Program overview

SATURDAY MORNING, 2 NOVEMBER 1996

08:00 CA.01 First validation of the parameterized real-time ionospheric specification model (PRISM) version 1.6B using TOPEX total electron current (TEC) data

R. D. Coxwell, D. T. Goldizen (Air Force Institute of Technology)

08:12 CA.02 Unfolding the high energy electron flux from CCRES fluxmeter measurements

B. D. McKellar, K. A. Mathews (Air Force Institute of Technology)

08:24 CA.03 The Analytic Solution to Burgers Equation in 3-D Curvilinear Coordinates

Steven Nerney (Physics, Ohio University, Lancaster, OH 43130), Edward Schmahl (Astronomy Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742)

08:36 CA.04 CO Photodissociation in Circumstellar Envelopes

Steven Doty (The Johns Hopkins University), Sandra Doty (GMI Engineering amp; Management Inst.)

08:48 CA.05 Detailed Modeling of Dense Molecular Clouds

Steven Doty, David Neufeld (The Johns Hopkins University)

09:00 CA.06 The Spectroscopy of Excited States of ^8He

T.N. Massey, S.M. Grimes (Ohio University, Athens, Ohio), T. Stolla, H.G. Bohlen, B. Gebauer, W. von Oertzen, A.N. Ostrowski, M. Wilpert, T. Wilpert (Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Glienicker Strasse 100, D-14109 Berlin,Germany), R. Kalpakchieva (Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institut for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia)

09:12 CA.07 Meson Cloud Contribution to Nucleon Structure in Semi-Relativistic Constituent Quark Model

Joowon Cho, D. S. Onley (Ohio University)

09:24 CA.08 Potential Scattering without Angular Momentum Decomposition^

J.H. Thomas, Ch. Elster (Ohio University)

09:36 CA.09 Sensitivity of nucleon-nucleus scattering observables to the off-shell behavior of realistic NN potentials ^

S.P. Weppner, Ch. Elster (Ohio Univ.)

08:00 CB.01 Intensity Dependent Probabilities in Strong FIeld Ionization.

M.A. Walker, P. Hansch, L.D. Van Woerkom (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus,OH)

08:12 CB.02 First Observation of Multiphoton Ionization of Noble Gases Using Femtosecond High Order Harmonic Radiation.

S. Evans, L.D. Van Woerkom (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.)

08:24 CB.03 Dynamics of Transient Resonances in Multiphoton Ionization.

P. Hansch, M.A. Walker, L.D. Van Woerkom (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.)

08:36 CB.04 Spin-dependent Two-electron Correlations in Atomic Structure

David G. Ellis, Rasa Matulioniene (University of Toledo)

08:48 CB.05 A study of reflection from absorbing boundary conditions in two--dimensional (2D) reactive quantum scattering

R. S. Calfas, D. E. Weeks (Air Force Institute of Technology)

09:00 CB.06 Comparison of the vibrational spectra of selected carboxylic acids on aluminum oxide using inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy(IETS) and multiple reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy(MRAIRS)

Sanjay Devdas (University of Akron, Department of Physics)

09:12 CB.07 A study of vibrational energy transfer in Bismuth dimers

R. E. Franklin, G. P. Perram (Air Force Institute of Technology)

08:00 CC.01 Computer-Controlled Precise Square Wave Generation Using the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer

Rex Berney, John Nowakowski (University of Dayton)

08:12 CC.02 A Computer-Controlled Experiment in Non-Linear Mechanical Resonance

John Nowakowski, Rex Berney (University of Dayton)

08:24 CC.03 Experimental investigation of chaotic dynamics in single-mode diode lasers with phase- conjugate feedback

G. T. Hengst, W. B. Roh (Air Force Institute of Technology)

08:36 CC.04 Observation of Chaos in a Penning Trap

Bita Ghaffari, R.S. Conti (Department of Physics, University of Michigan)

08:48 CC.05 An automated adaptive learning algorithm used to control chaos in an electrochemical cell.

