April Meeting 2024 Presenters and Prize Winners

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Presenters from APS April Meeting 2024

We extend our gratitude to the undergraduate presenters for generously showcasing their work. Their presentations explored a diverse range of physics topics, highlighting the valuable contributions and innovative spirit that undergraduates bring to the physics community.

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Name	Institution	Presentation	Session	Best Presenters in Session
Nicholas Cutsail	University of California, Berkeley	Holographic Reconstruction of Electron Momenta for the Detection of Muon-to-Electron Conversion via Synchrotron Radiation Emission	Undergrad Research I
Johan Vonk	University of California, Berkeley	Simulation of Synchrotron Radiation Emission for Holographic Reconstruction of Electron Momenta from Muon-to-Electron Conversion	Undergrad Research I
Tate Flicker	University of Chicago	Feasibility Study of a Slow Moving Track Search at a 10 TeV Muon Collider	Undergrad Research I
Kan Huang	University of Chicago	Feasibility Study of a Displaced Track Search at a 10 TeV Muon Collider	Undergrad Research I	Top Presenter
Felipe De Figueiredo	Long Island University	Exploring the performance of GPU-based optical photon simulations in Geant4	Undergrad Research I
Jeseleth Van Rose	Facility for Rare Isotope Beams	The Search for the X17 boson: Analyzing e+e- pair production processes with the prototype AT-TPC using Geant4	Undergrad Research I
Elias Mettner	University of Wisconsin - Madison	Pair Production and Hadron Photoproduction Backgrounds at the Cool Copper Collider	Undergrad Research I	Top Presenter
Derick Pascual	Rice University	Assessing Mean Transverse Momentum of Ultracentral Collisions as a Tool for Extracting the Speed of Sound in Quark-Gluon Plasma	Undergrad Research II
Gabriel Brown	Chicago State University	The FoCaL Detector of ALICE at the LHC	Undergrad Research II
Hunter Duggin	North Carolina State University	Interpolating the 't Hooft model between instant and front forms in the Coulomb gauge	Undergrad Research II
Amii Lamm	Colorado School of Mines	Identification and analysis of two-pixel correlated events in BeEST Phase-III Data	Undergrad Research II	Top Presenter
John Taylor	Colorado School of Mines	Classifying Pulse Shapes from Superconducting Tunnel Junctions for the BeEST Experiment	Undergrad Research II
Alexis Lewis	Valparaiso University	Determining the Longitudinal Double-spin Asymmetry (A_LL) for η Production from STAR 2013 Endcap Calorimeter Data	Undergrad Research II
Samuel Starkenburg	Valparaiso University	Determining the Longitudinal Double-Spin Asymmetry (A_LL) in π⁰ Production from 2013 STAR Endcap Calorimeter Data	Undergrad Research II
Zachary Nielsen	Valparaiso University	Determining Gluon Contribution to Proton Spin with STAR 2015 Endcap Electromagnetic Calorimeter Data	Undergrad Research II
Jenna Tempkin	Lafayette College	Expanding the reach of APS PhysicsQuest using STEP UP Principles	Undergrad Research III
Davide Mazzucco	Loyola University Chicago	Studying the Optical Emission of Lightning Associated with Terrestrial gamma ray flashes at the Telescope Array Detector	Undergrad Research III
Lia Lubit	Brown University	π-axion interactions and their parameter constraints	Undergrad Research III	Top Presenter
Jordan Clemetson	Howard University	Searching for Heavy Dark Matter Annihilation with the HAWC Observatory	Undergrad Research III
Minwoo Son	Grinnell College	Sub-GeV Dark Matter Direct Detection Using Quantum Dots	Undergrad Research III
Stella Dang	Cornell University	Simulating the Response of Quantum Devices for Dark Matter Searches	Undergrad Research III
