SATURDAY MORNING, 2 NOVEMBER 2002

Session NA. Biophysics Invited Session.

Saturday morning, 08:30, Auditorium, Auburn University Hotel/Dixon Conference Center

08:30 NA.001 Mechanical Forces Governing Tissue Dynamics: Glenn Edwards (Physics Department and FEL Laboratory, Duke University)
09:05 NA.002 Nanotechnology and Scanning-Probe Biophysics: Richard Superfine (University of North Carolina)
09:40 NA.003 INVESTIGATING DYNAMICS AND INTERACTIONS OF BIOMOLECULES USING FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY: Keith Berland (Physics Department, Emory University)

Session NB. Condensed Matter V: Optical Properties.

Saturday morning, 08:30, Room I, Auburn University Hotel/Dixon Conference Center

08:30 NB.001 Ce Luminescence in SrY_2O_4: P. A. Schmidt, U. Happek (Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2451), V. Manivannan, H. A. Comanzo, A. A. Setlur, A. M. Srivastava (GE Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY 12309)
08:45 NB.002 Excited State Dynamics and Luminescence Pressure Dependence of the 3d^2 Electronic Cross-over System V^3+:Cs_2NaYBr_6: G. Mackay Salley, Oliver S. Wenger, Hans U. Guedel (Departement of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland)
09:00 NB.003 On the Quantum Efficiency of the Photon Cascade Phosphor SAP: J. Fleniken, J. Grimm, U. Happek (Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602), A.A. Setlur, H.A. Comanzo, A.M. Srivastava (GE Corporate Research and Development, Niskayuna, NY 12309), W.W. Beers (GE Lighting, Cleveland, OH 44110)
09:15 NB.004 Effect of Rare Earths Ions on Growth Kinetics of TGS Crystals: Michelle Simmons, Ashok K. Batra, Mohan D. Aggarwal, Ravindra B. Lal (Microgravity Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, P. O. Box 71, Alabama Aamp;M University, Normal, AL 35762)
09:30 NB.005 Search for efficient p-type doping in GaN*: An-Ban Chen (Auburn University)
09:45 NB.006 Figures of Merit of Wide Bandgap Compound Semiconductors with an Emphasis on ZnO: Jim Ellis (Auburn University), Peter Barnes (Clemson University), Bill Seng (Extreme Devices)
10:00 NB.007 Self-Assembly of the Ca-Ti-P Glass-Ceramics Aggregations with Enzyme Bonding in the Optical Trap: Andrey Zavalin, Steve Morgan (Center for Photonic Materials and Devices, Fisk University, Nashville, TN)

Session NC. Astronomy/Astrophysics.

Saturday morning, 08:30, Ballroom B, Auburn University Hotel/Dixon Conference Center

08:45 NC.001 Superconductors as gravitational wave detectors: Edward Harris (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1200)
09:00 NC.002 Ambient and Tidal Effect in an Electrogravity Experiment: Ming Yin (Benedict College, Columbia SC), Michael Bleiweiss (Naval Academy Prepatory School, Newport RI), Timir Datta (University of South Carolina, Columbia SC)
09:15 NC.003 Defeating the Doppler Dilemma : Space Physics Meets Weather Radar: James Stagliano (Enterprise Electronics Corporation)