M. A. Rhode, J. Thomas, R. W. Rollins (Department of Physics and Astronomy), H. D. Dewald (Department of Chemistry; Condensed Matter and Surface Science Program, Ohio University)

09:00 CC.06 Experiments in an Annular Two-Layer Rayleigh-Bénard System

Michael M. Degen, C. David Andereck (The Ohio State University)

09:12 CC.07 Spatiotemporal Stochastic Resonance in a System of Coupled Diode Resonators

Markus Löcher (Ohio University)

09:24 CC.08 Sandpile Physics as an Undergraduate Research Project

Barry B. Luokkala, Soren E. Roth (Carnegie Mellon University), F. Bryan Bergert (Dartmouth), Hilary Justh (Penn State), Elizabeth Stock (Princeton), Seth Weidner (Cornell)

08:00 CD.01 Classical dynamics and magnetotransport in a two-dimensional magnetic field modulation.

Esmael Badran, Sergio E. Ulloa, R. W. Rollins (Dept.\ Phys. and Astr.\ and CMSS Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH)

08:12 CD.02 Dynamics of an Electron in a Magnetic Field and in a Periodic Lattice

A.J. Adorjan, M Kaufman (Cleveland State University)

08:24 CD.03 Symplectic integrators versus ordinary-differential-equation solvers for Hamiltonian systems.

Jon Lee (Wright Lab (FIB), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 56433)

08:36 CD.04 Control of an Unstable Fixed Point in a Nonlinear Model for Dissociative Chemisorption of a Diatomic Gas

Arnab Gupta, A. J. Markworth (The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio), J. H. Saunders (The Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio)

08:48 CD.05 Some aspects of a chaotic 1D-billiard.

L. Meza-Montes, S. E. Ulloa (Department of Physics and Astron., Condensed Matter and Surface Science Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH)

09:00 CD.06 Time-Series Analysis of Langmuir Bursts

William L. Theisen, Beth A. Montgomery (Ohio Northern University), R. T. Carpenter (University of Iowa)

09:12 CD.07 Optimal Disorders for Taming Spatiotemporal Chaos

Bryan Prusha, Kimberly Clay, John Lindner (The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH)

09:24 CD.08 Theory of Random Walks.

M. Sokol (University of Dayton)

08:00 CE.01 Structure and electronic properties of amorphous GaN using a self-consistent molecular dynamics method

Petra Stumm, David. A. Drabold (Ohio University)

08:12 CE.02 Electronic Structure of Liquid and Glass GeSe_2

Mark Cobb, David Drabold (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Condensed Matter and Surface Science Program, Ohio University)

08:24 CE.03 Order(N) projection method for the computation of density matrices and Wannier functions

Uwe Stephan, David Drabold (Ohio University)

08:36 CE.04 Electron states in amorphous semiconductor : localized to extended transition and transport

Jianjun Dong, David A. Drabold (Ohio University)

08:48 CE.05 Lattice dynamics and diffraction of K_1C_60 in the orthorhombic phase: A neutron scattering study

H. Guerrero, R.L. Cappelletti (Ohio University), Taner Yildirim, D.A. Neumann (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

09:00 CE.06 PAC Study of Displacive Phase Transformation in Ca_2SiO_4

Herbert Jaeger, David J. Wick, Jonathan R. Rayner (Department of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio)

09:12 CE.07 Transparent, High-Resistivity ITO-Based Thin Films

A.M. Pal, A.J. Adorjan, P.D. Hambourger (Cleveland State Univ.), Joyce A. Dever (NASA Lewis Research Center), Henry Fu (Ohio Areospace Institute)

09:24 CE.08 A theoretical determination of the linear absorption coefficient of Si[110]/Si_1-xGe_x multiple quantum well (MQW) infrared photodetectors

K. D. Greene, D. E. Weeks, M. R. Gregg, R. L. Hengehold (Dept. of Engineering Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology)

09:36 CE.09 Second Quantization of Electron-Phonon Interaction at Finite Temperatures.

K. S. Chu (Hudson Valley College/SUNY), E. G. Wintucky (NASA Lewis Research Center), B. L. Richards (Kent State University)

08:00 CF.01 Simple Demonstrations and Experiments Utilizing Laser Optical Feedback

Peter N. Henriksen (The University of Akron)

08:12 CF.02 Power Output Modulation of a HeNe Laser by Optical Feedback

D. L. Burkhead (The University of Akron), P. N. Henriksen

08:24 CF.03 Polarization Bistability in a Randomly Polarized HeNe Laser.

D. Seiderer (The University of Akron), D. L. Burkhead, P. N. Henriksen

08:36 CF.04 A Computer Simulation for Teaching Quantal Time Development

Daniel F. Styer (Oberlin College)

08:48 CF.05 Activity Based Interactive Introductory Physics for Non - Science Majors.

