2nd Symposium on Special Topics in Physics

20 Jan 2012, 08:30 → 21 Jan 2012, 14:00 US/Central

CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room (University of Texas at Arlington)

Friday 20 January

08:30 → 09:00 Registration, coffee and breakfast

09:00 → 10:30 Session 1: Welcome and Introductions

Convener: Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

09:00 Welcome and logistics

Speaker: Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

Slides jy-intro-012012.pdf jy-intro-012012.pptx

09:10 Welcome Message from UTA Associate VP for Research and Dean of College of Science

Speakers: Prof. Krishnan Rajeshwar (University of Texas at Arlington), Prof. Pamela Jansma (UT Arlington)

09:30 Introduction to AKPA and KSEA

Speaker: Eun Suk Seo (University of Maryland (US))

Slides

• 1.akpa-intro2.pdf
• 1.akpa-intro2.pptx
• 2.40th_KSEA_Intro.pdf
• 2.40th_KSEA_Intro.ppt

10:00 Research Activities of UTA Physics Department

Speaker: Prof. Alexander Weiss (UT Arlington)

Slides alex-physics-dept.pdf alex-physics-dept.pptx

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 Session 2: Nuclear Physics in the US and In Korea

Convener: Eun Suk Seo (University of Maryland (US))

11:00 Introduction to Institute for Basic Science and Rare Isotope Science Project

Speaker: Prof. Sun Kee Kim (Seoul National University)

Slides risp-akpa-uta.pdf risp-akpa-uta.pptx

11:45 Frontiers of Nuclear Theories for the Physics with Rare Isotope Accelerators

Speaker: Prof. Cheung Ryong Ji (North Carolina State University)

Slides Arlington-2012-Ji.pdf

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch Break

13:00 → 13:45 Physics and Buddhism (This lecture is in Korean!)

Speaker: Prof. Changhie Hahn (Changwon National University)

Slides SELS-UTA-Talk-2.pdf SELS-UTA-Talk-2.pptx

14:00 → 15:30 Session 3: Astronomy, Space and High Energy Physics - I

Convener: Prof. Sunkee Kim (Seoul National University/Korea Basic Science Institute)

14:00 Recent Updates and Current Issues in Cosmic Ray Physics

Speaker: Eun Suk Seo (University of Maryland (US))

14:30 X-Ray Astronomy: A Brief Introduction

Speaker: Prof. Sangwook Park (University of Texas at Arlington)

15:00 Recent Updates on Higgs Searches in ATLAS

Speaker: Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

Slides yu-atlas-higgs.pdf yu-atlas-higgs.pptx

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 18:00 Session 4: High Energy Physics - II

Convener: Prof. Sangwook Park (University of Texas at Arlington)

16:00 Recent Updates on Higgs Searches in CMS

Speaker: Sung Won Lee (Texas Tech University (US))

Slides LEE_UTA.pdf

16:30 Performance of The ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker

Speaker: Taeksu Shin (Hampton University (US))

17:00 Time-of-Flight PET Detector based on Silicon Photomultipliers and its Challenges

Speaker: Dr Chang Lyong Kim (GE Health Sciences)

17:30 Current Status and future plans of Fermilab Facility and Its role on KoRIA

Speaker: Young-Kee Kim

Slides 2012-01-20-UT-Arlington-YKK-v2.pdf

18:00 → 18:30 Break

18:30 → 21:00 Symposium Dinner

Saturday 21 January

08:45 → 09:30 Coffee and Breakfast

09:30 → 11:45 Session 5 - The Wrap-up: Solid State, Nano, Bio Physics

Convener: Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

09:30 Gas Electron Multiplier Detectors and its Application in High Energy Physics

Speaker: Seongtae Park (University of Texas at Arlington)

Slides SSTP_20120120.pdf

10:00 Spin liquid and spin glass states in frustrated magnets

Speaker: Prof. Seunghun Lee (University of Virginia)

10:30 Hyperspectral Imaging Measurement of Nanomaterials as a High-Resolution Single-molecule Sensor

Speaker: Dr Kyuwan Lee (Bio-engineering Department, U. of California, Berkley)

11:00 Discussions: Toward strong collaboration with Korea and KoRIA

11:30 Wrap-up and farewell

Speaker: Prof. Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

Slides jy-farewell-012112.pdf jy-farewell-012112.pptx

11:45 → 13:00 Refreshment and Brunch

13:00 → 14:00 UTA Planetarium Show - The Astronaut