Conveners
Poster Session: Poster Sessions
- Greg Morrison (University of Houston)
Description
Poster Session in Farish Hall 101
Introduction to neutrino oscillation, atmospheric neutrino, NOvA experiment and non-standard neutrino interaction on atmospheric neutrinos.
In recent years, gas sensors have been increasingly used in daily life to enhance the ability of human beings to perceive the surroundings. Gas sensors are commonly used for process automation, dangerous gas leak detection, environmental pollution monitoring, and breath analysis to identify drunk driving. Metal oxide gas sensors utilize changes in the electrical conductivity of semiconducting...
Mutations in the Superoxide Dismutase 1 (SOD1) protein may cause misfolding and aggregation leading to the neurodegenerative disease ALS. Despite numerous studies a clear understanding of the impact of electrostatics and crowding on the folding and aggregation of SOD1 remains lacking. In this work, we use a structure-based model and molecular dynamics simulation to study the effects of...
The mechanisms through which evolution shapes biological organisms remain a mystery. It has been hypothesized that organisms evolve to increase their information. We consider the evolution of a population of Boolean networks, which we take as models of gene regulatory networks, through an evolutionary game framework utilizing mutation and fitness. Fitness is a function of the mutual...
We present a novel construction of the QCD equation of state (EoS) at finite baryon density. Our work combines a recently proposed resummation scheme for lattice QCD results with the universal critical behavior at the QCD critical point. This allows us to obtain a family of equations of state in the range $0 \leq \mu_B \leq 700$ MeV and 25 MeV $\leq T \leq 800$ MeV, which match lattice QCD...
The T2K experiment is designed to study neutrino oscillations and the associated oscillation parameters. It utilizes a set of two detectors, the near detector is located near the beam target in Tokai, Japan and the far detector is located in Kamioka, Japan. Since the far detector (SK) uses Water-Cherenkov radiation to detect outgoing particles from a neutrino interaction, constraining the...
Traditional X-ray imaging methods often struggle to capture detailed structures within soft tissues due to their limited contrast capabilities. In response, this study introduces Single-Mask X-ray Phase Contrast Imaging (PCI), a pioneering technique aimed at enhancing the visualization of subtle tissue differences. Our focus lies in the single-mask approach, which utilizes a periodic X-ray...
This paper illustrates a liquid mixing device that generates ultrasonic waves through shining pulse laser of a Gold implanted fiber optic cable and uses the laser streaming to accomplish the mixing liquids with different viscosities in centrifuge tube. Pure gold nanoparticles were implanted beneath the surface of the glass fiber optics cable. The pulse laser (527nm wavelength) was used to...
Since the discovery of graphene, two-dimensional (2D) materials have sparked great interest among condensed matter physicists. These materials exhibit new physical properties, and their magnetic versions promise numerous applications for spintronics, optoelectronic devices, and quantum computing hardware. 2D magnets are attractive on their own, but the van der Waals (VdW) form has exhibited...
Electrochemical water splitting emerges as a pivotal strategy for sustainable hydrogen energy production. Alkaline water electrolysis offers a facile pathway to yield pure hydrogen. However, due to its intrinsically sluggish kinetics, the anodic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) poses a formidable challenge. Overcoming this hurdle demands efficient water oxidation electrocatalysts to mitigate...
