XXVII - ROCHESTER SYMPOSIUM
FOR PHYSICS (ASTRONOMY & OPTICS)
STUDENTS
SPS Zone 2 Regional Meeting
April 5, 2008
PROGRAM
8:00-8:30
RSPS
Registration: Bausch and Lomb Lobby
8:45-9:00
Bausch and Lomb
Hall, Room 109
Introduction and
welcome: Prof. Frank Wolfs, University of Rochester
Presentation
Session I
9:00-10:15
Bausch and Lomb
Hall , Room 109: Condensed Matter, Quantum Optics, and Biological
Physics
Session
Chair: Prof. Robert Pompi, Binghamton University
9:00
A Study
of Tailored Oriented Microstructures in Thin Silver Films using
Scanning Electron Microscopy
(SEM) and Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD)
Bethany Little,
Brandon Hoffman, and Prof. Mark Yuly, Houghton College
9:15
Series
Resistance Measurements of Nanostructured Solar Cells
Elliott Miller
and Prof. Seth Hubbard, Rochester Institute of Technology
9:30
Optical Isolator
Jane Cornett and Prof. Kenneth Segall, Colgate College
9:45
Automated Beam Positioning and Control for a Double Pump Probe Experiment
Chi-Feng Ching and Lieutenant Colonel Hartke, United States Military
Academy, West Point
10:00
Information
Rate Optimization of the Squid Giant Axon
Jeffrey Seely
and Prof. Patrick Crotty, Colgate University
Poster Session and
Coffee Break
10:15-10:45
Bausch and Lomb Hall,
Room 208:
Design and Construction of
a Deposition Chamber for Thin Metal Films Research
Kurt Aikens,
Brandon Hoffman, and Prof. Mark Yuly, Houghton College
The Houghton College
Cyclotron: Results and Modifications
Daniel Haas,
Andrew Loucks, and Prof. Mark Yuly, Houghton College
Presentation
Session II
10:45-12:00
Bausch and Lomb Hall, Room
109: Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics
Session Chair:
Prof. Mark Yuly, Houghton College
10:45
Construction of
an NMR System for Measurement of Fundamental Symmetries
Jason Laffin and
Prof. Mark Rosenberry, Siena College
11:00
Cosmic Ray Muon
Imaging and Decay and Capture Process Detection
Elizabeth
Pollock, Eric Henry and Prof. Udo Schröder, University of Rochester
11:15
Neutron Induced
Deuteron Breakup
Steve Thomson, Daniel Haas, and Prof. Mark Yuly, Houghton
College
11:30
Hadronic Jets
and Clustering Algorithms in CMS
Zhen
Qi and Prof. Regina Demina, University of Rochester
11:45
Analysis of
Momentum Resolution in VLE Beamlines
Jordan
Webster and Prof. Regina Demina, University of Rochester
10:45-12:00
Bausch and Lomb Hall, Room 106: Theoretical Particle Physics
Session Chair:
Prof. Stanley Radford, State University of New York at Brockport
10:45
Non-Standard
Couplings in Third Generation Vertices
Stephan
Piotrowski and Prof. Charles Nelson, Binghamton University
11:00
Para-Majorana
Fermions
Joshua Julian
and Prof. Charles Nelson, Binghamton University
11:15
Normal Ordered
Matrix Representation and Paraparticle State Space
Shan
Huang and Prof. Charles Nelson, Binghamton University
11:30
Discussion of
Projection Operators and Para-Fock Spaces
Matthew
Dornfeld and Prof. Charles Nelson, Binghamton University
11:45
Discussion of
the Projection Operators for One and Two Mode Parafermions
Dustin Pardo
and Prof. Charles Nelson, Binghamton University
12:15-1:15
Lunch - Meliora
Faculty Club, Salon D
Special Session
1:15-2:15
Hoyt Auditorium:
1:15
Physics Jeopardy Game
Krystle Williams, Zone 2 SPS Associate Councilor,
University of Rochester Medical Center
Presentation
Session III
2:15-3:15
Bausch and Lomb Hall, Room 109: Astronomy
Session Chair:
Prof. Lieutenant Colonel Hartke, United States Military Academy
West Point
2:15
The Dependence of Galaxy Colors to Magnitude and
Environment at 0.5<z<1.5
Konstantinos Vilaetis and Prof. Eric McKenzie,
Colgate University
2:30
Data Reduction Procedures for the SUNY
Oswego/NOAO/University of Illinois IR LMC Survey
Travis Rooker, Frank Ripple, D. Crain, G. Feiden, and
Profs. Sashi Kanbur, L. Macri, C. Ngeow,
State University of New York at Oswego
2:45
Photometry Procedures for the SUNY
Oswego/NOAO/University of Illinois IR LMC Survey
Frank Ripple, Travis Rooker, and Profs. Sashi Kanbur,
L. Macri, C. Ngeow,
State University of New York at Oswego
3:15
Refreshments to
Go, Bausch and Lomb Hall, Lobby (LLE TOUR)