2009 Michigan REU Student Presentations - Second Meeting

Thursday Jul 23, 2009, 1:00 PM → 4:00 PM Europe/Zurich

160/1-009 (CERN)

Second round of five-minute presentations. This is an opportunity for all of the students in the UM-CERN-REU program to give an update on what they have been working on in the last three weeks. Mandatory for all students; advisors are especially welcome to attend. Anyone else is welcome to attend as well.

1:00 PM → 1:20 PM Opening Remarks

Speaker: Homer Alfred Neal (High Energy Physics)

1:22 PM → 1:27 PM Designing a Laser Interface for ATRAP

Speaker: Steven Moses

slides CERN_pres2.pdf CERN_pres2.ppt

1:29 PM → 1:34 PM Noise Validation in ATLAS' Tile Calorimeter

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

slides tilecal_uofm2_REDUCED.pdf

1:36 PM → 1:41 PM Cosmic Slice Release Validation

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

slides Cosmic_Slice_Release_Validation.pdf Cosmic_Slice_Release_Validation.ppt

1:43 PM → 1:48 PM ATLAS Live and Higgs Search

The ATLAS Live Muon Spectrometer channel - in development. ATLAS Higgs search.

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

slides ATLAS Live development Higgs Search ATLAS Live development Higgs search

1:50 PM → 1:55 PM Exploring Lambda B Spin Effects through Toy Monte Carlo and Event Displays

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

slides pres2.pdf

1:57 PM → 2:02 PM ATLAS Calorimeter Commissioning and Missing Transverse Energy

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

slides MET_Part_2.pdf

2:04 PM → 2:09 PM Understanding LHC Splice Resistances and Quench Protection

Speaker: Alexander Tuna

paper presentation2_23jul.pdf presentation2_23jul.pptx

2:11 PM → 2:16 PM B-Field Corrections to Gas Monitor RT Functions

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

slides B-Field_Corrections_to_Gas_Monitor_RT_Functions.pdf B-Field_Corrections_to_Gas_Monitor_RT_Functions.pptx

2:18 PM → 2:23 PM Testing Dynamic Data Allocation Algorithms Within a GRID Simulator

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

paper WillBoyd_Presentation_220709.pdf

slides WillBoyd_Presentation_220709.pdf WillBoyd_Presentation_220709.ppt

2:25 PM → 2:30 PM Comparison of mSUGRA and GMSB Supersymmetry in ATLAS using Z(ll) Final State

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

slides talk3.pdf

2:32 PM → 2:37 PM ALICE PC Cooling System Sensor

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

slides Presentation2.pdf Presentation2.pptx

2:39 PM → 2:44 PM CMS Tracker Commissioning

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

slides CERN_presentation_2.pdf CERN_presentation_2.ppt

2:46 PM → 2:51 PM Validation and Monitoring of the CMS E-Gamma High Level Trigger

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

slides Monitoring_and_Validation_of_the_CMS_E-gamma_HLT_2.pdf Monitoring_and_Validation_of_the_CMS_E-gamma_HLT_2.ppt

2:53 PM → 2:58 PM Trigger DQM Development in SUSY and Exotica Analysis

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

slides July23.pdf July23.ppt

3:00 PM → 3:05 PM Refinements in Sensor Calibration for Positron Accumulation at ATRAP

Speaker: Monica Lacy

slides ATRAP_presentation_7-23__joe.pdf ATRAP_presentation_7-23__joe.ppt

3:07 PM → 3:12 PM Tim Lou

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

slides presentation2.odp presentation2.ppt