Devin Kodski	University of Alabama	An Analysis into the Demographics of Physics and STEM Education	Undergrad Research III	Top Presenter
Harold Jones	Union College	Meson and Glueball Spectra in Holographic QCD	V: Poster Session I
Chris Jia	University of Texas at Austin	Exploring Photoionized Iron Plasma: In-Depth Analysis of Spectral Lines and Advanced Techniques	V: Poster Session I
Samia Mahmood	Bellarmine University	Performance Studies of 30-Node (120 Core) Raspberry Pi4 Beowulf Cluster	V: Poster Session I	Top Presenter
Zachary Gillis	University of Chicago	Cubic and quartic Higgs self-coupling parametrizations of di-Higgs production at next-to-leading order	V: Poster Session I
Jacob Dulya	Duquesne University	Extending a User Interface Class for the KinFit Library	V: Undergraduate Research
Grace Kessler	Grand Valley State University	A computational microscopic model for level densities to study neutron capture reaction rates	V: Undergraduate Research	Top Presenter
Milagros Lee Wilson	University of Texas at El Paso	Moment of inertia tensors of non-polarized nucleons using a parton model	V: Undergraduate Research
Alex Stornelli	St. Mary's College of Maryland	Modeling Polytropic Stars in General Relativity with a Cosmological Constant	V: Undergraduate Research
Elaine Nieves	Florida International University	Energy Dependent Morphology of HAWCJ2019+368, a Energetic Pulsar in the Dragonfly Nebula	V: Undergraduate Research
Evan Kattapong-Graber	University of Michigan	Progress Update on the JSNS^2 Experiment	V: Undergraduate Research
Tyler Williams	Duquesne University	Visualization of Rosenbluth Separations	V: Undergraduate Research
Kayvon Adderley	Central State University	Nuclear Binding Energy Calculation: An Interactive Web Platform Integrating Mass Defect and Liquid Drop Models	Undergrad Research IV
Keith Borbridge	Colorado School of Mines	Monte Carlo Modeling of sub-keV Backgrounds in Superconducting Tunnel Junctions from Gamma-Ray Interactions for SALER@FRIB	Undergrad Research IV	Top Presenter
Shreya Puranam	University of California, Berkeley	Improving CUORE Energy Reconstruction Using Machine Learning	Undergrad Research IV
Anisha Yeddanapudi	University of California, Berkeley	Understanding Energy Reconstruction in CUORE using Topological Analysis	Undergrad Research IV	Top Presenter
Cuong Bui	University of California, Berkeley	Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Event Pileup Discrimination in CUPID	Undergrad Research IV
Hyperion Aurinkeihäs	Tennessee Technological University	Measurements of the ¹³⁴Xe Neutron Capture Cross-section Between 0.43 and 5.5 MeV	Undergrad Research IV
Albert Wang	Bates College	Measuring Intrinsic Correlated Avalanches: SiPM Testing in Liquid Xenon	Undergrad Research IV
DJ Henson	Drake University	Utilizing the Navier-Stokes Equations for Modelling Incompressible, Viscous, Non-Laminar Fluid Flow in Ultrasonic-Oscillatory Artificial Gravity	Undergrad Research V
Alejandro Enguidanos	Seattle University	Multipole expansion of the inverse-square law of gravity	Undergrad Research V
Taylor Juchau	Cal Poly Humboldt	Novel Tests of Gravity Below Fifty Microns	Undergrad Research V
Kelsey Sako	California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt	Improved Measurement of the Newtonian Gravitational Constant G	Undergrad Research V
Honey Htun	New York University Abu Dhabi	A simple algorithm to predict the Stellar Masses of Nearby Satellites of Galaxies from DMO simulations	Undergrad Research V
Jennifer Yuan	New York University Abu Dhabi	Measuring Stellar Angular Diameter Through Optical Asteroid Occultation	Undergrad Research V
Anthony DeVasto	SUNY Polytechnic Institute	Neutron Star Glitch - Revisiting Starquake Model	Undergrad Research V
Amanda Peake	Wake Forest University	Quantum Effects in the Interior of a Black Hole	Undergrad Research V	Top Presenter