Kausar Yasmin (University of Wisconsin - River Falls)

09:00 CF.06 A Time-Effective Technique for Testing Concepts in Introductory Physics Courses

Kathryn Svinarich, Sandra Doty (GMI Engineering and Management Institute)

09:12 CF.07 Making Waves on the World Wide Web

Dan Russell (GMI Engineering amp; Management Institute)

09:24 CF.08 Visualizing H Atom Wavefunctions in Virtual Reality on the World Wide Web: an undergraduate research project

H. L. Mosbacker (Ohio University)

09:36 CF.09 Quantization of Expectation Values from Minimum-Uncertainty Conditions.

Bogdan Tudose, Alan Kostelecký (Indiana University)

09:48 CF.10 Phenomenology and the Quantum Einstein-Maxwell equations

Daniel C. Galehouse (University of Akron)

08:00 CG.01 The Study of Porous Media with AC Electrokinetics

David B. Pengra (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, and Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH), Po-zen Wong (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA)

08:12 CG.02 Particle Size Distribution by Light Scattering

Kausar Yasmin (Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI)

08:24 CG.03 Scattered Light from Two Nonconcentric Cylinders

Hashim Yousif (University of Pittsburgh at Bradford)

08:36 CG.04 Measurements of thermoacoustic properties of single pores.

Larry A. Wilen (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701)

08:48 CG.05 Structural characterization of Agarose Using an Acoustic Resonance Technique

James D. White (Baldwin-Wallace College), Anna Ploplis Andrews (The College of Wooster)

09:00 CG.06 Soft X-Rays From High Intensity Laser Interactions.

M. Nandor, L. Van Woerkom (Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.)

09:12 CG.07 Investigation of BaO and Ba pulsed laser ablation in N_2, O_2, and discharged O_2 at low laser fluence

D. L. Byers, P. J. Wolf (Air Force Institute of Technology)

09:24 CG.08 Laser Feedback Interferometry Using Phase Shifting Techniques

James H. Andrews (Youngstown State University), Ben Ovryn (NYMA, Inc. NASA Lewis Group), Steven J. Eppell (Case Western Reserve University)

08:00 CH.01 Design of a Tandem-Scanning Confocal Microprobe for Raman Spectroscopy

Andrew Zakel, Perry Yaney (University of Dayton)

08:12 CH.02 Obtaining the Plasma Potential From Hot Probe Measurement

Jarrod E Schiffbauer (OhioU)

08:24 CH.03 Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy of Triethoxysilane on Germania; a Model Study for Silane-Glass Adhesion

Robert Mallik (University of Akron, Department of Physics)

08:36 CH.04 Sorption Kinetics of PDMS Networks: Diffusion of Oligomer Blends.

E. von Meerwall, T. Pryor, V. Galiatsatos (Univ. Akron.)

08:48 CH.05 Surface Pressure Study of Lipid Aggregates at the Air Water Interface

Woody Shew, Anna Ploplis Andrews (The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH)

09:00 CH.06 Effect of Chain Topology on Ordered Structure in Block Copolymers: A Heteroarm Star vs. Its Diblock Analog

C. M. Turner, N. Sheller, S. Corona-Galvan, B.J. Lee, M. D. Foster, R. P. Quirk (The University of Akron, Instute of Polymer Science), B. Annis (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

09:12 CH.07 Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of nickel in solution via surface excitation

L. M. Berman, P. J. Wolf (Air Force Institute of Technology)

09:24 CH.08 Implantation temperature and anneal temperature effects on deep level traps in Cr and Mg implanted 6H-SiC

M. B. Scott, Y. K. Yeo, R. L. Hengehold (Air Force Institute of Technology), J. D. Scofield (USAF Wright Laboratory)

CP.01 Selected Energy Growth of Nitrides Observed with In Situ Emission Microscopy

Vincent Ballarotto, M.E. Kordesch (Ohio University)

CP.02 Experimental and numerical investigation of auto-oscillations in circular YIG films and dependence of their frequency upon the thickness of the film.

N.Y Piskun, D.W Peterman, P.E Wigen (The Ohio Stata University)

CP.03 Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Growth Technique for III-V Nitrides

M.E. Kordesch, Zainuriah Hassan (Ohio University)

CP.04 Chaos in an impact oscillator constructed from undergraduate laboratory equipment.

J. Thomas, M. A. Rhode, R. W. Rollins (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Condensed Matter and Surface Science Program, Ohio University)