ROCHESTER
SYMPOSIUM FOR PHYSICS STUDENTS
April
12, 2003
PROGRAM
8:30-9:00 RSPS Registration, Bausch and Lomb Lobby,
Sign-ups for Optional Laboratory Tours
Coffee in Room 208
9:00-9:10 Room 106: Welcome, Prof. Paul Tipton, Chair, RSPS XXI I
9:15-10:30 Room 106: Nuclear and Particle PhysicsSession Chair: Prof. Mark Yuly, Houghton College
9:15 Using the (n,2p) to Search for a Preexisting Nuclear D++ Component
Rachel De Young, Prof. M. Yuly, Houghton College
9:30 W Boson Width Effects in Top Quark Production and Decay
Daniel Berdine, Prof. L. Orr, University of Rochester
9:45 A Preliminary Design for a Small Cyclotron
Sharon Tuminaro, Barry King, Jacob Roloson, Prof. M. Yuly,
Houghton College
10:00 MCNP Simulation of a Sub-Critical Multiplication Assembly
Christopher Fairchild, Dr. E. Naessesn, Dr. C. R. Schmidtlein,
U.S. Military Academy, West Point
10:15 An Examination of di-Tau Higgs Decay at the Tevatron
Jonathan Petruccelli, Prof. K. McFarland, University of Rochester
9:15-10:30 Room 109: Condensed Matter
Session Chair: Prof. Vivian Incera, SUNY at Fredonia
9:15 Underfill Flow Processes
Christopher O'Shaughnessy, Prof. E.J. Cotts, SUNY at Binghamton
9:30 Fabrication and Characterization of Electrochemically Deposited
Nanorods
Kelly Gresham, Prof. W. Wu, University of Rochester9:45 Using Scanning Hall Probe Microscopy to Study the Dynamics of
Magnetic Domains in Garnet Film
Michael DeFeo, Prof. M. Martchevsky, Syracuse University
10:00 Depressed Eutectic Melting in Al-Sn Thin Films
Elisa Pueschel, Prof. E.J. Cotts, SUNY at Binghamton
10:15 Quantum Efficiency of Cesium Iodide on Metallic Substrates
Philip Frankel, SUNY at Binghamton
Prof. R. Azmoun, T. Hemmick, SUNY at Stony Brook
10:30-11:00 Room 208: Poster Session and Break
Neutron Capture on Samarium-151
Blake Winter, Prof. M. Yuly, Houghton College
Numerical Study of the Time Evolution of Coherent and Squeezed States
in the Harmonic-Oscillator Potential
B.J. Deissinger, J.D. Jachlewski, Prof. E. Ferrer, SUNY at Fredonia
Charged Particle in Cylindrical Magnetic Field: Eigenfunctions and
Eigenvalues
Mark Herman, Rebecca Lindstrom, Prof. V. Incera, SUNY at Fredonia
11:00-12:00 Room 106: Biophysics and Imaging
Session Chair: Prof. Enrique Galvez, Colgate University
11:00 Studies of Biomembrane Phase Behavior by Equilibrium Surface
Pressure Analysis
Erica Blomquist, Prof. E. Galvez, Colgate University11:15 1/F Noise in the Cross-Membrane Channel Currents
Zhuohan Liang, University of Rochester,
Prof. N. Giordano, Dr. J. Wang, Purdue University
11:30 A Tabletop Transmission (and/or Emission) Computed Tomography
Scanner
Rebekah Clifford, Ursula Brush, Nicholas Kingley,
Prof. R. Rohe, Houghton College11:45 Probing New Horizons: Applications of Atomic Force Microscopy
Daniel Rainville, Prof. R. Dubisch, Siena College;
Profs. D. Liu, Q. Hudspeth, G. Wang, Y. Zhao, R.P.I.;
Prof. J. LaGraff, Hamilton College;
Prof. J. Turner, Nanobiotechnology Center, Wadsworth Center
11:00-12:15 Room 109: Complex SystemsSession Chair: Prof. Robert Pompi, SUNY at Binghamton
11:00 Dynamics of a Ball Bouncing on a Vibrating Plate I
Melanie Day, Prof. S. Fanklin, Rochester Institute of Technology
11:15 Dynamics of a Ball Bouncing on a Vibrating Plate II, Experiment
Matthew Aggelton, Prof. S. Franklin, Rochester Institute of
Technology
11:30 Modeling the Motion of a Bowling Ball
Nolan Samboy, Nick Skinner, Prof. R. Dubisch, Siena
College11:45 Static and Dynamic Characterisitics of Prolate Granular Materials
Jesus Benhumea, Prof. S. Franklin, Rochester Institute of Technology
12:00 Investigating Avalances of Prolate Granular Materials
Kenneth Desmond, Prof. S. Franklin,
Rochester Institute of Technology
12:15-1:15 Lunch — The Meliora, Salon D
1:30-2:45 Room 106: Astrophysics
Session Chair: Prof. Alice Quillen, University of Rochester
1:30 The Contrast of Dusty Rings Caused by Capture into External
Mean-Motion Resonances in Extra-Solar System
Stephen Thorndike, Alfred University
Prof. A. Quillen, University of Rochester
1:45 Research in Brown Dwarfs and Young Stars
Clint Young, SUNY at Binghamton
Prof. M. Simon, SUNY at Stony Brook2:00 Formation of Molecular Hydrogen in the Interstellar Medium
Chris Nagele, B. D'Agostino, J.E. Roser, S. Swords, Prof. G. Vidali,
Syracuse University
2:15 Extending Bondi Accretion to include Dynamic Magnetic Fields
Jason Nordhaus, Prof. E. Blackman, University of Rochester
2:30 Spiral Arms of M51
Alaina Henry, Prof. A. Quillen, University of Rochester
1:30-3:00 Room 109: Optical Physics and Energy and the EnvironmentSession Chair: Prof. Scott Franklin, Rochester Institute of
Technology
1:30 Experiments with the Quantum Eraser Using Single Photons
Matthew Pyscher, Prof. E. Galvez, Colgate University1:45 Characterization of Beams on OMEGA from X-Ray Images Measured
with Charge Injection Devices
Robert Forties, Prof. F.J. Marshall, University of Rochester
2:00 The Two-Species Atom Chip
Kelly Gresham, Prof. N. Bigelow, University of Rochester
2:15 A Wind Driven Power-Generating System: Preliminary Modeling and
Analysis of Power Curves
Sonya Mathai, Donald Merriam, Jr., Prof. R. Rohe, Houghton College
2:30 A Wind Driven Power-Generating System: Initial Designs and
Construction of an Electrical Power Generator
Donald Merriam, Jr., Sonya Marthai, Prof. R. Rohe, Houghton College
2:45 Comparison of Satellite and Near Surface Temperature Trends with
Atmospheric Pressure for 1979-1996
Benjamin Pearson, SUNY at Buffalo
Prof. D. Douglass, University of Rochester
3:00 Refreshments to Go, Room 208Optional Tours (signups are requested at arrival)
3:10 Cars should leave for Laboratory for Laser Energetics
or
3:10 Research Labs in Bausch and Lomb Building