1 (D7) Moulton Hall: Department of Physics Oral Presentations 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Room 215

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2018 UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Bone Student Center

Moulton Hall

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Oral Presentations (April 6, 2018) Mentors: Dr. J. Bergfield; Dr. N. Christensen; Mr. S. Dong; Dr. R. Follmann; Dr. R. Grobe; Dr. A. Harris; Dr. D. Holland; Dr. U. Manna; Dr. E. Rosa; Dr. R. Rosenblatt; Dr. G. Rutherford; Dr. Q. Su; and Mr. R. Zich Session 1: Moulton Hall, Room 215 8:00 a.m. —10:00 a.m. Break 10:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. Session 2: Moulton Hall, Room 215 12:00 p.m.—1:45 p.m. Break 1:45 p.m.—2:00 p.m. Session 3: Moulton Hall, Room 215 2:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m. ****************************************************************************************************************************

Undergraduate Presenters (Session 1, Moulton Hall, Room 215)

8:00

Torrey Saxton (Dr. A. Harris) THE ROLE OF CLASSICAL PATHS IN THE PIQTR MODEL

8:15

Zachary Temple (Dr. A. Harris) APPLICATIONS OF THE PIQTR MODEL TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL CHARGED PARTICLE SCATTERING

8:30

Jack Yost (Dr. Q. Su; Dr. R. Grobe) CORRELATION OF TWO QUANTITIES THROUGH THEIR FIRST DIGITS

8:45

Richard Pelphrey (Dr. Q. Su; Dr. R. Grobe) DECAY OF THE VACUUM AS A SIMPLE SCATTERING PROBLEM

(See additional Session 1 presenters next pg.)

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9:00

Santiago Pinto (Dr. N. Christensen; Dr. Q. Su; Dr. R. Grobe) WAVE FUNCTIONS EVOLUTION IN SPACE

9:15

Rene Flores (Dr. Q. Su; Dr. R. Grobe) OPTIMIZING THE INVERSION OF A TWO LEVEL SYSTEM

9:30

Zach Mobille (Dr. E. Rosa; Dr. G. Rutherford) THE EFFECTS OF IONIC CONDUCTANCES ON THE DYNAMICS OF NEURONAL ACTIVITY

9:45

Nathaniel Harraman (Dr. E. Rosa; Dr. R. Follmann) TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON CHEMICALLY COUPLED NEURONS

10:00—12:00 Break

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12:00 Alexander Plumadore (Dr. A. Harris)

THE ROLE OF BOUND ELECTRONS IN THE SINGLE ELECTRON CAPTURE PROCESS

12:15 Victor Turpin (Dr. A. Harris)

IONIZATION INDUCED BY ELECTRON VORTEX BEAM

12:30 Phillip Kovarik (Dr. D. Holland)

EFFECTS OF PITCH ANGLE SCATTERING ON OBSERVATIONAL SIGNATURES OF NONLINEAR CHARGED PARTICLES DYNAMICS IN THE MAGNETOTAIL

12:45

Jonathan Unger and Julian Jovanovich (Mr. S. Dong; Dr. Q. Su; Dr. R. Grobe) CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD FOR QUANTUM BOUND STATE 1:00

Manuela Burek (Dr. E. Rosa; Dr. R. Follmann) TEMPERATURE INFLUENCES ON THE DYNAMICS OF NEURONAL ACTIVITY 1:15

Brighton Coe (Dr. U. Manna) EXCITATION OF ELECTRODYNAMIC ANAPOLE MODE IN NANOSPHERE 1:30

Reid Gramm (Dr. Q. Su; Dr. R. Grobe) THE FIRST DIGIT LAW AND APPLICATIONS

1:45—2:00 Break

(See Session 3 presenters next pg.)

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2:00 Amber Sammons (Dr. R. Rosenblatt; Mr. R. Zich)

USE OF SUPPLEMENTARY VIDEOS IN A GENERAL EDUCATION PHYSICS COURSE TO AFFECT SCIENTIFIC REASONING SKILLS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT SCIENCE

2:15

Annie Moore (Dr. N. Christensen) DECAY RATES FROM THE CONSTRUCTIVE STANDARD MODEL

2:30

Creighton Lisowski (Dr. Q. Su; Dr. R. Grobe) GHOST STATES IN ANALYZING ELECTRON-ATOM SCATTERING

2:45

Colin Sellers (Dr. E. Rosa; Dr. R. Follmann WAVE PROPAGATION OF SYNCHRONY IN COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF NEURONAL NETWORKS

3:00

Cody Olsen (Dr. J. Bergfield) IDENTIFYING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE EFFECTS FROM JOINT CONDUCTANCE-TERMOPOWER STATISTICS

3:15

Colin Sellers (Dr. J. Bergfield) THERMOELECTRIC SIGNATURES OF DNA NUCLEOTIDES

3:30

The end of the Physics Oral Sessions