Undergraduate Oral Session V

Presentations

• Simulation Integration and Dielectric Modeling for the St. Benedict Experiment in SimIon

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 10:30 AM – Oct. 19, 2025, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Brooks Sims

    Illinois Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Brooks Sims

    Illinois Institute of Technology

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• Mechanical Design and Integration of a Live Irradiation Setup for the 2026 LHC pp Run

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 10:42 AM – Oct. 19, 2025, 10:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Aditi Balakrishna

    University Of Illinois Urbana Champaign, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Aditi Balakrishna

    University Of Illinois Urbana Champaign, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Aadhavan Aadhavan

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Ella R Dahle

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Kristopher Daniel Young

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Riccardo Longo

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Turin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Turin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Matthias G Perdekamp

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Measurement of Gain Evolution of PMTs for HL-ZDC and LUCID 3

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 10:54 AM – Oct. 19, 2025, 11:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Sude Baltaci

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Sude Baltaci

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Riccardo Longo

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Turin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Turin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Nivedha Vasanth

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Antonello Sbrizzi

    INFN Bologna

  • Matthias G Perdekamp

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Applications of Radiation-Hard Fused Silica Materials in Post-Nuclear Accident Radiation Monitors

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 11:06 AM – Oct. 19, 2025, 11:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Reena Baswa

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Reena Baswa

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Henry A Bonzak

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Aditi Balakrishna

    University Of Illinois Urbana Champaign, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Aadhavan Aadhavan

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Matthias G Perdekamp

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Simulations of nuclear modification effects using energy correlators in jets for the Electron-Ion Collider

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 11:18 AM – Oct. 19, 2025, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • Mingyang Gu

    Univesity of Michigan

  Authors

  • Mingyang Gu

    Univesity of Michigan

  • Devon Loomis

    University of Michigan

  • Christine A Aidala

    University of Michigan

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• Vector-Meson Reconstruction and Muon ID with the ePIC Backward Calorimeter

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 11:30 AM – Oct. 19, 2025, 11:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Dhruv Sharma

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Authors

  • Dhruv Sharma

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Caroline K Riedl

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Using MPPCs to Measure the Zenith Angle Dependence of Cosmic Ray Muons

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 11:42 AM – Oct. 19, 2025, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Nathan C Palley

    Centre College

  Authors

  • Nathan C Palley

    Centre College

  • Lincoln J Potts

    Western Kentucky University

  • Keegan Swafford

    Eastern Kentucky University

  • Madison Wilson

    Berea College

  • Riku Omori

    Nagoya University

  • Shiori Sugahara

    Nagoya University

  • Hirohiko Shimizu

    Nagoya University

  • Takuya Okudaira

    Nagoya University

  • Masaaki Kitaguchi

    Nagoya University

  • Christopher B Crawford

    University of Kentucky

  • Jason A Fry

    Eastern Kentucky University

  • Ivan Novikov

    Western Kentucky University

  • Mae Scott

    Centre College

  • Martin Veillette

    Berea College

  • Jessica O'Mahar

    University of Kentucky

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• Investigating π₁ (1600) hybrid meson decay with GlueX data

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 11:54 AM – Oct. 19, 2025, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Prakriti Pradhan

    Union College

  Authors

  • Prakriti Pradhan

    Union College

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• Recent jet measurements using the archived ALEPH e+e- data at 91 GeV

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 12:06 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 12:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Shuangyi Zhou

    Vanderbilt University

  Authors

  • Shuangyi Zhou

    Vanderbilt University

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• Developing a 1D stellar evolution model for rotating massive stars to study evolution of the weak s-process elements in the galaxy

  ORAL

  Oct. 19, 2025, 12:18 PM – Oct. 19, 2025, 12:30 PM

  Publication: [1] M. Pignatari, ApJS (2016), [2] C. Ritter et al., ApJ (2018), [3] B. Cote et al., ApJ (2016), [4] M. Wiescher et al., EPJA (2023), [5] P. Adsley et al., PRC (2021), [6] E. Kotar, S. Ota et al., ApJ (under review), [7] A. Best et al., EJPA (2025).

  Presenters

  • Isabella M Bruzzese

    University of Connecticut

  Authors

  • Isabella M Bruzzese

    University of Connecticut

  • Shuya Ota

    Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

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