FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 24 OCTOBER 2003

Session C1. Solid State Physics II.

Friday afternoon, 15:45, 234, Sc

15:45 C1.001 The calorimetric measurements of AC losses in HTS tape: Manuel Ramos (University of Texas at El Paso, Physics Department), Pamidi Sastry (Center for the Advance Power Systems), Schwartz Justin (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HTS Deparmtent), Doan Nguyen (Florida State University, Physics Department), Ulf Trociewitz (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HTS Deparmtent)
15:57 C1.002 Raman Scattering of Intense Laser Light Propagating In Water: Charles Manka (Research Support Instruments, Lanham, MD 20706), Yael Susman (Science Engineering Apprintice Program - NRL and GWU), Theodore Jones (Code 6795, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375)
16:09 C1.003 RBS Analysis of Thin Foils Using 1.5 MeV 4He+ and 1.0-1.5 MeV H+ Beams: Jerome Duggan (University of North Texas), Dusty Boudreaux (University of Louisiana - Lafayette), Brian Drell (University of Texas - Austin), Daniel Henry (University of North Texas), Scott Kelber (University of Chicago), Jared Bennatt (University of Texas - Austin)
16:21 C1.004 Electrical Conduction in Thin Insulators: Dr.Anil Kumar Sinha (Senior Scientist,Forensic Science Laboratory,Bihar,Patna,India)
16:33 C1.005 Microwave Characterazation of Microstrip Transmission Lines: Eric Botello, Kevin Radican, James McDonald, David Donnelly, Wilhelmus Geerts, Gregory Spencer, Heather Galloway (Physics - Texas State University - San Marcos)
16:45 C1.006 Characterization of Planarized Low-k Dielectrics by Atomic Force Microscopy: Elizabeth Covington, Eric Botello, Wayne Stalsworth, James McDonald, Daniel White, Christine Williams, Michael Arthur, Deborah C. Koeck, David Donnelly, Heather Galloway (Department of Physics - Texas State University)
16:57 C1.007 Interface dynamics in Al/Ni multilayers: A X-ray reflectivity study: Deeder Aurongzeb, Michael Daugherty, Anil Chandolu, J. Yun, Henryk Temkin, Jordan Berg, Mark Holtz
17:09 C1.008 Free Radicals Formation By Annealing Of Parylene N: Hisham Bani-Salameh, Roger Lichti (Texas Tech University), Jay SenKevich, C. Wiegand (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Session C2. American Association of Physics Teachers II.

Friday afternoon, 15:45, 10, Sc

15:45 C2.001 Triangle-Based Algorithm For Reconstruction Of Rings In RICH Detectors: M. Ispiryan, K. Lau, S. Ramachandran (University of Houston)
15:57 C2.002 An Update of Astronomy Activities at the University of North Texas: James A. Roberts, J.B. Scott (University of North Texas)
16:09 C2.003 Hands-On Experiments to Teach Physics Through The Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Science Teaching UNT: James A. Roberts (University of North Texas)
16:21 C2.004 How Polarized Photons Help Illuminate Quantum Concepts: Lionel D. Hewett (Texas Aamp;M University-Kingsville)
16:33 C2.005 Quarknet: Engaging Teachers and Students in Particle Physics: David. Adamson, Tom Davis, Jack Willis, Brett Peikert, Patty McGaughey, Nancy Owens, Dalene Burns (Plainview High School)

Session C3. Society of Physics Students I.

Friday afternoon, 15:45, 112, Sc

16:45 C3.001 Attending the 2003 International Conference for Physics Students: James M. Hitchcock (Angelo State University)
16:57 C3.002 DSP Neutron/Gamma Pulse-Shape Discrimination: Levente Borvák (University of Dallas), Ákos Horváth (Eötvös Loránd University)
16:09 C3.003 High Sensitivity Light Element Profiling by Nuclear Reaction Analysis: J.R. Gilbert, E. Stenmark, D.K. Marble (Tarleton State University)
16:21 C3.004 Temperature dependence of Photoluminescence from Strained InGaAs/GaAs: Rachel L. Ingley, James M. Hitchcock, Michael Williams, Toni D. Sauncy (Angelo State University)
16:33 C3.005 Te-rich CdS/CdTe solar cells: Federico Lopez, Javier Terrazas, Sergio Y. Rodiriguez, David Zubia, William G. Durrer, Jorge Lopez (University of` Texas at El Paso)
16:45 C3.006 Frequency Study of a Fiber Grating Stabilized Diode Laser: Louis J. Antonelli (University of Dallas)
16:57 C3.007 Synthesis And Characterization of a Copper(II) Cubene Complex, In-Situ Formation of Amino-imino Ligand: Nazario Lopez, Thomas E. Vos, Atta M. Arif, Joel S. Miller, Juan C. Noveron (University of Texas at El Paso)
17:09 C3.008 Density Analysis of Fluorinated Homopolymer: Jeremy Jarl, Francine Abrego, Deborah C. Koeck, Heather C. Galloway, Suresh Murugesan, Gary Beall, Chad Booth, Patrick Cassidy (Texas State University - San Marcos)

Session C4. Symposium on Quantum Computing.

Friday afternoon, 15:45, 007, Sc

15:45 C4.001 Slow light in rare earth doped crystals for quantum storage: Philip Hemmer (Department of Electrical Engineering, Texas Aamp;M University)
16:25 C4.002 Exactly How Small Can A ‘bit’ Be? -- From Classical to Quantum: Zameer Hasan (Physics Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA19122)
17:05 C4.003 Quantum Computing:Cavity QED Implementation: Suhail Zubairy (Department of Physics, Texas Aamp;M University)