FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 8 OCTOBER 2004

Session C1. Solid State I.

Friday afternoon, 16:00, C-231, Baylor Sciences Building

16:00 C1.001 Four probe and XPS analysis of Carbon Irradiated RuO_2 thin layers: ChangDuk Lim, V. Ukirde, W. Gustafson, L. Mitchell, M. Quevedo-Lopez, M. El Bouanani (Laboratory for Electronic Materials and Devices, Department of Material Scienceamp; Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-5310, USA)
16:12 C1.002 ARUPS Study of Na on MoS2: Aroshan Jayasinghe, Kenneth Park, Trinity Ellis, Kedar Manandhar (Baylor University, Waco, Tx), Steven Hulbert (National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven), Marc Ulrich, Jack Rowe (Army Research Office)
16:24 C1.003 Investigation of Copper-Phthalocyanine Thin Films Deposited on an Ag(111) Surface by STM: Kedar Manandhar, Trinity Ellis, Aroshan Jayasinghe, Ken Park (Baylor University), Zhen Song, Tan Cai, Jan Hrbek (Center for Functional Nanomaterials)
16:36 C1.004 An Investigation into the Electronic Structure and Morphology of Metallo-Phthalocyanine Thin Films: Trinity Ellis, Ken Park, Kedar Manandhar, Aroshan Jayasinghe (Baylor University), Steven Hulbert (National Synchrotron Light Source), Marc Ulrich, Jack Rowe (Army Research Office)
16:48 C1.005 A Measurement Setup to Study the Magnetostriction of Sputtered NiFe Thin Films: Jonathan Garrett, Wilhelmus Geerts (Texas State University at San Marcos)
17:00 C1.006 A Scanning Magneto-Optical Kerr Microscope to study the Domain Pattern of Stressed Magnetic Thin Films: Wilhelmus Geerts (Texas State University at San Marcos), Hans-Willem Ten Brinke (University of Twente, The Netherlands), S. Garcia (Texas State University at San Marcos)
17:12 C1.007 NMR Study of Atomic Hopping in Sr_8Ga_16Ge_30 Clathrate: Weiping Gou, Li Yang, Ji Chi, Joseph H. Ross Jr. (Dept. of Physics, Texas Aamp;M University), J. Martin, M. Beekman, George Nolas (Dept. of Physics, University of South Florida)
17:24 C1.008 NMR and Mössbauer study of FeAl_2: Ji Chi, Yang Li, Farit Vagizov, Venkateshwarlu Goruganti, Jr. Ross (Department of Physics, Texas Aamp;M University)

Session C2. Superstrings and Supersymmetry.

Friday afternoon, 16:00, E-231, Baylor Sciences Building

16:00 C2.001 On Setting Limits for Supersymmetry: Paul Simeon, David Toback (Texas Aamp;M University)
16:12 C2.002 Signals in the Co-annihilation Region of Supersymmetry: Adam Aurisano, Richard Arnowitt, Teruki Kamon, David Toback, Peter Wagner (Texas Aamp;M University)
16:24 C2.003 Investigations Into Flipped SU(5): A Finite Iterative Approach: John Perkins, Gerald Cleaver (Baylor University)
16:36 C2.004 Testing a Heterotic String Optical Unification Model Through Consideration of D- and F-flatness Constraints: Eric Kasper (Texas Aamp;M University), Gerald Cleaver (Baylor University)
16:48 C2.005 On Geometrical Interpretation of Non-Abelian D and F-Flat Direction Constraints: Joel Walker (Texas Aamp;M), Gerald Cleaver (Baylor), Dimitri Nanopoulos (Texas Aamp;M), John Perkins (Baylor)
17:00 C2.006 The Structure of Killing Spinor Equation (Heterotic) M-theory on Seven Manifolds with Fluxes: Tibra Ali, Gerald Cleaver, John Perkins (Physics Department, Baylor University)

Session C3. AAPT II.

Friday afternoon, 16:00, TBA, Baylor Sciences Building

C3.001 Realistic Simulations for Introductory Physics Laboratory Coursework: Curtis Bradley, Janet Kelly (Texas Christian University)
C3.002 Changing Student Misconceptions about Density with the Powerful Ideas in Physical Science Curriculum: Eric Hagedorn (University of Texas El Paso Physics Department)
C3.003 College Students: Understanding of Kinematics Graphs: Milijana Suskavcevic (University of Texas El Paso Physics Department)
C3.004 Pre-College Teachers: Construction of the Velocity Concept: Jill Marshall, David Carrejo (University of Texas, Austin)
C3.005 Activities in the Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Science Teaching: James A. Roberts, Betty Crocker (University of North Texas)
C3.006 The Correlation Between Homework Quantity and Course Performance: Lionel D. Hewett (Texas Aamp;M University, Kingsville)

Session C4. SPS I.

Friday afternoon, 16:00, TBA, Baylor Sciences Building

C4.001 Vibration and Displacement Testing of the Electromagnetic Microvalve Actuator: J.S. Bintoro, A.D. Papania, Y.H. Berthelot, P.J. Hesketh
C4.002 Isoscaling Phenomenon in Classical Molecular Dynamics: Christian Escudero, C.O. Dorso, J.A. Lopez, Armando Barranñ (University of Texas, El Paso)
C4.003 Modeling and Analyzing the CESR-c Lattice: Louis Antonelli (University of Dallas)
C4.004 An Update of Astronomy Activities at UNT: Remote Observing: Rachel Thompson, Ron Di Iulio (UNT Physics)
C4.005 An Update of Astronomy Activities at UNT: Current Research: Daniel Henry (UNT Physics)
C4.006 Ionization Scaling Law for High Energy Ion-Aligned Elliptic Rydberg Hydrogen Collisions: Marcus Ward, Kevin Cornelius (Ouachita Baptist University)