and Matthew Bellis, Siena College
A Study of Weak Magnetic Focusing
Sylvia Morrow and Mark Yuly, Houghton College
Examining the Relationship Between Period vs. Diameter of Asteroids
Nicholas Powers and Anthony Smith, SUNY Oswego and National University of Taiwan
The Coincidence Efficiency of Sodium Iodide Detectors for Positron Annihilation
Thomas Eckert and Mark Yuly, Houghton College
Development of Synchronous Direct Digital Receiver System for Geospace Imaging Studies
Chan Tran, Meghan Harrington, Joe Kujawski, and Allan T. Weatherwax, Siena College
Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence for Heavy Metal Quantification on Soil Products
Nguyen Truong, Dr. Zewu Chen, Jon Dunphy, and Dr. Michele McColgan, Siena College and X-Ray Optical Systems
Methods for Dispersing Long Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Jaime C. Vela, Amanda Amori, and Todd Krauss, University of Rochester
Star Formation in the NGC 5846 Group of Galaxies
Lucas Viani, Union College
Robotics Beacon for Robot Positioning with Simulink
Katherine Robinson, Siena College
11:00 am – 12:00 Pm: Session IIIA. High-energy and nuclear physics (B&L 109)
Session Chair: Prof. Mark July, Houghton College
11:00 Opportunistic High Energy Physics Computing in User Space with Parrot
Dillon Skeehan, Paul Brenner, Ben Tovar, Douglas Thain, N. Vallis, A. Woodard, M. Wolf, T. Pearson, S. Lynch, and K. Lannon, University of Rochester and University of Notre Dame
11:15 Reconstructing Energy of Large Angle Muons in Neutrino Quasielastic Scattering Events
A. Bodek, R. Sims, M.E. Christy, and T. Walton, University of Rochester and Hampton University
11:30 A Measurement of the 12C(n,2n)11C Cross-Section for use as an Inertial Confinement Fusion Diagnostic
Garrett Hartshaw and Mark Yuly, Houghton College
11:45 Construction and Characterization of a Farnsworth-Hirsch Fusor
Ian Love and Mark Yuly, Houghton College
11:00 am – 12:00 Pm: Session IIIB. Astronomy (B&L 106)
Session Chair: Prof. Bill Forrest, University of Rochester
11:00 Observations of the Eclipsing Binary U Cephei using the SUNY Cobleskill Remote Observatory
Ronnie Rera & Edward Stander, Siena College and SUNY Cobleskill
11:15 Quasar Variability Measurements in Hubble Space Telescope Archive Data
Robert Chancia, SUNY Brockport
11:30 A Study of Ultra-Long-Period Cepheids
Brittany Barrett, Scott Lucchini, David ONeill, C. Ngeow, and Prof. S. Kanbur, SUNY Oswego
11:45 Principle Component Analysis of Cepheid Variable Stars
Daniel Wysocki, Zachariah Schrecengost, Earl Bellinger, ShashiKanbur, Sukanta Deb, and Harinder P. Singh, SUNY Oswego
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch (DANFORTH DINING HALL, BLDG 48 on page 32)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Physics Jeopardy (B&L 109)
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm: Session IVA. Biological Physics (B&L 109)
Session Chair: Prof. John Moustakas, Siena College
2:00 Bifurcations in the Synchronization States of Entorhinal Cortex Layer II Stellate Cells
Anna Miettinen, Colgate University
2:15 The Effect of Ion Channel Noise on Synchronization of Entorhinal Stellate Cells
Mary Rose Devine and Patrick Crotty, Colgate University
2:30 Synchronization of non-identical entorhinal cortex stellate cells
Betty Anderson, Colgate University
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Session IVB. Experimental Techniques (B&L 106)
Session Chair: Prof. Dale Zych, SUNY Oswego
2:00 CANCELED
2:15 Black Body Spectrometer
Jonathan Delehanty, SUNY Brockport
2:30 The Design and Construction of an Atomic Force Microscope
Ethan Ocock and Brandon Hoffman, Houghton College
2:45 Inexpensive Ultrasonic Interferometer for measuring changes of the speed of sound in materials
John Grossmann, Colgate University
3:00 Angular momentum transfer to strongly trapped absorptive particles via LG modes
Michael Senatore and Professor Catherine Herne, Colgate University