Grady D Robbins	University of Florida	CWISE J105512.11+544328.3: A Nearby Y Dwarf Spectroscopically Confirmed with Keck/NIRES	Undergrad Research V
Grady D Robbins	University of Florida	Three-Dimensional Simulations of Planet-Induced Gap Openings in Protoplanetary Disks	Poster Session I
Jimmy Li	University of Southern California	Advancing Thermal Rectifiers: From Paraffin Wax Diodes to Building Wall Applications	Poster Session I	Top Presenter
Kevin Blanco	Florida International University	A review of techniques for measuring the neutron magnetic form factor	Poster Session I	Top Presenter
Teddy Masters	Kenyon College	PACMANN: using machine learning to detect pulsars	Poster Session I
James Hart	Kenyon College	Implementing RePrimAnd TOV Solver into Parameter Estimation Software Bilby to Constrain Neutron-Star Equation of State from Gravitational Waves	Poster Session I
Anna Kinderman	University of California, Los Angeles	Constraining the Very High Energy Emission of NGC 4151 and NGC 1068	Poster Session I
Dylan Ayres	University of St. Thomas(Minnesota)	Spectral Analysis of Light Pollution at UST	Poster Session I
Marlen Fornes	Florida International University	Evaluation of Nuclear Effects in the Extraction of Neutron Form-Factors from the Deuteron	Poster Session I
Sophie Kadan	University of Pennsylvania	Optimizing Higgs Boson Reconstruction Using Small-R (R=0.4) and Large-R (R=1.0) Jets	Poster Session I
Ethan Baker	Haverford College	Quantum Field Theory Calculations in the BSBM Model of a Varying Fine Structure Constant	Poster Session I
Santiago Cané	University of Pittsburgh	Multi-vertex jet trigger within the ATLAS upgrade for HL-LHC using Boosted Decision Trees	Poster Session I
Carrie Cox	Seattle Pacific University	Study of t-Channel Production of Scalar Leptoquarks at LHCb and Central Acceptance Detector	Poster Session I
Sandra Auttelet	Washington State University	Flat Norm Decomposition and Computation	Poster Session I
Audrey Cole	Harvey Mudd College	Novel Technique for Low-Mass Type I Heavy Majorana Neutrino Searches	Poster Session I
Michael Potts	Tennessee Technological University	Simulating Self Absorption Due to Neutron Inelastic Scattering in Xenon 134	Poster Session I
Agustina Peck	Utah State University	Variability of thermospheric densities from satellite observations near dawn and dusk	Poster Session I
Sarah Markham	Siena College	Spectroscopic and Imaging Survey of Planetary Nebulae	Poster Session I
Ryan Stuve	University of Oregon	Simulating outputs from the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider for improved ATLAS trigger algorithm testing	Poster Session I	Top Presenter
Nathaniel Kirby	Williams College	Higgs-Coupled Freeze-In Baryogenesis	Poster Session I	Top Presenter
Kaitlyn Sheriff	Lycoming College	Faraday Rotation Variability Study in the Gamma Ray Emitting High Mass X-ray Binary LSI +61° 303	Poster Session I
Tianji Zhou	Haverford College	Model-independent probes of dark sector physics	Poster Session I
Nicholas Ram Yazbek	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Chroma-based optical simulations for the UMass liquid xenon test apparatus	Poster Session I	Top Presenter
Samyak Tuladhar	Siena College	Particle Physics Playground: Particle Physics data and Python Tools for the Classroom	Poster Session I
Jax Wysong	South Dakota State University	The Spacetime Finite Element Method to Investigate Ghost-Ridden Systems	Poster Session I
Rolando Ortega	California State University, San Bernardino	Radon Plate-Out Backgrounds in Rare-Event Searches	Poster Session I
Jaylin Santos	California State University, East Bay	Amplifier Component Testing for Cryogenic Dark Matter Detectors	Poster Session I
Matthew Pearson	California State University Stanislaus	Undergraduate Research Projects on Eos Hybrid Neutrino Detector	Poster Session I
