Third Annual Grad. Research Day Awardees

The Wayne State Department of Physics and Astronomy hosted the Graduate Research Day on Thursday, April 5.

Many physics graduate students presented a poster (describing their research) to peers and faculty. There were a total of five oral presentations given and 18 posters presented.Dr. Sultana Nahar, a prominent researcher at the Ohio State University and a former WSU Physics graduate (Ph.D. 1987), was the guest speaker.

The Best Poster Awards were given to: Ehab Abd Elhamid, Kulwinder Dhindsa, Chamath Kottachchi and Humeshkar Nemala. Congratulations to all the presenters and winners!

Graduate Research day gives students experience at presenting their research in a conference-like setting and provides students with insight into life in physics beyond graduate school.

Schedule

9:30 - 10 a.m.: Refreshments and opening statements

10 - 10:45 a.m.: Akila Kumarasiri: "Effect of Transition Metal Doping on Multiferroic ordering in Ni3V2O8"

10:20 - 10:40 a.m.: Peng Zhou: "Analysis of D+ to KKpipi0 in CLEO-c"

10:40 - 11 a.m.: Suneetha Devpura: "Investigation of Neuroblastoma and Ganglioneuroma Child Tumors using Raman

Spectroscopy"

11 - 11:20 a.m.: Kristopher Healey: "Dark Matter Contributions to Leptonic Decays"

11:20 - 11:40 a.m.: Ming-Wei Lin: "The Electrical Transport Study of Suspended Graphene Nanoribbons"

11:40 a.m.: 3:30 p.m.: Poster Session

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.: Guest Speaker: Dr. Sultana N. Nahar, Ohio State University "X-ray Spectroscopy, from Blackholes to Cancer Treatment"

4:30 - 5 p.m.: Round Table Discussion with Guest Speaker

5 - 6 p.m.: Pizza Dinner and Awards Ceremony