2009 Michigan REU Student Presentations - First Meeting

Thursday 2 Jul 2009, 13:00 → 19:00 Europe/Zurich

28/R-015 (CERN)

First round of five-minute presentations. This is an opportunity for all of the students in the UM-CERN-REU to introduce themselves, their projects and their mentors, and to give a brief report on their work to date. Mandatory for all students; advisors are especially welcome to attend. Anyone else is welcome to attend as well.

1 Opening Remarks

Speaker: Homer Alfred Neal (High Energy Physics)

2 Testing Dynamic Data Allocation Algorithms Within a GRID Simulator

Speaker: William Boyd (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN)-Unknown-Unknown)

slides WillBoyd_Presentation_070209.pdf First presentation for the University of Michigan's 2009 Summer Physics REU program.

3 Comparison of mSUGRA and GMSB Supersymmetry in ATLAS using Z(ll) Final State

Speaker: Javier Mauricio Duarte (University of Michigan-Unknown-Unknown)

slides Duarte_GMSB_ATLAS.pdf

4 ALICE PC Cooling System Sensor

Speaker: Giulia Fanti (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN)-Unknown-Unknown)

slides Presentation1.pdf Presentation1.pptx

5 CMS Tracker Commissioning

Speaker: Jennifer Grab (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN)-Unknown-Unknown)

slides CERN_presentation_1.pdf CERN_presentation_1.ppt

6 Validation and Monitoring of the CMS E-Gamma High Level Trigger

Speaker: Emily Grace (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN)-Unknown-Unknown)

slides HLT_Presentation1.pdf HLT_Presentation1.ppt

7 Trigger DQM Development in SUSY and Exotica Analysis

Speaker: Philip Hebda (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN)-Unknown-Unknown)

slides July2.pdf July2.ppt

8 Positron Trapping at ATRAP

Speaker: Monica Lacy

slides ATRAP_presentation_7-2_(joe).pdf ATRAP_presentation_7-2_(joe).ppt

9 Tim Lou

Speaker: Hou Keong Lou (Dept. of Physics and Astronomy-Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jerse)

slides

• presentation1_noanim.odp
• presentation1_noanim.pdf
• presentation1.odp
• presentation1.ppt

10 Designing a Laser Interface for ATRAP

Speaker: Steven Moses

slides cernpres1.pdf cernpres1.ppt

11 Noise Validation in ATLAS' Tile Calorimeter

Speaker: Jessica Lynn Muir (Michigan State University-Unknown-Unknown)

slides first_presentation.pdf first_presentation.ppt

12 Release Comparison in ATLAS High Level Trigger

Speaker: Alexander Palmer (Conseil Europeen Recherche Nucl. (CERN)-Unknown-Unknown)

slides Release_Comparison_in_ATLAS_High_Level_Trigger.pdf Release_Comparison_in_ATLAS_High_Level_Trigger.ppt

13 ATLAS Live

The ATLAS Live Muon Spectrometer channel - beginning stages.

Speaker: James Michael Stankowicz Jr (University of Michigan-Unknown-Unknown)

ATLAS Live ATLAS_Live.pdf ATLAS Live - first UM REU talk

14 Exploring Lambda B Spin Effects through Toy Monte Carlo and Event Displays

Speaker: Jiri Stehlik (Michigan State University-Unknown-Unknown)

slides pres1v3.pdf pres1v3.ppt

15 ATLAS Calorimeter Commissioning and Missing Transverse Energy

Speaker: Jeremy Taylor Ticey (University of Michigan-Unknown-Unknown)

slides MET_(Part_1).pdf

16 Understanding LHC Splice Resistances and Quench Protection

Speaker: Alexander Tuna

paper presentation1_02jul2009.pdf presentation1_02jul2009.pptx

17 ATLAS Muon Spectrometer Calibrations

Speaker: Jason Michael Hindes (University of Michigan-Unknown-Unknown)

slides ATLAS_Muon_Spectrometer_Calibrations.pdf ATLAS_Muon_Spectrometer_Calibrations.pptx