Jillian Cola	Siena College	The design and use of a Peltier-powered cloud chamber for outreach and classroom laboratory measurements	Poster Session I
Vincenzo Morina	Siena College	Simplified access to CMS Open Data with Google’s Colab environment and Google Cloud Storage	Poster Session I
Alexandra Papesh	California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt	Testing Gravitational Interactions Below Fifty Microns	Poster Session I	Top Presenter
Ethan White	Tennessee Technological University	Setting solar axion ga_γγ limits using XENONnT and TEXONO data	Poster Session I
Mirnelle Mathurin	Siena College	Creating a variable moment of inertia device for physics labs	Poster Session I
Jacob Marsh	Lebanon Valley College	Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries in Single-Inclusive Pion Production from Lepton-Nucleon Collisions with Unpolarized Next-to-Leading Order Corrections	Poster Session I
Evelyn Silva	Vassar College	Reconstructing Cluster Information from Silicon Pixel Detectors	Poster Session I
Bronwen Olson	University of Texas at Dallas	Calibration of ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer Spectrometer Parameters for Hyper-fine Interaction Analysis	Poster Session I	Top Presenter
Bianca Hassan	Davidson College	Measurements of high energy neutron scattering observables from plastic scintillators at LANSCE	Poster Session I
Millie Barron	Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis	Evolution of Bulk Hardness on Cold Rolled Niobium with Heat Treatment	Poster Session I
Diego Figueroa	St. Mary's University	Characterization of Transmission Gratings in Photorefractive Materials	Poster Session I
Andrea Diaz	St. Mary's University	Two-Dimension Modular Scalable Electronics Biosensors	Poster Session I
Josephine Swann	Siena College	Upper-limit procedures on signatures of muons originating in dark matter annihilations occurring in the Earth	Poster Session I
Inci Karaaslan	Princeton University	Developing a Convolutional Neural Network for Object Pileup Energy Prediction in the CMS Level-1 Trigger System	Poster Session I
Maya Nambisan	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Simulating external γ-ray calibration sources for nEXO	Poster Session I	Top Presenter
Shrishti Pankaj Kulkarni	Caltech	Performance Tests of CMS Barrel Timing Layer Components for the MIP Timing Detector of the High Luminosity LHC	Undergrad Research VI
Nadia Talbi	University of Wisconsin - Madison	A Search for Vector-Like Leptons: Compact Analysis	Undergrad Research VI	Top Presenter
Xinyue Wu	University of Rochester	Determining the Size of Quark and Gluon Jets in CMS Open Data	Undergrad Research VI
Derick Flores Madrid	Indiana Wesleyan University	Improving Background Rejection with Normalizing Flows in Anomalous Signal Searches within Derived Spaces	Undergrad Research VI	Top Presenter
Qi Bin Lei	University of Pennsylvania	Jet Calibration and Mixture Density Networks	Undergrad Research VI
Darius Vera	University of San Diego	Exploring Sterile Neutrino Decays in the Adolescent Universe	Undergrad Research VII
Katie Ream	University of Michigan	Measuring Atmospheric Neutrinos in Olivine	Undergrad Research VII	Top Presenter
Andrea Pellot Jimenez	University of Michigan	IsoDAR Neutrino Target	Undergrad Research VII
Peilin Ye	University of Pennsylvania	Reconstruction of Chargino Decays to τH with Missing Transverse Momentum	Undergrad Research VII
Luis Taylor	University of Texas at Arlington	Atomic lithium beamline R&D as a pathfinder toward magnetically cooled atomic tritium	Undergrad Research VII	Top Presenter
Daniel Terrero Cepeda	Duquesne University	Probing the Proton Target Fragmentation with Jefferson Lab CLAS12 Detector	Undergrad Research VII