SIP 2013 – PRESENTATION DAY PLANNING– Sat, Aug 17, 2013
Updated: 2/9/2016 2:49 AM
TOTAL # OF INTERNS (61)
Astronomy Interns (37)
Other interns (24)
TOTAL # OF MENTORS (50)
Astronomy mentors (26)
Other mentors (24)
PRESENTATION LOCATIONS:
- College 9/10 Multi-Purpose Room [MPR]
(conference setting)
- Social Sciences 2, room #71 (classroom setting)
max capacity: 80
PARKING: There will be attendants in Lots 164/165 from 8:00am to 1:00pm selling parking permits ($4.00) for those
two lots. These lots are the closest walking distance to the presentation buildings.
The smaller Lot 114 is usually free on weekends, as are some of the other lots further away.
MAP: College Nine/Ten MPR and Lot 164 and Lot 114
http://maps.ucsc.edu/content/398/map_detail
MAP: Social Science Bldg and Lot 164 and Lot 165
http://maps.ucsc.edu/content/459/map_detail
CATERING: all at College 9/10 MPR
- 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
- 12:30 pm Lunch Break
COLLEGE 9/10 MULTIPURPOSE ROOM (MPR): 22 (of 25) ASTRONOMY PRESENTATIONS
5 minutes between speakers
No Q&A
15-minute break in the morning, 75-minute lunch interval, 15-minute break in the afternoon
TALK
SLOT #
MPR 1.1
START
TIME
8:45
9:00
PRESENTER /
INTERN NAME(S)
Raja GuhaThakurta
Victoria Pu
Anna Verwillow
Jason Chu
Karina Gunadi
Robert Eng
FIELD
PC OR
MAC
FILE TYPE
DUR.
(min)
10
15
GROUP
Astronomy
Mac
Astronomy
Mac
Google
Doc
ppt
MPR 1.2
9:20
MPR 1.3
9:35
Astronomy
PC
MPR 1.4
9:50
Smriti Pramanick
Ayesha Bajwa
Samyukta Yagati
Anneliese Gallagher
Astronomy
MPR 1.5
10:10
MPR 1.6
10:30
Stephanie Chen
Astronomy
Mac
ppt
MPR 2.1
10:45
11:00
–
Caroline Debs
Astronomy
Mac
MPR 2.2
11:15
Astronomy
PC
MPR 2.3
11:35
Andrew Zhang
Michelle Guo
Zareen Choudhury
Google
Doc
ppt
Astronomy
PC
ppt
10
--
MPR 2.4
11:50
Astronomy
Mac
ppt
15
group
MPR 2.5
12:10
Matthew Huang
Anjini Karthik
Kevin Zhu
Astronomy
PC
.pdf
10
--
(TENTATIVE*) PRESENTATION TITLE
group
OPENING REMARKS
Planet or Not? A Uniform Human Search of Kepler's Data
Angie Wolfgang
10
group
Using SolidWorks to Design Astronomical Telescopes and Instruments
David Cowley
ppt
10
--
Exploring the Galaxy Neighborhood with Google Maps
Mac
ppt
15
group
Exploring Metallicity in the Magellanic Clouds
Guillermo Barro
(Jon Trump)
Jessica Werk
Astronomy
Mac
ppt
15
group
Tomography in the Direction of the Virgo Cluster
10
--
15
10
--
15
group
Globular Clusters as Tracers of Dark Matter in Virgo Cluster Dwarf Elliptical
Galaxies
BREAK
High Resolution Spectroscopic Abundance Measurements of Milky Way
Stars
The Distribution of Carbon and Europium Isotopic Abundances in the Milky
Way Halo with High Resolution Spectroscopy
The Evolving Mixture of Barium Isotopes in Milky Way Halo Stars
A New Model for the Spectra of Exoplanet Atmospheres
The Influence of Supermassive Black Holes on Star Formation in Distant
Galaxies
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MENTORS
(SECONDARY MENTORS)
Elisa Toloba
(Raja GuhaThakurta, Eric
Peng, Jingjing Chen)
Elisa Toloba
(Raja GuhaThakurta, Eric
Peng, Jingjing Chen)
Evan Kirby
(Raja GuhaThakurta)
Evan Kirby
(Raja GuhaThakurta)
Evan Kirby
(Raja GuhaThakurta)
Jonathan Fortney
(Caroline Morley)
Jonathan Trump
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MPR 3.1
12:30
1:45
Several speakers
Amy Cohn
Astronomy
Mac
ppt
75
10
--
MPR 3.2
2:00
