2009 Michigan REU Student Presentations - Second Meeting

Thursday 23 Jul 2009, 13:00 → 16:00 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 Opening Remarks

Speaker: Homer Alfred Neal (High Energy Physics)

2 Designing a Laser Interface for ATRAP

Speaker: Steven Moses

slides CERN_pres2.pdf CERN_pres2.ppt

3 Noise Validation in ATLAS' Tile Calorimeter

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

slides tilecal_uofm2_REDUCED.pdf

4 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

5 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

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

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

slides pres2.pdf

7 ATLAS Calorimeter Commissioning and Missing Transverse Energy

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

slides MET_Part_2.pdf

8 Understanding LHC Splice Resistances and Quench Protection

Speaker: Alexander Tuna

paper presentation2_23jul.pdf presentation2_23jul.pptx

9 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

10 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

11 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

12 ALICE PC Cooling System Sensor

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

slides Presentation2.pdf Presentation2.pptx

13 CMS Tracker Commissioning

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

slides CERN_presentation_2.pdf CERN_presentation_2.ppt

14 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

15 Trigger DQM Development in SUSY and Exotica Analysis

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

slides July23.pdf July23.ppt

16 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

17 Tim Lou

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

slides presentation2.odp presentation2.ppt