AUPAC 2020 Schedule

Friday, January 31

4:00 p.m. Registration

6:45 PM SCHW 110: Aupac Opening

7:00 PM SCHW 110: Keynote Speaker Jesse Maassen

8:00 PM Poster Reception & Registration

Marie-Pier Brideau	UdeM	Numerical calculation of the energy spectrum of the hydrogen atom and H-like ions
Nick Milson	Dal	Binary Stars: An Astronomical Laboratory
Sebastian Richard	UNB	Measuring Flow Using a Permanent Magnet with a Large Constant Gradiant
Zoe Wright	MtA	Convective overshoot in Ceheid Variables
Ian George	Dal

10:30 PM AUPAC Cup

11:30 PM Social Night

8:00 AM (SCHW 414) Breakfast

9:00 AM, SCHW 110: Session A1

9:00 AM	Zoe Wright	MtA	Convective overshoot in Ceheid Variables
9:15 AM	Harrison Souchereau	SMU	Testing the Extents of 1-Dimension Surface Brightness Profiles using Simulated Galaxies
9:30 AM	Angelo Hollett	SMU	Detecting Ultra-fast Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei
9:45 AM	Maiti McGrath	SMU	What's got Mrk 335 so low?
10:00 AM	Thomas Hujon	StFX	Radiation Reaction of Relativisitc Charged Particles
10:15 AM	Desiree Rehel	UPEI	Computer simulation of the dynamics of two polymers under box-like confinement

9:00 AM, SCHW 156: Session B1

9:00 AM	Maryam Abbasi	MtA	Crystallite Orientations in Copper Films plated on Cu-Single Crystals and Roll-Annealed Foils
9:15 AM	Mathieu Perron-Cormier	UdeM	Silicon Spots on the Star HD 22920
9:30 AM	Lexie Mitchell	Dal	Raman fiber optic probe for fat content analysis: assessing sensitivity and specificity
9:45 AM	Claire MacDougall	StFX	Radiative efficienty of Atmospheric Molecules to determine Global Warming Potential (GWP).
10:00 AM	James Fraser-Leach	Dal	Electron Diffusion in 2D Perovskite
10:15 AM	Laurent Molino	Dal	Taming the d-shell: an analysis of the effect of GGA+U in density functional theory models of lithium-ion battery positive electrode materials

10:30 AM Snack Break

11:00, SCHW 110: Keynote speaker Allan MacDonald

12:00 PM (SCHW 414) Lunch

1:00 PM, SCHW 110: Session A2

1:00 PM	Brett MacNeil	Dal	Ferrimagnetism in MnCoGe thin films
1:15 PM	Sebastien Roy-Garand	SMU
1:30 PM	Catherine Boisvert	StFX	"Parallelizing time": Decreasing the wall-clock time to reach equilibrium in materials simulations
1:45 PM	Devin Morin	UNB-F	Construction and Application of Small Portable Low Field MR Device

1:00 PM, SCHW 156: Session B2

1:00 PM	Everett Patterson	MtA	The Physics of Quantum Cryptography
1:15 PM	Paul-Henry Glinel	UdeM	Special relativity and quantum mechanics: about Dirac equation and Dirac and Pauli matrices
1:30 PM	Matthew Leighton	Dal	Constructing a Coarse-Grained Model for Cross-Linked Collagen Fibrils
1:45 PM	Bryan Canam	StFX	Enhancing Resolution of Atomic Force Microscopy using Quadrature Squeezing

2:00 PM Snack Break

2:30 PM, 2ND Floor Gallery: Graduate Fair

4:00 PM Free Time

6:30 PM, SCHW 110: Keynote speaker Donna Strickland

7:30 PM (SCHW 414) Banquet

8:30 PM Social at Observatory (if weather permits)

8:00 AM (SCHW 414) Breakfast

9:00 AM, SCHW 110: Session A3

9:00 AM	Jenna Chisholm	MtA	Investigating the Measurement of Photon Polarization via the Glasgow Pair Polarimeter Detector
9:15 AM	Richard Michaud Langis	MtA	Electrolysis of Water in an Acid-Base System
9:30 AM	Michael Perry	MtA	Investigation of wavelength shifting materials in an active helium target
9:45 AM	Matthew Coon	Dal	Lithium Metal vs. Lithium Ion Charging Rates
10:00 AM	Shayaan Sajid	SMU	Examining the variability in the spectral parameters of the spectra of blazar 3c273 fitted with a double power-law
10:15 AM	Renzo Flores	UNB-F	Test Particle Simulation of Solar Wind Approaching the Earth's Bow Shock

9:00 AM, SCHW 156: Session B3

9:00 AM	Gregoire Richard	UdeM	Noise in Neurons: A Key to Better Understand the Brain
9:15 AM	Timothy Blackmore	UNB-F	Analyzing Loop Quantum Cosmology of Bianchi Models with Numerical Methods
9:30 AM	Remi Richard	UdeM	Study of pulsation properties of five delta Scuti stars
9:45 AM	Isabelle Dolan	MtA	A Time-Walk Correction Method for the Glasgow Pair Polarimeter Detector
10:00 AM	Alexandre Chiasson	UdeM	Single cell NEURON simulation
10:15 AM	Dean Eaton	StFX	Two-Step Nucleation