Courtney Wong
Astronomy
Mac
ppt
10
--
MPR 3.3
2:15
Matthew Chang
Astronomy
Mac
ppt
10
--
Scattered Light from Quasars: Connecting Deep Observations with Stateof-the-Art Computer Simulations
Detection and Characterization of Carbon Stars in Andromeda
MPR 3.4
2:30
Avinash Nayak
Astronomy
Mac
ppt
10
--
Characterizing Andromeda's Carbon Star Spectra and Photometry
MPR 3.5
2:45
Marvin Qi
Astronomy
PC
ppt
10
--
Improper Properties: Investigating AM 4’s Structural Parameters
MPR 3.6
3:00
Namita Ravi
Astronomy
Mac
ppt
10
--
Investigating the Role of Binary Stars in Globular Cluster Evolution
MPR 3.7
3:15
Astronomy
Mac
ppt
10
group
MPR 4.1
3:30
3:45
Shazia Ayn Babul
Lea Sparkman
–
Julia Brug
Astronomy
Mac
15
10
--
BREAK
An Infrared Window into Star Formation Around Quasars
MPR 4.2
4:00
Daniel Pak
Astronomy
Mac
Google
Doc
ppt
10
--
Studying Evolutionary Trends of the Most Massive Galaxies
MPR 4.3
MPR 4.4
4:15
4:30
Vidur Sanandan
Josh Batra
Kiana Borjian
Raja GuhaThakurta
Astronomy
Astronomy
PC
Mac
ppt
ppt
10
15
-group
4:50
10
LUNCH, BRIEF REMARKS, GROUP PHOTOS
A Study of Dust-reddened Star Clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy
Dwarf Galaxies in a Dense Environment
Structural parameters of 0.8<z<2.0 Galaxies from Model Fitting
Searching for Jupiter Analogs in the Kepler Dataset
CLOSING REMARKS
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Claire Dorman
(Raja GuhaThakurta)
Jonathan Trump
(Chris Moody)
Katie Hamren
(Raja GuhaThakurta)
Katie Hamren
(Raja GuhaThakurta)
Katie Hamren
(Graeme Smith)
Katie Hamren
(Graeme Smith)
Raja GuhaThakurta
(Elisa Toloba)
Jonathan Trump
(Hassen Yesuf)
Tomer Tal
Tomer Tal
Jennifer Burt
(Greg Laughlin)
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SOCIAL SCIENCES 2 – ROOM #71: 17 NON-ASTRONOMY + REMAINING 3 ASTRONOMY PRESENTATIONS
5 minutes between speakers
No Q&A
20-minute break in the morning, 80-minute lunch interval, 20-minute break in the afternoon
TALK
SLOT #
TIME
PRESENTER /
INTERN NAME(S)
FIELD
PC
OR
MAC
FILE
TYPE
DUR.
(min)
GROUP
Oceanography
Oceanography
PC
PC
ppt
ppt
10
15
10
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(TENTATIVE*) PRESENTATION TITLE
SS2 1.1
SS2 1.2
8:45
9:00
9:20
Raja GuhaThakurta
Krti Tallam
Evan Milnes
SS2 1.3
9:35
Google
Doc
15
group
Tracking Marine Mammals and Seabirds
9:55
Ecology &
Evolutionary
Bio
Biochemistry
Mac
SS2 1.4
Mac
ppt
10
group
Methodology for Generating Cyclic Peptide Libraries
SS2 1.5
SS2 1.6
10:10
10:25
Bioinformatics
Biomolecular
Engg
Mac
Mac
ppt
ppt
10
15
-group
SS2 2.1
10:45
11:05
Sarah Dunn
Tara Thakurta
Megha Malpani*
Emily Richardson
Kavya Tewari
Leslie Tzeng
Arjun Goyal
Madeline Ditzler
–
Albert Zhao
Chemistry
Mac
ppt
20
10
--
SS2 2.2
11:20
Kristine Zhang
Chemistry
PC
ppt
10
--
SS2 2.3
11:35
Adarsh Battu
Computer Sci
PC
ppt
10
--
A Virtual Metabolic Model for Glioblastoma
Locating the Origin of a New Population of Embryonic Hematopoietic
Stem Cells
BREAK (IN COLLEGE 9/10 MPR)
Oxygen Reduction Activity of Dodecyne-functionalized AuPd Alloyed
Nanoparticles with Various Metal Concentrations
Development of Novel Metal Nanostructures for
Solar Energy Conversion
Learning Generation Dictionaries from Product Reviews
SS2 2.4
11:50
Sahil Hasan
Shreyan Jain
Computer
Engineering
Mac
ppt
15
group
BTS Mobile App
SS2 2.5
12:10
Sarika Bajaj
Madhuri Nori
