Name: 2nd Symposium on Special Topics in Physics
Start: 2012-01-20T08:30:00-06:00
End: 2012-01-21T14:00:00-06:00
Location: University of Texas at Arlington

2nd Symposium on Special Topics in Physics

from Friday, 20 January 2012 (08:30) to Saturday, 21 January 2012 (14:00)

Monday, 16 January 2012
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Friday, 20 January 2012

08:30 Registration, coffee and breakfast
Registration, coffee and breakfast
08:30 - 09:00
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
09:00 Session 1: Welcome and Introductions
Welcome and Introductions
09:00 - 10:30
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
Contributions

09:00 Welcome and logistics - Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))

09:10 Welcome Message from UTA Associate VP for Research and Dean of College of Science - Krishnan Rajeshwar (University of Texas at Arlington) Pamela Jansma (UT Arlington)

09:30 Introduction to AKPA and KSEA - Eun Suk Seo (University of Maryland (US))

10:00 Research Activities of UTA Physics Department - Alexander Weiss (UT Arlington)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
11:00 Session 2: Nuclear Physics in the US and In Korea
Nuclear Physics in the US and In Korea
11:00 - 12:30
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
Contributions

11:00 Introduction to Institute for Basic Science and Rare Isotope Science Project - Sun Kee Kim (Seoul National University)

11:45 Frontiers of Nuclear Theories for the Physics with Rare Isotope Accelerators - Cheung Ryong Ji (North Carolina State University)
12:30 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:30 - 14:00
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
13:00 Physics and Buddhism (This lecture is in Korean!) - Changhie Hahn (Changwon National University)
Physics and Buddhism (This lecture is in Korean!)
- Changhie Hahn (Changwon National University)
13:00 - 13:45
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
14:00 Session 3: Astronomy, Space and High Energy Physics - I
Astronomy, Space and High Energy Physics - I
14:00 - 15:30
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
Contributions

14:00 Recent Updates and Current Issues in Cosmic Ray Physics - Eun Suk Seo (University of Maryland (US))

14:30 X-Ray Astronomy: A Brief Introduction - Sangwook Park (University of Texas at Arlington)

15:00 Recent Updates on Higgs Searches in ATLAS - Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
16:00 Session 4: High Energy Physics - II
High Energy Physics - II
16:00 - 18:00
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
Contributions

16:00 Recent Updates on Higgs Searches in CMS - Sung Won Lee (Texas Tech University (US))

16:30 Performance of The ATLAS Transition Radiation Tracker - Taeksu Shin (Hampton University (US))

17:00 Time-of-Flight PET Detector based on Silicon Photomultipliers and its Challenges - Chang Lyong Kim (GE Health Sciences)

17:30 Current Status and future plans of Fermilab Facility and Its role on KoRIA - Young-Kee Kim
18:00 Break

18:00 - 18:30
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room

18:30 Symposium Dinner
Symposium Dinner
18:30 - 21:00
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
Saturday, 21 January 2012

08:45 Coffee and Breakfast
Coffee and Breakfast
08:45 - 09:30
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
09:30 Session 5 - The Wrap-up: Solid State, Nano, Bio Physics
Solid State, Nano, Bio Physics
09:30 - 11:45
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room
Contributions

09:30 Gas Electron Multiplier Detectors and its Application in High Energy Physics - Seongtae Park (University of Texas at Arlington)

10:00 Spin liquid and spin glass states in frustrated magnets - Seunghun Lee (University of Virginia)

10:30 Hyperspectral Imaging Measurement of Nanomaterials as a High-Resolution Single-molecule Sensor - 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 - Jae Yu (University of Texas at Arlington (US))
11:45 Refreshment and Brunch
Refreshment and Brunch
11:45 - 13:00
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room

13:00 UTA Planetarium Show - The Astronaut

13:00 - 14:00
Room: CPB303 - Physics Executive Conference Room