Several speakers
Electrical Engg
PC
ppt
15
group
Megan Xu
Sanika Kulkarni
Wings Yeung
Julian FletcherTaylor
Electrical Engg
PC
ppt
20
group
Raman Analysis of Nanostructures-Based Substrates for Biosensing of
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
LUNCH, BRIEF REMARKS, GROUP PHOTOS
(IN COLLEGE 9/10 MPR)
Analysis of Materials and Thicknesses of the Oxide Layer in a Memristor
Electrical Engg
PC
ppt
10
--
12:30
80
SS2 3.1
1:50
SS2 3.2
2:15
SS2 3.3
2:30
Jennifer Dai
Electrical Engg
Mac
ppt
10
--
SS2 3.4
2:45
Brian Tuan
Electrical Engg
PC
ppt
10
--
OPENING REMARKS (IN COLLEGE 9/10 MPR)
From Sardines to Young Fry of Fish
Furcilia in the Monterey Bay
Study of Physical Properties of Metal Oxides for Resistive Switching
Devices in Advanced Electrical Memory and Neural Computing
Applications
Study of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube (SWCNT) Proportions and
Surfactant Dilutions on Optimizing Ink Conductivity
Study of Optical Properties of Metal Oxides for High-efficiency Planar
Optical Waveguide Coupler Transformers in Highly Concentrated Solar
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MENTORS
Baldo Marinovic
Baldo Marinovic
Patrick Robinson
(Melinda Conners, Stella Villegas,
Dan Costa)
Andrew Bockus
(Scott Lokey)
Elinor Velasquez
Anna Beaudin
(Camilla Forsberg)
Shaowei Chen
(Chris Deming)
Yat Li
Elena Rishes
(Marilyn Walker)
Katia Obraczka
(Kerry Veenstra,
Kevin Abas)
Amanda Flores, David Fryauf
(Nobby Kobayashi)
Nobby Kobayashi
(Junce Zhang)
Nobby Kobayashi
(Junce Zhang)
Nobby Kobayashi
(Kate Norris)
Nobby Kobayashi
(Kate Norris)
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Mac
ppt
10
--
Physics
PC
ppt
10
--
Light Applications
Planar Waveguide Optical Couplers for the Transmission of
Concentrated Solar Energy: Modeling and Material Studies
Investigating CeNiSn as a Topological Insulator
–
Shreyas
Parthasarathy
Astronomy
PC
ppt
20
10
--
BREAK (IN COLLEGE 9/10 MPR)
The Density Profile of the Milky Way Stellar Halo
4:05
Rohan Choudhury
Astronomy
Mac
ppt
10
--
Building Galaxies: Understanding the HI Column Density Distribution
4:20
Neel Ramachandran
Sony Theakanath
Astronomy
Mac
Keynote
15
group
4:50
Raja GuhaThakurta
SS2 3.5
3:00
Kailas Vodrahalli
Electrical Engg
SS2 3.6
3:15
Nithin Buduma
SS2 4.1
3:30
3:50
SS2 4.2
SS2 4.3
10
Studying a Rare Cannibalism Event Involving Two Dwarf Galaxies
Nobby Kobayashi
Jennifer Trinh
(Art Ramirez)
Alis Deason
(Connie Rockosi, Raja
GuhaThakurta)
John Forbes
(Mark Krumholz)
Elisa Toloba
(Aaron Romanowsky,
Raja GuhaThakurta)
CLOSING REMARKS (IN COLLEGE 9/10 MPR)
Session chairs:
Will be responsible for:
– Announcing the presenters’ names at the start of each talk
– Keeping to the schedule by giving each presenter/group a warning 2 minutes before the end of their talk time slot and standing up at the end of the talk time slot
College 9/10 MPR
Session 1 (First AM session) –
Session 2 (Second AM session) –
Session 3 (First PM session) –
Session 4 (Second PM session) –
Caroline Morley
Haldan Cohn
Elisa Toloba
Phyllis Lugger
Social Sciences 2, room #71
Session 1 (First AM session) –
Session 2 (Second AM session) –
Session 3 (First PM session) –
Session 4 (Second PM session) –
Elinor Velasquez
David Fryauf
Kerry Veenstra
Alis Deason
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